Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-07-04
EDISON.
Jeff and a Party Of The Boston
IonrnlaIisssIVis':it r li, ST: Him. m
Nv ollderftlI Inventions.
.AlD s0MF ;ANGE lNCIDlNTS.
The Marvellous "yeri:yphone."- very
Like Symposium.
'slsW onderfUI Inventions.
AsD soMF ;ANGE INCIDAN
[Corrcs. Detroit Free Press

A party Of Boston journalists be-
ing invited to visit Prof Edison in
his home at Menlo Park, New Jersey,
and the Pennsylvania Railroad cour-
teously signi!ying that | could pass
over their line on payment OF the u.s.
ual fare, I.availed myself of the op-
portunity to see the great inventor
on his native heath. Arriving at
New York we were warmly received
by delegation Of metropolitan hack
men, who We'd with each other in
pressing their hospitality upon us. l
had the good fortune to secure the
attention Of the urb ne and efficient
Mr.. Tubbs, who carried myself and
baggage to the Jersey City depot, and,
with great delicacy, refrained from
swindling or blaspheming at me to
any immoral extent. A ride of a
couple OF hours brought us to our
destination, struggling village atthe
foot of lofty mountain range. Half
mile from the depot stands
TIE HOME OF EDISON,
Half hidden in forest Of pines, and
overshadowed by a spu: OF the
mountain. Our first surprise occur
red as we opened the front gate. A
lever attached to The hinge instantly
communicated with the steam gauge
Of monster Erorhone, whose me-
tal!ic voice, distinctly audible for
distance Of three miles, We heard
shrek out this warning:
"LooK OUT!
Here's another lot of them, Mrs. E
Hurry up and unchain the bulldog.
Lock up the spoons, and tell Pat to
see if that shotgun is loade'l." " Mr..
Edison is slightly deaf and probably
unaware of The vocal power Of tAis
automatic gate, which our guide has
tened to explain is arranged in this
way because the great inventor is
good deal annoyed by scientific ard
educational visitors.
ANOTHER INCIDENT.
Aa-we entered the portal, a lunera!
procession was passing the street and
we were greatly surprised to observe
Il man, wLo had been sitting quietly
smok;ng-on TIE front steps, rise ny,
take a cigar from his lips and, turn
ing towards The hearse, exclaim fierce
Iy oh, you're dead, are you? Well,
you re liar and a scoundrel, and l
DEFY you 10 contradict ne !"
PROF. EDISON,
Whol we all recognized from his
photograph, came cut Of the door,
and hastily replacing the cigar in the
man mouth, said quietly "That'll
do now, Ulysses, you are talking TOO
much" Being introduced to the
party, and cordially shaking hands
with us, he explained that the smok-
ing man was
MERELY AN .tUToNAToN,
Which he had Just completed, upon
special order, for a great political
party WHO wanted a "sale candidate"
for 1880. "rhe great value Of this
invention" said the Professor, sis its
marvellous receplivity. 50 to speak.
1t is hollow, lead and all; and any
small article Of value deposited in its
hand will be at once conveyed to the
spot where it can do the most good.
Being made Of brass, it is entirely
urlisturbed by abuse or repr"aches,
and | have constructed it with what
I cali 'post.mortem Diaphragm by
the use Of which the autoaatoa is en-
abled to reply with great vlrulence
and volubility 10 any opponent as
soon as the latter is dead and never
before.
ANOTHER STYLE.
~ have a. large order" continued