The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-02
DELIrERING TELEGR4pHMEssAGE
Interesting Experiences OF Messengers In city
ana Country.

80"
THE telegraph messenger said an old.timo
messenger boy, has to deliver messages in
many strange places. The message is not like a
letter. which is simply left at a mans house or
place Of business, to be found 10y him when no
comes back. IL he is out. but it is often SO ad-
dressed rs 10 reach him promptly wherever no
may be. Thus it is not unusual to de-
liver messages on railroad trains. Ono man
has occasion to send word OF something
that has turned up after the other
man started. He tclographs to John Jones. on
q sufficient margin of time. The telegraph office
IL not far from he station; there is probably an
standing ON the platform when the train comes
In, The chances are that he doesn't know Mr..
Of thS tra v" MI a ,.oo nL =" iorMhfu Gnu
him. 1t may ho that This II an unusual
experience for Mr.. Jones, who, when he hears
his name called. may make himself known from
half way down the, car; or ii may be that Mr..
Jones is an experienced traveller and man of
business, in which case he waits until tho boy
Is passing tho end of his seat and then stops him
quietly and takes his message without attract
ing general attention..
"A boy may have occasion 10 deliver n mes
sage to a farmer at the plough; or he may hnvo
message ior somebody IN a cliur.il, or IN II the
son addressed Is not known, he may be callcl for
from the pulpit or the stage. II The person nd-
dressed Is ut u theatre ii may be that in nntici-
patton OF such IA happening lc has left his the
ntrc address. scat and number, at home or nj his
i''.'.' hh' an hSltl 10 ~ tilbblUl logo SlFilGnI
10 him, though he be "a stranger, and deliver tho
mcssag? without any fuss or furry and without
attracting attention TO him.
Messages are delivered 10 people In courts,
In police courts AS well ms higher courts. They
are delivered TO captains aboard vessels and TO
people in various other places, and under cir
cuinstanccs that seem odd al first thought but
mat are simple enough when you come TO think
them out.
An this is suggested TO mo by something
that | saw on the day of the Grant celebration,
the delivery OF u despatch TO II man in the pro-
CcssiOn. 1t might seem as though ii would be
allllcult TO ma II man in II procession, he being,
IN such II procession as this, one man among
NIFTY thousand, and IL might be difficult under
DC, Tor the messenger. would in all probability
start with n knowledge OF the regiment and
company 10 which the man 10 whom The de-
spatch WAS addressed belonged, il he did belong
to such an organization ana then all that would
he necessary would he TO lOcatc the organization.
II task comparatively easy with the aid OF u pro-
granmo and u little figuring as TO how far tho
regiment would march In II given time.
This message that ! speak OF was for Il mem
Der OF Tho stan Of tho Governor of Ohio, then
riding up liirordidc Drive. Is PROMPT delivery
was H5 simple q matter as rolling on "a lOg. The
Governor and his star were singled out
without the slightest trouble by means iof
their State flag. Without the slightest hest
tation the boy tackled the Governor and
a glance that II was not 0 rhiIn aud motioned
the boy toward his staff. The hoy tackled then
tho first man he met, and that member of the
stan indicated to him the member to whom the
despatch wac addressed. The messenger prompt
ly delivered II. To find the right man he had
found II necessary TO go TO but three men out of
fifty thousand"