The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-07-01

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breath after reading the report of the
Democrat of the arrival Of the magnates
of the Erlander Syndicate in New
Orleans, and were moralizing upon the
ways of Providence and the uneven
distribution of the worlds wealth
road magnate with $27 100000 at our
back, Or better still, if all the railroads
in contemplation in this section would
be completed with Monroe as their cen
tire, with a population of $4,000 Or
more and we the head Of Il metropoli-
tan journal sending out its hundreds of
thousands of copies daily to its hun
dreds of thousands readers. With 4
sauve smile and polite bow, known to
that class Of beings, he impressed us at
once with the thought that we We're III
the presence OF one Of the men we had
read about, and with Il sense Of our own
insigniticance we folded our arms and
waited. "Is the manager in" he began.
.sNo sir, but to all intents and purposes
l have tho honor to represent him in
his absence, to receive all moneys, re-
ccipt bills, make contracts, [but to pay
out no money absolutely and under no
circumstances to accept all donations
in the way of vegetables, fruits, cord
wood, etc, etc." we replied. Not to be
outdone, although, little Off his cqui-
HbriuIn but apparently satisfied with
a wallSover he came at usagain. 81 am
canvassing your beautiful little city" he
said, sfor the purpose Of securing club
Of subscribers to my map" unfolding
it the while. eyes. This is tho latest
edition out-you see by its date that it
has been issued this year. This side
represents America while on the other
we have the wOrld,' turning to our
view the other bright side of the picture
eyes, but think I may say-yes I
have a map Of the world the centen-
NAL map-a daisy containing as much
information as an Encyclopaedia"
eyes, q first-cass work but entirely out
of date. There are eight reasons why
you should have my map, not mention
ing its claims to general superiority
And he enumerated them. cit con-
t.ins the names Of all railroads; just the
same as rivcrs-the distances between
all towns, in figures easily TO be seen
etc. 1t is a complete map Of the far
west-thc Black Hills, Leadville, the
Lava beds, the exact spot where Gen.
Custer was killed-thc Yosemite, with
Illustrative descriptions on the margin
all new counties in the territories,
Washington not excepted, all pointed
will! sec flags of ali nations, coins Of all
countries and aScs-raccs Of all chimes
known to the human family. 1t is the
very thing for your office, your resi-
dence school, houses and public places.
Lawyers have it-mcrchants have it
mechanics have it-farmers have it
babys cry for it. Have one? No cash
outlay, could not sell one once a month
if l did. Let me put your name down.
It is the best map in the world-super-
away chromo5 with tiff we did we
could not supply the demand. Shall l
put your name down-you can't get
along without it. Only $2.25 payable
upon delivery. 1t is the cheapest map
in the world, better gotten up-con-
tains more information-is accurate in
every detail. To convince you, here
we have your road from this city to the
Mississippi river--it is just II miles
from this place to Girard-l from
Girard 10 layviIIc, and from there TO
Delhi IS miles, "My friend let up.
! do not feel equal TO the responsibility,
come in again and see tho Editor
good lnorning.' :sXCs, but one great
advantage which my map possesses
over all others to which ! failed TO call
your attention the new version" It
is useless to say we beat a hasty retreat,
out the back door, down the embank-
mcn;, some 90 feet high, where we re
manned until we were assured by the
devil all danger was over We emerged
from our retreat if not Il saddcr, 4 much
wiser man, with Il determination ncvc,
again to let Il "canvasser'' get tho