The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-03
.WHO0WNS THE EGG
LAID IN TRANSIT I?
MUST THE NAIL nv CHASE THE
GosBLER on DEsdvER THE
BUTTER oN TINE,
BRING IN THE HAY
ALI OF THESE QUESTIONS WILL.
CONFRONT pOsTMAsTERs
WHEN PARCELS P0sT
- EFFECTIVE.
BRING IN THE HAY

N"HiNNtb fpPPSs PobtLtN NftEt 'AATaS w
a hatchery for the hens who show
an inclination To add to their last
/ usefulness and progeny. and II cold
I storage plant must soon be added to
! take charge of the live and cackling
{ matt which witt soon pass through
! the postoffice channels from the coun-
! try producer to city consumer an
der the parcels post Law 10 become
effective on January ist
MIR. Smith. of the Old Market. Wll
notify his friend, Mr.. Jones. up TN
old Hanover, that he wants crate
of chickens. He wants them by par
cells post. SO MIR. Allen. who Is now
engaged only In operating the post
offer aud m turning IN accumulated
treVenue In Uncle sam, will hencefrrth
make an exhaustive study OF the p"ul-
try business SO that the cackling hens
aud growing cocks may be safely
cared for white IN his temporary
possession. and learn the best way
Of keeping tirkins of butter and pre-
venting eggs from spelling before they
are delivered To the consumer. The
study viii be interesting. and it's
feasibility in certain. for MIR. Allen
is not only student of politics. but
also a lover of nature, and he loves
nothing better than ~ go out IN the
early morning. when The air a. fresh
and inyigorating, 10 feed his little
chicks. his ducklings, his trooping
turkeys and his gladstone gamblers, SO
he will be perfectly at home in his
new duties.
-S Sand in Your cahhaaes.
General farm anA garden pro1lc
s.IS 10 -
pestmaster's discerning sense Ut smell
Will come into useful play II a strange
odor should on one warm summer aft
| ternoon be waited through the post
office building. He win Immediately
know that something is wrong with
= the cabbage and that something has
!. happened to ttc wfsss Tlfef H. and
his genial assistants will bus then-
J <elVes in changing the reektng atmos-
phere back into its normal smsll, no.
tify the producer and consumer taat
The, torEitl beat had ruined fia4 sss3t-
hilitr OF the cabbage and eggs, and
| wire "a complaint To Postmastc: Gen
Z eral Hitchcock that the postngii &c
building isn't az pleasant "a place &c
dwell in as 1t used to be.
But that is merely by the wa 'dsi
a sort of sidelight, as IT. were, or
= the prospective duties of Mr Aiier
{ and his assistants. A G. O. y sys
tenn will be novel feature If tht
parcels post. and If the consumer fair,
II to pay. the weary carrier will hav,
to tote the chicks and the rat'ttts.s
the carrots and the eggs. the far
sfnelied onions. busted tomatoes
+ and over ripe fruit hack to the post
q office for back delivery 10 the mar
:, who did the producing and it.uttts II
on all the trouble
. And then IL some OF the live an,
. natural produce is lost or damaged u
:, transit, the postmaster, and the post
- mistress at Crooked Creek and tn
= pnatnaisteesses of other well know
Y / and popular resorts will have to max
. out the indemnity. on Il hot summe
| day the work will be extremely pleas
:, ! ant, and the music Of the home sfcl
- chickens. ducks and ganders am
- turkey gobhlers will add TO the pleas
ure of the effort One may imagln
Mr.. Allen holding his nose with on
hand and making out the indemnit
:, with the other.
~ Question OF Ownership.
;. One of the first questions whicl
IL will probably come UP will be as t
who shall be the rightful owner o
- live mail born in transit and of tn
eggs which some undependable hei
will lay after she leaves home. vii
they belong to the producer or to tn
consumer. or will they be added t.
the salary or the pUstmasreFs an
the postmistresses. II will he a mic
question for Mr. Hitchcock.
? OF course, the mail. carriers viii
have q little extra work to do.
| will not be an uncommon sight afte
| January LIST to see John. who deliver
mail in the City hall. struggling witt
bag of mail under one arm and
: terrified turkey gobbler under tn
other. Suppose the gobbler shoul
escape Would John be responsible
He has to deliver the mail on time
IL he chased the gobbler. he woul
miss the hours and there would b
complaint. Suppose. beside the COB
bier, meant, perhaps, for a Thanks
i. giving dinner, several rabbits. how
legged duck, couple OF squirrels an,
: other quadrupeds should. escape, am
he should drop the butter and eggs
\ -ft-wtHldE be-a-s tense moment Il n,
!. John might lose his Job. The situa
ton will be full of possiblities-ant
responsibilities
y Rural Carrier in Quandary.
g In the country the rural mail car
rier must discard his two-wheeIe'
cart for prairie wagon, and add
a couple of mules to his team. He will
need also to add to his salary. For
: tunately he won't have TO take
load or hay or drfee a herd OF steer
to some man in the Ragged noun
tains who gets letter once in tw'
years and wouldn't know post
Office If he saw one.
But it'll be grand thing for tn
! consumer Things will come to hin
cheaper, and when the city cousin re
ceives chicken Handsomely decor
I ated In stamps from comb to tail h
will know that the country cousi
he entertained at the State fai
hasn't forgotten him. -
At least this Is the way iayma
sizes up the situation that will b
brought about through the operation
r of the long clamored- for parcels pos,
which slipped through In the closin
hours on congress and Is now a la
But Mr.. Hitchcock has not yet work
ed out the details and 1t may all b
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