The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03

Curing q yIbbIer.
Some people have a very ugly way of lay
ing violent hands on small articles that don't
belong to them, which cost others money.
and which they don't think Of paying for.
Now it is very well known that groceries paw
shout the smallest profit Of any other mer-
chandise hence the habit of some folks OF
going into store to purchase ten to twenty
five cents worth Of groceries--to be sent
home, too-and while they wait for the
goods to be put up, they amuse themselves
by q mouthful Of sugar, gormandize an APP
pie or two, or guzzle bunch Of raisins, figs,
slice of cheese, plug of tobacco, biscuit, or
whatever else lies around temptingly exposed
to view. You may rest assured that people
don't trade and traffic for the fun Of Tie
thing, and if you gouge the grocer he'll BE
justified in keeping square with you by send
ing light weight and scant measure. A
facetious old mercantile friend Of ours was
thus bled by customer who used to come
in daily to order something or other in tn
grocery line, and who having an amazing
sweet tooth in his head, thought nothing of
nibbling chunks Of sugar, punches Of rails
ms, &c. One morning, Nibble came into
the store before breakfast, evidently dis
turbed in mind
MIR: A., you sent my quarters bill
last night"
eyes, cir, l did"
"Well, there's one item don't understand
--snibbles 3 mos. daily, So What the
dickens do you mean by that
"You keep q dry goods store, do you not,
Mr.. B-?'
EYES, cir, I do"
"Now, suppose | came in every day to buy
two or three shillings worth Of goods, aud
each time should levy on spool of cotton,
paper Of needles, or piece of tape,
which never Of course thought Of account
ing for"
"Oh, ali, yes, yes; take the force OF
what on are about to say: those little things
do count up. You've got me now"
The bill was paid. The dry goods man
did not take the matter as an insult, and
what is still more strange, has quit nib
bling.
A NEAT COMPLIMENT. Ell don't like
cards." said a young lady who is remark
able for hand at once small, white and
plump. 81 see Why said Quilp, gallantly
taking her dexter digits in his own; /" I SCI
why-it is because you are certain to ge
the worst Of the game" "Ah, indeed,
responded the beauty; /" Are you quite sure
Of that" "Of course | am, said Quilp,
because whatever cards you chance te
hold, your opponent cant help seeing your
hand"
A DEAR AND DUNE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
WRITING BY THE SENSE OF ToUcH.-When
the magnetic telegraph was first introduced,
there was an arrangement by which the
letters and words communicated were reeled
off by means of punctures in long narrow
strips of white paper, after this fashion,
namely, -, etc. These were
translated by the receiving operator, and
thus rendered into readable English. In the
/ course of time this attachment to.the Morse
instrument was dispensed with, and the
| operators, instead, read the message by
sound, or the clicking Of the instrument
| with the proper intervals for clear under
standing Of the language, so that there coul'
be just as much certainty as there is il
speaking, compared to uri.ten or printe,
communications. The operators ear wa
rendered more and more acute, and he there
fore could hear the faintest vibrations, O
the whisperings of the instrument Blu
one would scarcely think that the arrans &c
ment would suit a deaf and dumb man. |
does not, but the deaf and dumb man ca
suit himself to even these circumstances
The fact is demonstrated. There is ger
tleman in the American Telegraph Com
pany's office, in this city, who, though h
cannot speak nor hear, is classed as a frs
class operator, dealing with sounds. H
can send and receive dispatches intelli
gently, and finds no difficulty But how
this done? By the sense Of feeling H
places his leg against that Of the instrument
table. and in other ways reads by the Sigh
Earring, while watching the operation Of tn,
instrument Itself Wash. Chronicle.