The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-21

W. va y Ws sHht HHbH MhAf Htlie AfA
gedies Al 4 comedies TO disturb their matter
offact occtp ,tion, IL falls 10 my lot Il
msil 800 or 400 letters every day to personi
living outside Of Chicago. receive AND
open an tqnsliy large number each day
Almost every we,R iind 10 my malta little
notation BY eountrY postmaster or rur.
Al route carrier. Often this notation Ii
simply I'D ceased, aud following that or,
word may be the iuitials Of the postmssur 7
or carrier.
Sometimes the rural servant OF the gov
ernment attempts to tell the entire story q
the dea'h OF the person to whom the letter
was addressed. One letter was returned
to me a few days ago. Across the back q
the envelope was written Miss johnson
died last week BY being kicked In the bead
by horse Her funeral was held before
this letter came. could not deliver H.,
and she has no relatives here.
fact. A letter came back from an Indiana
town the other day. Upon the envelope
was written "Can't Had party. Dead
since August" On our mailing list are the
names OF many single persors, both young
men and yourg women. NJ ,tiimouy plays
havoc with oer mail A. timee, aud | have
noticed that 10 Jlnuiry and jane scores Of
letters came back which we're addressed to
parties we never found II difficult to reach
before. S,me postmasters done seem to
realizs that the young woman after she hss
changed her name.
remember one particular Instance Of this
kind. ] sent out letter to . young woman
call her Emily Brown; | don't remember
her name now. La about week receiv-
ed a letter complaining that Mrs. Bill jones,
nee Miss Emily Brown, had received no
reply to letter che had written our office.
| knew the letter had been answered. TIE
mystery was cleared up few days later,
when the letter addressed to Emily Brown |
came back. On the envelope was written
Return to writer. Addressee has married |
William Jones. Letter addressed to Mrs. |
William Jones will reach her at this ofilcc |
The finn | am with is engaged In q high |
class business, and we use the best station |
sfy. The envelopes are plain, bearing no
mark, except daintily engraved name q
he head Of the fitm, Some OF the country
who know al the affairs q
he neighborhood and who, no doubt, mean
we'll, often take pains to see that the letters
10 not fall into the hands OF the husbands
u some OF the young women to whom the
nail is addressed. A few days ago rcct w.
ID letter from postmaster, inclosing
etter had mailed to young woman out
n Iowa.
His letter was addressed, OF course to the
lead Of the ficm, and II read something
ike this; "My dear sir; Maybe you don
tnow It, but this young woman has Just
,een married to the most JEALOUS cuss IN
be whole state OF Iowa. don't know
Who you are, but ] know the names Of all
Ter kin, and know you are no relation TO
Ter. II ] am doirg wrong 10 returning your
etter, send II back ard | will deliver II,
,ut kno owing her husband aa Id, though
'on might consider IL a good turn u put
'ou nsxtto him. This is none tf my busi
ess, but don't like to see fellow get In
ny kind Of trouble.
on course, cases like the last one are rare
ut there is never week that | do not
un across something to relieve the mGnot-
nv Of my j,b. ] remember one letter
which came from duiiful servant OF the
government. II all postmlsters were ike
i'm believe the registry division Of the
1ail fervce would jamp TO the skes. lie
sd delivered our letter all right and then
e sat down and wrote to the head OF Il Q
rm. His lett.l ran something like this
rom the way your letter to S0.and-So
elt, believed it contained currency. I'll
; very unsafe to send money that way by
iail. II only costs eight cents more TO re-
istcr the letter and insure yours II againstl
,ss. II you do much wriiiig and send
.uch money some Of your letters may fall
1to the hands Of dishonest postmasiers
nd your money would never reach the
lgbt parties. could have destroyed The
.tter and no one would be any wifer, bu,
Gu would have been poorer. hope you
M take notice OF this in the future.
You might think that communities that
re fsrnously bncollc would give us the
rcAtest number of these instances. but
rally the most peculiar things ! find 10 I
ur mail come from what are suppofsd 10
e enlightened regions. ! do not handle 1
ny city mail at all, and | don'G know in
bat shape II might be returned, but !
ldge 1t would be liitle dIiIsrsLt from that
e get from the country. 4