Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-19
posToFfIcs cURlosITIes.

SOM. Queer Package. Carried by the
Mails cf Great Britain.
A usual. articles Of great variety have
been discovered in tn; undelivered CORE
spondence and parcels One parcel contained
a human skull, the crown Of which had been
sawn OF; another. thirty green trss frogs, all
alive In tin mold was discovered, still In
good condition. u plum pudding which had
been sent 10 Australia three years previously,
and had found its way back owing 10 the i'm
possibility OF tracing the lady to whom 1t
was addressed. Specimens OF the ladies' dress
improver and packets Of made up hair for
ladies' head gear may be seen I'm the museum
IN which these various articles find tenn
porary resting place. The composition Of
some parcels at Christmas time was peculiar.
In one were two petticoats, pair of stays,
a leg OF mutton and packet OF tobacco. In
another, a rabbi, stuffed with two tobacco
pipes, tobacco, q doll and a piece OF bacon,
the whole being wrapped up In a ladys
jacket. In the parcels stopped In transit as
contrary 20 regulation were found a cat,
squirrel, pigeons lizards, dormice, snakes, a
cuckoo, muskrats and moles, all alive not TO
mention one or two other parcels containing
dead dogs and cats
During the repair Of postofilce van in use
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dated condition was found behind one Of the
panels, and with the assistancssS. the authori-
ties OF the Bank Of England W. returned to
Its grateful owner after a lapse of twelve
years from the date when II was committed
20 the post In July, 1888, complaint was
made that q registered letter containing a
ESQ note had not been received at a country
village, and after careful inquiry no trace
could be found Of the missing letter or Of its
contents
Neariy seven months afterward lady re-
siding In the same village happened to open
one OF . large number OF newspapers which
had been delivered at her house during pro-
longsd absence from home, and which were
about TO I've destroyed unopened and the let
ter dropped from between the folds of the
newspapers, into which IL had slipped while
In the post. She at once returned IL to the
postofice, and It was then duly delivered to
the addressed
A very Objectionable practice. and one
likely 20 occasion risk and disappointment to
the sender, Is the growing habit of transmit
ting money In various articles sent by parcel
post. Four sovsreigns were found in a mass
Of crushed grapes, six In a packet Of tobacco,
and ten shillings mixed up with smashed eggs
and butter.
pressed a wish In September, 1885 TO send
! by parcel post the ashes of his cremated
brother. TO be dropped into the sacred Ganges
but was informed that, unless he could limit
the weight Of the parcel to eleven pounds,
! the postof1ce could Offer him no facilities
No further application was received on the
subject.
In a private letter box, near the front en-
trance OF the farm Of Whitepark, Castle
Douglas, a tomtit has for three years built
her nest. In the years 1887 and lsss she per-
| sistsntly pushed out the letters which were
placed In the box, and rebuilt her nest when
II was removed This year, however, she
permitted the letters TO remain, and success
fully hatched i've young ones.
The following curious letter, lately received
from Indiana, shows on the part OF the writer
great confidence In the department: Dear
sir-I want 10 know II you know anything OF
c. D. wanted To know and his son
henry ond II you know ouythiug Of him lit
me know FOR he went ia the war OF 1919 un.
der rockingham they man that fitched him
from that country 1869 they landed In Illinois
but the laA' count we bad from him he was
still living IN .57d Mr.. R. W said there
was money for h D. at the old mans
death aud / wunted now If there was and II
not lot me know and II not let me for need
tbs mouey and oblige Mr. H D-.n
A letter was received from Naples bearing
for address a rough sketch OF two pears with
the word London" underneath, and was
promptly delivered 20 the eminent soap
makers In New Oxford street, who readily
acknowledged the accuracy with which the
department had interpreted the intent Of the
writer Liverpool Courier