Typed as spelled and written
Kay Cunningham

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Fifteenth Year - Number 23
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August 4, 1904

R. F. D'S TROUBLES.
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     A rural carrier in a neighboring county, where the system had but recently been established, was considerably astonished recently to receive the following letter from one of his appreciative patrons:
     "Friend Fred - As you run the free delivery by my house, I want you to bring me on your next trip a barrel of salt, two sacks of flour, also a ton of coal and three spools of wire, then throw in a set of whiffletrees as an evener under the seat. When you come by Marion Waller's get two of his large chicken coops and bring them along, then I can have my turkeys caught so you can take them to town. It wouldn't detain you a minute. And I have eight loads of wood to get to town. Had I better get it out along the road or will you go in the woods after it? I think this free delivery is a great thing for us rural people."

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