The sun., 1901-09-15
NAIL DELIVERY BY SOAP BOX.
CTTY FOLKS SEE 4 RURAL INNO-
vATTON ~ PRACTICE.
Its Advantages. when There Are No snaLs,
IN the Impro,ised Mail BeNrs NrU,
Depot h, the Road side and a General
Inquisition Into the Neighbors' Nuair,


New Yorkers who spent their vsr,,.-,
In the New England States and m r D.. q.
the-way places In sullivan, Hrcho "a
other COUNTIES of this State met the r..-.l
fire.. nah delivery system established a -
months ago by tho Post Ofice p,.a,..
mcnt. and they had a bot of fun g..'. "
their mail from the crude boxes who. r.
farmers had nailed 10 treee for u Ry.
new system any person living neal OBJ.
route OF the mail carrier. and not witt.' "a
corporate limits Of any town or WITHIN
eighty rods 81 a Post Ofic-. who desire,
! his mail deposited in a box on IN. r- l... Z
the Garner. is permitted to provide ST
I able box on the roa dsid., whore % oar =
reached conveniently by the carrier aid
his letters will be left In the hoS
The first thing that amused 'hs ay--,..
New Yorker was the variety 81 uu-.r '...ss
that were used as mail depOsitorie- l,llly
the depository set up 10y tho farurr va.
either a soap box or cigar boz F.' "A
places far away from civilization hr .0pei-
out logs we're used, and 'her" were .a-.s
of tin tomato cans being tackled -
for the reception Of mail Sevcra. '1rr..s
used wooden buckets. and f"N ... g.i
old washtubs.
Sometimes the mail re~ep'ac'es ra-s
nailed to trees but there werr Iu-'a. ,.. Z
their being anchored a. the rYaa- a tf1
heavy stones In that cas-" 'H'.. v.r,
times when the fu1y city slrI 'nr.-' her
hand into tho mail box and cnN,ur.a.eI a
snake instead 90 n love letter Ari..
boxes were equally convenient f.r I.l-
toads, bees, butterflies and tlrds L' -
CITY girl found tn" mail carrier ' i-. al
a#.N "a.
would even wait for hey TO write '"'''r
There was mail carrier W'o-" US
included Moodbourne, sullivan "4Hr.
He was ~ years old hut NOR" ''ir It
feet In height and IA straight ~ p.". '-.o
He wore a goatee. and might haN' '"1
mistaken for "a picture 81 role Nair ur"
90 life city cir ran from hcr ..Hri.ug
house half a mile up th" road and st'. IrS
him one day said
-Oh. Mr. Brown. she said 'iil vo. GA
that letter | left In the box for nv iri"ai
IN New lorsf-
Il reckon | did, Mtss
you didn't miss it,
Il didn't. Mi-, ! have II yer"
"Nell,' continued the CITY C'ri. ] f1rg1t
90 write IN something aboui tho 'sp no
and my sister caught. DO you mint ing
me the letter 80 that ! can adj about 'h,
fi-h in a pustscriptf | know. Mr Brown,
that Won can wait a few minutes
4 reckon | kim rrpEcd the ppstIrar.
nut l can 7 " alk 700 Vilg IthN'l D =
more'n ffteen minutes. c1use the mhh
leaves YER. la thr,s'-Quart'r- ~ a hour
Then the po-tmau -at down ON the road
eide and waited until %" city gir had gone
back TO the farm hOu-s and had written an
entirely new lettcs. AZ or spelling a du1el
sh,etz Of foolscap Mfen ~h" came back
he thanked her for hurryiug
soon after this a farmer drove up 70 .
soap box nails-d 10 "a tr'-' az "a" roadside.
clirnh~d down from hi- wagon Aitd pTu-
=.
bunch OF letters and ucwsinper- iis
exRnin..d them one bv one. scru 1i ihS
IN, irnprint on . corner Of each euNeiuYa.
and talking TO him-elt In thu m.,nn"r
Hello paradt-" villa. bv gosh DAVIS
has only got All old farm house over there.
He hasn't enough room for his own folks.
I wonder what paper he adverti-es in.
advertised In thr" papers ana only got
thrce answers. II" cant accommodate
no city folks By gosh. heres another:
R.dviIia Lake Hotel Well, | ~ nl How
In thunder did ~ Tyler think ~ that name7
CITY folks'u think he has the huh county
10 his-.lf. Boating and hshing' Well
that must mean ths duck pond over tbs
hill
Here's another Atllnricyille ore and
Copper Mining Company What does th"-,
city folks think jim ThOmp-Dn amt got
mo- money ter rNve~t In them ere mining
schemes. he'll i,s lucky ter pay his mortgage
this fall What's thisf Dayton, Ohio |
wonder who Hiram Cooper IL 'qusint"d
with out there II can't he his wife's folks
thsy hvs ia Cincinnati. faint no cousin
of Hram's cause he never writ out there
~ nav knowledge.
'Conklin's Hotel Charley called his rnfs
the S.savlew last year, but 'tweren't anv-
wher. near any seaview place. WHAT |
know that writin' That's from that ore
King woman We did everythin' on earth
FOR her last wear. an Mandy certainly dit
carr for her when she were sick Now she u
N,.,ftlfa tslar.a apI Fbag ha
got a chicken In the gol darn barn That's
the way with the-e city folks. when th'v
amt bunco steering some un they ara bong
bunco s,e-rsd. Wonder whats dotn dpNn
i,. York; Heps's THE SUS Must be some
thin or Bert Williams wouldn't serb" for
no CITY papcr Guess I'll open her up
A. the old former opcnei up the pti~r
addressed 90 bis neighbOr several others
drove up When half dozen had gathered
and greeted each other the farmer WITH
tn" paper prcc--'ded To- rad ts c9n'"n'-
while the others crowded about him ani
adjusting their spectscl-- leaned over uu'
shoulder and -rihber-necked BY AMI ~
the man with the paIer rsad aloud pies
about the buncoing of Farmer Jc-h htt'"r
Of Mcionnigle' Junction by I"nc'ri "a
stranger, who called himself 'Mr Irnt'r
What do YOU think of that. AhI"-''
asked g man who had r<n read.ug
Wal said the farmer addressed ~
AhD.r \ r-rkon that er- bunco fellow were
tho same chap As ~ uoillh nav ul'i''',
lie agr,-..d tc hold Il while went IN a crowd
al the newey parade. and le, him hold -
cause he sald he were one 81 them great
DETECTIVES that were there 20 protect money
from thieves. But couldnt ind him when
wrra ready 90 come up hom"
Then general discussion followed,
Finally when tho farmers had read SONS
other newspapers that had not bon al
dressed 10 them they tied pieCr of c0rd 80
keep tho wrappers In placr. picket oIi
their own mail and went hom~
All the farmers vote that ih" rural Ual
eervicc h a succrss The ctv folk, ~
that for ruralii y u ~ the real thing