St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-08

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SOME MORE EXPERT !" WORDS.
l took peep into the album of cor,
rect guesses." The temptation TIC
give few examples of chaotic orthog-
raphy is too strong to be resisted:
lvrUteH. Corrected.
Calammasu, Kalamazoo.
Pageaway, Padua.
BOltGmnre, Baltimore.
Lans Will Measure, Laynesville, Missouri
Eltentelanten, Ellerton.
Colvile, Collinsville.
IhoughWill Erique Co. ThaWvile IroQuois Co
Loretall, Lower Falls.
V. Ind, VeTay, Ind.
Cipley, Sibley.
Sphens, St. Stephens.
YOunStant, Houston
Inchonaplis, Indianapolis.
CameDrick, Cambria.
ODE Land. 0beriin
Megrumber, Montgomery.
Walk HI gan, Waukegan.
There is an envelope on which the
name is written ''Babcolman,n and an
other addressed to ''Augustus Seiberg.
Europe ''Indane tereatory, ha to
nasheau'' was changed to s'Choctaw
Nation, Indian Territory, and the let
Ter duly delivered.
THINGS QUEER AND DRoLL.
Very strange notions must the person
possess who wrote the following upon
a letter and mailed it in an Illinois
town. It would seem incredible were
it not fact that it was received not
long ago in q package of dead letters:
0"Please forward to the physician who was
looking for housekeeper in st. Louis last
week. Is wfdower with two childrens don't
know his name"
Now and then somebody, in a spasm
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mail evidently without any object ex-
cept to give vent to his superabundant
humor by playing a joke on the post
office people. Witness the two follow
ing, one of which came in the day be-
fore my visit. The first is of a decided
" sulphurous nature: Jeremiah
Jerrico jenkins, Jr., Devils Hollow,
He'll Gate, Purgatory.n The other
bore no name, only this: "Squedunk,
Shinbone alley, between Misery and
Starvation Streets
A letter was directed s'John Irwin,
Indiana. Try all over the State. y
This request was written on let
ter: IF not delivered in ten days re-
turn to the man who struck Billy Pat
terson.n
Here are two other requests:
s'If dot man don't kal for dis letter
in ten daes, send him back to me- !"
eff not receaved in ten days plese
return to owner?,' and another Please
return back No name or address
was appended to any of these requests.
The address which follows is really
good, The person who conceived it
was not less 'ssharp'' than the expert
who solved the riddle. a letter was
mailed at Linn with only this super
scription:
Wood
John
Mass.
The Lynn postmaster gave it up and
sent it to headquarters. One of the
'guessers' grappled with it. and this
was the result: ssJohn Underwood,
Andover, Mass. It was so sent, de-
liYered to John, and the envelope re-
turned bearing the postmaster indorse-
ment to that effect.
EPIsToLARY RHYMES.
Occasionally letter writer rambles
in the green fields of poesy, and invokes
to his aid the tuneful muse. Below are
aEfew addresses that have found their
way to the Dead-Letter Office. 1t is
true that both rhyme and measure are
D little lame in spots, reminding us of
The idyllic lays of the .sSweet Singer of
Michigan, but such illusions must not
be scanned with too critical eye. The
first was on letter returned from
Cleveland.
sNT<,,, b,s+ v,it +t;e Ia4+a &c fae+ &c r,,,, 90 ,,
For I've just paid your fare to good Uncle Sam.
The case Is quite urgent, so don't stop to
think,
Don't tarry for lunches. or even drink.
Lyman street you will very soon find,
Where the people are honest, good-natured
and kind.
Frank Taylor, the man to whom you must go,
Hes at 45 Lyman street. Cleveland, Hio.'
Here is another addressed to a town
n Ohio:
IF this letter goes right it will go straight
To the district town in this great State;
70 the site Of Captain Kirkwood's fort,
Which now is known by name Bridgeport.
n Belmont County this town takes rank
As the 'orneriest" one on the river bank.
And when for the owners name you seek,
look out for the man with the greatest cheek.
Phe longest feet nd head like puukin,
And hand her over to j. G. Duncan"
This one skips off at lively, rafting
sait:
Hello, Uncle Sam, let me go in your mail.
FOR I've taken notion to ride on a rail
70 Illinois State, and there let me stop,
And in Mclean County just let me drop
n Leroy Post-office, there let me stay
ill Reason e. Wilson shall take me away.
The trouble in this case was that the
writer forgot to put stamp on the let
er. The postmaster at the Office where
t was mailed contributed the following
N the envelope and forwarded it to
Washington:
s.Played OUT my dear boy,
There's no use in talking;
If you can't pay your way
You'll have to try walking"
The next is suggestive of the land of
oad-agents and cowboys: