The Electric Telegraph
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Telegraphy, Amusement, Education |
Expresses pleasure at news that the Southampton Railway telegraph was used to play chess and suggests that the invention might be used to exchange 'conundrums of a pleasing and instructive character'. Suggests a few such conundrums including, 'When did the long train come in? The long train came in when it was first attached to dresses'. | |
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