Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1875 — A Cent’s Worth of Postage. [ARTICLE]

A Cent’s Worth of Postage.

A gentleman of this city having occasion to send a large photograph to AL bany, N. Y., took it to the postoffice to ascertain the postage thereon. He was informed that by inclosing the photograph in an unsealed envelope it wonld be transmitted through the mail for one cent. This he paid, wrote the name of the party for whom the photograph was intended on the envelope, also the name of the street, the number of the house and the words “ New York,” but forgot to write “ Albany.” He also attached the. stamp. After several weeks he found the envelope with its contents in his postoffice box. The cover bore marks showing that the carriers in New York and even in the surrounding cities had made numerous unsuccessful attempts to find the person named in the direction. How did the package find its way back into the sender’s box? The back of the picture bore the name of a well-known. photographer of this city, and to him as a last resort the picture was sent by the postofllce authorities for identification He recognized it at once, and the photograph, after a journey of over IJtOO miles, after passing through many hands at home and abroad, returned whence it came, all fur a cent. The Postofllce Department may congratulate itself on possessing some conscientious employes,~ Ct'neinmUi Oasette,