Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-07-07
An Advertising Agent.

tHe oluCc unu SlilllEnCN Ills CauC uOWn
OH the table and took the best chair
and spat OH the stove and said,
"Well, Gully, how docs the old thing
work ~ that lie was circus agent,
but his card showed him to be a
modest, unprctcnding ad, crtising
agent ola Wisconsin paper. lie had
Just come from Chicago, lie said.
I'VE said, "Ah y not because there
was any particular briliancy in the
remark, but because that is what We
generally say, with Il rising accent
on the final syllable, when {, man tells
us he has been to Chicago.
"lcs,' he said; he ha,l been TO
Chicago. clad VIC man up there %
No. We hadn't
"Wcll,' he said, "don't send one
there. Just Il waste Of time. I've
been there nearly three weeks, and ]
just club myself every time I thin k
what fool was TO throw away so
much time that I might have put i'll
somewhere else to advantage"
Didn't lie do anything in Chica
go?" VIC asked, rather timi,lly, lor
we began to see VIC were in The pre-
sencc ola Master Mind.
"Naw-w-w!" he snarlcd, in most
contemptuous tone; hardly made
expenses; didn't pay salary. There
three weeks, and only como away
with S3,7G0 worth Of ads. All cash,
off course, and that makes it Il little
better, but didn't pay for all that
time. How much Chicago advcrtis-
ing are YOU carrying ?"
ave couldn't tell him indeed, with
out consulting the business manager,
but we were confident that the
l,RtrIryc had, Il. inside figures, 1T
least three or four dollars worth Of
+ ~ O. 0i1'Ss-esssr q s,l.-cr!; ,nn, .nt- AYe
began to think what! u Jewel this man
must be on the business staff Of Il
daily paper. W-s he going to ST.
Louis VIC asked.
He burst int, Il sort Of derisiv c
laughter. for all the world like III,
opposition benches in Congress.
Been there" lie said, "and ain't
going back until times pick up :,
little. Dcadcst place you ever struck
i'll your life. Nothing doing. Jusl
nothing. Why, I was there ten days
ten whole long days, as I'm truth
ful man; and only got let me sec
I'll give you the figures. And he
pulled out his notebook ,and raj,
over the leaves and down long
columns Of figures. "l-cs, sir, l was
in St. Louis ten days 10 an hour, and
only got s4,227.5O, and 81 ,So6.7G
have to take in trade, and only So,
$50 cashin-advancc ads. Don't you
send man TO St. Louis, you don'
want to pay his fare home"
Which way was ic going from
Burlin2 ton - we asked, deeply i'm
pressed.
80, Out along the line Of the Is. and
NJ" he said, "out to Omaha, and
maybe out TO Lincoln and up to Dcs
Moincs.'
"Now, don't go there" VIC begged
him; don't 50 out that way at all
1t wont pay you; VIC know hi:
country, and We know you wont
make Il cent on this trip
"Why not 2" he asked, dciiantIy,
and in Il rather incrcduloIs tone OF
countcnancc.
Because" NC said, "thc LamAry,
had Il man all through that country
one day last week. It may appear
incredible, but, sir, that man was
gone fifteen minutes, and came bacl;
with only $4,000 cash ads, a couple
Of national banks, six Nebraska
farms, Kansas cattle 1anche, and
the Iowa State Treasury, and tn c
captain discharged him for not max
ing his wages. It's rs dead rs - y
But he Mas gone, and we heard
him down stairs asking the business
manager il he thought it was ncccss
nrY TO import q thoroughbred liar to