Mrs. Harris on the Electric Telegraph
Anon
Genre: | Reportage, Spoof |
Subjects: | Telegraphy |
Reports that on being told that 'such was the audacity of science' that the electric telegraph allowed communication between London and Portsmouth 'in one minute', Mrs Harris remarked on the rapidity but added, 'I suppose they can only carry one at a time!'. | |
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