The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-11-15
A Business Proposition.

Is the managing editor in said
thin man with . sharp nose and
plausible smile, sticking his head into
the inner saDctum Of this reliable fam
lily journal (now is the time to get up
clubs the other morning
The genial and eff :ient intellect that
rattles the property thunder on the ed
itorial page admitted that such was the
fact. then hesitated. and unsuccessfully
endeavored to withdraw the statement
as u cadaverous figure, chiefly attired III
. discouraged looking dus:er. entered
and closed the door.
You need not he alarmed. said the
intruder kindly, am not book agent
nor one Of those poets your paragraphs
spoke so much 80 much-yes-I Ithink
they call it sarcasm-at. have simp-
ly called to make an advertising propo-
! sitinn.
The editor SAID be waa glad of and
| passed over his cigar case.
Now. sir, said the stranger. as lie
crossed pair of we'll ventilated shoes
near the ink stand aud nibbied the end
off two-bit Havana. Now, my dear
sir, who, is the best known the best ad-
! vertised nan OH this continent to-day !:
/ Well. let's see. There's General
Grant, suppose you don't mean Ben
But
| mean Potter. sir. Lyman X Potter.
the wheelbsrrow man. Everybody's
talking About him. Sensation of the
age. sir. I'll bet big money that more
people wake up nights and think about
Potter than you could shake a club
at.
Think SO, do you?
/ know it. Why, there are millions
Of mon who'd rather shake hands with
that wan than take dlnner with Presi-
dent Hayes. Now. sir--give me q
proposition here-whst is the only dead
sure thing to throw his achievement
clear into the shads-to get up sn ex-
ci.sment that viii wipe out his feat as
n P,ute wipes out q settler-to set this
whole country wild perfectly frantic,
you knOwi
Cau't say. I'm sure
Why. for somebody to crapt over the
same route. my dear sir, erarl! Get
righ. down on your hands and knees
and travel the entire distance in that
way. Eat. sleep-everything the
same position, Now, what do you
think of that for an ides9
Think the man would be an Internal
fool.
But wait minute. Ny plan 10 this:
Let sc, 900 10 deposited 10 some bank
hot savings bauk. mind-as wager.
snd I'll start myself. On my back Ill
carry provisions. blankets and things.
and on top OF 'em nm open subscription
book for this paper. In my mouth will
bs flag in.cribsd: '7aEs, thes LnteIti-
gencerl only three dollars ycor'
Beat paper on the Pacific Coast Why,
it v ould as,onish the world.
| Should imagine it might.
] zee You grspple With the idea. An
intellect like yours, cir. can get away
with anything. At the rate Of GAG feet
an hour. I have calculated that IN
sblebodisd man with sound knees
ought 10 crawl from here to New York
| in seventy-twc months and sixteen
days. I could do it in less time.
Could. eh!
Yes, sir. Now Just imagine me as the
Craw ling Agent Of the Seattle INTE.>
LroExcER. striking Central park some
fine morning in 81 or 2. and shufhisg
down Broadway to the City Hall.
escorted by the militia. forty brass
bands. the Common Council, the May.
or, and with six or seven hundred
thousand brand new subscriptions on
my back. Why. this idea Is terrific.
Yes. but
No butts about it. assure you. What
would be finding the north pole to
thats What would Stanley's African
explorations amount to. thenI Why.
my dear sir. Jim Bennett would just
stand ON his head and howl with envy.
Feel bad eh!
| Il would kill him. sir-kill him.
Old Dana and Whitelsw Reid will have
. fit apiece. But there 10 no time to
be lost. The first thing to be done is
for you to hand me over seven dollars
aud fifty cents. That will enable me tn
purchase pair Of indiaruhber knee
guards and some thick leather gloves.
Lemme see: you can get out IN extra
tomorrow, and Ill start Monday. ct
half past
| THE beirs and assignees Of the late
above described individual are request
ed 70 call snd take the body away at
once. Not only is the weather exceed
;nylv hot. but our room j. limited, and