The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-08


itial the same as the one to whom this
letter was addressed, went to the offic,
and received, with his mail, this identica
letter which had been placed in his box
The letter was carried home, unknowing
ly, and after passing the hands of five
different persons reached the owner; and
no 'dischorged clerk" was to blame for
this mistake because
| III. p. CHASE, HIMSELF,
opened and distributed the mail that
night. On the 3lst of July letter adj
dressed to another member of the family
arrived at that office, as shown by the
receiving stamp, and was called for the
I'd day of Aug, but the owner was in
formed. as usual, that there was no
mail, yet the next day it was delivered.
Within two weeks the writer has mail
ed two letters at that office, neither OF
which ever reached their destination, and
has had two letters addressed to him,
that he knows of, which he has never re.
ceived. He makes no charge as to what
became of those letters but has his own
opinion, and can say that when he mails
letters at any other post office near here
they always reach their destination.
A PATRON OF THE OFFICE.
Our correspondent justly feels in
dignant. No wonder he thinks oul
postmaster has grown blind in both
eyes, to make such work after foul
years experience. 1t is not his eye
sight, but as he has been told to his
face, "he was not built for a post
master" And did he not belong tc
a gang that holds on with a death
grip to any and everything that is
called office, he would have resigned
long ago. Now two weeks ago we
made up our mind to say no more
about this office, at present, but here
we are at it again. Well, it can't be
helped. 1t daily forces itself upon
our notice. 1t wants to be kicked il
deserves to be kicked, and it shall be
kicked. Almost the entire business OF
this newspaper office, including daily
incoming and outgoing remittances
is done through the postoffice. We
have an interest in it's management
above any three persons in its dellv.
cry. We asked this administration
to give us a postmaster capable of do.
ing the business. 1t paid no atten.
tion to this request but appointed this
man at the behest of an unprincipleC
gang of political schemers and self.
seekers at Brattleboro, 81 miles dis.
tant. We asked for bre ad and it the
administrator gave us stone. Now
we propose that the people shall know
just what kind of postal management
we have at this office, and let then
judge what kind of an administration
it is that allows such work to 20 or
week after week and month after
month.
Two weeks ago, or more, Mr.
Chase, doubtless acting under advice
discarded the help of his clerks in the
distributing of the mails (what a relief
to these clerks, upon whom all mis-.
takes, heretofore, have been saddled)
and has since then attended wholly tC
it himself with the assistance of his
wife. Yet in this time we have these
outrageous blunders, evidences of to-
tai incompetency, as narrated by the
above patron of the office, and many
more. On the goth of July the post
master at Brattleboro mailed card
addressed to the SITTER requesting
the change of address of a subscriber.
This card was received at this post
office on the same day, the 20, as
shown by the receiving stamp, but
was not delivered to us until the 26th.
This cost us the wrong sending of the
subscribers paper that week. A few
days after this we found in our mail,
delivered to us by Mr.. Chase, the
same having been distributed by him,
a letter addressed to
! Mrs. LOUISA SpRAGUE.
Last Friday evening a gentleman OF
this village had delivered to him let
ter which he opened, not looking a,
the address, and found therein s
check for several hundred dollars
An examination showed that the let.
ter was plainly addressed to another
party. This letter was from the
Montague Paper Co., had its printed
card upon it, and was addressed tc
its agent here, who is known as such
by Chase and is constantly receiving
letters from the firm, and this print.
ed card, alone, would have been 9
sufficient guide to the postmaster, il
he had been an ordinary mortal. Or
Tuesday of this week letter address.
ed to j.. Sumner kinsman was deliv.
cred to Miss Susie Clough for hel
grandmother, Mrs. Susan Wilbur