New Britain herald., 1922-11-23
Stranger Thought Tele- graph Company Was Swindling Him Out of $2,OOO.

dustriously. in cleaning out a cellai for the woman who had phoned.
 Another time messenger wa. called by q woman who wanted te send her infant son and heir out fol a little walk. She engaged q mes. senger by the hour to stroll back and fort hon the street pushing her young hopeful in his perambulator, much to the amusement of a gang of grin. ming street urchinss In the neighbor. hood.
 Who Wouldn't Like This Job?
 T want to go to a theater nex' Tuesday evening and haven't time to purchase tickets. Please send 6 boy out to buy tickets for me" And again a telegraph messenger gets 2 job that has no connection with tht work of delivering telcgrams.
 And thus 1t goes. all the way dowr the line. One person wants tht weekly laundry and a messenger bo. gets the job. Recently it was nee cssary to take q large snare drum from the Boys club to the Elks' club A messenger boy conveyed the drum on bicycle.
 Saturday afternoon and the madam of the house is all tired out. She has had hard week and looks forward to restful evening. Suddenly hel door bell rings. It is messenger boy with telegram. Aunt Jane i. coming from Hometown to spenG | Sunday. There is just enough food in the house for the family. Wha can she do? While she hustles and bustles around trying to make ur that special kind of peach charlotte that Aunt Jane likes so well, she has l real inspiration.
 If a boy can deliver messages, he can deliver groceries" The phone rings at 1260 and a Western Union boy is given list of groceries. with instructions to purchase same and de- liver them at once. She gets hel groceries and saves trip. Better Than Eating Pie I Not infrequently, in the larger cit ies, and occasionally in New Britain lonley women have requisitioned mes senger boys to be their escorts al theaters- This is rumored to be one of the bright lights in the life of g
 messenger boy.
 In the larger cities calling messen ger boys to sit up all night with z
 corpse, sort of solitary wake, is no unusual, although there is no record of this mission having been per formed by any of the local force. Would "Wire'' The Keys IF NJot ,n tlo ooy,oo xo 1 the boys in telegraph office, how ever Mir. Faupel one day had a wom- an enter his office who very seriously informed him that her husband had gone to work in nearby city and | forgotten his keys. She produced the missing keys and calmly asked him to telegraph them to her husband. Very often people write letters and get no reply. Then they ask advic, at telegraph office and are advised to wire. The messenger boy finds the party and a reply is obtained. Sometimes women who are accus- toned to travel, in getting off a train in a strange city inquire for tele- graph office where they hire boys to carry bags.
 If You Die, Let Me Know
 Mrs. l.. F. Holt, manager of the Postal Telegraph company office in this city, and her assistants have many amusing experiences also. Some of them are so funny they are absolutely ludicrous Others are so pathetic they are funny.
 A good illustration of the latter tzl- su i, pathetic in It's message of sympathy, is found in telegram sent by local man to a friend in another city. The man, who is an American by adoption had been notified of the serious ill., ness of his fraend. He sent the follow 1 ing message. You sick. Me worry. Let me know when you die. I come" Affectionate Telegraph Co. Two young women entered the of- fee one day and said they wished to send a message to young man in another town. The text of the mes sage was rather affectionate and at the bottom of the copy submitted was line of Ks, representing the time honored kiss. At the last minute one young woman seemed to be troubled with slight attack of jealousy. Take off those kisses on the bottom" she demanded, Hell think the telegraph company put them on." They were taken off,
 Messengers Furnished
 T want job," said an ambitious young man who blew into the local office in the middle of the season, too late to get spring uniform and to- early for fall suit. He was hired. Two weeks later he said, That sign ain't right" "Why not?" he was asked. Well I've been here two weeks and you ain't even given me a cap yet, and the sigr says messengers furnished" was the disappointed re- ply.
 Have you got wheel" was asked another ambitious young man who as- pircd to be a messenger boy, when the company found itself with one more boy than bicycle. No, but got a wagon" was the astonishing re- ply.
 "Where do you like to go with mes sages mostly?" the interviewer asked a messenger boy. "Oh, likes to go to Mrs. --, because she always