A POST OFFICE IN CIDENT.
Everybody has heard of the unsophisticated lassie in the olden time who went to visit Glasgow and see her sister, and who, on reaching a auburbau toll-gate, knocked at the bar and asked, "Is oor Mary in ?" The following story of an Irishman's mode of dressing his letters i 3 not very dissimilar in its conceptions of individualities and the economy of great cities. His mother is on this side of the Atlantic, aud having occasion recently to write to her, he addressed hU letter to "My Mother, New York, America." Of course, it was supposed it must be sent to the dead-letter office ; but on the cay of its arrival a woman inquired at the general delivery for a letter from "my son." Toe coincidence attracted the attention of the official in charge of the deciphering burean. Inquiry shewed that the- son of the woman lived in the town whose name was postmarked on the letter. After various inquiries, the letter was given to the woman, with the proviso that she Bhould open it there ; and it was found to be from her son, and designed for her. I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5490, 21 June 1879, Page 7
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195A POST OFFICE IN CIDENT. New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5490, 21 June 1879, Page 7
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