The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-16

= next person in line. Sarah Is indie
nant and demands that he look an
g see If there is anything for her folks
t The next time this thing happens
d ne sees her coming, and grabs
s package of letters closest to tn
t window and thumbs them and tell
n her there is nothing for her folks
s He knows what he is doing, bu
Sarah doesn't. She then demands t.
s know If there are any papers, an,
t he has to go and look or explain
s to her that somebody else called TO
= their mail, and then the mothe
, comes up in the afternoon and de
2 mands to know why they hand gu
3 her mail to other people. 1t JUS
, about keeps the clerks head swim
ming to know what to do with sucl
, incidents.
Mother and Son
One day Harry Tinker called fol
! mail for Tinkerdom. and was given
two letters. In about 20 minutes
Mrs. Tinker appeared at the window
and asked for the Tinker mail, She
was informed that her son had call.
ed for the mail short time before,
and she said that could not be, for
her boy did not come to the post
office. The man at the window said
he knew Harry very we'll, and that
he was in the habit of calling twice
a day. She became disagreeable in
her remarks, and when she seemed
about to subside, a man stepped up
near the window and handed in a
letter saying, Here's letter found
down the street." 1t was for Mrs.
, Tinker, and then she was madden
than ever at the man at the delivery
window.
Then there was the case of Teddy
Fixum. Teddy was on his way to
school and got some letters. He
stood around some and then went
out. In short time a man handed
some mail to the man at the window
saying it was not his, and that it
seemed strange that several pieces
should be found in his box, and all
lying on top of the pile together. It
was the mail that Teddy had receiv-
ed. The next time Teddy came for
mail he was asked what he had done
with the mail the other time, and
he hung his head and said he put
1T in a box down there, indicating
toward the mail boxes. On being
asked why he did it, he said he was
going to school and didn't want to
carry it around all the afternoon. He
had picked the combination. on some
had been asking for mail and was
and in trouble when he |
got some. He wished it was back in |
the post office, but he didn't want |
the man at the window to know how |
he felt about it. That is the way
the delivery clerk sized it up, so he
told him not to call for mail any
more; that it would not be given
to him unless he had a written order
from his parents. The next day Mrs.
Fixum came in and demanded to
know why they would not let Teddy
have their mail. Teddy had reported
merely that they would not let him
have their mail and certainly she
was not going to stand for that.
When it was explained to her she
promptly began making excuses for
Teddy.
Sometimes people go so far as to
demand that the delivery clerk make
some investigation to see If mail is
lot misplaced in the post office, be-
,ause 1--WE have written some letters
hat we should have answers to by II
his time" 1t
Many pieces of mail are dropped In
n the office without any return card. q
Nobody knows where it came from. It
package may be mailed at Mont r
'elier in that condition, and be in "
ended for somebody in Blackfoot. 1
Where's My Package? a
It is extremely annoying for the ?
ostal clerk to have somebody come i
n and say, you are holding pack n
ge here for me and have been for T.
7eeks. What are you doing 1t for? v
know you are, and you know it. p
,on't talk that way to me and try to n
)ok innocent. l want my package" Il
'et that very thing has been wit b
essed here. g
Persons who entertain company Ii
nd have occasion to mail invitations, G.
an have them printed and by leav- a
lg them unsealed, can pass them D
hru the mail for cent postage. Il
ONE of the people making reply to y
ne invitation write it and mail it r.
nsealed with a one-cent stamp on. tt
he fact that it is writing or type
riting or anything but printed mat
n makes it first class matter and
,quires two cents postage. The &c
lere fact that 1t Is left unsealed T,
its no figure, The writing deter n
ines the rate. In such case the fa
ostal clerk must collect the cent o,
ON the person to whom it is ad- ca
.essed. Sometimes invitations are re
tinted but sealed, and posted with n,
recent stamps on, and Uncle Sans r,
en- have to collect cent apiece h1
ON everybody to whom invitations ce
e addressed. JC
Squirming Among Friends ~ -
Very often the person sending out til
vitations omits the name of some yo
lend, and in trying to square 1t
it'll that person, gives assurance
at an invitation was mailed, and
at it must be the fault of the post
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