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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20
HOWWE GET OURMA|L
A View of the Busting Interior
of the Pittsburg Post
office.
SPEED A VITAL ELEMENT
In the Composition of the Men EN-
,plOyed by Uncle Sam.
GIVING ODDS TO BASEBALL PITCHERS.

High Standard of Pitts burg's PostofHce-The
Best TnIent Engaged - Remarkable
Speed and Memory of Mail Distributors-
Collecting the MaiI-EGacing the Stamps
Filling the POuches-The Small Per-
ceutage of fMistakes-DniIy Study Neces-
sary TO Maintain Emclency-Deciphering
Blind Addresses-An Occasional Con.
sigument to the Dead Letter Office.
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dark features, and showed them to be those
of man who had faced many dangers, and
had vanquished them BY stern perseverance
and prudent reflection. His black eyes wore
a .domineering expression, and his full,
tightly-closed mouth gave evidence of hot
temper, but even more of the iron will Of q
determined man. His broad-shouldered
frame leaned against q sheaf OF spears set
crossing each other in the ground, and when
he drew his powerful hand through his
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20

clear memory held 1t word for word; also at
intervals he had repeated it over to himself
as ne wandered on the lonely way to Tanis.
Now ne endeavored to do SO again, but before
ne could get to the end his mind carried him
back to thoughts of Kasana. The doctor
had ordered Joshua to forbid any talking,
so when the patient tried to deliver his
message he bade him be silent. Then the
soldier smoothed his pillow as gently as
mother might, gave him his medicine, and
kissed him on the brow.
At last he sat down by the fire in front of
the tent, and only rose to give the youth
drink when the stars showed him that an
hour had passed.
The flames lighted up Joshua's somewhat
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20

and the least hesitation may throw him
hopelessly behind in the work of the day.
A man has to keep his brain clear or an OBJ
scure postofhce may slip his memory at just
the time he ought to remember it. The pay
ranges from $500 to 81, 100 per annum, but
it is not enough, and the distributors are
now organized nationally and will present
solid forefront to the next Congress for an
increase In compensation. We make up
big sacks of mail for San Francisco, Texas,
and big Western cities which are never
touched this side of Chicago. Oh, yes,
there is label On each sack so that the de-
partment can tell what clerk put it up, what
time it left the Office, and what time it
reached its destination. There are from 90
to 100 separate routes made up in this Office.
The letter mail leaves here, of course, over
comparatively few routes, but it has to be
divided so that the pouches come in Sc
quence, whichever direction the train runs
away from here. 1t is mighty complicated
business"
HUSTLING INCOMING MAIL.
Superintendent Collins explained the
handling of the incoming mail as follows:
The letter mail say from New York in the
morning arrives at 745, and the heavier
mail comes at 8:15. The mail wagon takes
about 20 minutes in its trip to the office, and
the pouches are hurried in and opened, and
the time slip filled out. Then the first sep
arators take hold and divide the box and
carrier mail. The mail carriers then ges in
their most rapid work in getting the mail
arranged by their route. There are SO car
riers in the main Office, 13 in East Liberty,
10 on the Southside, and the utmost speed
consonant with accuracy is maintained in
the proper distribution. The detailed sort
ing is, of course, slower than the first
separation, but there are many men in the
office who size up we'll in their speed record
with any Office in the United States. The
lock box contingent is much smaller than
the amount handled by the carriers, and has
to be handled with deliberstion, for
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20

VERY device which
can insure speed in the
transmission o f til e
United States mails is
now snapped up eagerly
by the Postofice Depart
ment. There are three
essentials in the trans
,rrission of the unitad
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20
Brazening 1t Out.

Principal-Well, Tommy, what can do
for you2
Tommy-My teacher, she set me up to say
that you've been very bad, and am to give
you . severe whipping. Take of your
jacketl-Puck.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20
ASIA'S COAL FIELDS.
Mountains of Black Diamonds of the
Very Finest Quality.
TONGKING'S TREASURE TR0VE.
Remarkable Wealth Of Frances Possessions
in Indo. China.
A LESS OPPRESSIVE POLICY NEEDED.
A LESS OPPRESSIVE POLICY NEEDED
rrRon OUR TRAVELLING COMMISSIONER. !,

HE first explorers OF
Tongking saw in the
Red river, which crosses
it from frontier to sea,
the great highway to
and from the vast and
wealthy provinces of
Southern China. This
was the dream for
which Francis GARNER
and the rest of the
brave band of French
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20

One man curves a newspaper into
sack crossing en- route package of woods
which is skimming toward sack diametri-
cally opposite. The aperture in the sack is
about 10 inches in diameter, and an average
man would have hard job in tossing
brick with even extreme deliberation into so
small hole at distance of 10 or Is feet.
But what complete mastery of the science of
tossing all shapes, sizes, weights and varie-
ties of packages, a man must possess to be
able to read an address, figure out the proper
route and with one little turn
of the wrist. yank it into the
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PoSToFFICE PITCHERS.

