The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-11-08
PosToFFIcE cURloslTles.
Some Queer Packages Carried by the
Malls Of Great Britain.

! SOms ouccr Packages Carried by ths
Malls Of Great Britain.
As usual, articles Of great variety rsy.
! been discovered In the undeivered carrO-
| sponlence and parcels. One parcel contained
human skull the crown Of which had DoeD
sawn or, another, thirty green tree frog nj
alive. In n tin mold was discovered, s.l in
! good condition, plum pudding which hli
been sent 10 Australia three years previou.ly,
and bad found its way back owing 10 the I'M
possibility Of tracing the lady 20 vhnn u
was addressed. Specimens Of the ladies' dress
improyer and packets Of made up bar f.r
ladies' head gear may be- seen in the M. en- ..i
in which these various articles find n ten-
porgry resting place The composition ~
some parcels 40 Christmas time was pc ...
In one were two pettlcOnts, pair 81 STA Fl,
a beg of mutton nud "A packet Of tObaccO. in
another, rabbit, stuffed with two tyhaocO
pipes, tobacco, n doll and a piece Of bacon,
tho whole being wrapped up In IA Ia. y
iacket IN The parcels stopped In tran. as
contrary 10 regulation were found a cot n
squirrel, pigeons lizards, dormice, s'.
cuckoo, mustrats aud moles, all alive, 90. .0
mention one or twO other parcels containing
dcnd dog- and cnts.
During the repair Of a postOfce van ir '
ON "A Cornish railway, n 81 note in q 'iaUi-
dated condition was found behind one 90 ''o
panels aud with the assistance of the GuthOri-
tio, Of tho Bank Of England was returned 10
its grateful owner nftcr lapse of twelve
ycurs from the date when IL was cont
10 the post In July, 1885, complaint 'sds
made That u registered letter containing "A
$50 Ouptr hal not boon received at a cOUutry
village, aul after careful inquiry no t--"o
could be- found Of the missing letter OF ~ ~
contents
Nearly seven months aftcrward lady 10
siding m the same village happened o. "ltn
one of a large number of newspaper
had been delivered nj her house duriu" no.
lougcd absence from home, aud which .,is
about 10 bc destroyed unopened, mud the icI-
ter dropped from between the folds o. tao
newspapers, into which it had slippci l..a
iu the post. She at once returned 1t ~ tae
po-tonlnc, nhd IL was then duly deliver Z 10
the addro.-rd
A very Objectionable practice. ana me
likely 10 occasion risk aud disappointment q
the sender, j. the growing habit of transT't-
ting money in various articles sent by pare
post Four sovcrcigus were found l., a ,nD.s
Of cru he'd grapes, siX in pnckct Of tpbaCcp,
aud ten shilings mixcdup with smnsho. 81
aud butter.
pressed a wish in September, 1884, tos,..I
by parcel post the ashes Of his crcr,rlod
brother 30 bee dropped into the sacred Grn"os.
but was informed that, unless he could lir p.
the weight Of the parcel 30 eleven r1r. .s,
the po-tonicc could Offer him NO faci
No further application was received on the
subject
In private letter box, ncnr the fror' eu.
trance Of the farm 81 Whitcpnrk, & .Y
Douglns, "A tomtit has for three. years 'uit
her nest In the ycars 1881 and 1883 sh" d..
sistcntly pushed out tho letters which wor5
placed n the box, and rebuilt her no., .' -
it. was removed. fhi, year, however, en-
permitted thc letters 10 rcmnin, aud su. ..'e'-
fully hntchcd five young ones.
The folloWiugcu letter, lately received
from Indiana, shows on the part of the wri,
great confidence IN the department: 'F.T
sir want to know If you know anything ~
c. D. | wanted 10 know aud H.. "a
henry ond If YOU know onything Of him ni
mo know for ho won't In the war ~ l.,
der pncknghnm they man that fitch h,u.
from that country 1862 they landed in linnu'.
but the last account we had from him g.
still living in 1876 Mr.. r. W said t...,o
was money for Ii d at the old s',,
dcnth and wuutcd now If there was u.a Il
not lot mc know and If not let mo for ! u.,l
the money ana obligc Mr.. " D"
4 lctlcr was received from Naples bonrin,
for address a rough sketch Of two pear, y
tho word "Lpndon" underneath, nua Na.
promptly delivered % the eminent ..rN
makers in New oxford street, who ro~r
acknowledged the accuracy with which trN
department had interpreted the intent q, the
writer -- Liverpool Courier.