VOL. 3 No. 7.
rOKTLAND, OREGON, MARCH, 1878.
A PEEP AT THE MAIL-BAGS.
A newspaper man is often compelled
to go inside of the post-office, where
the general public seldom if ever enter.
By keeping our eyes open, and putting j
this and that together, we have come j
to the conclusion that band-boxes, con
taining the latest style of bonnets, are
not improved by being shaken tip in j
the mail-bags. All route agents on the j
railroad make it a point of putting them !
at the bottom of the sacks, and piling!
solid and bulky goods on top. The ;
consequence-is they arrive in a crushed
and dilapidated condition, and the
postmaster is unjustly suspected of
sitting down on them, which often
is not the case. Therefore it is bet
ter to have them boxed up and sent
by express. The same holds good
for gentlemen's silk tiles. If you must
send eggs through the mail, boil 'em
they stand the jar better uml don't
besmear the balance of the mail. Silk
dresses and preserves should always
be forwarded in separate packages.
When they intermix it spoils the flavor
6f the sweetmeats, and is no improve
ment to the dresses. Fish should be
mailed the same day they are caught
More than a week's delay on the mad
gives .m unpleasant odor to the receiv
ing ottice and destroys the firmness of
the fish. Live dogs of over four pounds
weight there is no rule in regard to
dead ones are positively forbidden to
pass through the mails, by recent order
of the Postmaster-General. If the
postmaster delivers one of your private
letters, from your sister, or your mother-in-law,
to ypur wife, and you suddenly
grow hald-hcaded in consequence,
don't come and fill the office with
"cuss" words. Take time by the fore
lock and privately instruct the official
beforehand. It saves much trouble
and tribulation all around. Last, but
not least, hire a box, pay for it in ad
vance, and don't tell the clerk that he
is a falsifier every time you enquire
for a letter and fail to get one. An ob
servance of the above rules will be of
benefit to all concerned,-
It matters to us in life not so much
what part we play, as it does to piav
our part well. In a drama it is not so
much a question who plaved the king
or the peasant, as who played the part
best.
CENTENNIAL BLOCK, SECOND STREET, BETWEEN YAMHILL AND MORRISON, PORTLAND.
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