These packages of letters are taken out to
the mailing room. There is pouch rack in
the center of this room which is in the shape
of half semi-circle, the center being occu-
pied by table upon which the mail is
dumped. There are 152 canvas sacks hitched
to the rack, with their wide-open mouths
yearning for mail. Some of the sacks hold
both letters and mail, but the majority of
them in the largest rack are for papers and
packages. The rack slopes upward in order
to range the sack mouths IN ascending order
On dead level the men who so expertly
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20

said, by the way, that the morning crew,
which works from z A. NJ. to P. M,
handles only third of the daily mail. One
man does the midnight run" from IL P. NJ.
to A. NJ, and handles an average of u 900
letters per diem. He mail matter fluctuates
in quantity, the middle of the week being
always the heaviest.
The distributors are class all to them
selves in the department work They are
and have to be extremely sharp-eyed with
phenomenal memories as side qualifca-
ton. The mail matter is distributed in
"cases," these being allotted to various
States or groups of States. Pennsylvania
and Ohio each have case to themselves.
Other States receiving less mail from here
do not demand so much room. There are
upward of 800 distinct separations of mail
made in the Pittsburg Office. When the
mail is all got awav with each pigeonhole
is more or less filled. The letters are taken
out, tied In package and ticketed with
slip upon which time of completion, num-
Der of clerks and point to be reached are
stamped, then these packages are ready to
be routed, j. e., sent in the proper mail
pouch over the proper railroad line. Not
moment of time is lost in the whole opera
tion, and the men who can go in and take a
case in the distributing department must
have the topography of the United States
down very fine.
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\ shy the packages into the sacks could
not operate at all. 1t is really marvellous
to see the way in which these active dis
tributors make the mail fly into the
sacks. Several men work together in the
space. They grab up bundle of papers
and packages and arrange them 30 that
the postmarks can be handily seen.
Then the shower begins and the speed
with which the packages shoot in
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-23
VERlTAS.
From Dunton's Spirit of the Turf

From Dunton's Spirit of the Turf
Last week we made this slight allusion
to an Illinois breed trotter: "The SEN
sational trotter in Budd Doble's stable
is the 5-year-old gelding Veritas. by
Mark Field. Neritas made 4-year-Old
him off this year. He is bred to trot to
to the end of the road Illinois claims
him as her personal property, although
he brought but S75 as a 3-year-old.
Both his sire and dam are waiting to
be put into The Dunton Register, and
be, after the Flower City stakes are trot-
ted" When we penned those lines, we
hardly thought Doble would put a . 20
mark upon this seven-day wonder before
our words cooled off. But he has, and
the fact is, that when Budd said II have
a greater in my stable than Guy" he
meant Neritas. His race at Detroit on
Tuesday, won in straight heats oyer nine
good ones in 2:20, , :20i, 2 :2O4, is a mod
crate Jog for Neritas, Il grand son of
george likes. HIS sire anu Jam are
both owned in this State, and are already
eligible to the Dunton Register His sire
Mark Field (formely Mambrino Wilkes :;
bred by W. II. Richardson. Lexington,
Ky, foaled May I'd, 1874, got by Geo.
Wilkes; dam Corrine, by McDonald's
Chief, son of Clark Chief; I'd dam by
Alexander's Edwin Forrest Mark Field
has never been popular with breeders in
Illinois, for what reason we know not {:
but we venture to say from this time on,
he will have all he can do in the stud.
He is owned by Mr.. Frank \. Lyon of
Aurora, H., where his service is $50.
Next season it will deservedly be 500.
Next week we will be able to give the
breeding of Neritas dam.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-23
GREEN'S BASHAW.

