Springfield weekly Republican

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tbe crowded sections or to the unacclimated.

These are all the points that Mr Wade had

elaborated at the last dates from him, and so far

as they go, he will probably be joined by the

other commissioners. But with regard to the

desirability of annexation on our part, as well

as on the subject of the relations of Hayti and

the Dominican part of the island, there is not

only room for difference, but great probability

of it.

The Telegraph Operator.—As the telegraph

with its wonderful power stands separated from

all Other trades or professions, so the telegraph

operator occupies a place of peculiar interest and

difficulty as compared with other men. Of in

terest as possessing the power and skill to wield

the electric fluid, akin to the lightning of heaven,

at will and harmlessly, so that what is often an

instrument of death is converted in his hands in

to a mighty agency for good to humanity. He

is the possessor of the ’earliest tidings of life or

death, of wars and rumors of wars, of fire, flood

or tempest, and frequently of the weightiest se

crets. He can tell many a tale of woe, error, sin

or shame, and it would seem that such knowl

edge would not be coveted, but rather shunned

as making life too sorrowful. But experience

proves the contrary, for as constant dropping

wears away the hardest stone, so the ever recur

ring events, sorrow and sadness, come to be re

garded as in the line of business, and finally al

most fail to move the heart, until nothing short of

a Lincoln murder flashed over the quick wires and

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Springfield weekly Republican. (1871). Springfield, Mass., 1871-03-24. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1871-03-24/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Springfield weekly Republican, 1871-03-24.