to stamp sticking may be regarded as purely sentimental, but there are others of a more practical kind with which we are all only too well acquainted, Who does not know what a pest it is to have the damp get to the drawer, and turn one's whole assortment into a sticky mess, rendering them utterly useless till an elaborate ateami process has been gone through. Or, when in order to guard against this catastrophe, we are supplied with lightly gummed stamps, to find that they cannot be persuaded to stick at all till recourse be had to the paste-pot, or to find, just as the mail is closing, that we are out of stamps—ured up, mis laid or stolen—and our ters cannot go forward that day. Or, when we have got them despatched nil right, to have the coolie pick the stamps off on the way to the office. Or many another bother which makes one wonder how sensible men can stand it so long. are to be conn spite of the example of every ised country, always fought shy of the abominable, adhesive postage stamp; and on securing, when the city tuthers determined to impose its yoke upon them, a back door of escape in the $10 deposit arrangement. They will, no doubt, all take advantage of this. Even humble citizens whose postal bill is not on, and it will save them much trouble, What a paradise of a Post Ufice the Siang. hai L. P.O. willie then! Only to think of a thousand or so of $10 accounts to -ba kept in daily entries of cents and half cents, and a daily tale of thousands of stamps to be "Lickt and stickt," is enough to satisfy the soul of the very Napoleon of postwasters, PAROCHTALISUS, But there was to be no escape from the abu nus stamp for the unfortunate outport resident. With regard to him the utterances of the Chairnan of the Council Were most pronounced and entirely pare cehial. In his opinion; That residents in the outports should have their correspondence passed on from one port to another free of charge, or rather at the expense; of the ratepayers, was a very singular contention." "Again: "It ig "nly just that the correspondents at the ports who benefit by this convenience should gry for it; and the only way. they can fairly do 80 is to pay postage on their letters," No doubt the majority of the ratepayers said "Amen" to that. "Quite sv; by all m eans see to it that no outsider shall receive benefit from the rates of this parish." But the above singular contention hardly represents the truth of the case as seen from an outport point of view. What is objected to is, not the having to pay for benefic received, but the having to pay twice, Nothing more is desired than that bai should act on the friendly rule "Do as much for others as you muke rs do for you." It is quite possible missive may, lnve been very handsomely paid for, although it does not bear any outward and visible sign on its face in the shape of x postage stamp, A moment's consideration will show this,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.