Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-19
Tho New York Pos.master's Queer
Correspondent.

awe have dozens and dozens of
letters every day." said Assistant
Postmaster Gay Ter, "whirh may lie
termed private Inquiries They
have hcouie sD numerous that We
have been compelled To issue II
circular answer Ia such Inquiries
stating that they are not connected
with amy official duties here and
that We have no time Ia attend to
them. They include all s,its of
auxionS AMI all Sr,s of tWDllsli
questions. IL We can conveniently
do ~ W. make inquiries and send n
reply, provided There's Il stamp in.
closed. Same time ago there was
10 tffaH wrote to IT, from California
saving thai lac wanted the address
ct his fat her, whom lac haA not strit
for ten Years. or course he gave
the name and last address, anl one
of our carriers on his rounds asked
for ihr old pn ~ bis last address.
Thrrc il was found he had removed
To some other place irlis m'iuip.
Another cdrrirI un the other round
then took up the thread aud in
quIrrd at the new address. Well.
to make II long story short. the old
man was found working IN II BnwrrN
shWrshup, aud his son, at rnui>r.
had grownr rich and prosperous, srui
him money To come uut Ia tiliiur
mia, where he has lived happy ever
since.
"A clergyman once wrote to ms
to hunt up II ,liSsipnlrd son, aud
more hy accident than uihriw lsr
we found him. But he was bad
one. lie had been in State prison
once or twice. aii,l when he was in
formed of his fathers srutcii hc
told us To reply that IL was all right,
he had married aH lH.iftsS, WAS very
rich. being IN partnership win Jim
kpeHe, aHA he would like The I'D
gentleman 10 call au,i see him"
Many in9nirirs ale mahr daily Of
tho Pos; master respecting business
schemes, the virInrs of medicines.
and M Ia the character of men who
are about ~ MARRY in some distant
place. These the Postmaster can
hardly reply 10, except ou his owl
personal knowledge or that ot some
one OF his Trusted Suhur,lluatrs.
One letter came ln'Iui,IHg of
had II good paying Gimhlm" Silu"i.
as hr is counting my daughter, aud
SAYS he has" The Postmaster
responded mildly that hr didn't
know. IL WIS too delicate an inqui
~ To 90 into, where the future
happiness of two human beings may
have been at stake.
There is" said Mr.. Ga>ler, "a
big correspondence carried on IN
der cover of the Postmaster. For
Instance, persons " ho may want To
will often wr!tea letter from some
other town dating it New York and
addressing It to titrtirotrpsrd ,icitu
III that town. Then they will IN.
close the .t'ier, rHstiatrtl, address.
ell. and stamped. IL the Postmaster
here with a request that II viii he
posted, That secures the New York
pnsimark nn it, which is What they
want, and of course il shuts suSpi.
clon away from the original SENDER.
while IL increases the mystery. Bur,
under the regulations, all such h.t.
tiers have special mark put on
them which greatly disiuihs the
sen,icr> expectations. Each one
receives an extra mark which reads
thus: Mailed at-un,lrr cover
To Postmaster, New York This"
continued Mr.. GdNlrr. "rtilIrr gives
away the sender. rSlsrinlly rs he is
apt 10 care little about conc,nling
his handwriting when the snppu>.,i
postmark viii help 80 much IL hide
him. Some DAYS AGO | sent one of
these to. sat. JOHN Smith, IN Pou.h.
keepSie, with our special marx on
II. ami 1T less than three DAYS
saw that John Smith had. M-u ur II
regular horse whipping tyeHfsion
around that beautiful city.
"Ihen there are ~ great MANI
letters which come under cover fur !
the very rich men or noted philan
thropists, like Could. Vanderbilt, or ,
George |. Senry. The writer dms
not know the iull address. and r. /
quests the Postmaster 10 I'LL il in !
This, OF course, is always done it /
the stamps are on the envelope.
The letters may be begging letters
or threatening letters for all We
know. All We have To SAY is, Has
the envelope got the stamps on.
But Of course thrs,. inrl"s-d letters
must also hear our In'stmark, and
20 suppose Vanderbilt, Could aud
6eney ars often Ieriplrx-d to ind II