The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28

Dd you ever mink what an IN
teresting person the man in blue Is
who comes to you home every day
with letters or papers?
The Postman.
"Rat-tat! At eight o'clock
We love to hear the postman's
knock:
Betty rushes to the hall
To catch the letters as they fall
Bob can read the names, so he
Gives them to mother, Nell or me-
But If the pOstman should be late
We scamper to the garden gate,
And down the winding road We
peer,
Till somebody his step will hear,
Then eagerly we run, and say,
How many letters, please, today"
When the p0stman comes to your
door in the morning and smiles as
he hands you two or three letters
or a magazine, do you ever think
how far he has been walking that
day? The men who deliver the
longest mail routes in Richmond
walk IL to IA miles day.
Just think, too, what a magic
pack they carry on their back.
Dressed in those little white, and
sometimes gray or pink suits, with
the little pink or green trimming In
one corner, these little letter elves
are hiding with all sorts of mes
sages, just waiting to spring up
and announce them when the Jet
ter is opened. Think how many,
many nice little stories and nice
little plans and news that you want
to hear. a letter may bring to you.
Yes, indeed, a pOstman's pack is a
wonderful pack, and a pOstman Is
always some one whose visit We
look forward to.
One of the postmen in the Rich.
mond office was telling the Junior
editor the other day about what
they do with the letters before they
deliver them to US.
Six o'clock every morning and 5
O'clock on Mondays. finds the 81
carriers who now deliver mail in
in the post office in
front of block Of so to 100 pigeon |
holes most of them having letters
or other pieces of mail in them !
These are filled by the men who
work in the once at night. The
go over these and pick out |
the mikes" which are letters |
which have run away from home,
and they send these to their right
places. By this we mean that often
times letters are given to enc car
rier which belong to another one.
The carriers have given these
name (ef course everything ought
10 have a naHe) and they call
hem mikes" They then stand
he letters into position which is
% put them in order of city blocks
and of numbers so that as soon as
hey deliver mail to our house, they
see the mail for our neighbor's
house right underneath.
Children and Dogs Friends Of
Postmen
All children, from little ones
ust learning to walk. to great big,
tudious juniors are friendly to the
,ostmen, said the carriers inter
'iewed (grown-ups too. but we are
lot thinking about them right this
and they are always want
ng to run out and get the mail.
Dogs, too, are often friends of the
arriers, and sometimes like to go
nth them all around their routes.
;ome of the dogs, though, seem to
hink (perhaps 1t is his satchel
hat makes it) that here comes
ONE unfriendly stranger right into
is masters house, and they act
cry angry. Sometimes postmen
re bitten rather badly by dogs
tho think them unfriendly.
Carriers pass mail twice day
D the peoples homes and where
heir routes are downtown theyI
lake two business trips besides.
hose who usually 60 on the longer
outes have less to carry.
The mail carriers of Richmond
ow carry about 10000 pounds a
ay inst think about five tons on