Show edison s practical joke edison the great inventor was al ways a great practical joker one night when a lazy operator in the of flee in which he was employed thought his days work was over and waa get ting ready to go home edison slipped around to the switchboard made a connection with the weary a telegraph key called him down to the table and supplied with an old ne vs paper proceeded to send him a b in die of presumably associated press stuff aiom new york edison was a lightning sender as well as receiver from almost the beginning of his ca reer and the way he made that lellow work for two solid hours was a joy atter tiring hl n out completely mak ing him retelle and copy abe equlla lent of abbit three or four newspaper columns edison suddenly came from behind the switchboard exposed the coite to the poor fellow and wound ut by pelting him with the from which he had been sending th me sages |