Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-09-04
A Modest Suggestion.
From tAe Boston DAILY Advertiser.

0NNty
Mr.. HALL-the editor of the Philadel-
phia Bulletin is in dilemma about the
Atlantic cable. lie says:
+" How we are to FIX the transatlantic
reports into q readable shape, the difference
Of time being considered, is beginning 10
excite some humorous inquiry. Shall we
be Obliged to remodel the language and in-
vent tenses combining the present with the
future? ? All things are now determined
by Time. Time is the limit and condition
Of action Checks determine time. But
how, when at four o'clock ia the afternoon,
we learn that fire took place in Oxford
street, London, att o'clock ! What are
we to say then? 1--WE learn that an
alarming contlagration will have did occur
about an hour ago at seven O'clock this
evening" Quis taatG eOmpOntre Htes p
Who will straighten out the dispute for us?
I" Joking apart, it is evident that some
thing must be done, an average or mien
time rate of time, or an artificial time be
got up for the use Of all the world. Mean
while it is pleasant to observe the amount
or discussion which the telegraph thus in
wolves. No one knows what the next
twenty-four hours may bring forth, and the
interest of anticipation is intense"
Now Mr.. Editor, it seems that your
Philadelphia contemporary is borrowing
unnecessary trouble. VIII not the tele-
graph have the effect to give dignity and
character to your profession, and to give
you reputation for even greater wisdom
than you already possess Take the in
stanee IN point. We shall doubtless see in
some evening paper in a few weeks, some
such announcement as this
HIGHLY lMPORTANT.-We are assured by
our London correspondent, in whom we
place implicit confidence, or ave have
every reason to believe"l, that great fire
will occur in Oxford street, in the city
about I o'clock this evening. The heat
viii be intense, aud three 6remen win be
killed by the falling walls Water will bC
very scarce. The loss viii be estimated al
glS3, 900.
After the lumbering steamship Wander
bilt or Adriatie shall have arrived in {
days, l3 hours and 81 minutes, bringing
those relics of a barbarous age, the mails
the columns of the same paper will contain
the following paragraph:
OrR WoRsr FEARS REALIzED --Londor
papers which came to hand this morning
have the particulars of the great FIRE il
Oxford street which we foretoId in our is
sue Of the 2Sth rlt, which fully confirm
the truth Of what we then announced al
likely to occur. The Evening Cablean
will continue 10 furnish full transcript o
all that takes place abroad, which viii b
laid before our readers from three to fou
hours in. advance Of the occurrence Of thl
events themselves. Price two cents a copy
But, Mr.. Editor, II we extend this prin
ciple of the most beneficial results vii
dow from il. For instance, the agent o
the associated press 10 Boston may, per
haps, receive q dispatch from Paris, whicl
be will alter to suit the difference Of time
so that il shall read as follows
Pans, Oct, 2S.--As the Emperor is rid
ing on the boulevard Sebastopol at 6 o'cpl
this evening. be will be shot dead by al
ItaEAn rufian named Blackguardi, wh,
win make bis escape.
| Now, sir, to avert such 2 Dire eAlauait,