Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-16

Things That Ama.- the Clerk. or Make
Them q rrffs rrofane.

Nh@n q Trfde FrufAneA
Many queer things pass through the
mails Some Of them afford amuse-
ment for the clerks and others. for a
time. cause them % forget their relig-
fous training Every conceivable
thing that comes under the rules %
mailable natter. and many Others be-
sides. l. daily received At every large
post-ofHce in the land Many packages
srC stopped because Of violation u the
law and are eona=cafed. while 0eca-
stonally an unrnail1bie article slips
through under the gli-e % sor1s;hiag
else Speaking % the matter a Btlti-
more Post-orice official said The
mailing OF merchandise. samples
and other things has reached
such an extent that I wouldn't
be surprised Al any time 20 see n man
come in and ask L he can mail atom u
coal 70 san Francisco. A great many
things are sent by would-bs !Oksrs. A
short time 2 n fashionable uptown
lady received aneasiy-4one-up and per-
fuDed package from a point In Ytr-
GINA On opening Il a garter-snake
Jumped out and ran across the floor.
The lady screamed. and when soms Of
the other members % the family went
10 her rescue she was standing on a
comfortable and the snake vas coIled
up on n sofa A few days ago when a
maIl-pouch a opened a small dla-
moud-back terrapin crawlcd out The
little reptile was carried 10 Gus War
field. who placed il on his desk Il
crawled about quit. actively for
awhile. and then pulled IN
it, head and feet and went 70 sleep.
Mr. Warheld plseed L on the desk Of
one Of the clerks who had gone out f0r
lunch When the clerk returned be
noticed the terrapia and though. I;
WI a paper-welght and went on work.
ing. In a few minutes the serr1pla
awoke. stretched out II head and
crawled over on the clerks paper. -
IL 20 see what hs was writing The
young man had never seen a live terra
pin before. and. still thinking that il
was n usE-fangisd paper-weight b.
picked il up to make a closer inspes,-
ton somehow the right thumb g0s
caught IN the ~terrapin's mouth and a
part Of il stayed there He now Knows
what a terrapin Il. but i very careful
about Inspecting new designs In paper
weights On n recent occasion a box
fun of lizards was found in Que OF the
pouches They were thrown 0gE
Very frequently commission men ~
ceive samples of all kinds Of grain and
other farm products with inquiries
concerning their value. Often the
samples of strawberries are sent thi.
way. but on their arrival they ars
generally mashed into pulp. Hand
some bouquets frequently make their
way through the mails. but on arriv-
Ing at their destination they arr,
usually crushed and worthless. A
watermelon came a few days ago adj
dressed TO a man on Pratt street. The
carrier who took It down had the mis-
fortune TO drop il just as he entered
SHA 0BoNs UAt u EliAAE no
difference. a. it was green any way.
Small orders Of all kinds of goods
are sent in every direction all
over the country The meanest tricks
ever played in this direction was when
the envelopes for hospital day wers
collected Many Of them were no,
stamped. and rs the department had
been requested not to stamp worthless
ones they were opened and found 70
contain peanut bulls. bugs. sand,
pieces of bacon rind. horn buttons, tin,
etc.
One of the most annoying things q
he officials was candy. and recently a
line was drawn there. That Is, a rule
was adopted thai candy should be put
up in such "a manner that il could moi
get loose among the other matter
Formerly nearly every pouch con,
tanned a broken box OF candy and /,
lot of sticky Observation-Disclosures Her.
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