New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21
wUy SOME THINGS 60 ASTRAY.
A STUDY n STUPIDITY.


When one considers the happy-so-lucky me'noas
OF some clerks and messengers 'ne Mo"u' .h",s
xhv things 20 as,ny. but how any arrive a' '''e'
destination. , .-o. M an,
tn. day before Christmas a parcel from an ny
,oyn drvgools shop delivered on "a''-s' 10 ''e
o,,,cc boy Of Mr. Blank Mr.. Blank h"a gone w.
20 spend the holidays and did NOT report a. WV
office FOR two weeks 49, IT,, ..,,. ,,,r.
, 1T rd there IS no Mrs. Blank. And TINS Is
aaJrcs..l TO Plnc-s,.. and our ONCE Is on wall
The feller that brough, the goods said you ohs'
had place on llhe n
.y.s hut 1 left II more than four years ago
The goods were returned to the shop. anu %. -, -
Blank received her beiate' '"i's''"' s'''
second week In January.
81 ,in't much OF a hand 10 read wr'th' en-
pa,pci a man who had tried TO insist on iea''ns
n large package OF stationery win pr'usc ''''
pany. though IT was plainly addressed u n'' Il"
surancc firm. . A.. .o,,,
.so ., n hoy who went through large once
,,ua,,y inouiring for Y Hickson. He was ABOUT
IN ,e,ve the building without finding an owner LOT
tho telegram when man took 1t from MS manu-
% look at The address. and found II was ior h'"-
self. T. Johnson. 49,,
ia Mr. Null n?' asked young w0''a" wiz ""N
tust entered Office.
"Jro ia no, IN the city," answered the clerk.
mot IN the cityl We had special delivery letter
from him this morning. and he dldnt say "or'
about going OF the city. I've come all the way
from Orange To see him
He went away the night before last. was 'he
letter postmarked 'New-YorkT
eft was either from his New-iork or brooklyn
Office"
."rhcrc must be some mistake Mr.. Null has no
Brooklyn Office"
There Is no mistake. and Mr. Null has brancr
office I'm Brooklyn" The was indignant The
stranger evidently believed that the clerk was tell
ing rutruths. and she could not divine his reason
This is incomprehensible. | shall look TO see II ne
has left any message for ne" She began 10 search
the tables and shelves. as II she had the freedom
OF the place. and when she found nothing addressed
TO her giared at the clerk as II he had made away
with the note which should nave been there
II You will give me writing materials VIII iea'e
a letter Tor him" A..
Shall | forward IT." asked the clerk when the
visitor handed him u carefully sealed letter.
mo, leave IL on his desk. | know ne IL IN Town,
As she OF the door she said In an audible
shall know he has received IT. and IN that case
| shai not fail to inform him where the blame Hes
When Mr.. Null returned and opened the letter ad-
dressed ''R Null Persona" he turned 10 his clerk
In amazement. ''Iiow dd this come here? 1t is not
for My name Is Robert and am addressed as
Dear Dick ! have no acquaintance named JOSIE
Dash and don't understand what family matters
she refers to-"
The clerk explained.
''What am l TO do with it, asked the perplexed
recipient 1T IL evident that she came 20 the wrong
Office. There several Richard Nulls In town;
but there IL not on this street 40 FAR as know:
ana she gives address.
A few days later a letter came from one OF the
Richard Nulls. explaining that his cousin had By
mistake lcf, a note for him a, the office Of Mr..
Robert Null and would be much obliged II Robert
would forward 1t TO a given address.