The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-09-06
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Practical Joking by Teleerarh. )

4 ERacSacai soklng Dy Toiegraph.
A Some ten years or more ago ,her,
was, upon the. New York ard washing
ton Telegraph Lime, at the PlfiIadelphi.
station, an operator named ffhayer, who
besides. being an adept at the business
swafca gentleman Of culture and wit, ane
exceedingly fond Of a joke, no matter a
whose expense. At the New York ter
minus of the line there was, upon tn,
contrary, a steady, matter.of fact oort O,
amsn, who was noappreciator of jokes
and never practiced them. The Presi
dent of the line Was Hon. b. b. French
for navy years Clerk Of the House o.
Representatives at Washington, q wi,
poet and -lYumorist. y OF coln Sc he ap
l. preciated abrtfAor wherever he came
across II. .aa .z' isRslso,s-ss ,...,,.,r.., , .
Thayer took il into his head one dav Ia
send q dispatch 20 some fictitious name
/ in New York, for the purpose of enjoy,
ing laugh at the expense of the ope
rator at New York. Accordingly he
composed and forwarded the following
fz.Nl "PnILADELpHIA.yA April i, Is46. :.
10 Mr.. Jones, New York - I'm $50, 4,s
Send me ten dollars at once, SO that
can get my clothes. ,.4sz.s, $3.50 -
h& yytssa (Signed, JULIA. %
aa 13l words, collect 81 cents, 49,. -
W. The operator at New York, not sus.
pecting any joke, asked the philadelphia
operator for the address, ., - 81. g.,
!eThe Philadelphia operator replied
that s"the young. lady did not leave
any, and asked him, to look in the di.
Tectory for it. - -, ',.''' ~ -,
| The New York operator replied that
he" had already done so, but as there
were over 6fty Joneses ir the directory.
he was at loss to know which one 10
send it to-" ..> - ~ 7'7s
., IF that is the case" says Thayer,
you had better send copy TO each Of
them, and charge thirty four cents
The New York operator did SO, and md,
will give the result of the arrange.
ment In the words Of the President Mr..
French, from whom, few DAYS afier
this affair, Mr.. Tiiay er received the fol-
lowing letter: ~ -"-t1 .'.~'.' lH,3 -,
l ~. NEW YORK Anril-R 1pIR
I Mr.. THAYKR.-Sir "a sawp S.r.
since you sent a dispatch :nnrnor,;n 81 = -
be from one Julia addressed ITO NJ
Jones. New York. The New York op.
eiator Informed you that he desired an
address, as there were upwards of fifty
Jonesses in the directory, and was at a
loss 10 know which one Of them II was
designed Tor. You replied, that in that
case, he must send a copy to every one
o. Them, and change upon each; and
tne operator at New York, in the limo,
oenee OIL ms heart. d'd so.3 Some twen-
ty ., tne 9onesses paid for their dis
patches, out tnerea was one semitic The
res'ueuee o' an elderly merchant by that
,a .nn Wno, pe'ng away nom home
"aen "ise =, ar'i.eu,'l ~ 'l' was opened by bis
'u'o.u I"e, anu |, was .neoceasioh' M avery nn'
P'es'a''' eoines''c scene: Nj. Jones has
. oeen 10 see me 10 fesaaon TO the mat mat
,esrf, se'r a"u 'nsea.sns 20 sue 'he company
' uH"'ages' taxing the thing very mach
~ N Se. ,nes 3 '..sss' ;s,i>sZ -, 80 =
.Nowt 'ths is a,i very tunny,t and a
gooa Joke ana 4 nave laughed at It as
ns",'.'y hsSsny tcoy ''out y2l had bet
'@ MOI uylt a8ains or any 81 tbe rest
o,,'he operators slipon. The line, If you
sAue {,uh, 70. s''uaNots' y >, ....,t e
S''''. 11sstoiyso' -Seeetffe zlflegraPh.S S,,,,
th = Z ~ 7zss-,77z5-7es 5;,l8
AaKmcAsisa.. "A singular American.
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