The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-11-27

This n the man who walks right into thu
retail hou-e and says good morning. A.t
l,efore the proprietor can protest, the fellow
COS right behind the counter a,.l tax,
possession. lie takes an inventory oi what
Is needed, and then gets RICH, down to hi.
work. lie throws down hi- sample. and
tunes his pipes. In two seconds he ha.
that tengIe oi his running like forty bug,
saws, and in two hours and half he has
cut that man into the marrow of rnLjec.ion
and passive acquie-rnc-. lie then departs
victorious.
Such i the drummer. i:nt aside from
bu.ides. We have generally found them an
intelligent, genial aud genilemanly -et OF
fellows. But here il an affair that we copy
from the St. Joseph Gd.a's, which will
make se drummer rel hot:
Judge Hubbard, attorney i"r the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad in am argument,
ilesl before the Supreme Court a. Iowa, oi
a case involving the right ii railroa.i
SossuuCsos W Ssso~s W sVsoSc tsS~SSV W =
commercial traveller, Who had s:oppe,i at =
station, without procuring . lsy-0ser
check, . few days ago. in closing his argu.
meut made some very unnatterins remarks
upon commercial travellers in general, and
the men al that class are up in arms
against the author Of what they deem an
outrageous Islander. and Of which the
Ga,dse has also the same opinion. The
Gasctfe has the honor at the acquaintance
cf great many travelling men. 4 large
number are resident. Of this CITY and arr
among the hest members IL society We
have. Gentlemanly, Courteous aud hooora-
bic in their dealings between man aud man,
they are universally respected here. and the
charges Of Judge Hubbard, seem to us
wholly without foundation. The o6enrive
passage in his argument Is ~ follow:
ut may be stated now - q matter Of
history, that the court will take judicial
notice Of, that this class Of men are the
hardest lot known ON the earth. They
monopolize all the bet rooms in the hosels;
they insult Or seduce every chamtesmaid
between Maine and the Gulf OF Mexico,
and between the Atlantic and the Pacific
Oce1ne every month IN the calendar year;
they rush into the ladies' cam on every rail.
road in the United States and the Caaadas
every day, and crowd into the seats
Of every respectable lady travelling alone,
and insult her within i've minutes after
ward; they travel with harlota, and make
assignalion houses On every Saturday night
Of every hotel in America; they have Dir.
tation-, intrigues and elolxments With
innocent, unsuspecting and respectable
young girls in every city and village on the
continent they pursue virtue and goodne@,
n sharks pursne ship With yellow fever;
and etill the learned counsel think con.
iuctors ought to be amiahle enough TO
love them.
There may be men in other Calling Who,
for some single vice, can chslleage co0.
pariaoo vith . conmercial t0uriss, bat
have never seen them. But for combina-
ton in harmonious blending Of Dishonesty,
:npndence, covariice, poltrooney, lechefy
and lepsous rascality, Of all varieties, he
stands without rival and without peer"
To this gentleman residing in this city,
At present for New York tea
house. makes reply in which be ~resehes
for" the doughty attorney and bring down
his man. Here il the reply. II il both
poetic and pointed: