The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
A PHONOGRAPH DOWN EAST
1T CAME BACK TO PLAGUE IT'S FIRST
Owner AFTER MANY TEARS.

OWNER IFTFK MANY IEdhS.
Adventures OF the First Talking Machine
In Eastern transformation created In
Churches and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
"renkeo upon IL In h""'p'' ~""'p'
BRADLEY Nc, Dec. 15.-The hrst talking
machine that came TO eastern Maine was brought
TO this town about eight years ago by Ed Bah
cock who paid 500 for II in Boston. and at once
started out through the country TO get rich by
giving exhibitions In backwoods schoolhouscs
and at church sociables. He cleared SS or $40
a night on an admission fee Of 2S cents and
had nearly paid for the machine when a RIVAL
4, m. int, ,ho o.iJ .hoa. ,.,. tor ,dr,isson wos
,o -. ,r,, 80 .',, '' '' -, ,,,,t,
~ 't"'' ih's 'omtS""on .u' "o"" "o'
phonoeraph for A bay horse with one white foot
49,, ,' pn .',. M, 80. .a,. ,.i. ,o,..
in prcfermcnt 10 INV other WAS that the animal
was so frightened at the sound of a monograph
,b,, I, ,sn go .,,or..n, 4, he,,d onc As
Babcock felt about the same way. he had no din
Guilty In cfIectinp A trade
~, -, ~, 'is "au,' ,, - -,
fob Clark who obtained the mnchinc' was o'
religious turn Of mind and lost no time in load
ing up the cylinders with hymns, which he let
~" a'church meeuhgs win pron' 10 h'nlSei' IL.
was headed for home loaded with fame and money
"neh "orn came 10 MIN 'hat church In Eina
wanted him TO bring the machine and assist at a
baptism which was TO be held on the following
Sunday Cl,yk loaded lin tho cv,pde,s tho
ut, -, - w Wv 'e 10, Wv
night before with stock hymns and was hidden
away In clump Of bushes on the bank OF the
strcsr whore IA. n, ion, M Ga ,,Le ni,c. ,,.i,
ipe, io, = si,,n.I ~ s,.,, -, ,rb. nhn,"h 80.
Ing 'of signal w s'ar' up Inc church mana
gers believed that as photographic music was
a novelty in Etna, the pcoplc who attended the
ceremonies would De- deeply Impressed when tho
notes broke in upon their medita,ions
The managers ware rich, 4, their conjecture
",i, .Ien' ~ 'ne'
AS SOON az 'he cahdiuans had oceh ied mo inc
water the officiating clergyman raised his nand
as a signal IN CLARK and n ronrinp half tinsv
voice i'm the middle of tho woods shouted ou, The
tmc.honored college song:
usro,. 80 GOA o,d rh,.,or
hero nr 70 GOO n.r o h wp'ke'-
HeS boys's to good old whlskey.
prnK hir down '' prink her down,
Drink her down.
Clark. after starting up the machine had gone
bnptsm' and brtore he soi,Id p,n back and st"n
IL one .tnnla hna hem isnder.d lie hnsty
ppun,h., ~ a h an an. nau 'h 49,
nS p ,be n as TIs whS ne RpS Again
a. ,bn t,nnt q, L.n hat ,h iSy,,ialya c,",,d
and hs Sas Ona mildly KEEP SseK we av bows
who s,"od ns., Whsu sde.n oss xoice in tSs
me- wod ne Ssys S whsn oeep Dass voice IN mo
o. Shenandoah; love your d.pahsorl
h9S,o.r.y ,hY rollins rolling RIVER
u., $500 ne, wnen hauh gunner ,,,.,,
=, 'ounu away on Tue "iae n,'sourn
81, AZ me mrs. note nc o. the familiar old shan,y
groa, noise. Meantime CLARK. realizing that
S some enemy had been ianpenl,ng WIN The cyn,,
al an explanation. picked up the talking m achine
and He'd through the forest Two weeks later
he m had EXCLAIMED s the phonoEraph with cherries
and Cheney exchanged ,hc machine Win Andrew
il three years for his own amusement in which
time he had lot Of fun and performed one act
which the ncig hbors called a miracle. William
Miller. who was the second husband Of Luke,
| FORMS mother inlaw was confirmed invalid
from sciauca rheumatism. Before, Lukeiotth's
| marriage 10 his stepdaughter Miller had been
able 70 Gu, wood and do few plain chores about
the place, but as soon as he was assured Of his
| support he took To his bed. where he did nothing
but smoke strong pipe and read novels. Luke
| forth had taken some pains 10 look up the past
| life Of Miller and had learned several things
! which were not generally known One day when
! the wind was from the east and Miller was drink
LaEsfofh paid the sick man Visit Of eondoence
concealing the talking machine under Miler's
bed while he was pouring out words Of sympathy.
an unusual amount Of noise in closing the door
and going downstairs As soon as the house
seemed 70 eoms from s sdeT his bed 0'' ~
"Oh. you old fraud, said the voice. ITO think
| iini hal ha You're good one Miller, and no
mistake, allowing poor litc Merry Lukeior,h TO
work herself e death w It 10" ore sh GINNING
For heavens sake. Jane, is that yous asked
Miller IA terror. or Is II your ghosl2 Answer
| me 1uicl;"
| when / was alive YOU didn't dare 10 try any
Of your fool tricks on me" continued the voice.
| because you knew your boss hey? Now you
| lust hop out Of l. al bed and run down stairs and
! own up wha, an old fraud you are, OF I'll pinch
| YOU the way used 10 do No you hear
| Yes Jane I'll 20, was Miers weak rcnly
| Give me time 10 dress and IN tell them all
about it Only don't pinch Jane, don't pinch
| me OH"
| The talking machine Was still giving Miller
| his character on the installmcnt plan when tho
| invalid eaped downstairs aud went 10 his kitchen
| 10 Ask for a protection from his first wife who,
| though dcnd and buried Cor nearly twenty years,
| Of youth Tho phonocrnph had run down when
| tho family went up 10 investigate aud Miller,
| being sure il was tho ghost Of his dead wife tina;
| had ndmonishcd him TO reform, took the advice
| Of tho talking machine and never had any furth o