The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-01-15


telegraph station you can see the wires
where they come dewn thrcugh those tive
iron pipes into the box. The crank yc,,
turned ss merely eonsnvance that enables
al inexperienced person 10 send the only
message ever zen, from this box-,ts errn
Hsnbsr. Just 30 hand-orEsn enables the
grinder TO play one tune vel. even though
be be no orgAnis,. You turned II six times.
Once would hare been enough, hu, ak
times over. sni every ,ine the same num-
Der. thrre could be no mistake ih5 can.
irsl Office knew in an instant of your dis
trees.
Yes, but how did thai mako the bells
ring all over the eity. and East Boston. too
DO they keep sexton q, every boll-roPs
al tho time, ready 70 pull when anybody
tcicgraphs;
No; tha, would be full as bad ss the
New York plan Of keeping watchmcn up
in the fire towers, on petpstuti lockout.
Tint would na be scientific onough for a
best" way. Bat you know church clock
strikes the hoans wI,hputsns h h7lp fWm she
sexton exc ,pi 10 wind 1t up. Just 50 the
bells are for Ere; in ey,ry stcople there Is
machine like the striking Of clock
These machines will strike several hund-
red blows elch with ihrir he1vy hlmmsrs,
BY being wound up once. When You sent
Off your dispatch, il went direct TO third
story noon on Court SQUIRE, and was read
by man whose business IL 20 attend 10
such mes nges. From this same ,oom he
can. by touching key. send by another
set Of wires, a current Of giiyanism 10 eve
ry s,ecple in the city. If you look, you
c1n $50 these wires entering every s,eepic
thai holds good bell. When this giyan-
ic current plssas into the several sleeplcs
IT ciFcnlitos IN each around bar Of soit
/ iron, which instantly becomes powerful
magnet, strong enough 10 In the deten,
( that keeps the striking mlchlnes from ran
nne. Now these machine5 are made so
that they would strike ons blow anl stop,
unless the magnet keeps the detent back,
and leaves the whcols unlocked and free
I 70 run. SO this man m the little thlrd story
room by III i, Cnurt House. tha'll show YOU
how it u done if you call upon him, for he
is very courteous TO visitors, can, by press
ing the proper knob or key, make these
heavy bell hmners strike any number he
chooses. And he made them strike the
number Of your ward.
But how happened thc cngines anl fire.
men to come straight to my house? There
arc two OF three thousand houses in the
whrd.
The foreman Of every fire company has
key to those useful little iron boxes. and
so when be hls got to the ward signilied
by the bells, h, runs 70 the nearest box
and sends private signil TO the man in
Court Squire, asking 'Jusi ishere is H.
fire ~ and then h. listcns while the answer
comes back in little taps, one, tlro, three
four, &c, till he learns the number of the
very box you opened, whom Won gave tht
alarm in the first place. Every box has it,
own number. Tho bells tonsi the fireman
what ward, and the telegraph taps whisper
cd whst station box the alarm came from.
see. But Is it worth all this trouble o
wires and machinery and boxes and bal,
teries
Yes. indeed. Five minutes at the begin
+ ming Of FIRE are very precions. But often
times. 50 rapid is tins system, an alarm vii
he given, bells rung, boxes consulted. fir
found, hose procured and screwed TO a Co
chi,ulin fire plug, AMI th fire eXtinruish
ed, ere the fimlIy in dlnger are well awake
Many time, tn frs; thing nan know
of his dlnger by FIRE, Is that his room II
flooded with water.
, Bu, this municipal telegraph is used 20
more purposes thln one. In case Of not
the police c1ptnins can send for help 4
head qlirters. TO catch an abscondiu,
, thief, By setting guard al every railroad
aud steamboat, can be done in FIVE minutes
Then, too, very soon all the city clock
will be hitch ID toyether by these wires
and all Of them go by one central pendu
lum. accurately, five hundred clocks alik
/ TO a second
, Go il, Boston! We shlll soon hear a
, newer notions still. The next move wi,
1 be to introduce into every iirst class hous
, city tim, as well as city water and city ga,
Telegraphic time wires will be introduce
y Jusi as now the water pipes and gas fixinr
> es are. What null ,mum of punetu ilIty
, Twenty thousand clocks ticking together
Yes. ami next We shall hasr ola rcfinemcr
o Of the FIRE sys,ern. Phillips snnimlItor
viii be buih into the walls, their nozzle
4 just peeplog om into the room. Couver
\ icn, wires Will be arranged, 80 thu, a INA
+ walked At midnigi, by a smell of fire or
red high, in his room. will only need reac
A ou, his arm 20 the FIRE knob, and pull
q six times slowly and instantly that y axe
4 fol, wltchful. hinly mln on Court Squir
viii touch rs wives. NJ, To fngi'en slce
,. from al the city with his dinging bells, b.
II quietly he'll touch the wire, and .n,sh .
d, the acid bottles IN ihs smbushcd annihilI
s tore pins, squiz iuii-sh-sA, nshrs oui III
/. humid. f-c-1ss,Foyiag, hfe-prcsening "
A pof. Tia, unseasonlbie FIRE ruyrendsFs an
!. gots out. Bn; l0ng ere this. the s3iid ~
d hss rolled himself back into bed sgail
Z. tucked the blanket sung about Lis chin su
e fallen asleep blessing the best, hs ~,
besi, the Boston way ~ putting ori iires.-
.e Y. Y. Indepanien,.
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a. Web ard bachelor, y ho -1t sIa1l
|. iIgs e,gar, with face beaming with hop
l.. f.-,s-s rsi-,s. the s,iio.,.t-,,,.