Show ODDEST POSTOFFICE Is Ls Located on the Canadian Boundary Line i Boston April The queerest post postoffice postoffice office in North America is I probably lo to located sated at Beebe Plain Vt t where bere a simple wooden building shelters the of offices flees of two The Tte structure is cut out diagonally by b the Canada an da line linea a being almost equally divided by b the imaginary boundary The northern half baIt contains the of ot Beebe Plain Quebec and the southern half halt the office of ot Beebe Plain Vt They are separated only by In a of corridor using icing this passageway and the alto same door in common George eorge H House postmaster looks after the n mail ail of the tie two offices As a result of or rfd red r tape lr in inthe the postal regulations regarding th the transfer jt of t malls mails it g letter mailed at the Vermont Yermont office for tor the Canadian office across the hall travels miles mIes before deli dIU delivery ery r i Previous to 1599 the United States StateR I flee was located In a 11 dwelling I house and tile tIo Canadian office In a astore astore store stort In neither case was vas the tho service wholly satisfactory but it seemed erred B to tobe t tobe be the bunt best arrangement that could be made However HOW C I In Jn 1899 the idea Idel was conceived of ot utilizing the old store stor located right on the line for both of offices offices and finally the present arrange arrangement arrangement ment was perfected so 50 that thata a most sat satisfactory satisfactory service has been provided Patrons Patron of the double postoffice can cando cando cando I do their business by b making one call Two doors one late on each tilde tale of the line open into the lobby lobb The Tl Th I distance between the tho th postoffice box s sot of ot the two countries is ten feet the international boundary line Une running through the space space between the two sets of ot boxes If I 1 a better is by mis mistake mistake take dropped into the wrong box it is Ispas passed pas to the thc right office and sent on its way wayA A letter posted J osted at Beebe Plain Vt for Beebe Plain ain Canada will go south on the Boston Bost n and Maine railroad from Beebe Junction Vt to White River Junction 11 miles on the same santE route and thus continues its way to Sher Sherbrooke Sh Sherbrooke r brooke P Q thirtyfour miles farther There it is again a aln transferred and re r turns to Beebe Plain P Q I That is after having a ride of n twenty four hours tid 1111 going it ar arrles arrives rives rles at Its destination dt ten feet from where w lre it started I I Or perhaps it goes on another train j south on the Boston and Maine Malno to Wells Welts River Vt t eighty miles There It is transferred and goes back via Beebe Junction to ke le P Q niu to be transferred again and nd returns ti to tithe t tI tott I tt tilt the a building i 11 started from tram I tours roura before It has ras traveled raveled miles I The Tilt village has a population of about on the Vermont side and about COO on the Canada side sidi All of the places of are on the Canada anada side so most of ot the HI patrons of ot the office are ar Canadians but they are very willing to avail In all themselves S of ot the unique arrange went ment and use either office that will I give the best results The line lInC Itself Its PIt is quite narrow here hera hereIn heraIn herein In fact fad t is 80 so narrow w that it can cannot cannot cannot not he seen scon except where the Iron posts appear r Some persona p r o s have stood I In one country and written their post postcards postcards postcards cards or letters Jetters In the other 0 |