The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-03
Some OF the Things that Thomas
A. Edison Doesn't Want
to Seaf.


to Aear.
Thomas \. Ellison i slightly deaf
Some line ago there appeared 10 ! Sd
LOul- p4per an account Of au invention
by Mr Ice Ehrlcl, tie former ; 'crelary
Of the lIumaLC Society, dt-iFred t8 a.
abe ! f persons 70 hear hr. Ehriich
thought he had accomplished great
work for humanity, and lad sent a sam
pie 10 Edison
Mr.. Ellison was found amid maze Of
telegraphic, telephone, electrical llumin-
ating, and other apparatus in a big room
smelling strongly Of acids He has grown
a little stout since he came to New ! urk
10 live, and his always good natured acc
looked even iolier than when he used to
scream Jokes into the pLonograph 10
hear hem echoed back by the turn Of
rfark
cane to ask how you ike the in
vantiou OF Mr. Ehrlich > said the report
Wei. to tell you the truth, have
not haG trne try it.
Not tune Why, | should think
YOU wOui be ID hurry to remedy youf
iea afncss
here's where yon make a great mis-.
take | don wa-ttp bc cured
Don't want to b. cured ot deafness n
Certainly not | wouldn't be cured
for $40 600
DO y"unelnto say in earnest tina,
you prefer to he deaf p
Exactly. You see, am not very
deaf There are lots Of things ! don't
want to hear Now | don't have TO l. eaa
'em.'
What, for instance
"We ell, cars and carts and licensed ven
ders in the morning. They don trouble
,ne at all. Nv poor wife used TO be kput
atwake all right when We moved To New
York The contrast with the quiet oi
Nenlo Park va, very great. She never
got accustomed to the rumble oi wheels
But, as for me, could sleep snundiy
through il all.
An, thing q e you don't want to
hear ?
Lots Of 'em. 1t is wonderful when
you come to sum 1t up how much there
is that Is not worth Ii, airing
wv hat else p
"Bores"
Reporters ~
Not Away hut some people will talk
on aud on Now. il Is 70 hard to talk t.
me that they get tired and stop. That j,
a great advantage.
''But you cannot hear the voice Of any
one through The telephone, can you p
Don't want to Did you ever talk
! through The tclcphenc2 Then you know
what it is. So do l. serd some Other
/ fellow to do my talking, aud don't ncoo
TO lit half an hour AT time saying. Hal
Ioa = ''W hats that 2 W no me You {:
! Keen your ear there, and al that sort
Of thing. II | wasn't deaf they wouc
keep me at it. Now they keep some
other fellow at it
But can you hear the click Of tcle
grarbic instrument z"
Yes that is a sharp sound, and | an
used to it. can hear all want to-
Anything else you don't want t.
\ hear p
We'll, | make very poor Juror. You
see. cannot hear the evidence, and
don't get summoned on the jury. TheI
[ should be exempt from the draft il
case of war; couldn't hear the orders o.
the commanding officer See ~
''Ilow about the theatres 7"
1IcTe CDuleSS tlcIt Is d lliIIc ulS
advantage. L cannot hear word Mary
Anderson says. All plays are spectacle'
to me. But the advantages are SO grea
that can stand the disadvantages
Amy other things you are relieved
from hearing p
Yes; political speeches
ANY other unwelcome sounds excud
cd 2"
Yes; cats. They may flirt al nigh
and not disturb my rest. | don't have
to waste any booIacks or bottle. OF
them.
Amy other advantage ?"
YES; plenty | find my eyes are much
stronger. have worked twenty year
At night and not hurt my eyes. Com
pcnsatIon, you see. One organ make!
up for the loss on another.
Then you think somebody ou0ht t.
invent something to make people deaf?
just little deaf-as deaf as am
SO that they can bear all they want t.
hear and not hear what they do no
hear man when he wants to borrow
money.
i what is the latest thing in the appii
I cation OF electricity, Mr.. Edison r
II he funniest is the new process Q
making incandescent whiskcy."
whats that Z"
"Well. that is whiskey, a. nv fricn'
Amos Cummings would say, with tn
>hiver taken out Of it =
How do they effect that witt electric
ity7"
why, I am told that they let dow
the incandesccnt light into a barrel .
: whiskcy, and 10 sixty tour hours they &c
all the flavor Of old whiekey Tie Ilgh
and heat seen TO act on the iusel oI
somehow. | am told they make an ex
Ct leut brand Of whiskey out OF rot gut.
Have you tried it2
go.
"W hat is the most curious clectrica
phenomenon of late -
That is hard to say. there are So many
One of them Is a live Fl h swimming 10
tub Of clear water, having ~wallowed
bait consisting Of a lite incandc.cen
lamp. When the current ls tureed OF
the ti>h is lightc1 no . ven can &c
through him and observe the cireu afio
Of the blood.
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