The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-04-11
Letter from Chicago
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CHICAGO. April 6, 1873.

CHICAGO April 6, 1878.
To the Editor of the Standard:
Possibly some of your readers will be
Interested in the description of a tele.
phone that interviewed" last week.
Dr. Munsell, the gentleman with whom
we are boarding, remarked one evening
at dinner. that an acquaintance OF his
had n telephone between his store and
bis residence. and that be would be hap
py to show us some of its uses.
OF course we gladly consented, called
at his store, and were highly entertained
by an exhibition OF this wonderful in.
veDtion. shall not go into details in
describing the telephone, but simply
state that it is an instrument. five or six
inches long aud two and a half inches
broad at its widest part, attached to a
silk covered wire.
In sending message. the instrument
is held To the mouth and the words spo-
ken distinctly in an ordinary tone. IL is
held to the ear TO receive the answer
Mr.. Beale, the owner of il. called to his
wife. (whn was in the parlOr at home }
several times, and received an answer
She read poem for Us, her voice. though
distinct, sounding like that of a small
child or a ventriloquist. Her husband
then requested her 40 play on the piano.
which she did, the tune being plainly
dIsiingui-hable.
The sound of the piano was transmit
ted by laying the mouth piece of the tel
rphOne on the strings
She counted up to fifty, and laughed
hal hal bal at the end of it.
We said: "Splrndidl' Much obliged. "
and she asked Us if we wished her TO say
anything more. Not caring to impose
on the lady's good nature, we declined to
trouble her further. This is Bells tele-
rhone. and cost Mr. Beale fifty dollars.
The distance from his store to his resi-
drnce is three blocks
Gentlemen will doubtless find it quite
useful to connect their business houses
and their homes. For instance, if man
wished to take the train and had no
spare time, he could saw to his wife
through the telephone: Get my clothes
ready-must leave on the $40 train, 20
home. find his wife standing in the door
with his vslise all packed and ready for
him tn take it. bid her adieu and depart.
| Or IL he wished to take company home
to dinner he could say: will bring Mr
| G and Mr. to dinner. Have the best
| the house affords" He takes his com
pany home finds his wife all smiles. and
delicious dinner on the table The tel.
ephone saves him lecture he might 9TH
erwise have received: why did you
bring company to dinner without telling
me beforehand. when you knew this Is
wash day" 1t is also convenient for la
dies: John. don't forget to match that
sample OF silk | gave you this morning" "
This does away with the time honored
custom of tying n red string around his
| finger to make him remember.
The longest distance at which a con
versation can be carried on through the
telephone is $50 miles. 1t is yet in its
infancy, hut will doubtless be made to
accomplish wonders.
notice in this mornings Tribune that
French tPlegrapher claims to be the
first inventor of the telephone That is
an agreeable little way that foreigners
have. They watch Uncle Sam enviously
whilst he is completing some great in
vention, and say: why we thought of
that long ago" Uncle Sam quietly works
on. merely asking why in creation
didn't YOU do it then2'
Very truly, CORNIE MEG. BAKER