Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1898 — COSTLY STUTTERING. [ARTICLE]

COSTLY STUTTERING.

Wky tka Fi» of Hobson A Dokaai _ Are at Lonarkeada. Hebson stutters Hobson Is a. fi*s* lisas business nuus and bis vooai i*> firmlty has never Interfered until ba eantty with the profits of the weft* known firm, Hobson A Dobson, of Ott* °*§©baon is a progressive man, eves Si the alert to adopt modern method*, e was (me of the first subscribers te tike telephone, and has kept right up with the march of inventions in all its ramifications. As a wideawake man Hobson was not slow to frasp the possibilities of the lona distance telephone. And that is how Hobson and Dobeo* lams to have the first dispute which m&rred years of profitable partnership. D«jpeon went to New York last week He mads his headquarters at a wellknown Gotham hotel, and telegraphed Hobson of his arrival in the Hastes* town. It seems that an Eastern eue> toraer had failed to keep a certain Agreement, the details of which were frunlliwr to Hobson, but not to Dobson, rt would take a long telegram to «s plain the details fully, and Hobson d» Sided to call Dobson qp on the long die* taaoe telephone. The rate for convert satian between Chicago and tfew Ystil feffitor five minute* after the propel connections are mafie and commqpi* oatfon established. The usual negetiA tions passed between the operator* and Dobson reoegniaed the voios gs fin partner. “Hello, Hobson!” “H-h-hfUo, D-d-d-fiobson, is that IWyeur “Y®«, it’s me. Talk fast, Hobson; this costs money." *1 know it does. You know EUb-b hamcpers-s-steln and P-p-p-p-poDoskir “wior ‘‘H-h-h-h-h-hanuners-s-s-stein and P-p-p-P-pollosky T’ “Hammersteln and Pollosky? Yea they bought 94,000 worth of goods from us. What about them?*’ “Have J-J-j-just revr-rscelved a 14-1-L letter f-f-f-frora H-h-h-h-hammerpwis saving t-t-t-that P-p-p-p-pollosky rest* refuses to ”

*Way, Hobson, you had better ting off now and save money. It mgkei no difference how long or how short this message is, we axe bound to gel the worst of it. You don’t stutter op • telegraph blank and I cannot under* Stand the cipher system you have befi sending. Don’t get hot about ih ol<| m«n, bat writs if opt and send It ovei the wua Good-by/’ “Q-g-Agood-b-b-by. Y-ysy-you wil b-b-bo S-S-SHBony toy t4-thi»,” Hobson hung up tbs receiver wttb • ■sap and paid the SB. He is waiting MV Dobson to return.