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 30.2 HISTOEY OF GOODHUE COUNTY Red Wing to Mantorville, — Leaves Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day at 8:00 a. m. Arrives Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 :00 p. m. Eed Wing to Blue Earth City, — Leaves Monday at 8:00 a. m. Arrives Thursday at 6 :00 p. m. Eed Wing to Le Sueur, — Leaves Monday at 8 :00 a. in. Arrives Saturday at 5 :00 p. m. The mail UP will be closed at 10 :30 a. m. The mail DOWN will be closed at 12 :00 m. until further notice. There were delinquents in matters postal in those days as now. Under date of September 19, 1862, there appeared in print the following notice : Post-Office Notice, — All persons indebted to the post-office for box rent or postage are requested to make payment before the first of October, if not we shall consider that they do not wish for their box or papers any longer. M. Sorin, By E. P. Lowater, Deputy. Postmaster. A change in the postal laws of decided interest was made about this time. It provided : "By sections 33 and 34 of this law the rate of postage on all transient matter and upon all mailable matter, except letters and regular papers and periodicals, is fixed by the weight of the pack- age .(excepting circulars). The standard weight is fixed at four ounces, and passes at the rate of two cents, an extra rate of two cents being added for each additional weight or fraction of it. Double this rate (that is, four cents) is charged for books by the same standard weight. Three circulars or any less number, in one unsealed envelope to one address, pass at the same rate of two cents. Seeds, engravings, and the other miscellaneous matter mentioned in the third class of section 20 of this law, are also charged at the same rate of two cents for each four ounces or fraction of it, sent to one address. These postage charges must in all cases be prepaid by stamps; no extra charge is made, as heretofore, for any business card or address printed on the wrap- per. ' ' Some considerable changes are noted in a mail schedule ap- pearing on November 15, 1863, which reads as follows : Post-Office Notice. From this time, to the 15th of April, 1864, unless further notice is given, the Up Eiver Mail will be closed daily at 6 :00 p. m.. Mondays excepted; Down River Mails will be closed daily at 1 :00 p. m., Fridays excepted. The Way mails for St. Paul and Winona leave Red Wing on Monday, at 7 :00 a. m.