QUEER THINGS IN THE MAILS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 86, 24 May 1879, Page 2

QUEER THINGS IN THE MAILS.

(From the Lafldjj Tut e«) The post-office continue*, jp be uaed |s • a sceeie d tranmntsng artMesof almost I svery variety from ota pan if the o;untry to the other fhe following arricjea wer* obasnred; A dormouse, four what* mice, two gdd-nnciwa, a iizaid and a blind warm, all alive; o-tlary, m»jicinag, wnieh, odatiaaata, urtiolee of dra*a, • etoet, a equirral, flah, liechis. frogs, beetles, caterpillar* and A make, about a yard in length, srbub bad been committed tc ike post f „r transmiaaion ia a box, was obeerved to b» at larga on tha door of :n» of the:. ight mail eorung carriages, on the Londo.". aid North-western /ait wiy. After t g- id deal of oonfuaion end tntarruptio'. b <&» work Rwm killed A smad bsx -/hum n*dMd the ratun *d la'iar Ma*:* Litwpoot wm found, tea aeJTg jpecea, t: ooo> tain eight living snakes. «. <lfe mm fcr £9 15a. wm f.vand loose <-. e oiUar letiarbox ia Birmingham, bu- the ci»ner, vac was traced through the bank, wu unable to explain in any w«y bow i, had go; out of hit poaxfxdon Complaint oaring bean mad* that certain letter* whioh ought to have reached a bookaltor in a country tcrwn bad not baeo received, it was coaoluded, after inquirMthet they bad boon duly delivered, but, had aubeequeueiy been withdrawn froai under tte street doer, which we* f uruiabed with a alit to receive letters, but without a box tore-

tain them Daring *ltsreti*ns in the shop, however, when it VM —My to mwn the flooring under the windows, the discovery was made of thirty-ose letters, mx poet-cards, and three new,, paper*, which had been carried thither by rata The corner* c f the letters, Ac, tailing the stamps, ware nibbled away, Uarirg na diubt thct ths gum upon iha labels was us inducement to the thWu Several of the letters contained cheques and mousy ordera. The follvwiag is one of tha many curious application* addressed to to* Department :—*- TiDOimi. Oo:. 4, 1877.—Dear Sir: I want yon to do m e a kin** to hand th is to some good watch makerand tall him to aaa if I can by a instrument to 'tali where gold or asfwersa jn, tha' ground or if iLera is a uJtVument maid to fine? mettel—gold or silver—that are is' the uiett for that jpsrpos—l understand there are eutch a thing maid. If so, be please tell uis where 1 can by one and what it will cost ins—lt can be eent to New York to where I oaa get it—l want to get a instrument to hunt gold and silver—You will pleas write to me ae I tbitik if there ere sutch a thing maid I could get one in your country—l send you a stamp.