Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-23
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A. ssaal, articles Of great varsity have
h<~n fi~ees~red Es tbs undsiivGn eosre
sssssd-rsse and parcels One parcel eonfalnsd
. human sknfl, the crown Of which bad oesn
ssxn N another, thirty green tres fross ~
alive. In a tin mold was dn~0verei, sail U
good conditssn. plum posssiinS snien nd
besi sent TO Australia three years prevsoedys
and had found il way back owing 70 the ~
possibility ~ tracing the lady 10 whom n
was addressed SIsciuseus u the lssi,ss ore
i,r1prover ard packets Of made Mp bar Tor
.aaiss' heal gear may be seesi IN the musram
Ia NAseh th.-e various articlss nna tenn
p.rary resting place. The eoapsation o.
some parcels a. Christmas time was fscuiiAf-
la of,e were two psttlcoats, . pair o. ssasA
leg u matten and packet Of tobacco In
xns,fh.r. rabbit, stuffed with two tobacco
pir.7S. tobacco. q doIi and q piece Of bacon,
tur whole uelng wrapped up in = ladys
iack~,. In the parceis stoppsf In transit =
eo..rary to regulation were found . cat
squirrel piS-oas, lizards, derrnice, snakes.
4-sckoo, rnassrars and moiss- ali alive, NOT 10
mention one OF two other parcels CONTAINING
dead dogs a4fd cats.
on a Cornish railway. Is note in . dilapi-
dated eondifioe was found behind one Of the
panels. and with the assistance Of the authori-
ties Of tine Bank Of England was returned to
is grateful owner after . lapse Of twelve
wears from the date when it Was committed
10 the post. Ia july. 1855, complaint was
made that u registered letter eoataining
ESQ n.St.. had not been received at q country
village, ami after careful inquiry no trace
could be found Of the missing letter or Of Its
contents
Nearly seven months afterward lady re-
siding IN the SAME village happened TO OPEN
one II a large nuilber Of newspapers which
had b.en delivered at her house during pro-
iongs-i absence from home. and which were
about 10 lie DESTROYED unopened and the let
ter iropis-i from between the folds Of the
new spapers, into which IT had slipped while
in the post. She at once returned II 10 the
po.tofice, and It was thea duly delivered TO
the addreSssd.
A very objectionable practice. and oBs
likely 10 occasion risk and disappointment TO
the sender, is the growing habit of transmit
ting money in various articles sent by parcel
post Foni sovereil,ns were found in mass
Of crushed grapes, six in a packet of tobacco,
and ten shillings mixed up with smashed eggs
AMI butter
A native Of India residing in London. ex-
pressed a wish in September, ISIS, TO send
by parcel post tine ashes Of his cremated
brother. 10 te dropped into the sacred Ganges.
hut was informed that, unless he could limit
the weight Of the parcel Ia eleven pounds,
the postoifice could offer him no facilities
NJ further application was received on the
subject.
In private letter box. near the front en-
trance Of the farm Of Whitepark, Castle
Douglas. tontit has for three years built
her nest In the years 1887 and 1883 she per-
sistently pushed out the letters which were
placed in the box. ami rebuilt her nest when
it was removed. This year, however, she
permitted the letter. " remain, and success
fully hatched five 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 TO know if you know anything Of
C D | wanted to know and his son
henry ond if YOU knos onything of him lit
me know for he Hent III the war Of lSl2 un-
der buckingham they man that fitchea him
frer that couatry Isl. they landed in Illinois
hut the last account we had from him he WINS
still living in ls.d Mr.. R. " said there
was money for II u at the old mans
dea "a and | wunte,i nov ii there was and if
not it III" know AMI If not let me for | need
the iuol", aad oblise Mr.. H D."
\ letter was received from Naples bearing
for address a rough sketch Of two pears with
the word London" underneath, aud was
promptly delivered 10 the eminent soap
makers in New Oxford street. who readily
arknoH lei.,d the accuracy With which the
department had interpr. tel the intent Of the
writer Liverpool CouI Ter