Why Letters Go Astray by William C. White

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Aug 5, 1875

Why Letters Go Astray.

By William C. White

WHEN we consider that in the United States there are 15 Buffalos, 12 Bostons, 18 Buena Vistas, 12 New Havens, 12 Newarks, 14 Albanys, 12 Oranges, 18 Highlands, 8 Hyde Parks, 11 Bradfords, 5 Cincinnatis, and 3 Chicagos, to say nothing of the almost innumerable Johnstowns, Jamestowns, and Smithtowns, it seems not at all strange that letters go astray. Then too, there are States that are thus abreviated: Me., Md., Mo., Mon., Mass., Mich., and Miss. The only correct way is to put the county upon every letter addressed. w. c. w.