Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-29
cANvAssIAG BEAUTIES
a Man with Several Young Lady
Canvassers,
Makes His Appearance in the City to
Sell Books, and Those in Need OF
knowledge Can Look Out for the
Blondes and Branettes.

On last Thursday afternoon man &C.
compenied BY young woman' q oiones'
called at a certain house on SlAteent9
street, East End, and asked for rooms ana
boarding for himself, wife and three young
ladies'. In the absence Of the proprietor
the lady of the house told him she had no
rooms except the ones occupied by hersaf
and married daughter. He was shown
theee apartments, and contracted tor them
at orce, promising to pay his board IN ad-
vance.
The man and the blonde who came with
him ate supper and breakfast, but by noon
the next day he had made arrangements to
quit the house before the proprietor would
get home for dinner. But just as he came
with the wagon to
CONVEY HIS TRUNKS AWAY,
and presumably jump his board and con-
tract, the proprietor put in his appearance
and informed the gentleman he could move
nothing until he had paid for one week 8
board at least although the rooms had been
rented until the middle of July.
When the man found he was foiled IN his
little game, he then said he would stay one
week, which he did. But in the meantime,
new revelations brought to light facts un'
suspected before. .,
On Saturday the second girl came, and
on Monday following the mans wife, as he
called her, and another girl who had been
sick and was left at Steubenville, also ap-
peared on the scene. So by Monday, the
man,
HIS WIFE, BLONDE, BRUNETTE,
and the sick girl, who Is auburn haired,
were all in their boarding house on Six
teenth street, as before mentioned.
The party claimed to be canvassing for
the sale of books published BY Hubbard d
| Co., of Philadelphia, and travel from city to
city in this way. During the week they
| staid on Sixteenth street none of the In
mates ever saw any of the books they pre-
tended to be selling or trying to sell. 1t is
said everything was KEEP. profoundly
| Sc ret about their business and all their
| movements seemed to indicate to the
| minds Of those who noticed them and their
actions, that they were not exactly as they
should be- When the man first came he
said he wanted to put up at house where
| there were no male boarders at all, as he
had
SEVERAL YOUNG LADY CANvAssERs
with him, and 10 addition to this he wanted
DOM where he could lecture and instruct
the young ladies. lie manifested great so
| li,itude for them.
It's alleged that they have been on our
| streets-two OF them-for several days and
have attracted the attention OF people who
ore adopts at recognizing people when they
| see them, both from their looks and beha'
yior. VIVA. kind of books they are Offering
tor sale is not known. but it would satisfy
MORBID CURIOSITY
on the part Of those who have come in con-
tact with them to discover it. Some OF
them claim to have come from Bay City,
Others from Toledo and other points but it
is evident that no one knows from whence
| they came but themselves
1t is the intention of the party to thor
oughly canvass this city and then 60 to
Pittsburgh and from thence to Washington
City. Yesterday they changed the board.
ing house to Fifteenth street.
This is new departure in book canvass
ing-a man travelling around with num-
Der of females as csnvassers, although it
seems that it ought to take pretty we'll. So
our citizens can look out for the blonde the
brunette, and the authenticated beauty.