Harry Harm, the son of a Columbia grocer, has found a practical
use for a lot of carrier-pigeons. It used to take him half a
day to gather orders, half a day to fill them, and half a day
to deliver; but now, thanks to the pigeons, the work is done in
one day. When Mr. Harm starts he takes a crate of pigeons along
in his wagon, and after he secures a few orders he takes the
duplicate order-slips, which are of thin paper, puts them in a
tiny roll on a pigeon’s leg, and the bird is liberated. It at
once flies to its loft at the store, where the clerks relieve it
of its orders. This plan is followed until the man covers his
entire route, and when he returns to the store the clerks have
the goods ready for delivery.--Philadelphia _Press_.
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