Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-08-17
TINE aplucs'" slunDrRs.
What the Amateur TeIegraphers are
Making the Tickers Say.


Isl. Louis Cl0be-Dcfnocrat.
An enterprising genius employed on
an Eastern journal ID about to publish
o work entitled "rhe Blunders of the
Telegraph" He has been busy since
the beginning of the tele2raphers
strike collecting and compiling the
curious plug messages" sent over the
wires by the amateurs employed to fill
the places Of the strikers, and promises
pamphlet filed with reading as en-
tertaining as "Peck's Bad Boy" or
"Uncle Remus.n The journals every
where have been picking up odd mis-
takes in messages, and st. Louis firms
and newspapers have had their share
OF sport out Of the amateurs. One local
firm was surprised with the following
message from drummer: "Not d
thing. Dring will be home to-mor-
row." 1t should have read: Moth
ing doing Will be home to-mor-
row. Another read; "Send three to
No. 10 Jean street, 1t should have
read; Send three doz. No. l6 jeans.
The blunders in other cities are no less
ridiculous. At Pittsburgh man got a
message reading, ELLA has come. Spen-
GERS menagerie.p This referred to a
niece. He could not imagine what his
niece was going to do with menagerie.
The message should have read, ssElla
has cerebro-spinal meningitis" A wife
received message from her spouse, who
WAS away, reading, II will be hog to-
morrow" 1t should have read, II will
be home tomorrow.
For j. b. Lippincoit \ Co., they got
it j !. b. Lipp, Scott & Co., and K. L.
Bacon & Bolt Company ought to have
read Elba Iron and Bolt Company. The
word co operative was received
Cooper alive" and for First day Of
race" one ef the artists got Frost
Boy won race e'Send me three COW
ears" should have been "Send inc three
coal cars. "Send me check for Dr.
Patch should have read s'Send me
check for dispatch" 'Mr. j. GIFT and
pie" ought to have been j. Gillespie.
'Send me hall dozen pair plain
stove buttons" puzzled local jeweler
until he found out that sleeve buttons
were waited An original dispatch
read. 1.-THE lambermen IN this section
are skidding their logs preparatory To
hauling them to their mills, and when
it had passed through the hands Of one
OF the receiving operators up stairs it
read; 1.-THE lumbermen in this section
are skinning their dogs, preparatory to
hauling them to their meals"
Here are some Of the funny mistakes
made by the 'plugs" employed in the
Western Union main Office at Philadel-
..1 -. 4 4,..t~ ~. L.
about the new office" for "Do nothing
about the new Officer ''Send the sheets
at once" for "Send the spirits at once !"
go Anters Hotel for "Planters' HOTEL"
"a. l.. Legpenny" for "Allegany;" "Dr.
Excelsior, " No "a South Third street, I"
for "Drexel 4 Co. !" ''Cog in paste" for
Come in haste sSend Jy of sale at
once for "Send key of safe at once;"
$50 Caseo, Phila, for ssP. P. Car Co.,
Phila - "Elbow Car" for re. l.. box
car"
Talking OF telegraph mistakes, re-
minds Baltimore operator of the fol-
lowing story: The first telegram | ever
attempted to take by sound read as /
received it: "To r. r. Agent, w. Va
Be at the depot at ll;30 P. NJ. to unload
jackson" I delivered it to the agent,
who sent this reply. "Who is jackson,
aud why should unload him 2" The
answer Immediately flashed over the
wires was "For Jackson read jackass. -
The remark Of the agent upon receiving
this was childike and bland He said
81 knew there was jackass about that
message somewhere" didn't like to
but was forced to agree with him in his
conclusion. My short experience taught
Ene that man, to be first-class light
ming jerker, must have q quick, sensitive
ear, an untiring brain aud hand, and q
good salary.