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Ten Commandment; pf the Post Oflice.*u*1st. Thou shall receive no other letters than llii|je own.2d. Thou shalt not counterfeit posture stamps, nor defraud the pep;trtii.eut of anything, intentionally, Thou shale bo eiviil anti genteel, when inquiring: (or tHy mail, and if thou wlshctli the poist-master, who is » human being, lobe obliging and courteous Lo thee; he will pay thee back in tbine own Mn;3d7 i’hou sluift lidi backbite the post-mas-ter, or any of his assist ants, and accuse cither or all of them of pilfering the mails, un-foss t noq bast just reasons tor doing so, and can^fc prove them.*lb. Thou shalt not require . the post-office .to be kept open ion than is neCessai v on the Sabbath day. Six tlays thou shall buy stumps in; the -serenity (};tf *le want to rest,J if* it thou ahalt come at the stated hour, get 1 tfiy mail *h(J gp thy way,5th. - Honor tlif tntnfa by writing to them that thou mayest receive letters in return.9tS Thou shalt not loaf in the post-office. 7thV Thou shalt not blow had breath into the post-m aster’s face when asking for letters. #1-Tnou hbjUt 1101 anything that Oefcng* to the ^st-officse;: tJiou sbide not pass counterfeit money upon the postmaster,or falsely accuse Mmpf passiag* it u’pon thee and ask him to rsplale it.’9th. Thou shouldst not say that thoii hear^ dost that there was a letter for thee in th-poet office when th6u knowest thou art telling an untruth.JOtti, Thou shall rpt be vexed or angry because thy neighbor, or thy neighbor’s wife, or any of the neighbor’s child re n receive mall than thou dost; no.- must thou be troubled because-thy-neighbor goes to the post office ill R carriage, or that he be eer-yaiHs to send for bis mail, and that thou £ast none, lor th* high aud the low the rich and the poor are all treated alike by the post-master, and if thou dost not receive any mail it i* thine own fault and not of the one who I*’80 ofte“ wnjusily accused.
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Bozeman Avant Courier
Bozeman, Montana, US
Thu, Oct 03, 1872
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