Replying to Belle Plains (Kan.) sub
scriber, the above was a black stallion,
standing about 1872 hands in height. Ac-
cording to the breeders Stud Book" he
was bred by Jonas Seeley, Orange coun-
ty, n. Y, and foaled in 1866. His sire
was Vernol's Black Hawk, son of Long
Island Black, by Andrew Jackson, a son
of Young Bashaw. His dam was Belle,
by Webber's Tom Thumb, Canadian
horse of unknown lineage, but fast trot-
ter, and one of great endurance.
The second dam of Green's Bashaw
was the famous Charles Kent Mare, which
produced Rysdyk's Hambletonian. She
was by the celebrated Norfolk trotter
imported Bellfounder, which, though I'M
doubtedly very highly bred, was not thor
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-23

loose could show a tremendous burst of
speed, which was invariably locked up,
as it were, when it was driven in harness,
but he persevered with the colt, and after
monkeying with him for several years
and trying all sorts of ways to make the
colt show little gait, he at last hit upon
way of shoeing and weighting that pro-
duced a marvellous change and the colt
showed fast at once and won races in
fast time.
The science of breeding the trotter is
already pretty well understood by the
majority of New England breeders. But
all of us breeders have got much to learn
regarding the science of developing them
after they are bred, which latter knowl
edge is as important to the would-be sue
cessful breeders is the knowledge of
how to breed them. Not all breeders
can afford to employ professional break
ers and trainers to do all the handling
of their colts, and not all professionals
have science or brains to properly develop
Colto' luCy ihclcIy iCiy loi cuSNNSs vi
the knack of simply driving them fast in
race, being stupendous failures as train
ers.
Success in breeding can only be OBJ
tanned by those who know how TO bring
up their colts themselves or. by those who
have sufficient money at command to en-
pioy the highest class of trainers to do
so for them.
Take Maine for example. In nearly
every case the most successful breeders
have been those who were informed on
handling colts themselves. But no man
need hope to succeed in breeding trotters
who is ignorant of how to develop colts
himself and who relies on second-rate
professionals to do it for him.
When this subject is better understood
among the breeders in general, the fast
colt that loses his speed by being broken
to harness will be a thing of the past.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-23
6orse Department.
PROSPECTUS.

The increasing prosperity OF the REGISTERS
gratifying to its owners but its circulation
isn't tenth part OF what we intend 1t shall
be. The REGISTER is the highest authority in
the world on the true history and pedigree oil
the American road horse. As such,it deserves
and must get the very widest circulation. us
Horse Department is worth many times It's
subscription price - valuable, Instructive
entertaining. From all over the country we
have an immense amount of original matter
coming in tor this department. and we eXr
pect to be able to give soon the history
and pedigree of the following famous hors-
es hitherto unknown: Old Pilot, ST. Law
renee, Columbus, dam of Royal George, North
American or Bullock Horse; Lady Surrey,dam
OF Henry Clay; Tom Thumb, 4. s. OF Green's
Bashaw; Leonidas, reputed g. s. OF Biggarts
Rather and many others
This is pre- eminently the kind OF informa-
ton that all gentlemen of intelligence desire,
and none such American can well afford TO De
without this paper. II is the American gentle
mans paper tor the history OF the horse. In
all such information there is included much
local and general history. Indeed, the trac-
ing of some OF these pedgrees seems very
similar to a romance, in which one sees not
only the animated bearing and noble action
OF the horse, but also the life and beauty OF
the country through which he travels.
Terms $3.50 per year. Tell your neighbors
Spread the circulation. We want the REGIS
TER to go upon every farm in the country,
from Maine TO California and there are sew
eral ii does not yet reach.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-23
WHISKY JANE,
DAM OF SAM PURDY.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman Seeing
by all the sporting papers that they give
the dam of Whisky Jane as by Illinois
Medoc, the dam of Sam Purdy, had in
tended for some time to give little of
the history of Whisky Jane and what
know about her, as it might be of some
interest to your readers. She was bred
in this (Greene) county, and there never
was horse that stood in Greene county
by the name of Illinois Medoc, as far
back as fifty or sixty years. Now Whis-
ky Jane was bred by man by the name
of jackson, who has been dead several
years, who sold her to James Amos of
this county, who took her to California
and sold her to William Morehead of
Sacramento, Cal. Mr.. jackson bred two
mares-one to pacing-horse called Pete
Milestone. Pete Milestone belonged to
John Williams of ST. Louis, whom you
were acquainted with. The other mare
was bred to Champion Black Hawk, that
was said to be by Hills Black Hawk.
Those mares produced two fillies and
Whisky Jane was one of those tillies, but
by which horse we could never find out.
She looked from her size and appearance
like she might have been by Champion
Black Hawk. but there is nothing certain
about which horse she was by. Now,
suppose it would not be out of place to
inform you how Jane came by her name.
Mr.. Morehead kept stable in Sacrament
to; he was an odd kind of a man, and he
kept the mare down at his stable. He
used to send the mare up to the track at
Sacramento by man of the name of Jim.
do not just now remember Jim's sur
name. He came to the track to exercise
her, and the boys there, in 1864, got very
curious to know whether the ''little mare"
could trot any or not, and if l am not
mistaken Mr.. John Mackey was at the
track at the time, John B. Craft, train
er yankee SMITH, and myself. We
came TO the conclusion to find out wheth-
er she could trot any or not, and as Jim
liked his dram in the morning when he
came to the track and the balance of us
were not much behind him, our plan was
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-23
VERMONT HORSES.

