The Globe-republican., 1894-01-05
POSTAL AMENITIES.
Disagreeable Things That Sometimes
Happen in the Public Service.

DisaEreeable Things That SomeU"es
Happen in the Public Service.
It is pleasant to have public official
a postmaster, for instance-tnterest-
ell in his work: pleasant also, in 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 col
lege in a small country town to whom
the following little incident occurred
was no doubt assured of the amlaole
officials interest in his love affairs, put
it is not equally sure that he welcomed
it with gratitude. He was betrothed
to a very charming girl in the village
from which he came, and was In the
habit of maintaining brisk CORE
spondence with her. One day, when
he had Just mailed 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 white
envelope, on which there was no in
scription.
beg pardon" cried the old gentle
man, excitedly, as he caught up, ous
there's nothing written Oh 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 q town at some distance. One
morning, as she ran to the door to get
the mail, the postman, who was open
lv reading a postal card in his hand,
looked up from its perusal and kindly
relieved her suspense as to the news.
"He amt coming this week" he an
nounced, cheerfully. but he will next
week, sure!'
Still 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'
opized for his mistake and delivered to
her a belated note, magnanlmously
adding:
81 should have been real worried
about it, Miss Brown, if it hadn't been
twas an invitation that l knew you
wouldn't care about accepting. "Tain'
too late now to decline. l s'pose, II til
all over. Accepting's different"
OF like nature. yet different, is little
: anecdote related by Mrs A. w. Greedy
After the rescue of Gen. Greely from
the famine-haunted camp at Lady
Franklin bay. but while M
, was still making the slow jour
new home, his wife was over
.. whelmed with kilograms of congratu
! lation and sympathy; but her HUSBAND
+ himself was too miserably i'll and veal
, to send her message for some days.
, Knowing that unless he were very sicl
indeed she would receive word from hin
personally, she waited in the keenes
anxiety. At length, hearing one morn
|. ing the sound of galloping horse, sh
!. rushed to the door to meet the mounte
telegraph boy, who held in his han
the usual bunch of kilograms Blu
: this time, Ainging himself from tn
saddle with a beaming face, the young
: ster thrust them into her hand, an
: showing that he had an intimat
knowledge of their contents. exclaime
, as he did so:
HE is on topv'-Youth's Companion