Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-07-24
Letter-Carriers' Secrets.

There is not letter-carrier in the
city but who is the custodian of the Sc
crcts of someone on his route" said a
well known postal official recently.
what q sensation they would create
if what they know could be revealed at
one time. The divorce courts would
be overcrowded, and rivals for maid
ems affections would parade the streets
armed to the teeth, looking for the
other fellow. But there is a barrier TO
these revelations. The postal laws
strictly provide that carrier must
never tell of what he sees, repeat what
he hears, or make public in any man
ner the address upon letter. When
notified 10 deliver letters only TO the
person to whom they are addressed it
is strictly enjoined upon him to re-
member this rule. especially rs regards
members of the same family. Well do
i remember when | was carrier cer-
tain maiden on Broad street was re-
ceiving letters from father and son.
Whether one knew that the other was
writing to the girl do not know, but
this saw several times: When she re-
ceived n note from the old gentleman
she was very deliberate in her move
ments, but when / handed her one from
the son she was out of the house in 4
jfy.
Zone of the most annoying things to
the carriers is the impudence of mash
ers.' have had these fellows inter-
cept me and offer S. or $40 if l would
tell who such lady was, and whether
she was married or not. / remember
lo.l -, hA
from neighboring city and stopped at
the residence of a millionaire. She
was a magnificent woman. A man
would hardly pass her without turning
around to take second look. The
Washers nearly went crazy over her,
and one met me at nearly every street
corner on my route with some question
regarding her. l came near getting in
to half dozen fights over her, and l
was glad when she went home. But
the devices of married men and women
who are holding clandestine cores
pondence are ingenious. All such peo-
pie stand upon a volcano, not knowing
what moment it NAV begin to send
forth fire and ruined reputation. One
man used 10 beg me every day, For
Gods sake don't let my wife get hold
of my letters The woman was rs
smart as her husband. She was also
holding n secret correspondence, and l
was in that, too. She did not want her
husband to know of il. took good
care of both and they enjoyed cheating
each other. At one time have known
on my route half dozen ladies who
were resting under the impression that
.Ios L,,o L.. 4 1,
pondence which should not be carried
on. Each one would give me minute
directions that if | received letter
from such and such place to be sure
and hand it to her, as it was important
and interested both. No doubt it did,
but didn't think three should take
hand in the business; only the husband
received the dainty epistles.
''But the increased facilities of the
new Office offer the most extended OPP
portunities for sly work. Boxes are
cheap, and the latest trick now is for
the husbands to have their tender epis-
ties sent to these boxes. They have
the key and no one else can get into il.
II the wife happens to find the key.
why she is easily satisfied by being told
that it belongs To- n door ut the store or
the safe or something of that sort. You
see, only one clerk OF so knows any
thing of your letters. No one has any
idea where you live or anything else.
But then, postal clerks and letter car
riers learn quickly. Travelling sales
men have become heavy patronzers of
the boxes since they became cheap.
The excuse for these gentry is that they
receive letters they do not wish sent.
home. So the envelopes are dropped
into their boxes, and when they return
from their tours they find bundles of
letters and no one to ask questions that
might bother them TO answer. Pablo
delphia Record.