Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1889 — A German ’Phone. [ARTICLE]

A German ’Phone.

“Hello!” re marled a Chicago gentleman in the Boody house ’phone This morning, in low, careful tones, “Hello!" “Was wollen sie'h.oben?” answered the elerk who was at the other end of the line. “Well, Ibe damned” exclaimed tbe Chicagoan, dropping the ’phone, “That’s the ’ first German telephone I ever say.”