Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-08


When the news came Of the reyolu
ton in Turkey and the deposition OF
Abdul Aziz, Queen Victoria, it is said,
lost no time in intervening in his behalf
by telegraphing to Constantinople and
expressing her hope that the ex-Sultan
would not be subjected to any violence
or ill-treatment. "Soignez le bieu -
(take good care of him) said Her
Majesty; but the cruel telegraph made
her say f" Saignez lie bien - (bieed him
welD and how they bled him all the
world knows. The story is not impos-
sible.
In his last annual report the Post
master General owns that a poor
"Mary is bad, " had her message rem
dered Mary is dead" and that a
pleasure party wishing to advise their
friends at home of their safety by the
assurance that they had "arrived all
right" scandalized the anxious ones
with the announcement, eve have ar
rived all tight. But many jokes are
perpetrated by the wire without receiv-
ing official recognition.
A noble lord, as proud and fond as q
man should be of his beautiful young
wife, was just about rising to speak in a
debate, when q telegram was put into
his hands. He read it, left the House,
jumped into a cab, drove to Charing
Cross, and took the train for Dover.
Next day he returned home, rushed
into his wife's room, and finding her
there, upbraided the astonished lady in
no measured terms. She protested her
ignorance of having done any thing 10
offend him.
"Then what did you mean by your
telegram" he asked.
"Mean? What I said, of course.
What are you talking aboutp'
"Read it for YOURSELF" said he.
She read: 81 flee with Mr.. to
Dover straight. Pray for me-"
For the moment words would not
come; then, after a merry fit of laugh
ter, the suspected wife quietly remarked,
so, those dreadful telegraph people!
No wonder you are out of your mind,
dear. l telegraphed simply: Il tea
with Mrs. = in Dover St. Stay for
King John of Saxony was prone to
dropping in upon officials when they
least expected him. One day he APP
peared at the telegraph office Of small
station. The clerk appraised his col
league at the next station of the unwel-
come visit, and before an acknowledge
ment of the warning came was called
upon to enlighten the inquiring monarch
respecting the business of his Office.
Presently a message came along the
wires, and His Majesty desired to be
acquainted with its purport. He was
told it was unimportant; but was not to
be put off, and insisted upon the mes
sage being repeated to him; so the
stammering clerk had no choice but to
regale the royal ears with the German
equivalent for: "The King pokes his
nose into every thing" II King John
was annoyed by the impertinence, he
had to thank himself for it.
Such was hardly the case with the
late Earl Russell. One evening, when
he was the Minister in attendance at
Balmoral, little old man, buried in
greatcoat, handed telegram, addressed
to one of the Ministers in London, to
the telegraph clerk in one of the stations
on the Deeside Railway. The clerk,
after glancing at the message, threw it
back with, " Put your
name to it. It's a pity your master
does not know how to send a telegram.
The name was added. "Why, you
can't write!" exclaimed the clerk,
after vainly trying to make some
thing of the signature. "What's your
"My namep" said the messenger
sc my name is John Russell"
That clerk was transferred to another
office before many days passed.
A drol mistake was made by an i'm
aginative dame who, having permitted |
a telegraph pole to be placed on the top
Of her house, waited upon the chief of
The Geographic company concerned to |
complain that she could get no sleep of |
; night, being kept awake by the noise |
made by the messages passing over her |
head. al don't think, sir,' said she,
= you can be aware of all that's said
along them wires. There's deal that |
hadn't ought to be. can assure you,
'ir, that very much that's said there,
hat have to lie and listen to, is such
Is no decent woman ought to hear; and
hope you will put stop to it." The
unused gentleman was hardly able to
meet the accusation with due gravity;
,ut he did contrive to keep his coun-
enance while he informed the old lady
hat the young men who had hitherto
worked the wires were under notice of
and that in future only young
great responsibility would be
so there would be no danger
# her propriety being shocked any
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