Foot-prints of a letter carrier; or, a history of the world's correspondeceRees, James
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Foot-prints of a letter carrier; or, a history of the world's correspondece
Rees, James
Postal service -- History; Postal service -- United States -- History
Swift as the dawn your course pursue
Let nought your speed restrain
Until you meet Miss Mary Drew
In Newfield State of Maine.
Here is a lucid address, which speaks for itself:—
Thimothe O flanigan
State of Masekeivitts
or elswhare.
The geographical knowledge of the gentleman who penned the following was
somewhat extensive:—
To Mr barthol owen
Kelly, O’s tate
Rhode Island
Connecticut.
The following reminds us of the innocent country-girl who said she had
an uncle living between the Battery and Central Park:—
Bridget Ware
New York, 29
New York City
22 America.
Who can tell of the whereabouts of Miss Foster?
Miss Louise Foster 36th street _some
wheres_ Penny Post please deliver.
The following is encouraging to the postman:—
To Mike Donovan
or to his cousin Eliza Mac Farrelly.
Postman will find him by findin Betsy Brennen who was engaged to
Mike before they left Ireland and may be married.
Mr. Ford must be a well-known individual in Maine, else he never
received the following letter:—
Mr. Henry Ford
who lives in the same place in the
State of Maine.
An amusing postscript to a postmaster:—
P. S.—Please give this letter to the man what’s _got a sow_
in my barn, as he wants to get away.
In Byberry Township, near the mill
And in a house upon the hill,
Lives a young lady in the same
Miss ——x she calls her name
Below the House on Comly’s lot
A son of Vulcan has a shop
Now Ross, I know, you’ll oblige the fair
Just have the kindness to send it there.
To Leughellyn Weintz
Pass. yhunk Rode
Below Tom Pitchers bar Room
who selles most infurnell bad
whiskee—Southwerke,
Philadelphy.
_THE MONEY-ORDER SYSTEM._
The money-order system, which in England is so popular, has partly
failed here. It went into operation on the 1st of November, 1864, under
circumstances which promised a decided success. The amount to which the
law limited the order-system was not less than one dollar, and not more
than thirty dollars. This was to accommodate a certain class of people,
and at the same time test the utility of the system for the purpose of
hereafter creating a more extensive operation of the principle and also
increasing the amount of money sent.
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