Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-22

some tende lovers message or perhaps
Il little flower picked from the daisied
grave of an English churchyard. Every
hour OF every day the commonplace mail
bag is packed with the secrets of life,
words which wakcn love and laughter,
and words which deepen the furrow In
the check and dim the failing sight with
bitter tears.
But with all this there is going on
through the mail service n dissemina-
ton Of human knowledge. n reaching
out of human help which is one of the
crowning blessings Of our century. The
correspondence schools led by Chautau-
qua. are sending to every village and
hamlet the broader knowledge which il
so eagerly cravcd by many who arc shut
in TO the homely duties of "A humble
life. Without the mail system this plan
Of education would bc utterly non-cN-
istent.
Every mail. too. carries from the great
centcrs, the advice of great physicians
which It would be impossibl, for the
distant public to obtain were 1t not for
tie mails. Few people realize how many
thousand people depend on the mail SER
vice for medical treatment. Not long ago
when some postal affairs were being dis
cusSed in connection with the erection of
the new postoilice building i'm Buffalo. y.
Y. some light was thrown on this sub
jet 10y the statement that the mail by
pr. r. V. Pierce amounted daily to some
him over l.54o pieces. OF course this is
not "A common case. because DIR. PlerSe's
re.ation as chief consulting physician "a
Bufalo'S famous institution. The InvalldS'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, makes his
advice and that of his stafr of nearly a
score of skilled and experienced specialists
much sought after. especially by women,
10 the treatment and cure of whose special
diseases. DIR. Pierce has devoted over
thirty years OF almost constant labor. Blu,
though this example is out of the
ordinary. IL may serve as an evidence OF
the amazing benefits reaped by the pub
lie from the mail service. II puts every
outlayinS hamlet in touch with the most
advanced medical specialism of the day
1t gives at the cost OF II two-cent stamp
the skill and experience that it has taker
years to acquire. Literally at the cost q
a two-cent stamp, since DIR. Pierce invite.
sick women to consult him by letter with.
out charge. And this would seem to bt
one of the most remarkable service.
rendered by the postal system, perhap.
the supreme service of all. For while II
Is a splendid thing to be able 10 shop IL
New York while living in Kansas. ant
a grand thing To be able to command tn,
learning of great professors while work,
ing in h. Michigan woods. il is n still
crtndcr thing that by means of thi:
Cheaply supplied service men like DR.
Pierce. who have the disposition to -,
helpful arc enabled to place their skill
and knowledge. at the disposal of thcs,
who are being dragged down by disease
Without h. possibility Of help from thos,
about them. When one contcmplates III,
vast and far reaching benefits of the mai
service. 81 briefly touched upon in thi
article, il makes the familiar gray uni
form OF thu postman. thc most gloriou,
II all uniforms, Cor it is worn by tn
soldiers of tho army of peace. 1t make
one feel like taking his hat OF To the on
rushing mail train. and cheering the worl
ard wisdom Of Uncle sam.