New-York tribune., 1902-10-12

render % indstinct copy, so Vail invented fountain
characters showed him the possibility of AN eH ss
betical code, and this is how he worked ii onT "a
cording 10 Mr. Baxter: &C
His general plan was to employ the simns,
and shortest combinations to represent the "pe 5a
frequently recurring letters in the English alnhsS
and the remainder for the infrao1Iert --pudoet
instance, he found that the letter 'e occurs r,s rJ
more frequently than any other letter. and scco,5a
insly he assigned to it the shortest symbol sD
After going through computation in ords, ..
ascertain the relative frequency the occurra, 70
OF dinerent letters in the English alphabet 4IS-ssSS
office OF the MOrristown local newspaper vv5s lne
tOand the whoie problem worked our tor him IN ne
In this statement / have given the true or,4
- III ~ ~illl'u NloIse dIphdhet the very tounda-
since % become the universal teesraphic language b
All this effort toward the perfection of detail toos
time and Judge all was beginning 20 grow imps-
ments Of his neighbors. These hardhsted Jersey
farmers could see no possible chance Of sending
they could not understand how any money could
Be made from the telegraph. even ii il success.
fool 10 let his college Drained" son part rim from
wealth gained by years of careful industry
Toward the end Judge Vail became So discour-
aged that the son was afraid that ne would can
malt on the experiments on the very eve Of success
For weeks he did not dare mention telegraph in the
presence Of his father Then for other weeks he
house of his brother-in-law DR. Cutler and keeping
out of the way at other times.
their combined efforts had won against an odds
There delay Of week while they raided the
millinery shops OF New York for every foot of
available copper wire. which then largely
used in making the frames for high poked hats
ON the evening of January s. 1S38. the inventors
decided that there machine was in perfect work
ing order
William, go up to the house and invite father
70 come down and see the telegraph machine
work. said Vail 70 young Baxter
The boy ran out without his coat. and in his
shop clothes burst into the situng room where
he found the judge seated in deep meditation.
Well William2' he demanded
Mr. Alfred and Mr.. Morse sent me to ask YOU to
come down and see the machine work " he replied
JOyfully
The Judge hurried 70 the works and was soon in
the experimenting room. He wrote a mes ssage on a
piece of paper and handed ia to his son saving:
IF you send this and Mr. Morse can read il az
the other end / shall be convinced
A few moments later Professor Morse handed
him the message word for word. II read. a pa
tent waiter is loser
A few DAYS later they boxed up the machinery
and went 20 New-York and Philadelphia, where
they gave exhibitions which drew great crowds
They went 70 Washington and laid The matter be-
fore Congress. In time there came an apprOpria-
tiOn Of coo 10 build experimental line. and
with his colleague. Professor Morse. Vail was ap-
pointed a government superintendent.
He was responsi BILE for MANY improvements on
the original telegraph machine before his death in
Morrtstown on January 19 1853 AT that time Amos