A former learned wit of the Post Office Department, cogitating over, upon, under, and between, the multifarious and abstruse problems submitted for adjudication, evolved the following gems of keen, mental penetration. That: Feather beds are not mailable.
A stamp of the foot is not sufficient to carry a letter.
A pair of onions will go for two cents.
Persons are compelled to lick their own postage stamps; the postmaster cannot be compelled to do this.
Nitro-glycerine must be forwarded at the risk of the sender. If it should blow up in the postmaster’s hands he cannot be held responsible.
When candy is sent through the mails it is earnestly requested that both ends of the package be left open, so that the employees of the post office m............