The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

threw him two sacks Of mail instead Of the
one he had carried for so many years "A Few
Iays ia.er the ne mai hntn nad dod lnca and postmaster
John Shellhorn. of Kaneville. began 20
grumble. Their pay didn't warrant any sucn
looked askance at the fair and smiling, Miss
Brown. They didn't appreciate her pnlian-
thropic efforts, although they nad encour.
aged them heartily enough at nrsl pul
Miss Brown said she didn't care. People
shouldn't work for the government II they
didn't want to do the government business
But the mail sacks at Sugar Grove kept
on increasing in number until. on Thanks
stage coach for the three Kaneville passen-
gers and the driver. The latter began Lo
consider himself a deeply injured man, and
lose q lott of money on his mall contract.
However, the end was not in sight by any
means. Soon there was no room at al IN
the coach for the passengers, and Garoner
was compelled to make an extra trip 70
Sugar Grove each day In. order to keep up
Sans mail, for there was q penalty at
tached to anything Of that sort, and ne
continued to labor and swear. His little
from the strain, and no amount of feeding
would put flesh upon their bones.
up 5I bis commis shs1np put h M0d Doesn't know ex-
actly how to go about 1t. Should he resign
no man could be found to take his place.
1t is the same with the mail-carrying con-
can't. The little corner in Postmaster Shell
horns grocery originally used as the post
having outgrown 1t many weeks ago, and
the postmaster doesn't know which way to
up all about the place; the stock of gro
ceres and other articles of merchandise
can't be seen because OF the postoffice mat
ter, and the only relief the postmaster gets
is when some kind-hearted farme hauls
away a wagonload of letters for his family
to sort and open when they nave a little
cnn 20 tive ~ fHAtr han7s
AT first all the letters were opened and
the stamps clipped by the Garman family.
sistance, and now anyone who viii is well
come to call at the postoffce and take
away the mail; The Garman family is sick
of the very sight of a letter, and don't want
even their most intimate friends or rela-
tives to write to them. Not only have the
mails been deluged. but large bundles of
letters have been shipped to Kaneville by
express and freight, but of late these have
been refused at the office by the postmas-
ter. 1t seems that public schools, Sunday
schools and various societies have taken the
matter up and gathered stamps by the box
has taken like wildfre throughout the en-
tire country, possibly because the novel re-
quest was made for an article usually con-
sidered utterly valueleSs.
Since the letter chain got fairly under
way the newspapers, ministers OF the gos-
pei and business men of Kane county have
been Hooded with inquiries regarding the
worthiness of the cause and the legitimacy
Of the scheme in general. Even the Post
Office Department felt called upon to inquire
into the matter, but the investigation of the
inspector put upon the case developed moth
ing fraudulent upon the part Of the pro-
moter.
all sorts Of sentiments expressed in the
try for Edna Brown. Many Of the mlssives,
in addition to the stamps asked for. contain
money In small amounts, usually IN the
Stone, Of Hart. Mich, inclosed = small
postal order. with the hope that it may be
good. IF you recover health and strength
by means of the operation" he adds, Il
would be pleased to open correspondence
reply has yet been sent to Mr.. Stone by
Miss Garman.
Another writer. who inclosed a small
skeptical, although possessing some faith:
Said he: May this do you some good, II
your You are ese seS Will shine = when when the they look edud finally aIy
upon that sulphurous fire to which you will
be consigned!'
CANNOT STEM THE TIDE.
In the meantime Mrs. Edna Brown Gar
man is ready to join with Postmaster She'll
horn in crying Enough There seems to
be no way. however, of stopping the flood
of letters thus started until the end of the
chain is reached, and when that will be
no one is bold enough to ~prophesy.
When 1 saw Mrs. Garman in her home
ChG SllS was LII Lie tcPL4S VI oCopdlE duu
ready to cry from very vexation. II hope"
said she, that when the New York Herald
calls attention to this matter the letters will
stop coming. We don't want any more of
them; They are q burden; OF course, !
didn't expect anything of this sort when /
started this scheme. or I never would have
begun 1t. l only wanted to help Matte,
and now that the stamps won't do her any
good we don't want any more of them.
Yet they keep coming in all the time, and
we have millions of them VIC have never
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good heartedness, / know, but If they knew
what a discomfort they are they would not
send them any more. It's just awful, and l
feel sorry for the postmaster and Mr.. Gard
ner, the mail carrier, but ] can't help 1t at
all. You can see for yourself how it. is"
bundles of Stamps lying around
I'm just sick of the sight of a postage
stamp, and don't want to see another one so
1 called upon Miss Matte Garman. the
innocent cause of it all. She was about
ready to cry, too. II don't blame Edna.
to get some money for the stamps, but I
understand we can't sell them at all. Per-
got about SIS asg in M Darn orders ,asm'' fro nm k daas
hearted people, but I can't get treated for
that: But then maybe it will turn out all
1t is understood that an enterprising Chi
cago man will pay, $500 for the stamps,
either sell or exhibit them in museums.
scheme.
A careful computation by a mathematical
crank shows the exact number of carloads
of stamps the postmaster and mail-carrier
q p s naneHille b Ma, probably o nof d have Il to s, handle ole
avalanche. This is what he SAYS:
equal the sum of all powers of 3 from l to
SOL, for the letter No. 1 would be returned
with ten stamps, while the multiples of 3
is returned On each letter returned return + Nv with
ten stamps) will be a stamp, making