A STOKY OF THE TELEPHONE. Love mm Bacchus have played important roios ill the history of the world—and the former deity is supposed, in spite of his blindness, Vo avail himself of every opportunity in the furtherance of Ms u-. siros. As old as Adam are his tricks and" wiles ; hut it is to the comparative infancy of to-day that is reserved the honor •of taking him by surprise. Scarcely bad the latest novelty .in modern science-—the telephone-—ap-peared upon the stage, than it was seized
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Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 305, 20 March 1878, Page 4
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85Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 305, 20 March 1878, Page 4
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