Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-22

body suggests. You failed to put q
stamp on it." Even then the postmast-
err notifies the party to whom 1t is di-
rected, "a letter is held for postage.
Meanwhile, any one finding a letter
containing eight pages Of "thinky
thoughts" signed by the writer, will
confer favor by forwarding it to the
printed address.
1t is not always a good plan to be
cock-sure on the letter business. There
was once a business man. wishing to
pay a bill, who put a five dollar bank
note in a letter and mailed the same.
ed a statement of account
"$5 debtor; please remit" The
business man wrote the firm
that he "sent the money thir-
ty days ago The firm wrote him,
had not received it. The business man
wrote "he put SIS in letter and mill
ed it on the postal car, this i'm the
presence of friend" The firm wrote
back they had not received any such
letter, and money sent in letter was
at the risk of sender; please remit
The business man answered. "he had
witnesses that he put SIS in letter and
mailed it. didn't propose to pay twice,
and intmated some one in the office
of the firm "khocked down the five
This insinuation brought reply that
the statements of their employees were
fully as reliable as those of man
who claimed a bill was paid by putting
a IS bill in letter" and reminded him
the account could be collected by law.
When matters had arrived at this
acute stage, a travelling representative
of the firm asked that he be allowed
to settle the matter, which he did, with
the business man, on each losing $3.50
on the deal, this providing the condi-
ton of affairs was the same on his next
trip to the town. But before that time
the firm received a dirty looking letter
enclosing a IS bill. the date six months
back and signed by the business man.
The firm sent the business man re-
ceipt. and enclosing the dirty envelope
showing dates of mailing and date of
receipt at their postoffice. Then to
satisfy natural curiosity the firm start
ed an investigation which showed that
in "scrubbing out" the mail car at the
end of the run, the route men, this
time" moved the receiving letter box
in the car, and found this letter "un-
der the box
A hotel man tells this story. One
day a travelling man gave him a letter
for the firm, containing orders for
goods, not to be mailed until the next
day. Travelling men will understand
why these orders We're to be held back.
or guess at the reason. So the hotel
man put it in the back of the money
drawer and forgot about 1t. A year
afterwards the hotel man had spell
of cleaning house, and began on the
money drawer, with the result of find
ing this letter, which he mailed the
more about it. 1t was directed to st.
Louis.
Only last week Postmaster Hender-
son, of Story City. showed the writer
an old, discolored postal card, directed
Won Republica, Story City, Iowa." 1t
was mailed at Fort Dodge January II,
1891, so stamped, and received at Story
City September %. 1904, having been
over. thirteen years coming from Fort
Dodge to Story City. Won Republica
has been dead some twelve years, 81
that this postal card is kept in the Of
flee as an Illustration of possibilities
Two route agents that work togeth-
err, about year ago put lot of tie
sacks in one sack and marked them as
per regular orders. Last week this
sack, containing the original contents,
was thrown into their car, at a juno
ton point, and no man living can ex-
plain, or will not explain, where they
came from.
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