The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-06-21
An Advertising Agent.


We thought from the way he cane
into the oeice. ard slammed his cane
down oc the table. and took the best
chair. and spa, on the stove, and said,
" ell, Gully, hos DOES the Old thing
work: that he was a circus ageut; but
his card showed him 10 be modest.
unpretendiag advertising agent Of =
Wis, ,asin paper. H hal jus. COME
from Chicago, be said. We said. An =
no, b-csnse there was any particular,
original brillIaucy in tue remark, but
because that is what We generally say.
w.thfa rising accent on the final sylls-
bic, when a man tells Us he has been TO
! Chicago. Yes he said, he hai been
To Chicago. 'IIad We = man up ,here.'
No, We hadn't WE'LL he said don't
ses.d one there; Just waste of time.
I've been there nearly three weeks and
Just club myself every time / think
what fool l WAS 70 throw away so
much precious time that might have
put ia some where else 10 advantage.
Didn't he do anything in Chicago
we asked rather timidly, for We began
TO see that we were in the presence of &
master mind.
'Naw-w-w,' he snarled iu a most con-
temptuous tone: hardly made expenses;
didn't pay salary. There three weeks,
and only come away with $3.50 worth
Of ads. All cash. of course. and that
makes it a little better. but didn't pay
for all that time. How much Chicago
advertising are you carrying:
We couldn't tell him. indeed, without
consulting the business manager, but
We were confident that the Haukeye had
n, inside figures. at least % or 81 worth
Of live Chicago advertisements. We
began to think what jewel this man
must be on the business staff of daily
paper Was he going to st. Louis
we asked.
He burst into 4 snort Of derisive
laughter, for all the world like the op-
position benches in Congress.
Been there. he said. and aint't 60
ing back till times pick up q little.
Deadest place you ever struck in your
life Nothing doing Just nothing
Why, was there ten dsys-ten whole
long days-as I'm . truthful man, aud
only got-let rue see--Ill give you the
figures and he pulled out his note
book ard run over the leaves ana down
long columns of figures-'Yes. sir. l
was in ST Louis ten lays to sn hour
and only got 81. 226 so. and $l.S9575 |
have to take in trade. and only $2.l30
cash in advance ads Don't you send y
man to st. Louis if you doa't want to
pay his fare home
Which way was he going from Bur.
lington :: we asked. deeply impressed.
oh out along the line OF the b s NJ. :
he said-'cut to Omaha, and maybe out
To Lincoln. and up to Des Moines.
Now. don't 60 there. We begged him;
don't go that way at all. 1t won't pay
you; we know the country. and we know
You won't make cent on the trip
Why not 2 he asked defiantly. and in
rather incrcduloas tone Of cOun-
teDancc.
Because we said, the HanAeye had
a man out all through that country one
day last week. II may appear incredi.
BILE. bot, sir, that man was gone fifteen
minutes. and came back with only
81 600 cash ads, a couple of National
banks. six Nebraska farms. Kansas
cattle ranch. and the lows State Treas
ury. and the Captsin discharged him
for not making wages. It's as dead a.
But be was gone. and We heard him
down stairs asking the business mana
ger If be thought it was necessary to
import thoroughbred liar to edit his
paper