Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-20

| re0uiar formula OF sending msB. w
NAV know what date II Is betofe entering
the once, you may even nave ~ nnP n -
upon your mind BY having 2 nose I'll ~
unp, neneil over the blank that date fties
{ ,"r, vonr mind like the tootliache from
dsntists stairway. So when the man
.sLsJ. aWhat day Of the month u thisf'
vss NOT surprised. / courteously an
+ svered him, as cover 90 approaching
hrs position, but he did not believe
me. He repeated his question ana made
| The operator answer. Then l Know - Was
yery new at 1t. He spoiled three os.a!ks
before he got "teieenphieA ospssen
written to suit him: bat sven that Is nos
v.ry uncommon. A man always uses sta
tnnerv more extravagantly in another
| MANS office than he does at home. Then
h. wyote every word in the body OF the
d;snateh very carefully and distinctly. but
scYan,bIed hurriedly over the nd tress, -
tbon0b everybody knew that Is we'll % he
did and dashed of his own signature in q
hind letter style, as though his name
was as familiar TO the operator as
he was to his own family. But
even this Is not uncommon. a man VIII
write cunningham" so tnst no expert un-
der the skies will tell whetLerit was Gov.
iprton, or Darlington, or Cussssen, or
Carrenton, and when the operator points to
n and asks: What is thisT the writer
will stare at him in blank amaxemeat for
moment and then answer: Why that's
INV namev well, yes, know that. the
operator will say" but what is your nance
Then the man will gasp for breath and catch
hold Of the desk to Keep from falling. ana
finally shout: why, Cunningham OF
course!" and look pityingly upon the oPer-
ator, and then glance about the room with
A NAMED, shocked expression, Is one who
should say: Gentlemen. you may not BE-
lieye il, and do not blame you, but heaven
is nv witness-here is man who does not
know that my name is Cunningham. Tnls
is not unusual. Any operator will tell you
that he has met Cunningham scores oil times
and has MORALLY offended him every time
by asking his name.
Well, my tall man with the thin neck sUs
along a little better than that when nc
%sndad the generator the following cxplici'
message: c.,tra
Iowa-Mu Dear Wife: left the city earl
this morning after eating breakfast VIII
prof Morton, live man in the Temperance
cause expected to eat dinner with you
AT home but we were delayed by eerrioiSS
railroad accident, and / narrowly escaPTsu ,,
being killed: one passenger was terL
manglcd and has since died, but am 49,
The conductor says can not MAKE con th;.
tion so as TO come to Dallas Center tnis
morning, but can get there by O'CLOCK
This evening. hate to disappoint you Uus
can not help it. With love To mother anu
the children. l am your loving husband,
'N' > RoGER X. FoLLINsREE:
The operator read il, smiled ana saiH
| "You can save considerable expense niu
tell all that is necessary, presume, ~
shortening this message down 10 zen "o Ia
We have no wire direct into Daias e .h.
will have to send this message part y, .uu
way over another line, which aaus t St.sw
TO the cost OF its Transmission e"a 10
T man w w,ed sn vo% sayF YES sir" 1t wS
. sumner, for fact, and the man hcayed a
desnarinr sigh as he prepared 70
boif his "letter" down to ten words
He sighed again after reading II
through once or twice, and then scra.cheu
| out "Dallas Centre, Iowa, as though every
| body knew where he lived. Ihen ne eraser
early" and drew his pen Slowly tnious !"
Tbnr he scratched over dinner with and
ven, IN 10 erase and narrowly escaped
| And so he went on through the dispatch:
OCCASIONALLY he would hold it from him at
orm's length after making an erasure, 10
cot tho General effect. And at last after
SSncb Scratching and erasing and with
many signs he came to the window ana
aid: Here is this telegraphic dispatch TO
nv wife. have not been able TO connense
| il into ten words, and do not sec now ~ can
he done without garbling the sense OF lne :
ohII~e me greatly, as | do not wish to incur
any unnecessary expense. And with that
| he handed the operator the following eN'
nnnged edition OF his original message:
Mps SARAH ii. FoLLISsBEE-My Ded'
| VIZ. left the city-this morning after
ao;;no-Prof. Mortimer aiive-delayed ny
| sterIible railroad accident on the railroad
| I-bcing killed-terribly mangled and since
| died; but am-the conductor. ! can no,
come TO Dallas Centre, but l cam
naIe-,nother and the children
RoGER X. FoLLfNsEEE.
The opcrator smiled once more, and il
| his quick nervous way that grows out o.
his association with the lightning, made
| few quick dashes with his pencil, anc
without adding or changing letter in thu
| original message, shriyeled IL down 10 III
very sinews, like this:
SARAH A. FoLLNsBEE, Dallas Centre
Iowa: Left city 'smorning; delayed by
accident; all right; home 'seyening.
ROGER X. FoLLISsByx
"There, that is all right" he said in the
CHEEKY magnetic way these operators have
FIFTY cents, sir; only % cents II We haC
our own wire into Dallas. sir; we'll have
one next spring, too: saves you several dol
lars, sir. That's right, thank you" Anc
the man went and sat down in q chair BY
the stove and stared at that operator unit
the rescung train came along, as though
he were a worker OF miracles. And wher
he got off the train at the junction for Dial
las / heard him whispering softly TO him
self: "Shfollsnbee-clisnn smorning: moth
in smatter; home saftenoon." Aud knew
that he was practicing his lesson and hat
| "caupht on