Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 268
which can be swung outward ; and, while 9i.l HOW THE MAILS ARE CARRIED. 255 the train is still at full speed, this catches and brings in a pouch hung on a frame at some way-station so small that the train does not stop there. In the opposite end of the car is the letter case, where the letters are… … in New England, for instance, there are also boxesfor each one of the Southern States, and WesternStates and Territories. Each car is furnished with canceling stamp, pad,and ink; for each car is a post-office in itself, andmust receive, wherever it stops, the letters which forconvenience people…
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