Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-25
THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE.

1 mlgW ~ ttottsNt WIN n lttlt tsft on
the p,rt ~ the people Who usc the malls.
the i'o.t Ofii :. Department has Is.a~d q
clrulsr. from which We make the follow
lag extracts
Over .lx million pl.ces 10 mall matter
are .ent annually to the Dad LITTER
Ofiic- hy r-ssos of inrorrrr'. Iilegihl-. or
deficient address, Insufficient postage.
in.-sur- inclo.lng. whereby matter mali
ei ,-,ome. separated from the .n,-lope
az Wrapper. or the failure to b. called
for or delivered In the person sidr-s.s'i.
Thi. IL q daily average of over twenty
thoa.,ni pieces.
| Of th~.- the greater portion either ar-
not called for az the post Office to which
ihey are dlr~,tSi, ot, IN c.se of fr---sle-
| livery office., IN. sisire.se~s cannot b.
found. notwithstanding every known
mean. !. rr.oriei to on the psrt of the
postsi offi,isi. to -ff,st delivery.
Of th. unclalmei sn'i uni.ll,vrei mall
m,i,rr reviewed ~ the Dad LITTER Of'ic-
during the pss, h.csl year, four hunir,Si
snl nftv-one thousand ~er- l~,ier. ml.-
iircrtei, or ONLY partially sdlr-s.~i-
that u, not siirr.ss,i to q poet ofiic" or
addressed to q post one wiihout the
Stsi. t-ring given. or addressed Ia q post
one. No, in the stat. n,msI. .tc., ~te.-
Will. ts~u, y.soar thou.snd we're .utIr--
IA blank, hearlng no asiir-.. wh,tr,.r.
Among the latter srr- frpnently foun
the corr-.poa'i-ncc ~ bu.lne.s men, ~
which large portion cont,lnei luclo.-
ur-. ~ mon.v. dnfts, checks, etc.
Nlne,y-cigh, thouoai wrr- letters io
tlo,n-.tIc addresses, ''h-ii for postage"
together Nth l~ttcr.. etc. siirc..~'i to
Canada sni Mrxirn. IN liter 10 these
coantrie. being unm ,llahle exc.p, upon
full prepayment 80 pos,gr.
tine hnnir,si ani .ixty-hy. thou.snl
wer. letter. maInly sdlr-..ei to person.
In care ~ hotels. The gu~.ts a. whom
IN. litter. tclongci htylng departed
without leaving th.lr allrr... or for
w.f,Iins or,lrrs for their mall, they wer-
r,iurnc,i 10 the I-o.t on - by the hotel.
sn.i thence zen, To ,h" Dead ir'i"r
Offis~.
fSrtv-tso thousint were lrtisr. Ia
/ h.fiilous aiidr-..-.. ani princip,llv ror-
r,-.pou i.nsc r.lsflng to what IL knosn
a. ''.rc-n goods" or ".,w duet" swim.
dle.. -tc. IN ,nV 10 thru containing none,
siih ori-r. for the par'hsse of thee
/ frauiul-nt gvsl.. firilr. cngtg~i W.
ti,c.r fraudulent aud unlsw ful enterprise.
in,,rlshlv do so under an assumed ,n-,
sni WHEN the chirssirr an baslne.. ~
.urh p-r.on. !. iis'os-r,~l by ib. postal
suthoritic.. sa'h m liter aiir-..ei Z"
thru !. declared 'n-iiiloa.' sni dclis-
.rv withheld.
Eghiy tboa.,ni s~r- p,rcel. of mer-
chsnll.e. books, cloihing, nesSllesork,
J-s-lry, ste., .ic., many of Shlrh w.r'
ml.siir~te'i. while oih-r. w-rr sithon'
sripIrr, h''ing b~cn ln.~curcly inclo'-
81, ani oih"r. from which the adirr''
h'd isSoin~ sepir,i'-i snl i".,.