Vermont soil, air, climate, water make
it good ground for high breeding of all
kinds of stock. This has been concu-
sively proved with sheep. And it will
be proved again with horses, as it already
has been once, in furnishing the best
strains of American horses. We have
not only the same advantages for rear
ing horses as for cattle and sheep, but
our hills are particularly well adapted
for all-around muscle development. The
superiority of Vermont soil over almost
any other in the country is realized
fact among both scientific and practical
men. There is more profit, and has been
for the last 20 years, in raising an ordin-
airy, everyday horse than in an OK or
COW: while care and attention in breed
ing, using good mares, not those that
nothing else can be done with. and Sc
Letting stations of merit, is sure to fire.
quently bring fancy prices. The breed
ing of such horses as can and ought to
be bred in Vermont is a business which
there is no danger of being overdone.-
Brattleboro Reformer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-23
II. Cults, Orwell, VT; Roy, bl e, entered
by b. A. Austin, Burlington, VT.

II. Cults, Orwell, VT; Roy, bl g, entered
by B. A. Austin, Burlington, VT.
Van Ness House stake, for foals of
1885 :-Wauco, br C, entered by Charles
X. Bates, Derby, VT; ii. l.. j., br f, en-
tered by f. ID. Vaughn, Vaughn's, N. Y. {;
Aristotle, br C. entered by Lloyd Por-
ter, .Iiconderoga, n. Y; Conemaugh
Wilkes, CHI e, entered by Utton Bros,
Morrisville, VT; -, + +, by +. D..
Kinds, Pittsford, VT; Monarch, ch C, en-
tered by George G. Weed, Ticonderoga,
n. Y; Gen. Warren, CHI 5, entered by
Burbank q Williams, Coventry, VT. /;
Prince, b z, entered by Louis Lapoint,
Plattsburgh, n. y; Williston, b c, en-
tered by A. 5. Webb, Burlington, VT. ;
Malchior, b c, entered by c. 7. Holmes,
Charlotte, VT; II. II. Franklin, entered
by Ii. Il. Cults, Orwell, Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-23

for first one to treat and then another,
until jim began to feel pretty good, and
then we made bet among ourselves that
she could not trot in 3 10; she made it Gas
well as ! can remember) in about 2 :5S, but
before she got through she made another
mile in , :I6. a butcher, William Arm
strong. happened in on the track and saw
what was going on, drove down town and
told Mr.. Morehead, and he Immediately
drove up and found the mare standing
outside. He came in and found the boys
taking another drink on the Performance
of Jane. He singled out jim and gave
him kick, remarking, My mare Jane
trottiug for whisky" Then and there
she was named Whisky Jane, and went
by that name from that out. | had some
sale-horses that took to San Francisco
to sell, and Mr.. Morehead wanted me to
take his mare and sell her also; but re-
fused, and when | got there stopped at
George Banks stable on Market Street,
where | made the acquaintance, through
George Bank, of Mr.. Erwin Davis, to
whom / sold a little roam horse to go to
the pole with horse called Pat Morgan
and after trying them they did not drive
well together, so | told him about Whisky
Jane. He studied about it for day or
two, and finally wanted me to go back
and get the mare for him. l, instead,
wrote to Mr.. Morehead. He brought her
down, and we sold her to Mr.. Davis to
drive with Pat Morgan. The price was
5000 AS near as | can recollect now, this
is my knowledge of Whisky Jane, and |
expect there are many in California who
would remember this circumstance when
reminded of it. This is little old but
nevertheless true. c. DOYLE.
/ Carrolton, Ill.,, March n, 1889.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-23
BY BLACK HAWK,
NOT BY ETHAN ALLEN.

