The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-31
EORGOT 1T.

Some five or six hundred of our
failed to receive our last
issue in due and natural season, many
of them, including PERT, Landgrove,
Weston, Simonsville, Manchester
Centre, Manchester Depot and East
Dorset, where we send large bundles,
not until Monday. In justice to our
selves the reason must be stated.
Last Friday, as usual, we deposited
in the post office little more than
half of our regular issue which in
cluded those for all points on the mar
row gauge and their stage connections,
for all subscribers in Massachusetts.
Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut
and New York city, in season for
the II 80 closed mail for Brattle-
boro. The remainder, being those
addressed to points where nothing
special would be gained by sending
them by closed mail, were deposited
in the postotfice Friday afternoon to
be sent out on the early Saturday
mails, by stage and train.
But they didn't go.
And why
They were forgotten at the post
office. Some of them were sent out
by the afternoon closed mail, but this
didn't amount to anything. Practi-
cally, about 600 copies remained in
this post office from Friday afternoon
until Monday morning.
Saturday morning postmaster Chase
went to Bellows Falls on the mail
train to attend the soldiers reunion,
leaving the mail to be put up by Will
Landman, in whose store the post
office is located. 1t is not strange
that Mr.. Landman, who is capable
young man, should forget it, seeing
that he is not in the habit of putting
up the mail and that the papers had
been deposited in the back store by
direction of the postmaster, for con-
venience in weighing, but it is strange,
passing strange, under these circum-
stances, that MI. Chase did not make
up the paper mail-about five min
utes work-either Friday evening or
Saturday morning and bring the
sacks out where they could not be
overlooked.
Complaints constantly reach us of
the non-arrival, in proper season, of
the SITTER. From these complaints
we are led to believe that it is rare
thing for paper mail to be made up
at this postoffice without one or more
packages being wrongly pouched.
Occasionally we get on to this as we
did few weeks ago when the Peru
package, containing nearly 20 copies,
was put in the train pouch and, con-
sequently, these subscribers were
obliged to wait over Sunday for their
local paper, whereas, as there is a
daily stage running from this place
to Peru, they should have been re-
ceived at that office at 10 O'Clock
Saturday morning.
Again.
A few weeks ago pouch contain
ing packages for Massachusetts, and
other New England states, with those
for portions of Bennington county
sent down on the Friday closed mail
came back Friday night, because the
postmaster had directed it to North
Windham.
These are actual facts that we only
state that our subscribers may under.
stand the situation. For over foul
years we nave not failed to get cul
paper mail into the postoflice on the
day of publication and in season fol
the first outgoing mails.
We have no desire to make any
comments but leave our patrons tt
draw their own conclusions. Mos
of our readers will remember the bit
ter fight we made against the man
agement of the postoflice in this
place. But Gen. Grout and ole
saint Wanamaker decided that th,
county bosses were of more account
than Republican newspaper at So
Londonderry.
They have their postmaster.
We bide our time.
Although Gods mills grind slowly
they never fail ''to get there.
Call Out Fuller's Battery.
Two Cinnamon were smuggled int
Vermont last Monday from Canada
A st. Albans hackman is under ar
rest for assisting them. L. 5. Marsha
Amsden arrested the Chinaman a
Windsor.