THE TELEPHONE OUT OF ORDER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1418, 30 June 1883, Page 4

THE TELEPHONE OUT OF ORDER.

1 1 .doan'know vhat I shall do mi', dot telophone of mine,' observed a citizen as he entered the < headquarters: of the company, and sat down in a discouraged way. 'Out' of order, i is it? ' Sometimes it vhas, and soinetiines it vhas all right. :If Igo to speak mit : der coal man, or der city hall, or der butcher, it vhas all right, and I can hear efery word. . If somepody vante to order my peer, I get der name shust as plain as daylight.' ' Andwhen does it fail?' ' Veil, shust like two hours ago. ; A • saloon man be owes me eighdeen tollars, and I rings him oop und calls oud, "Hello! hello! I likes , dot monish to-day." Den he vants to know who I am, and he says he can't catch dername. I den tell: him oafer and oafer, an py an' py he calls oud dot he doan' deal in vatermelons und dot ho goes in to pave Gratiot street, und dot he is sorry he cm't;signmy betition to der gouncil. Den I haf to go all oafer again, und he tolls me to staad back, und. to come closer, und to speak louder, und at last he gets mad, und dells mo if I call him a dandy again he'll proke my headt, It's no use—l gan't make von "of my. customers hear. If sometings doan' ail my delephone 'it may be ash my voice jis'gifin oud. I vish you would examine me und see if I had petter let my. son Shon do der talkin' vhile I geep der books.'' :