St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-15

have no post OF their own, but Ret
their mail At the adjacent Office. In
such . case the letter 10 returned.
stamped In red. with the following
note:
Returned for better directions,
From Chicaeo. H.,
March l&
I'VE get . large number Of blanl
envelops without any address. Some
times that only Of the addressee II In
sorted, q tho writer intended to look
up the address, or get it from friend,
was not certain Of the State. etc, and
then thoughtlessly posted it without
supplying the omission. To such We
anlx one Of the following stamps. q
the case requires:
Received without aAdresA
No post-ofaoe named
No State named.
No such once in State named.
Returned for better directions
Tho latter II only sent through the
carriers 70 Chicago firms. These
stamps:
and
Illegally addressed
No have constantly In use on account
Of the bad chirography. Tho foreign
err. especially tho Italians and the
Russian Poles, as before stated. are the
greatest culprits In this respect We
often receive letters addressed perhaps
- follows: "A. B.. Chicago. nL' On
these We put the stamp:
Fictitious.
'sThey are generally answers to
newspaper advertisements, from which
the name Of the paper has been omit
ted. The stamps
Rafusod
UDclai0cd
In dispute.
are used when parties refuse 70 take
the letter. newspaper or circular. or
pay efficient postage. When parties
are not found after being properly Id
vertised. Or whom firms dissolve and
both claim the mail. and until matters
are amicably settled. II il returned to
the writer or the Dead Letter Once.
When . letter without stamp - de-
posted, and there is no return card on
the envelope. . notice Of detention ID
sent to the addreesee and the stamp
Held for postage u put on the face.
and the othee stamp. Sent notice Of
detention IL placed On the back. An
alphabetical record In books for the
purpose Il made Of the letter. end It Il
held for two weeks subject to order.
II the writer. - l. often the case,
comes and pays Il or the addressee
sends the stamps, It il marked post
ago subsequently paid BY the writer
or BY the addressed. When the writ
er's address Is on the envelope and no
post-stamp has been amxed, the letter
is returned marked returned for post
age..' This stamp 10 In constant use
on account Of the carelessness Of tho
writer or neglect OF the clerk to afax
stamps. When . letter contains m
address - follows: John Jones has
left hotel. forward to Decatur an in
dex hand obliteeating the old address
II put on calling attention to this
direction. Where letters are returned
from tho Dead Letter Once containing
valuables and which can not be deliv-
cred. they are marked and returned:
Can not b found by the p. O. II no
attestion IL paid by the writer $50
ond notice = sent out to stir him up
before the letter IL returned to the
Dead Letter Once. The stamp
In bad order.
means that the letter 10 torn up or
dilapidated and was received in such q
condition. It protects the onice and
leads 70 tracing up. A number Of en-
velopes mostly for circulars. with moth
ing In them are received. These are
returned stamped without contents.
This acts - . check on the employees Of
large firms who send out many thou
Sand circulars
Csatsasy - 2. L md 4. Chicago. M.
stamped On . package indicates that II
contains jewclry or some article Of
saleable value which can not Be sent
through the post 70 any European
country. II . letter Or package I'D
dressed % some ono in Chicago II moi
claimed and tho sender's address = On
4. hs receives . notification to seod
return postage. and on its receipt the
parcel q forwarded. Tho stamp
lllsseas - Chicago.