In small towns the postmaster knows everyone.    From LearnThat.org. 

The postmaster is a surly and incompetent manager.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frustration with mail situation in Jocotepec] Reference

The check was lost in the mail for a couple of weeks, and I called the postmaster (it was a small town) to see if he could help track it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

And promptly called the postmaster to let her know.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

The postmaster was a man who, rather young in years, appeared to have had some experiences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869] Reference

The postmaster was his old acquaintance: His hotel was the best provided of any between Calais and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Complete] Reference

'The whole village came out to salute them before they went off to Afghanistan,' recalls postmaster Tom Pate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

The postmaster was the son of the old Derschau who died a general, and who was only distantly related to my mother.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2] Reference

"I've made frinds wid the postmaster, which is a fine old lady with a swaat darter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters] Reference

In addition, we need a new mail account for 'postmaster' setup for that domain on our Mail server which is seperate from the other 3.    From Wordnik.com.  [GetAFreelancer.com - New Projects] Reference

"postmaster" has consequently become applicable to two totally different classes of persons.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Hundred Years by Post A Jubilee Retrospect] Reference

The postmaster said, "Is this your business here?".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

Was he ever postmaster-general of the United States?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference

John Lee was postmaster at Chester for several years.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference

In 1833 Lincoln was appointed postmaster at New Salem.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference

Mr. Wilder was postmaster at Columbia until June 30, 1885.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference

Isaac Keyes was appointed postmaster of my own city of Springfield.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference

The package is not finally wrapped until the postmaster has examined it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference

While waiting for the telegram I obtained the confidence of the postmaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference

He was once a postmaster in New Salem; but the office was finally discontinued.    From Wordnik.com.  [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference

The postmaster refused to sign the document, saying that he was no such a fool as that.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail] Reference

"How often do you get the mail?" asked Jim of the storekeeper, who was also postmaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

The occasional letters which came were usually carried around by the postmaster in his hat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference

At Mount Olive Station, among the private papers of the postmaster was found the following.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro (North Carolina) expedition, December, 1862] Reference

By last week, the blunt-spoken Potter made a startling admission for any postmaster general.    From Wordnik.com.  [Occupying The Hot Seat] Reference

In 1924, the future author of "The Sound and the Fury" was fired as a Mississippi postmaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going Postal, Literary Style] Reference

My family had run the post office for generations and the town was named after the postmaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love, War & Running For President] Reference

"The postmaster general is doing everything humanly possible that he can do," said Denise Manley.    From Wordnik.com.  [Occupying The Hot Seat] Reference

The postmaster closed the post office, fleeing along with most of the rest of the town's population.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Man Who Sold America'] Reference

He is said to have held the position of postmaster at Madison and also to have had a deputy reserve collector.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference

During this reading he was getting his bread and butter by the other employments -- store-keeping, postmaster, and surveyor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference

Such orders must, however, be crossed by the issuing postmaster with the name of bank through which the order is to be paid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canadian Postal Guide] Reference

In that letter it said, "If you don't leave, the same thing will happen to you that happened to the black postmaster in town.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Voices Of Brown] Reference

The charge that the chairman traded stamps for cash will rest on the testimony of one Robert Rota, the former House postmaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Rosty Could Beat The Rap] Reference

The innkeeper, impressed, communicated his intelligence to the postmaster; they made their good-byes awkwardly and left the room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference

And they were referring to a case, I believe, in 1898 when a black postmaster was assigned to Lake City, and he refused to resign.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voices Of Brown] Reference

Earlier in the year I had carried one of these sacks to the postoffice and had attempted to get the postmaster to accept them as mail.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail] Reference