Some Curious Postal Addresses.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 129, 21 November 1885, Page 6

Some Curious Postal Addresses.

While performing at Bolton in September. 1802, Hay, the comedian, received a letter horn Charles Dibdin, which bore tiie following addrees : — " Pitman, take thte sheet away, And cairy iuo i H»y, An>i wheit« r you ride mare or colt on, Stop at the Tin atr , Bolton, < Jf iv wh eh oouuiy you enquire, Meiely mention • aneashire." Some curious examples were published in the " Chromo Lithograph " in 1863 ; the^e among others : - w Mr , travelling band, one of the four playing in the street, Pershore, Worcestershire. Please to find him if possible " "This is for her that makes dresses foi ladies, that lives at tother side of road to James Brock lip, Edensover, Chesterfield " •'This is for the young girl that wears spectacles, who minds two babies. ?0 ?»heriff Street, of Prince Edward Street, Liverpool." The wag who sent an epistle to "The biggest fool in the world, Tunbridge," had little thought, we may be sure, that if would thus be endorsed : 'The Postmaster Tunbridge cannot decide to whom he should deliver this, as he does not knof the writer." Two or three years ago a gentleman of Ayr received a letter, the envelope of which had there lines : — " Awa tteauld Scotland, and spier for John Greerae, It's a wi je direction, but a w#*el kent mtrae ; la th-i c\ew T >un o' Ayr, at. the Auld Brig tn\ He suits a drap whuaky— but the posimuu will kea ; And if ye should fia' him, as I've nae doot you will. I'm certain he'll no 1 grudge the postman a gill." An old postman of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, once delivered a letter with this address :—: — " Postman, my hearty , Use x oo p inmost despatch 4 In tkin < Una letter " To th« Inn » onny Tha^on. John Kitchen, the mn ord, A flu< old Jint; lish h<s , Goou cheer was hip m tto, i-toofl le was his boast. " On Tut hill near Oh< pstow, un th« banks of the Wye, You will find it with ase, 80, ow fellow, q od-bye." We are further informed that an epistle having the following duly reached its destination : — " Post i an, this m'sslve wMch I Fend I« f -r a tr ed and valued friend ; From England's sboies ro Ire aud's nation— Mxrk well Iha place of dettinulion. 'Jhenam«iB Hlrd yru'4 fln<i t^-e pair, And young once' too, in Mountj »y The number, aeven, al snug and neat, You'll find the nesim Ninmeits S.reet. to now 10 Dublin haste awtiy. And fl d »he Bir^s wi horn dday: They'll olao ihe r win* Band weetly smile A weloome to the amerald Isle."

Ne Plus Ultra. —"Only fancy, Grandpapa. I made thirteen mistakes in my French exercise "—"" — " Oh, I dare pay I should have made more, my darling."— " Oh no, you wouldn't, There were only thirteen words, "