home post offices in the surrounding districts. One story in an old newspaper told of a little child getting a

pair of scissors and cutting up a letter before she was seen. But the most amusing story was the disappearance of a bundle of old Dodd’s almanacs. They were found several months later among the children's treasures in an old family trunk. Dodd’s almanac back then was a part of the family literature, it was relied on for daily weather reports, and minor remedies. Its disappearance according to the story was a major blow among the families in the districts, and talked about for many years after.

The record books and artifacts of Michael Quigley that made up this story have been donated to the Alberton Museum by his grandson Kenneth Quigley and can be viewed by the public

there.

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