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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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"Ashby-de-la-Zouch"
is
a
town
to
spell
which
gives
infinite
trouble
to
letter-writers;
but
the
Post-Office
official
is
especially
lenient
and
patient
in
cases
of
this
kind.
There
are
fifty
different
ways
of
spelling
the
name,
and
few
letters,
except
those
of
the
better
classes,
give
it
rightly
spelt.
"Hasbedellar-such"
is
the
ordinary
spelling
among
the
poor
living
at
a
distance.
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Ash
Bedles
in
such
|
|
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for
John
Horsel,
grinder
|
|
|
|
in
the
county
of
Lestysheer
|
|
|
+---------------------------------------+
is
a
copy
of
a
veritable
address
meant
for
the
above
town.
The
blind
letter
officers
of
an
earlier
date
succumbed
before
the
following
letter:--
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For
Mister
Willy
wot
brinds
de
Baber
|
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|
|
in
Lang-Gaster
ware
te
gal
is
|
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|
+-------------------------------------------+
but
the
dead
letter
officers
were
enabled
from
the
contents
to
make
out
that
it
was
meant
for
the
editor
of
a
Lancaster
paper,
"where
the
gaol
is."
The
communication
enclosed
was
an
essay
written
by
a
foreigner
against
public
schools!
The
blind
officers
are
supplied
with
all
the
principal
London
and
provincial
directories,
court
guides,
gazetteers,
&c.;
and
by
the
help
of
this,
their
library
of
reference,
added
to
their
own
experience
and
intelligence,
they
are
generally
able
to
put
again
into
circulation
without
the
necessity
of
opening
them,
five
out
of
six
of
all
the
letters
which
are
handed
over
to
them.
The
addresses
of
some
letters
are
at
once
seen
to
be
the
result
of
mistake
on
the
part
of
senders.
Letters
addressed
"Lombard
Street,
Manchester,"
"St.
Paul's
Churchyard,
Liverpool,"
both
obviously
intended
for
London,
are
sent
out
for
trial
by
the
letter-carriers
at
what
are
believed
to
be
their
real
destinations.
(See
Ninth
Report.)
Letters,
again,
for
persons
of
rank
and
eminence,
dignitaries
of
the
Church,
prominent
officers
of
the
army
or
navy,
whose
correct
addresses
are
known,
or
can
be
ascertained,
are
immediately
sent
out
for
delivery
to
their
right
destination,
however
erroneously
directed,
without
question
or
examination
of
contents.
The
following
strange
letters,
meant
for
the
eye
of
royalty,
would
not
be
impeded
in
their
progress
in
any
way:--
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
