The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-01-26
TALES ABOUT TOWN

About half the people who use tele
phones get angry and say things
when the central girl keeps them
waiting a few seconds on call. A
few years ago the people were sur
prised that they could talk to each
other at long distances, and were con
tent to wait a little while until the
| wires got connected up. The system
of switchboards has been perfected
SO that ordinarily 1t is but a moment
from the time you give your number
until you have the party. The serv.
ice has been as rule so prompt that
the public has become spoiled and the
least little delay brings out kicks.
The kickers should go into the cen.
trail at some time when the girls are
right busy and see how they have to
keep moving to keep up with the de-
mands. The only wonder is how the
girls keep their tempers while all the
ill-natured people In the city are
growing at them. Great big, burly
men, who are as meek as Moses when
they meet girl face to face, swear
at them over the telephone when the
number Is not given as promptly as
they think 1t should be. And the wo.
men are often worse than the men
They fly into passion and abuse the
central girls without mercy. And the
poor girls have to take 1t. II is part
of the business. They come to look
upon the kickers little like a nurse
does upon the rawlings of a delirious
patient. Yet once in a while the Ian
guage gets too strong and has to be
reported to the manager. There are
a number of professional men in the
city that the companies have threat
ened to deprive of their phones II
they did not let up in their violent and
profane language directed at the CEN
trail girls.
Anent the talk of wind shields In
horse races, the power of the wind
when directed against a freight train
on heavy grade was manifested Sun
day evening when a strong west wind
was blowing between and o'clock.
A section Of freight trains were going
west over the FIT. Wayne and seemed
TO be making good time until they
struck the Buck hill grade west of
Canton, where the wind had a clean
sweep. The firemen piled in coal and
the full force of steam was turned on.
but even at that they had hard work
getting up the grade. They could not
go much faster than a man could
walk.
The weather department of the gov |
ernment had better hire Hicks or |
some other good guesser to predict |
the weather I notice that it called |
off the January thaw and Saturday
sent word that there was no cold |
weather in sight to bring relief from
he high waters. Before that predic-
lion got cold in print a big blizzard
vas sweeping over the country, freez.
ng up the running water and check
ng the flow OF water. Is II the sci
.nce or the scientist which It as fault?
A wave Of religious revival has been
weeping over Canton this winter, al
most every church sharing in the ben.
fits. This fact that converts are
made in all the churches should make
lot of narrow so-called Christians
of themselves, I refer to
he class that thinks that there is no
ood in any of the churches except
heir own. There are many church
MEMBERS and some few preachers
hat have this idea: We are right
yerybody else is wrong, is their
neme. II some of these would simply
~ aside their prejudices and quietly
lip into the spiritual meetings in the
ther churches and keep their eyes
nd ears open they would find that
ome good can come even "out of
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