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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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But
there
were
other
ways
in
which
the
mail
was
placed
in
jeopardy--namely,
by
waggoners
with
teams
getting
in
the
middle
of
the
highway,
and
not
clearing
out
smartly
to
let
the
mails
go
by,
or
by
otherwise
so
driving
their
horses
as
to
foul
with
the
mail-coach.
And
it
is
curious
to
observe
how
such
cases
were
dealt
with
by
the
Post-office.
The
following
poster,
issued
publicly,
will
explain
the
matter:--
"CAUTION
TO
CARTERS.
"Whereas
I,
Edward
Monk,
servant
to
James
Smith
of
Pendlebury,
near
Manchester,
farmer,
did,
on
Tuesday
the
24th
day
of
July
last,
misconduct
myself
in
the
driving
of
my
master's
cart
on
the
Pendleton
road,
by
not
only
riding
furiously
in
the
cart,
but
damaging
the
York
and
Liverpool
mail-coach,
and
endangering
the
lives
of
the
passengers--for
which
the
conductor
of
the
mails
has
directed
a
prosecution
against
me;
but
on
condition
of
this
my
public
submission,
and
paying
the
expenses
attending
it,
all
proceedings
have
been
discontinued.
And
I
thank
the
conductor,
and
the
gentlemen
whose
lives
I
endangered,
for
their
very
great
lenity
shown
me;
and
I
promise
not
to
be
guilty
of
such
outrage
in
future.
And
I
trust
this
will
operate
as
a
caution
to
all
carters
or
persons
who
may
have
the
care
of
carts
and
other
carriages,
to
behave
themselves
peaceably
and
properly
on
the
king's
highway.
Witness
my
hand,
the
2d
Aug.
1804."
Then
there
was
the
danger
attending
the
running
away
of
the
horses
with
the
coach,
of
which
the
following
is
an
instance,
the
facts
being
succinctly
set
forth
in
a
notice
of
1810,
of
which
the
following
is
a
copy:--
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
