Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-28
RECEIVED UNDER COVER.

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the Boston post office the writer's at
tention was attracted by an impression
which an official was placing on the
back of bunch of letters in red ink by
means of hand stamp. The impress
sion read: Received under cover at
----, to be forwarded in the mail. !"
The official seemed TO take great de-
light in placing the tell-tale stamp on
the back of the envelopes. When his
apparently agreeable task was finished
the reporter began to inquire into the
philosophy Of the thing.
1--WE receive great many letters
under cover" began the official, ''to
be forwarded in the mail. Most Of
these letters, suspect, are sent by the
class of people who indulge in anony-
nous communications. Ignorant Of
the regulation OF the postal service,
which requires such letters to be
stamped at the Office from which they
are dispatched to the addresses, the
senders imagine the recipients can
crafty device. To be sure, all
who send letters In this way are not
prompted by a malicious purpose. FIRE.
quently the sender incloses u note to
the postmaster, giving his or her name,
and explaining the reason for forward
ing the letter under cover. Many peo-
pie do it as n joke or for the purpose OF
mystifying the receiver
do people at whose expense this
stamp is used ever objectp"
Quite often, A person In Portland,
for instance, who sends letter here
addressed TO 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 scolding
letters from the victims, who invariably
regard the use OF the stamp as a shame
full outrage, | recollect the case OF a
doctor in IA Massachusetts, city who be-
came so enraged ut having his letter
stamped In this way that he threat
ened TO have the postmaster reported
at Washington. A short time ago a
woman in New York City did good
deal of vehement protesting against the
stamping OF her letters. She sent a
letter and postal card to this office
under cover, and Of course each of
them was regularly stamped as be-
ing received from New York City.
They were both addressed TO persons
living in the same street in New
York. The letter being sealed we
knew nothing of its contents. but the
postal card purported to have been
written by man to his wife. He
wrote his wife that he had just arrived
at a certain hotel in this city, and this
intelligence was followed by remark
about some old acquaintance-a WON
an--whom he accidentally met at the
hotel. 1t was plain that the purport
of the postal was to create some
trouble between "a man and his wife.
In couple of days letter OF denuncia-
ton was received from person
who was evidently the sender, and
whose mischief had evidently beer
traced homo. Nothing daunted by hen
discontinue this woman afterward in.
closed other letters to banking hous,
In this city with request to droI
them in the post-oiiice A represents
tive OF the firm brought them to tn,
postmaster's room, when the hand
writing was readily identified. The
banking house returned them to tn,
sender.
Another reason for sending letter
In this way is that people sometimes
like to make others believe that the,
are in places remote from where the,
actually are A man wrote from To
peka, Kas., inclosing SIX pos tai card
addressed to as many young ladies ii
Leavenworth. In an explanatory not,
the sender stated that he was IA resi-
dent of Leaveuworth, was temporaril,
visiting in Topeka, and that he wanted
his young lady friends to think he wa!
in Boston. The postal cards bore thu
information that he had ascende,
Bunker Hin monument, had seen tn,
old state-house and the old South
church. and that he had acquired
fund OF knowledge about Boston tn,
recital of which would greatly inter
est his friends on his return to Kan
sas, 1t must have been made prett.
hot for the fellow when he sprung hi
recollections of Bunker Hin on tn
girls on his return to Leavenworth
We have some regular customers. Al
individual in Groton, Mass, send
regularly under cover letters for thu
great and mighty of the earth. IL
rarely addresses a letter to an otiicia
ranking lower than United State
Senator or foreign Ambassador. Ill
is evidently fellow who gives tips il
diplomacy, boston Herald.
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