The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-02
THINGS LOST IN THE MAILS.
QUEER rOUNDLINGs LEFT FOR MIR.
WdNiMNkRR TO TAKE CARE OF.

snn's New Coins-sone Private Mats.
WARRINGTON. Aug. 1.-Presumably the In
Genious youth who was caught the other day
in the net Of robbing dead letters at tho Post
ONCE Department hero was OF the opinion that
such particularly hazardous employment as
his ought to have some extra perauisites at
tached to 1t. Is It to be expected that an
ordinary clerk without special remuneration.
shall expose himself to the dangers incident 10
the opening Of tho multitudinous and myste-
rious packages that are left as metaphorcal
foundlings upon the fgurative doorstep OF
Postma General Wanamaker2 Lest these
perils 10 deemed Imaginary. 1t may DO appro-
pirate to refer 10 seventeen makes that arrived
together on one occasion In parcel OF the
sort described, although they were all very
much alive. especially rattler. feet In length
and ono OF tho biggest ever captured. that
ratified its nine rattles and showed Its
fangs to the unaffected dlsmay OF the
young gentleman who undid tho bundle.
30 great was his embarrassment that
he failed at tho moment to keep accurate
count OF the reptilian consignment. md three
weeks later tho entire offlce was SGT In stir
BY tho unexpected appearance from beneath
his desk OF . three foot adder specked In yel-
low and black. Owing to the fact that adders
OF other than the arithmetical variety are dis
coura, Jed in Government offices. this particu-
serpent ID UUW VuJOyIuk pOk0uuinA pAVO
In a bottle Of alcohol GU . shelf In the Post
Office Department
Snakes. however. are but Q few among the
many dan gerous things that roach the depart
mont in dead letter packages. Live cent?
psdes and tarantulas. horned toads. and ella
monsters contribute to this lost freight Small
alligators from Florida not infrsIuently turn
up. Among other gruesomo objects similarly
received not long ago was human ear. en-
closed In a letter perchance BY some ruflsn
who had mads It his trophy: also the scalp OF
IN Indian woman with long black hair. ana .
GRIMM. ekull which Philadslphta physician
refused to receive because letter rates were
charged upon It.
A mail bag slit with knife bears an inter.
ssting history. At2P. NJ. on the afternoon Of
July DO 1885. mail carr or named F. NJ. Peter
son was attacked by Apache Indians while ON
his regular route from Lochiel. Ari. to Crit
tenden in the same Territory. The savages.
after shooting and cutting him In pieces slit
open the leather sacks he carried and tore all
the letters to bits in search Of money. finally
leaving behind Them the bag In question. which
even now shows the dark stains made By tho
victims blood.
One OF the most curious packages that have
reached tho Dead Letter once was one ad
dressed to a lady In Springfield. O.. who has
never been found. 1t was . small six-barrelled
revolver, with every chamber leeded: sn d ct
70 on when the parcel was onsned. 4 relic Of
iptersst = letter signed BY Chafies Grt Utica
ss 6%n o *
LADY who never received y: ssking her to con
SS box hat was pc postmarked SVieKsbure ard
bore on tho outsds Si t. paper wrapper
ebs strange things thaI hsye fallen into The
opium . botied specimens Of an 8, ont kinds O.
ton saith9"afs boxe: q esItrldsss. pslsss:
son caps quantities. o. sserack.Es and tory
81 fehen
monicns. gold headed canes, and even. spirit
appear with all sorts Of spooks rendered in
dim torres ut so much ghost.
..poia ed instruments" which mleh. DAMAGE
or lin. One hundred dollars worth Of nuggets
and y arg sa%ant ssn
to S SS ssa ss zs . xs
motives to q young lady OF Now York. rs.idens
% q the ysG sSs Hs To
celve it.. There are some gloves from the
steamship 0IsgSn Which we're re II d.ys UNDER
eSs ias eass eslSssa in shs museum s
4 book is kept at the department Of pho
togranhs which were sent BY mai! from camps
had their pictures iaken for sending home. 10
show the folks how they looked In the field.
%spE as .yes nos ss s Foss s 6sp m
nent keeps thousands of them in albums
S s ~ By hsn
moved from The al bum page and the signature
q the recipient Is inscribed on the paner space
medals that were sent home BY soldiers
during the I Do1sns q them aTe e.
ehnrge waiting for, their owners. There are
s!ariisl. 100. netrl1ed frogs. stuffed Rophers.
Of 1ther absurlities.. 1t seems very curious
that itenjamin Franklin. tho first Postmaster
ss II ons
packages sent through tho mails. One little
book Of his own make: shown IN the museum.
1t i. ra,hsr interesting to mole the photo
graphic Illustrations Of the primitive manner
porihern Michigan. where tho funo,i on Of tho
limited stases post ~ doss The
Lena = S;sa s
moans immoral. Naughty photographs. suz:
gsstive medical adysrt.s.menls end trash Of
ih ou thus sa oSns
men in the oI eninG room before the letters"r
packages are sent M stairs 10 the young ladioS
who make 1t their business to transmit this
lost ,c".rrospenderce to the senders or the In
torded reeirients.
Some Of the;o young ladies are wonderfully
cleyor at such tasks. For example. one Of
Them handled u communication OF 40 evident
y private nature tho other day that came from
Germany. She could not make 1t out At frat.
and took it home 10 puzzle, over. It said Sim
Il hy yyeaans TSe she
"A letter addressed e SAINT. Claus Paris.
Santa Claus bring mo sled, village; adoll's
rctnrn.d to the Dead Letter Once hors,
mark,d Address comnle,e."r
Another, from Charleston, 4. G., was ad-
dressrd 10 KRIS hrinsls. Hartz Mountains.
germany" asking for various Christmas gifts.
Ii was returned with endorsements by sevsn-
teen different Letter =. e..er saying that the
A letter received at Akron: Ill. has a. It's SUI
preservation simply: Sal II you want to hear
from your beau you had better come and get
this 10 ter There is $40 in It for Bob. and /
steal it,
Another missive is inscribed with equal In.
gsnuity: "Postmaster: Please deliver this to
TIA ynnn: lady living In the fret house be, ond