Miscellany.
A GALVANIC SHOCK.
The “ Post ” relates an amusing incident which occurred on the opening evening of the conversazione held in Wellington under the auspices of the Young Men’s Christian Association A galvanic battery on the Hayes principle had been fitted up by a local tradesmen for the amusement of his friends ; but some wicked telegraph operator, considering the effect produced too mild, slily added a couple of powerful cells to the battery. Shortly after this had been done the proprietor of the instrument entered the hall, surrounded by a group of friends, all anxious to teat tiro machine ; and, confident in his knowledge of the strength of his battery, grasped the handles and requested a bystander to turn the electricity “ full on.” The effect was—electrical. Ho could not let go, and his friends were astonished to see him dash into a hdka, accompanying it with one of the finest exhibitions of profane discourse over offered to members of a Christian Association. As soon as he was released he drifted of the hall and swore by all the gods that never, or at least hardly over, would he bo persuaded to sot foot in it again, And he hasn’t.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1001, 24 June 1881, Page 3
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