St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-04-25

pensd. and I began to laagh. leo.lda'
help 4 Why said, this messax,
has been botched wrote NO sucl
stun - that What did you write
them? she demanded. Then told he.
that what had really written was
Shall dine with Billy Smith, an oil
pal Of mine, who has Just returnet
from Europe. Will be late. Dom
wait for me- Those internal operator,
had butchered it. I've got the origina
message. In view Of the circumstance,
the manager Of the telegraph of1cs
consented to lend Il to me. My Wit.
was pretty well satisfied. but I wanted
to convince her absolutely. After thi.
shall endeavor to write palmer and
shall certainly avoid the use of slang
words"
The explanation In this case is that
the b in Billy" and the p in pal
were probably badly written. But the
substitution Of '.itty" for lilly" and OF
IN for . In "wait" was undoubtedly
the fault Of the operators. There i
. similarity between the Morse char.
acters which stand for the letters and
t. and they are frequently confused by
young operators. L 10 represented BY
. long dash and by . short one, and
double or double l. when sent too
close together, make tho letter m. so
that It was quite possible for the law
yer's wife to have been informed, or,
rather misinformed, that her husband
intended to dine with IN individual Of
the peculiar name Of 'Bimy" Smith or
''Kimy" Smith, or even ''Bitty" Smith or
''Killy" Smith, instead Of kitty" Smith.
Such palpable errors are. Of course.
only made BY very green operators.
An experienced man, unless his wits
were OF wool-gathering, would make
some inquiries of the sender, which
would probably result In . correction.
Two callow young operators made IN
explanation necessary from . New
York newspaper man recently. He was
to be married in the West. Before
leaving town he devoted several days to
searching over Brooklyn for . fiat, be-
ing assisted In the search BY . young
married woman, the friend Of his BE-
trothed. Upon leaving his Office one
morning about two o'clock he sent the
Brooklyn lady . telegram. which he
expected would be delivered to her
about $50 or nine o'clock in the morn
ing. The dispatch was worded apollo
getically: "Will be over to worry you
this afternoon"
The message was 'sbullcd" on its way
across the East river and . meaning Of
50 much importance was given to il
that the Brooklyn operator rushed il
out. the message boy arriving at the
house ut about four .. N. The hus-
band Of the lady got out Of bed to an
swer the bell BY . further mistake Of
the delivery department the envelope
was addressed to the husband He
opened it and was astonished to read:
"Mra --: Win be over to marry
you this afternoon"
When . man II awakened from .
sound sleep and informed that his wife
Is to be married to . young man who.
he has had every reason to believe, was
to be married to . young lady in the
West, he il apt to conclude that he isn't
awake after all No one who has NOT
experienced It can realize how very
startling it is. It was the first his wife
had heard of It. They racked their
brains for . solution of the puzzle. It
wasn't solved, however, until the young
man arrived.
A lynching was nearly precipitated
BY the error Of Kansas operator some
time ago. It va. only sverted bv the
discovery that there was no one 70
lynch. A young farmer was called
away from home for . few dayA His
wife went to visit her brother In . town
near by during his absence. The third
lay her husband tclegraphed her: ''Big
hall, meet me at Wichita tonight"
There was to be . dance and he wanted
his wife to attend This was . splen-
lid opportunity for the imp of mischief
who causes telegraphic bulls" Hetam-
,ered with the message % that when
he farmers wife read Il. it said: big
Bill got me It Wichita tonight"
Her instant and very natural con-
.lusion was that her husband had
,ither been captured or shot, or both.
y . desperate named big Bill" Her
agreed with her, and the whole
amily and . number Of neighbor.. all
,eavily armed, took the first train for
Wichita 70 rescue the husband and
lang big Bill" The husband was
Waiting calmly At the station for his |
vife. The vigilance committee de-
nandsd ..Big Bill" and were not at al
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here Tree and uninjured. The brothers
him severely because he
vasn't kidnapped, and announced that
a their opinion he was guilty Of rank
A fight was prevented BY
IL wifes intervention and IN cxplana-
lon
A eentleman IN Sen Ftancisco learned |
hat IN estimable lady In Loo Angeles
ID suddenly lost I'll her property and
rs In condition Of actual want He
to . friend, lawyer Of
a Angeles: s.AsGist NTA - immedi,.
tely." Tho word 'tassist" was changed
, s'axrest," and the poor woman's
lisery was increased BY night In .
Eison cell
s'Send mo tenderloins." sid . mes
we received BY . New York SPORTING
IN from . friend in PhilsdslphiA It
aould have read: 'Send me ten dol-
M" The New York man replied:
What do you meant" and the Phila-
elphis man Vas % Indignant It such .
sspouse to his request that the friend |
iip was severed for nearly year.
A ReufasDan vith Tie dignifed name
Cyrus T. Nixoa was shoclked TO have
rnee.oun handnd 70 him nddraQQ6 |