Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1888 — A Use for Postal-Cards. [ARTICLE]

A Use for Postal-Cards.

“There,” said an old gentleman, transferring a bloodstone ring from the index finger of his left hand to a less conspicuous place, “Iv’e managed to remember that little errand and the ring can go back to the right finger.” “I’ve a better plan than that,” said, a bystander. “When I’ve something important to do I write myself a postalcard. My clerks have got used to seeing these missives come in addressed to me in my own hand. Nobody can read the message, for I use a sort of shorthand known only to myself. “When I get to the office in the morning with a dozen things to do there are the postal-cards mailed the night before to remind me of any matter that I might overlook. The postoffice is a great convenience. I know a man who habitually posts small packages to his home address simply to save himself the trouble of carrying them up-town. That plan, he says- is cheaper and safer than using a messenger service. ” — New York Press.