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Show il 6ENT ALL NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS I Official Business Not Hinted at In I Communication. When It was first arranged, nearly fifty years ago, to have postmasters ' send In quartorly reports many queer documents wore received. One, which Is still on file In the postofilce department, de-partment, came from the little town of Waterford, 111., and Is as follows: "July the 9, 1856 Mus'r Jlraes bu-chanan. bu-chanan. President of United States Dear Sur: Bean required by the In' structlons of the postofco to report quarterly, I now foolflll ' iat pieasln' duty by roportln' as follows: The Harvestln' has been goln' on pretty well and most of the naburs havo got thur cuttin' about dun, wheet Is hardly an average crop, on rollln' lans corn Is yellowish, and won't cut more than ten to fifteen booshlls to the aklr and the helth of the comltt'e Is only tol- erbly meeslls and colery hav broke out In about 2 and a half miles of hear I thalr are a lowerful awaken on the subjes of re gin In the potts nabur-hood nabur-hood and more souls are bean made to know thur sins forgiven Miss nancy Smith a nev- nabur hr 1 twins day before yestei.Iay and one of them Is a poor scraggy thing and won't live half Its days this Is about all 1 know and have to report this quarter give my respects to Mrs. buchanan and sub-scrib sub-scrib myself your Trooly, Abagall Jenkins." |
