The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-04-07
Postal Regulations.

Postmaster Gen. Key assures uB That
IN arrangement has been perfected by
which letters without postage will be im.
mediatey forwarded-to the dead letter
Office.
A pair of onions will go for two scents.
Parties are compelled to lick their own
postage stamps and envelopes ; the post
master cannot be compelled to do this.
Nitro. .glicerine andsdynamite must be
forwarded at risk OF sender If they
should blow up in the postmastcr'sh hands
he cannot be held responsible.
When letters are received Gbearing no
direction, the parties for whom they are
intended will please signify the fact TO
the postmaster, that he mnysat once for
ward.
A stamp. of .the5foot is not sufficient to
carry n letter.
Spring chickens tliatare old cnoughtto
vote, when sent by mail should be enclosed
in on-bound boxes TO save their tender
bodies from injury.
It is unsafe TO mail apples or fruit trees
with thu. fruit son them, as eoine? Of the
Postmasters have weakness for such
things. Bottles Of whiskoy should be
we'll corked.
It is oarnestly99requested that lovers
writingssto their girls. williplease conGae
their gushing..rhapsodies.tosshe iusido of
Ducks Cannot be sent through the
mails, when alive. Their quack-
ing would disturb the slumbers Of
the clerks on the postal cars. This rule,
however,sdoes rot opplysto "duck!.of q
bonnet"
When watcheaoo..are sent throughs the
mails If the sender will put q notice on
the outside the Postmasters viii wind mp
and keep in running order.
Poems on Spring, and Beautiful Snow
are rigidly excluded from the inailu.
This will be joyful news to the editors Of
this land.
Old maids, feather. beds, and inflated.
balloons ara unmailsble. S. n
John Smith gets his mail; from GA,
279 Post off .:es, hence letter" directed TO
John Smith, Uni'od States, will reach
him.
When candy is sent through tho mails
it is earnestly requested that both ends
of tho package bc left open 30 TINT the
employees RI the Post Office may test its
quality.
Babies can be sent rs third CLASP matter
provided sucking bottles and napkins &C.
company them.
Eggs are not mailable unless they are
fresh; and should they become chickens
on transit they become the property of
the Post Office Depot.
When you enclose money order In
letter always write full and explicit di.
rections.in- the eame letter, 80 that any
person getting the letter can draw the
money.
Alligators over tan feet in length are
not allowed to be transmitted by mail.
Young ladies who desire to send their
Saratoga trunks by mail to watering
places during tho coming season should
notify she Postmaster General ut once.
They must not be over seven feet long by
thirteen high.
Garlic, Onions, Assafoedira, Gum
Camphor, Swiltzer, Liniberger, and Sap.
sago sent through the mail should be left
open atthe ends.
Butter and lard are mailable only in
the Summer months. Wrap them in a
fold of tissue paper open at both ends.
The butter must have all the hair combed
out of it.
when you enclcse money TO any of The
parties on the official list Of frauds please
say little prayer.
Letter carriers are required to have
penetration enough to know when letters
should be delivered to- jealous wives, hence
if he delivers letter from your girl 10
your wife you can have him discharged.
The placing Of stamps upside down on
letters is prohibited. Several postmasters
have recently been seriously injured while
trying to stand on their heads to cancel |
stamps placed in this manner.