CHATHAM, n. Y, Aug. ID, 1899.
MR.. BATTELL,
Dear Sir In a copy of the Middle
bury REGISTER of few weeks ago / saw
an article about two stud colts bred in
Shoreham or Bridport going to Ohio, the
dam of one mare called Rachel. |
thought at the time | would write and
give you the facts concerning the colts,
as you gave them to Ethan Allen. when
they belonged to Old Black Hawk; but
my health is so poor and | was feeling so
miserable about that time, and it would
make very little difference, as it was of the
same family. | bought one-half of the
mare, Rachel, of Mr.. Timothy L. Jack
son of Flushing. Long Island, over 80,
may be 40, years ago. She was then in
foal by Jackson's Flying Cloud, son of
Vermont Black Hawk. That was in the
fall of the year. The next spring after she
dropped a mare colt. / bred her to Yer
mont Black Hawk and got a large bay
stud colt then returned her to Black
Hawk again, when the Oldest colt was
two years old. Mr.. Jackson had made
arrangements to go to some place in Ohio
on a large stock farm. | think it was in
September that he came up from the
island and wanted to divide the stock.
We put up Rachel and the Flying Cloud
colt and the other two. then commenced
bidding for choice. We got up near 5000.
if | remember right. | took the money
and kept Rachel and her first colt. Jack
son told me she had trotted in 2:45 or
thereabouts. She was large coarse bay
mare and ! weighed her one summer
when at pasture in Orwell village; her
weight was 1905, and the dam of Superb
weighed 1900. They were in fine condi-
ton on grass. jackson took the two
colts to Long Island and shipped them to
Ohio with the rest of his stock that he
had. He took four or five stations. Fly
ing Cloud among them; so you see this
stud colt was not by Ethan Allen, but
Vermont Black Hawk.
Yours very truly,
JAMES F. FROST.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-23

oughbred. The dam of the Charles Kent
Mare was One Eye, by Bishops Hamble-
tonian, thoroughbred son of imported
Messenger, and considered in his day the
best horse that Messenger ever got. One
Eyes dam was Silvertail, which is re-
corded as daughter of imported Messen-
ger, and is generally believed to have
been such, though that has been ques-
toned.
Green's Bashaw was sold as a sucking,
together with his dam, to Mr.. f. NJ. Cum
mings of Muscatine, Ia, by whom he was
taken West. Mr.. Cummings soon sold
him to Joseph a. Green, also of Musca-
tine, who kept him until July, 1864, when
the horse was bought by a Mr.. Carr of
st. Louis, Mo. Not long afterwards he
was bought by Mr.. II. c. Beckwth of
Hartford, Ct, who kept him until 1866,
when he was again sold to Mr.. Green,
his former owner, and taken back to Mus
catine, where he was kept until January,
1877, when he was bought by Mr.. George
~. OuIS VI l1cldlu. Ills. VIII hept hiul
until the death of the horse, which oc-
Cured Jan. %, 1880.
Green's Bashaw started in four races.
He beat Bashaw Drury at Davenport,
Ia, Sept. 6, 1871, in straight heats. Time,
, ;47t, 2:4li, 2 :35. The third heat of this
race was the fastest that he ever won.
His roll of honor includes Josephus
(2:l9a), Fred Douglass 2:20D, Hamble-
tonian Bashaw (2:2l4), Rose of Wash
ington (2:2ll), Kirkwood cap, Gov
ernor cap, Bashaw Jr. (2:24E, Wag-
ner's Bashaw (2:25D, Amboy (2:26),
Green Charley (2:2GH, Gen. Lee @ :2G!),
Buffers Bashaw (2:2SD, Tom Kirkwood
(2:29iN, Wild Oats (2:29D, Josephine
@ 800, and Robert Burns @ 800. Elev-
en- of his sons and eleven of his daugh-
tiers have produced , 80 performers. One
of his daughters, called Tornado, brought
Tempest, sire of the PAGER Gray Harry
:2GD. Tempest was also by Green's
Bashaw.- American Cultivator.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-23
ANNOUNCEMENT.

The work on the first volume of the Register
of Morgan Horses goes steadily forward. 1t
will consist OF about 500 pages, and contain
about 1000 pcdiGrees, with much additional
matter, be well illustrated and handsomely
bound. All stations of merit tracing in di
rect male line to Justin Morgan, foaled lsSO
and before and having at least one sixty fourth
blood of the original Morgan horse, will be
recorded free; tor stations foaled since lSe0
and mares with such Inheritance as above,
the usual tee of 81 is charged. The price of
the book is not yet fixed, but will be made as
low as can be afforded, SO that the work may
be widely distributed. Blanks tor pedigrees
furnished on application. Address,
JOSEPH BATTELL, Middlebury, VT.