He Talked Through It.
Sam Peterby, a merchant from the interior of Texas, while attending the Mardi Gras -festivities at Galveston, united business with pleasure by purchaeing a bill of goods from a prominent firm. He was very politely received, and one of the proprietors showed him over the immense store. On reaching the fourth floor the customer perceived a speaking-tube on the wall, the first thing of the kind he had ever seen. " What is that ?" he asked. "Oh, that is a speaking-tube. It is a great convenience. We can converse with clerks on the first floor without the trouble of going downstairs." "Can they hear what you say through that?" asked the visitor. "Certainly j they can reply at the same time." "You don't say so !" exclaimed the visitor. " May I talk through it ?" " Certainly," was the reply. The visitor put his, mouth to the tube, and asked: - f "Are Sam Peterby's goods packed up yet?" 4 , The people in the office must have, supposed it was somebody- else speaking, for; a' moment later the.distinct reply came back ::] •'Noj w;e Have hot : pkoked . tHem yet.. We are waitirig'f or a telegram from b,is tiown. We k%% » sUpper/ W^lt"7 " ■" ',\> hi
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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 113, 1 August 1885, Page 5
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201He Talked Through It. Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 113, 1 August 1885, Page 5
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