The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-10-13
A Faithful Letter Carrier.

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+ Most childrsa nhayes seen a uUIitaa
States postman. with his plain Uniform
andietter-bag. The letter carrier ouIrI
step too, you have noticed ~ ifms
were walking fora prize,
! Now / Will tell you Of d postmatf WIN
wore noiuniform, never uttered a word
to any one he met, and always distrib.
Euted his mail without being late. be
could not read a word, and vet raye
the maxi f0lthe right person. n Be lad
no salary, got up and went to bed when
be pleased. and, though he had NOT 4
dollariin the world. he was contented
sIhe queerest thing about him is that
can't tell you his name, nor did he
wear a number, as some carriers a.,
moreover, he carried letters in the
country and not IN the city; and iris
too.ssone hundred and fifty years age
Through the woods he walked on hs
round, and If it came to be dark, ther
were no lights to guide him. When Ne
gotto the place where he delivered tn
letters, heidi not pull the boil with
quick jerk, as the postriian does, not
knock, to summon some ono ITO eome
and get the mail. II, any one thanked
him for the mai he brought, he never
said, i You're welcome. Altogether,
as you must admit, he was q funny let
ter.nian.S ~ siiFtN so'a SUI lV-ztlssa
But the funniest thing is that he xas.s
not p letter-man at all. Z, He was lei,
tdr-dog. More than one minded and &
nifty years ago, by the said of the Gen.
eral court of Massachusetts Tiers Wml
built By the settlers of Brunswick and
Ippsham ION the Andrescoggin' River
in Maine) abort named Fort lseorxe, MI
a defense against the Indians. A pic !,
ture of these ancient works shows fhai
it was made of stone, with little wins
dows, like PORTFOLIOS, near the top Of
The walls. Within was. 1 house, and TIE
roof peers ever. the erampartss,!A 1ag y
floats from the staff, and. q heavy door
IS in the frontAa point carefully guard
edo Barracks foru fifteens men wefa |.
small force, but enough to
keep the Indians at a distance. ssB1s essi
ABOUT ten miles away on the Ken I
lebec River, was q little settlement
'alled 1.-The Reach" where now the
;ity of Bath, faihous ship-buildin2
place, is pleasantly built along the rive
,ank. The very few families living A.
The Reach kept up communication /.
vithathe fort, for itI 9was their place a i
efyge I'M war, and supplies were to be 4
'rought there in quiet times.
The mail route of the carrier i i'm
cling you about, was from this fort tas
The Reach, " through places where Ii.
ians'Mere hiddsnR waiting for IsbaeSs
7hifsg man 20 oome within reach ri II
heif arrows. The faithful dog would
army packages of lett8rs from BrnnSsF
'ich to the settlement. and bring back
nswers. When he got to the house d
The Reach, ''uwherei the NAH was togss
top, he would how'll an anxious way;
hen the letters would be taken frpqr
i'm; but still he would wait and not
liz until another bundles was Ei.ea
im-the parcel of mail matter. sioFpsE
hose In the fort. Then he would pts
ie letters. notin letter.bar, but II 8
lace more safe-his m0uthigy -2...fl III
on he would start again through The
,nely forest. Foxes anti rabhiaaasd e.
lrds might start up near him. but A 1
srf1embered his errand, and TUNED II
either to- the right nor tothe lBfk instl
70 hours he would cover the distance At
nd howl at'the fort gate for themsf
betakAh In ,1nscase fof great dan:
er, when word would. be written, tho y
og would always rush laway as II be
new what Was the mattert z. ne xsis
1 wish I could tell you that after
iorking hard and faithfully, the NiSe
og died quietly at home; but, alas! 4
ter awhiie the Indians discovered that
e.d0g oft seen was conveying ipior1Fi
ion from the fort to the houses down
le river, and they soon found achsnee
It'll him At LAST s0pe oar whehk
was trotting through the thickeh
'lding fast to his parcel, d slighl
'und was heard, which his instincs
I'D him was the light tread OF . fox;
1T the next instant an Indian buzgs
rough the underbrush, and deate
7ertook him then and there! A brave
an dies, and praise is given long
ter: the trilstY dog falls when he y
'lng his duty. and not even his name
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