A LEAKY ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR.
The Detroit Free Press says a crowd of men and boys gathered on the side walk m Maiden Lane, New York, a few days ago. At very frequent intervals somebody would exclaim, "Here comes one!" and then everybody would smile with pleasurable expectation, and turn their eyes towards an approaching horse and truck. Tho driver, meanwhile, with that supercilious indifference peculiar to his class, would scarcely deign to notice the crowd or remove his gaze from his jogging beast. Suddenly, when his horse reached a certain spot in the street pavement, the animal would give a sp.'iA'iued and convulsive leap, shake up the driver with a A-iolent jerk, and continue on his Avay at a lively pace. Then the crowd would laugh and tho driver swear. When a team came along sometimes only one horse would be affected, but the pair always jumped ahead in rattling style. The - phenomena invariably occurred when t i horses reached the same spot in tho strer: pavement. The underground electric-li«-ht Aviro had become disarranged, and a metal plate in the roadway was strongly charged with electricity, so that when _ the iron shoe of ahorse touched it, tho animal experienced a severe shock. The fun lasted until a policeman came along and warned drivers to take the side of the road.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3825, 19 October 1883, Page 4
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220A LEAKY ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3825, 19 October 1883, Page 4
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