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Show TOO INQUISITIVE. A few days since a lady called at the post office in this city to obtain a registered letter for her husband. She secured it, gave a receipt and was about to depart, when the party in attendance inquired how many wives her husband had, and if she were "first." On her answering that it was none of his business, he said that she could not have the letter, and made several unnecessary remarks. However, as the missive was in her possession, his threat was of no effect. The same party has been more than once observed to question little children on the street with regard to the family affairs of their parents; and he has in many ways given rise to the belief that he is making an attempt to find something for the Grand Jury to investigate. This certainly is undignified and uncalled for. It is no part of the postal clerk's duties, and it should not be the mission of the minister of the gospel, to pry into the domestic affairs of the people among whom they reside. There are officers of the law in this country, who ought to be competent to secure evidence honorably against all offenders; and therefore there is no necessity for clerks or preachers to make spies of themselves. |