The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
The Telephone.

lished in Baton Rouge.
There are now forty.two subscriber
to the telephone, and the cry is, "stil
they come"
Mr.. Carter has been working like {
Turk during the past week, putting ur
telephone wires.
Mr.. H. G. Buchanan is contemplating
the erection of q telephone line from
Okolona to Houston. He is gentleman
of much vim and enterprise.
Master Julian Jamison, son of Col:
John T. Jamison, of the Muldon Prairie,
is now the Operator at the Aberdeen
Exchange.
Two New members were yesterday
added to the Telephone Exchange of our
city, namely, Mr.. P. W. Mulvihill, who
was given number 81, and MIR. John
Grady, who answers to the call of 81.
There is now total of seventy-one sub
scribers in the circuit, and Manager
Sharpe is looking anxiously to reach a
which we are certain will be
done before great while. The tele-
phone Is very convenient thing to all
who have it, and a great necessity to
most of them Matches Democrat.
Experiments in talking over long
distances we're made last Sunday in the
Office of the Mutual Union Telegraph
Company. 1875 Broadway, when cOnver-
sation was carried on easily, first with a
ground circuit and Hopkins telephone,
between New York and Westfeld, Mass,
by way OF Danbury, Hartford and
Springfield, distance of 100 miles
Another wire, by way of Albany, was
and instead of grounding
the wires metallic circuit was used,
thus getting rid of induction distur-
Dances. With circuit measuring 400
miles in distance, conversation was car
ried on with equal ease. Experiments
are to be made this week with wire be-
tween here and Buffalo, giving, with re
turn wire, distance of nenrly 1000
miles. -Ns,o York Special
-EDIToRs YAzoo CRY HERALD The
establishment of the telephone in our
town, an advance of recent date, affords
new avenues for business as we'll as
pleasure, for while it is almost indis-
pensible to the commercial and other
business interests, it is the source of
much amusement to the young folks,
who now trust to it the conversations
which heretofore could have been heard
at front gates.
On last Sunday telephone communica>
tons by means of the telegraph wire was
obtained with our capital city, and no
sooner was this fact announced than
there arose a clumor from all "subscrib-
ers," each of whom was anxious to con-
verse with friends in Jackson, and for a
time the line was filled with sounds which
might have issued from the workmen
who were engaged in constructing GER
tain historical tower. Order, however
was finally restored, and our Jackson
friends were induced to believe that the
confusion was caused by the escape
ment of the electric current, and not that
a lunatic asylum had been turned loose
upon them. After the usual courtesies
had been exchanged, young lady from
Jackson was introduced, aud for her
delectation music from the flute and
violin was waited over the line, and thus
the morning passed pleasantly away.
In the afternoon three of orr musical
young gentlemen, with that gallanlry
of the Yazoo young man,
to the Court House, and calling
the Yazoo Exchange, informed "Tom''
that they would be happy to entertain
the jackson young ladies by playing
some of their choice selections, arranged
for three brass pieces. Now, Tommie
Stout. the manipulation of the switch
board in the Exchange, is youth of
tender age, but he has in his combina>
ton a spice of misc hief aud keen sense
of fun, little inferior to that of Tom
Sawyer. "You shall have Jackson in q
minute" said Tom, in his childlike and
bland manner, and then ran frantically
down stairs to get the assistance of one
of our fun loving boys to carry out the
joke. Returning to the exchange, he
said go ahead, Court House" and ther
put in circuit-not Jnckson-but the
drugstore below, where his accomplish
was stationed. and prepared to personatt
jack son either individually or collective
ly.
A desperate ring and "Helloa, Jack
son." from the Court House was soor
heasa.
Helloa, Yazoo," went back from the
drugstore.
us that you, Jackson?'
eyes"
"Who is at the instrument ?"
Cooper"
well, it doesn't sound much like hif
voice"
mo doubt you fail to recognize my
voice, since I've terrible cold"
GAN right. Say, Cooper, are there
any young ladies' on this line ?"
mo, but l will ring for them. Hole
on! |"
After pause Yazoo was hailed, this
time by "Mr. Wilson," who stated tha
Cooper had been called away, but assur
ed the gentlemen that they could com
municate with Misses B. and r. One o
the gentlemen ut the Court House re-
quested an introduction to Miss B., ant
1t was given in style by Mr.. Wilson
Then came the following:
"Good evening, Miss B."
"Good evening, Mr.. p"
"Im happy to know you, Miss B. 1
strikes me that I've seen you once o
twice.
Oh, where?
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