River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-12-28
POSTAL AMENITIES.
Disagreeable Things That Sometimes
Happen in the Public Service.

DisaEreeanie Things That Sometimes
Happen in the Public Service.
1t is pleasant to have a public official
"a postmaster, for instance-interest-
ed in his work; pleasant also, in a small
town, to have him individually inter
ested in the little public whom he
serves But this interest may be car
ried too far TO be agreeable.
That student, for instance, in a coll
lege in a small country town to whom
the following little incident occurred
was no doubt assured of the amiable
officials interest in his love affairs. but
it is not equally sure that he welcomed
it with gratitude. He was betrothed
to very charming girl in the village
from which he came. and was in the
habit of maintaining a brisk CORE
spondence with her. One day, when
he had just mailed a letter and was
turning away from the post office door.
he heard his name called, and, looking
back. saw the benevolent old postmas-
ter racing after him, waving a white
envelope. on which there was no in
scription.
BEG pardon cried the old gentle
man, excitedly, as he caught mp, but
there's nothing written on this letter
you just posted. Don't you want to
address it to Miss Jones?"
This is matched by the anecdote re-
lated by "A lady who, during the
months of her engagement, received
frequent visits from her lover. who
lived in a town at some distance One
morning, as she ran to the door 10 get
the mail the postman, who was open
ly reading a postal card in his hand,
looked up from it's perusal and kindly
relieved her suspense as to the news.
He amt coming this week" he an
nounced, cheerfully. but he viii next
week, surer
Still a third postal incident belongs
to one of those country Offices located.
as so many are, in the village grocery
and general store. The busy postmas-
ter, his mind distracted by an unusual
amount of store business. had failed to
deliver her mail to lady who called
for it, having told her there was moth
ing for her that day. Several days
later when she called again he apol-
ogized for his mistake and delivered to
her a belated note, magnanimously
adding:
81 should have been real worried
about it, Miss Brown, if it hadn't been
twas an invitation that | knew you
wouldn't care about accepting. 'Taint
too late now to decline. s'pose, if It's
all over. Accepting's different"
OF like nature. vet different, is little
anecdote related by Mrs. A. W. Greedy.
After the rescue of Gen. Greedy from
the famine-haunted camp at Lady
Franklin bay. but while ne
was still making the slow jour
ney home, his wife was over
whelmed with kilograms of congratu-
lation and sympathy; but her husband
himself was too miserably i'll and weak
to send her message for some days.
Knowing that unless he were very sick
indeed she would receive word from him
personally, she waited in the lIeenest
anxiety. At length, hearing one morn
ing the sound Of a gallOping horse, she
rushed TO the door to meet the mounted
telegraph boy, who held in his hand
the usual bunch of kilograms. But
this time, finging himself from the
saddle with beaming face, the young
ster thrust them into her hand, and
showing that he had an intimate
knowledge of their contents, exclaimed
as he did so:
''He is on topr'-Youth's COMPANION