Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1909 — The Pennies in the Box. [ARTICLE]

The Pennies in the Box.

-R. F. D. News.

The R. F. D. Man has his troubles and the following tells of one of them, the placing of pennies in the boxes for postage instead of procuring stamps. I’m Uncle Sams’s most favored pct, I’m hearty and I’m hale; I’ve nothing in this world tp do But glide ’round with the mail, But one thing almost breaks my heart And my nervous system shocks, It’s the everlasting pennies That I’m fishing from the box. 1 carry stamps and envelopes, And postal cards and such; And I would like to sell a few—’Twould please me very much; But a man can’t sell unle s you buy, No matter how he talks; So hav i to keep on diving After the pera’fcb in the box. It’s alright in un- springtime, Or when summer breezes blow; But a different proposition When its hirty-two below; When all your fingers and your toes Arj frozen nard as rocks. H’s most anything out funny Scratching pennies from the box. And now quite confidentially, I’ll tell you something mdFe; A rural carrier (way out west) Forgot himself and swore; Says he: “I can stand the snow drifts, I can stand the frozen locks, But blast the measly pennies In the blasted measly box. When the “roll is called up yonder,” And we all shall gather there, They wouldn’t let a mail man In If they knew he’d learned to swear. If you want St. Peter to open the gate When your rural carrier knocks, Buy stamps and don’t be guilty Of putting pennies in th ebox.