The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-07-12

Music In plymouth Church.
''The trouble that is being expert
enced in several cities with electric
have been killed repairing them" said
Western Union operator the other
morning about o'clock as he stood In
company with several other lightning
singers" on the corner of Main street
and Public Landing, whilc the water
rose over their shoe-tops. reminds me
OF lot OF smart people who. when
electric lighting was first talked
about. thought they knew more about II
than Edison. 1hey wouldn't let me
say word about electricity, and in
deed didn't know much about IL. but
certainly more than any OF those hay
seeds. aud | had 10 play joke on them
which. although it didn't kill any OF
the greenies, came near killing me
with laughing. II was in little Iowa
town and was manager OF the little
Western Union telegraph Office. Every
night the people would get together In
small crowds in the various stores and
loaiing places. and the amount OF
knowledge they showed in regard TO
electric lighting would have made Tom
Edison 90 sit down in the woods aud
wonder whether he knew what he was
doing or not. Oh. they were awfuuy
intelligent on the subject, and il ven
tured TO make any correction of their
foolish notions | was told In plain
words that had better keep quiet in
presence of such learned company.
Well. | thought they needed taking
down peg or two. and after a little
thought as TO how ii should be ac-
complished. took n newspaper re-
porter into my confidence. and ia the
next issue of the paper appeared the
following startling bit of news:
ION next Saturday afternoon at
O'clock the citizens of R will have
an opportunity TO witness one of the
most wonderful exhibitions of Edison's
genius rs an electrician that has ever
been seen. AT that time telegraph
wire will be connected with the Omaha
Bee Office and Beechcr's church. in
Brooklyn. and several tunes will be
played on the organ OF the church
which can be heard at all points
through which the wire will pass.
The local manager of the Western
Union has been notified that one of
his wires will be used SO that all who
are at the office nj the time above men
toned will hear this marvellous per-
formance of Edison's latest invention,
which is called trclaphone.'
well. YOU would have thought
there was county fair in progress ia
that town the next Saturday. As
early as a. m. the farmers began to
In nj latFN -, a al
the pavement in front OF ii were crowd
ed with those smart electricians who
would hear the music and then tell
each other how easy II was done. Yes,
they heard il and told how Ii was done,
but their explanation Of il was was on
"A par with their sense on electric light
ing
But where did the music come
fromY asked one of the boys whose
shoes were fast filling with muddy Ohio
river water.
We'll. I'll tell you. A girl at the
house where | boarded had little
music box that played three tunes. Two
of them had never heard before nor
since saw that box, and the third one
was The Last Rose OF Summer
took that box and put 1t in the bottom
drawer on one side of my desk aud put
a match under the wheel SO the thing
wouldn't 90 off. and on the end OF the
match tied n long piece of thread,
which run up behind the desk to the
top drawer on the other side, and
fastened II SO that II | pulled that
drawer out the thread would pull the
match out OF the wheel and let the
organ play.
Promptly at 4 o'clock | remarked
that | would smoke cigar and opened
the drawer TO get match, and away
went the organ In Beecher's church.
You could have heard pin drop while
the music-box played its three little
tunes. and as the box was smothered
up with papers and other things that
will accumulate in desk, the deccp-
ton was very plausible. But when
she began TO play The Last Rose of
Summer had 10 blow my nose con-
stantly to keep from laughing. When
IL was all over the crowd went away,
satisfied that what they had heard was
genuine exhibition OF one of the great
Edison's wonderful inventions. aud, as
far as | know. they never learned any
different. rs left there shortly after
ward to find place where people
didn't know so much. ~ Cincinnati