The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-27
Geographic Scraps


Il. IL. Fall I'm the Telegraph Age.
Many amusing incidents occur to rehaer
trlcaronher's existence more than bear
able. They often have their war oil Wo'us
over he wires, but being separator NY
long distances, these little ultS 10 no'
often prove serious affairs In lact my
are not near SO dangerous as an cpiSo"'
Of like character between irate lehl"l'S
who. when in close proximity to eacu o,n'
cr occasionally vary the monotouN uS i
uugng In the pastme OF 4 hulr ru,,,,,,,s Thai
n scratching picnic: Experience IA mike
when they thus become cnsaeeu, m", ,,',,
men they are not looking Tor SUM "'ttv
10 mold their antagonist, but san Ilsn 49, ~,
and darkCn the surrounding u, sIinvds
with bangs bits of rnimcnt ana clo1u'
of dust that render IL ditlculI 70 US,
tnguish "tother from which, ana "avn
an engagement of TINS thdtd''vl tnotv
minated the participants do NOT NnoT
whether they are "one of dem, or one OF
Telcgraphcrs all have a letter OF the the
alphabet by which they are dlslin i sut'"ILn a
over the wires. and this letter nus ns
used and imprinted with the minute Oh
tame OF handing each aud every teiSbltnhm,
This * an ineNorablc rule ana no hIisut
of thc key would venture 10 ueNlutV l''''
a few days since &C. D." OF Galveston
and "l"' Of san Antonio, came near ut
mulishing many iuSuluturs on the ccl1pratVu
Ciulycston aud san Antonio fast circuit
over difference of opinion Such as uISi
class operators are often addicted 20 liau
they been near together TINS m,HEhue.
standing would never have occurFcd' or
Ii it had arisen the good judgment anu
prudence of these first clasS ana popular
men of the fraternity would nave artNtu
! at an amicable settlement instAntrf' low
| ever, being several hundred miles apart,
| they neglected the usual precautions alli
| lambaStcd each other with all the peautHul
rhetoric OF which the English language Is
con taI NNf al
| ually sauntcred towards their part OF me
| office did they realize that much Naluaule
! time had been wasted In the iruitlrSs hat
! tie and no one would have ever lhHEluVu
! that such terrific strife had been so re
Gently wdEed. Magically business was
being dispatched at the rate Of seventy
Had This wire duel ended there all would
| have been well, but &C. D. like the sand
| crab island, of which he Is one OF the
many mouarchs, proved himself man Of
! backbone with a spine as durable as that
| of our own Cleveland
The writer knowing "P' personally, felt
some solctude and nnocently inquired or
| san Antonio as to "PS' condition. IN
Stantly, not unlike the gray horse. tearing
rapidly through the Wilderness came the
vicious reply. Look here, old man. II
there were no ladies on this wire. I'd tell
you what | think of YOU II proved to Ne
up" himself and the way he rushed me
with a Lstack OF neyelrcnding "dead-head'
messages was convincin: proof that no
crazy man could render tho Western Union
such Ineligible and rapid service
| II Is now the general impression among
the fraternity that &c. D. imagining HIM
self on the verge Of insanity. adopted TINS
method of divcrung attention from him.
self
ola n" ut Dallas the philosopher OF
the craft, delivered me dissertation ovel
the wire on the probability of all operators
being hopccSSly crankS or near the crazy
line. lie acknowledged himself as being
h,lf 'lttpv'' nd ed that he had