Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-30
Embellishments.
Leeter-Csrrier's Secrets.
Nry WHO Gould CREATE A SENSATION
SHOULD They TELL ALL THEY Know.

EEN WHO Gould CREATE A SENSATION
SHOULD THEY TELL ALL THEY KNOW.
There is not letfer-carrier in the city
but who il the custodian of the secrets OF
some one on his route. said well known
postal official yesterday. What sensa-
ton they would create if what they knew
could be revealed at one time. The di-
yorce courts would be over-crowded. and
rivals for maidens' affections would be
parading the streets, armed to the teeth,
looking for the other fellow But there
Is barrier TO these revelations. The pos
tai laws strickly provide that carrier
must never tell of what he sees. repeat
what he hears. nor make public in any
manner the address upon letter. When
notified to deliver letters only to the per-
son TO whom addressed it is enjoined upon
him to remember this rule. especially as
regards members of the same family.
Well do remember when was carrier
a certain 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
is what saw several times: When she
received note from the old gentleman
she was very deliberate in her movements,
but when l handed her one from the son
she was out of the house in a jiffy.
..One of the most annoying things to the
carriers is the impudence of 'mashers.'
have had these fellows intercept me and
offer S5 or $40 If I would tell who such
lady was, and whether she were married
or not. remember one lady in particu-
lar, who came here from a neighboring
city and stopped at the residence of mill
lionaire. She was magnificent woman.
A man could hardly pass her without
turning around to take second look.
The mashers nearly went crazy over her,
and one met me at nearly every street
corner of my route with some question
regarding her. came near getting into
half dozen fights over her, and l was
glad when she went home. But the de-
vices of married men and women who
are holding clandestine correspondence
are ingenious. Ali such people stand
upon volcano, not knowing the minute
it will begin to send forth fire and ruin
ed reputation. One man used to beg me
every day: For Gods sake don't let my
wife get hold of my letters The woman
was as smart as her husband, was also
holding secret correspondence, and |
was in that, too. She did not want her
husband to know of it. | 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 belief that their husbands we're
holding correspondence 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 impor-
tant and interested both. No doubt it did,
but then didn't think three should take
hand in the business; only the husbands
received the dainty epistles
''But the increased facilities of the new
office offer the most extended opportuni-
ties for sly work. Boxes are cheap, and
the latest trick now is for husbands to
have their tender epistles sent to these
boxes. They have the key and no one
else can get into it. II the wife happens
to find the KEY, why she is easily satisfied
by being told it belongs to a door at the
store or the safe, or something of that
sort. You see, only one clerk or so knows
anything of your letters. No one has any
idea where you live or anything else.
But then, postal CLERKS and letter-carriers
learn quickly. Travelling salesmen are
becoming heavy patronizers of the boxes
since they have become cheap. The ex
cuse for these gentry is that they receive
letters they do not wish to be sent home.
So the envelopes are dropped into their
boxes, and when they return from their
tours they find bundles of letter and no
one to ask questions that might bother
them to answer.-Philadelphia Record.