Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-05-18
RECEIVED UNDER COVER.

tfacted by an impression which an Of
heial was placing on the back Of a bunch
d letters in red ink by means of hand
stamp The impression read: RE
ceived under cover at the pos toifi e,
Boston, Mass, from -, TO be for
warded In the mail.n The official seemed
70 take great delight in placing the tell
tale stamp on the back Of the envelopes.
when his apparently agreeable task
was finished the reporter began TO in
9uire into the philosophy of the thing.
I'VE receive great many letters un-
der cover" began the official, ITO be
forwarded In the mail. Most OF these
letters ! suspect. are sent by the class
OF people who indulge in anonymous
communications. Ignorant Of the regu-
lation Of the postal service, which re-
quires such letters TO be stamped at the
Office from which they are dispatched
TO the addresses, the senders imagine
the recipients can be deceived BY re-
sorting TO this crafty device To be
sure, all who send letters in this way
are not prompted by a malicious purpose.
Frequently the sender inclOses note
TO the postmaster, giving his or her
name, ana explaining the reason for
forwarding the letter under cover
Many people do it as a joke or for the
purpose OF mystifyiug the receiver"
do people at whose expense this
stamp is used ever object?'
Quite often, A person in Portland,
for instance, who sends letter here
addressed to a friend or perhaps an
enemy in the same city is likely TO be
found out when the addressed is put
IN possession Of the fact that the letter
originated in Portland. In cases Of
| this character We have received scold-
Ing letters from the victims, who in
yarinbly regard the use of the stamp
us shameful outrage. ] recollect the
case OF a doctor III a Massachusetts, city
who became so enraged at having his
letter stamped in this way that he
( threatened 10 have the postmaster re-
ported at Washington. A short time
ugo woman in New York city did a
deal Of vehement protesting against
the stamping Of her letters. She sent
letter and postal card 10 this Office
under cover, aud OF course each Of
them was regularly stamped as being
received from New York city. They
we're both addressed to persons living
in the same street Ia New York. The
letter being sealed we knew nothing Of
its contents, but the postal card pur.
ported 10 have been written by a mar
10 his wife. He wrote his wife he haC
lust arrived at certain hotel in this
city, aud this intelligence was followed
by a remark about some old acquaint
ance n woman whom he accidental!
met al the hotel. Ii was plain tina
the purport OF the postal was to create
some trouble between man and hi
wife. In couple Of days a letter 0
denunciation was received from per
son who was evidently the sender, an'
whose mischief had evidently bee,
traced home. Nothing daunted by he
discontinue this woman afterward in
closed other letters to banking hous
in this city with a request TO dro
them in the postoiiice. A represents
tive Of the firm brought them TO tn
posimasters room, when the handwrii
ing was readily identified. The bank
ing house returned them to the sender
another reason for sending letter
| in this way Is that people sometime
like 10 make others believe that the
are In places remote from where the
actually are. A man wrote frol
Topeka, Kan, inclosiug six postal card
addressed to rs many young ladies
Leavenworth. In an explanatory moi
The sender stated that he was residei
OF Leavenworth, was temporarily visi
ing in Topeka, and that he wanted h
voung lady friends TO think no was
Boston. The postal cards bore the i
formation that he had assembled Bunk
Eill monument, had seen the old sta
house and the old South church, al
that he had acquired fund of know
edge about Boston the recital OF whi'
would greatly interest his friends
his return to Kansas It must ha'
been made pretty hot for the fello
; when he sprung his recollections
Bunker hill on the girls on his retul
10 Leavenworth. We have some reg
, lar customers. An individual In Cir
ton. Mass, sends regularly under co
or letters for the great and mighty
the earth. He rarely addresses lett
TO an official ranking lower than
United States senator or n foreign Al
bassador. He is evidently a fellow WI
gives tips in diplomacy"
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