\ large proportion wrrr tho.c ufo'
~hl'h the r~'llir'-i amount of postage I"
eniitlr thru to oir,n.nl..ion through TIE
m ,lls htd pot brn pr-piii, ln.utiiricni
p,,m-n, b"lng 'lu- io lmpr"prr inclo.'ng,
whereby higher rat. 81 postage "a. ~
! auIr,si.
Mall mtiirr .houli bc plslGly aud cor
r-stly ad,lr-..si. ti. name 10 IA. poet
oiiicr io which IL !. Ia H. .~nt should hc
| clearly sui di.tin fiv stated. an I to s,ol
/ cOnfu .lon frnn III. similarity ot abbfr-
| Williams, q. frclu.nily u.si. the nimr
/ az IA. Stst. .bouIi si.o b. given IN fall.
/ IN tb. cas-. of m,ii ai,lr-..ssi to small
office, or sherc ib.rr are ofil.v. of likr
name. Ia ,ilf,,rrut St,is., the name of
the county .houII bc aIslsi.
A. th. Imm-n.e auanilty of matter
.-n, through the M nj. I. nsS~.sirily ~
auIr,.l to IL. hsnLled rspLlly by the rail-
/ wsy mall clerk. ani at ia. po.t of'lcr.
/ In tl,. ,,tI... too murh care cannot H..
exercised In addressing m Ill IN ,,t-r clo,r-
| Ia. pl,inIy anil CORRECTLY,
| wb.r, mII matter 4. sd,,r,...i 10
.l,l.. A, f,,...I.lI,,ry of,lcr. th. .tr,..t
| .nI hon.. nnml..,. ar ,o.t-of,i 1, box
nnm,r, of ,er.on ,ilr...i arr lmpor.
,,n,' AMI .boulI ,lw,y. be yly.n wb.n II
/. 49,. iii, "a ,Io .,.
Nh.rr mi. anna, N, dane. m. bu.l.
n... ~, .mnIo,m.nt az th. n~r.oo AL.
Jr.....i N .t,,,si. will of,en ..rur, d.-
u,.,,
.r,,,. nam. AMI .al,... az ,h. ..,,i.,
either pr,n,..i ar "a rt,eu. .bouIi pl,,,.i
u,o, ,h. nnocy left.h,nI corne, az the
sny.lon. n, :. r,n,,.r of all an Tier m an.
"a
Thl. will SECURE H.. imme.ii,ie return
to the .endrr from the m .llIng Office far
so,,,s,Ion m imnc,,r,lv .dir...i. in,
.ui,,ri.ntIy p,h. or oth.r~i.e defr,t,yr
,bu. afIonlins oppaftun,ty 10 comply
viii tLa ,a.ial raalsilon. and require
m.n,.. .nl pl,e. the matter In prop~r
condition 10 ru,l,le Il 10 all the prlyi-
les.. az The malls. AMI /. e.p-ri,lly u.e-
n,I 4, ,.,... of,p,.I ,yr. AMI other matter
,,,,,,,i. =, L.. an an i.,,r, raj. of mat.
80. whirh /. r..,ri,tei 10 CERTAIN ,on.
si,,.n. AMI r.ouirrn.n,s as 10 weight.
ia. m,nn., III i,, I,.a,,. etc
,,,sr. and ali oahrr mater m,l,ei. .o
m.,lrI with the n,me AMI addrr.. of
th, .eo.l,r. Ih,t .houiI fail 10 he called
for ar ,Irll,er,si o. thu person addressed,
.aJ u,on xhl,h full letter r.tes of po.s-
s.s h,yr hssn ,.Ii arr no, .eut 10 the
is,,s, osI. 90 h,,, |, n. rr,uyu,L,e IN
.h. s.a'isr dir.tl,-~i,bout sd,lI,Iou.I
'.h,,yr' AMI viii an. rrs.ou Of nou-,ir-
ii,r,r indor.rI therou.
All matter msIIsble At lea. than letter
rates of postage must be 90 wrapped or
Iaclo.ei that Il can be readily examined