The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-04
TOO MUCH FOR A SKULL.

There is large skull in the collection
which was addressed to Professor S. d.
Gross, Philadelphia, and by him re-
fused on account of the excessive post
age due. An interesting article on
exhibition is sheet compiled by the
"Hub" Postmaster showing one hun
dred variations in spelling the word
"Chicopee," as received at the Boston
Post Office. Among this collection is
piece of cardboard on which is rough
ly scratched poetical inscription and
caricature with the written longing,
"I want to be an angel" The first verse
of this amateur frontier poetry runs
thus
On, what blessing railroads are,
Eow happy felt in the little car
That waftel me onward so far away
From the man that insisted that should
pay.
It is evident that this youth endeav-
ored 20 initiate the actions of one of
Dryden's characters
But fasoted his notions as they fell.
And if they rhymed and ratified all was well.
One from the pen of the assassin of
Garfield, Charles J. Guiteau, runs in a
rambling, semi-soliloquizing manner as
follows
She's my darling from this day you
will surely die for the murder OF James
A. Garfield on the scaffold high, my
name tits Charles J. GuiteAu, my name
T will never deny, too leave my aged
parents in sorrow for to die how little
bloom, would be taken from the scaffold
70 meat fattle doom.
In letter deposited here and written
while in prison was curl Of his hair
with this inscription:-''This contains
my hair. Charles J. Guiteau." Ac-
companying this was a request for the
modest sum of 81 600 to aid in the COM
pensaiion of his counsel. Needless to
state the lady to whom this letter was
directed would have, if the letter had
not miscarried, declined the invitation
so coolly made.
REPTILES BY NAIL.
The property division of the Dead
Letter Office handles all the merchan-
disc that finds its way to Washin gton,
and very motley collection it is. Glass
cases covering three sides Of a large
room are kept filled with articles to
show the curious visitor specimens of |
what is sent through the mails. Among
the most curious-but which must
have been most unp!easant-surprises
to the clerks who opened the packages
containing them are several large and
ugly looking snakes from Germany,
one large rattle, lake with four ratties:
centipedes and horned toads, all of
which were received alive, being sent
in a perforated box. Another instance
of the abuse of the mails is the sending
OF a loaded revolver to Springfield, Ill,
and from there to Havana, ILL.,, whence
it was returned to Washington. This
was undoubtedly sent with the idea
that the young lady who received it
would handle it careiess,y and shoot
herself or somebody else. Several years
ago letter reached Eere addressed to
Jesus Christ, in Heaven" This was
accompanied by a Juvenile request for a
new dress, in which the writer might
more neatly appear in her Sabbath
school class. A purse was quickly
made up by the clerks for the impecu-
NOUS little girl, the childlike but earn
est prayer was rewarded and he belief
n the efficacy of prayer strengthened.
AN interesting Western effort was re-
Gently received
Tonight lay out on the prGiric,
And look at that bright SKY;
5wonder II ever cowboy
Would drift 10 that sweet By and by.
One letter addressed to Henry NJ. |
cooper, Philadelphia, was after an in
erval of search and inquiry Of twenty
i've years finally placed in the hand of
,ic eo, Tho ooo~ papr,oDc6is, oxb;b |