St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-21
THE WEEKLY BUDGET
OF Gossip From the FaciIe Pen of
YnOt

This afternoon at $50, corner of Thir-
teenth and Nicollet avenues, travelling
men from the houses of George K.
Newell & Co. and A. Kelly & Co., Min
neapolis, will play match game of
ball for fun and blood. AS it will be
umpired by the now famous Fitzgib-
bons, of Piper Heidsec fame. fun is as
sured. A cordial invitation is extended
to all brother travellers who are i'll the
Twin Cities to be present.
John H. Bacon, with A. c. McClurg
G. Co., Chicago, is making his usual trip
through Dakota selling books and sta
tionery. John claims to be descend
ant of Donnelly's cipher. but unlike his
Did ancestor. there will never be much
trouble to find out his works. especially
around the &. P. at Moorhead.
d. F. Mccarthy, with Minnesota To-
bacco works, was making towns on the
st. Paul d Duluth road this week. Nc
has travelled but few months, and has
made more friends than most men can
In years. He is not very tall and re-
guireS plates Oh the bottom OF his grips
to keep them from wearing out touching
the ground.
d. E. Sawyer, with the Minneapolis
Furniture company, spent few days
at Fergus Falls this week selling nom
beGbug furniture. He is doing rush
ing business, as nearly all the hotels
buy them.
George Settler, with Campbell &
Lewis, st. Paul, carries full line OF
silks and satins, and is a great favorlte
with the ladies. George used to be in
the dry goods business himself at st.
Cloud few years ago, but store buSl-
ness did not agree with him, so he
joined the army of drummers and is
very successful.
"Milly" Marvin, with Conrad Bros,
Saltwater, is lowering around Fargo
and vicinity this week selling large bills
of cigars. He has favOrite brand
called ''Marvin's Claude' with the pict-
ure of his little son Claude on each
box.
S. Kuhen, with J. c. Oswald, Mime
apolis, has been travelling for the above
firm for the last eight years. He is one
of the best-natured travelling men on
the road, and stands very high in the
estimation of his customers. Anything
he says about his goods can be relied on.
He is a distant relative of Prince Bis
mark and is very proud of it,.
L. j. Miller. with A. Kelly & Co.,
Minneapolis, is making new territory
this year. He took G. w. Morse's old
route and fell heir to well-established
trade.
Frank Funk, with H. G. Burbank &
Co., st. Paul, is working the Breckin-
ridge division this week. When he is
not selling goods you can surely find
him attending base ball game some
where. He rents section at Athletic
park by the season, and his sonOrouS
voice can be heard above the shouts
and hurrahS whenever st. Paul gains
point.
Will E. Hunt, with P. R. L. Harden
burg, st. Paul, accompanied by his wife
and mother. is spending few days at
the Grand Pacific, Moorhead. Billy is
the same jolly old soul that he used to
be, and since his desertion of his bach
elor friends, some six or seven months
ago, he has grown handsomer.
A. j. ButZuine, the big representa-
tive of George Benz & Co., st. Paul, is
out near Huron this week, selling the
finest brands of WHISTLES on the road.
He spent one night at Barnesville the
fore part of the week and entertained a
party of friends with Dutch songs and
humOr.
George Philips, with Konantz Bros,
St. Paul, is making towns on the Mil
waukee road this week, selling mule
Pascal Ticknor, with Ryan Drug COM
pany, st. Paul, is doing a great weeks
work. He made eighteen towns
Wednesday and Thursday, besides
making long team trip, and did an UNI
usually large business.
G. Nj. Pond, with Wells Stone Mercan-
tile company, Duluth, is rustling hard
for trade west of Sank Center this week.
He found he has had shadow ahead
of him in each town soliciting orders for
the same firm, and is NATURALLY little
put out about it.
ID. Oucheltree, with Dun & Co., Min
neapolis, is making towns on the Fergus
Falls division this week with his usual
good luck. He has travelled for the above
house great many years, and has been
the means of distributing great deal of
machinery and wagons throughout the
Northwest.
w. r. Blackburn, with Hooker &
Manley, Minneapolis, is up west this
week selling cigars. He used to keep
a hotel at Clearwater few years ago.
but he couldn't make money there fast
enough, so he took to the road and is
making success of it.
f. w. Cove, with STAINS Paint COM
pany, st. Paul, came in to spend few
days with friends and gather up a new
stock for his next trip, Cove is a pious
young man, but it is wonderful the
amount of red paint he disposes of each
trip.
Bob Fitzgerald, with Allen, Moon &
Co., is one of the hardest workers Oh the
road. Day and night you will find him
hustling for trade. He has taken to
singing lately on the trains, and the
conductors have hard work to keep the
rest of the passengers from lynching
him.
S. o. Green, with Pollock, Donaldson
s. Ogden, st. Paul, is making towns
west of ST. Cloud this week
rrOn, of Dinar Ho;
fame, and one of the most noted base
ball umpires in the country, is touring
the towns west of st. Cloud on the
Northern Pacific this week. He ac-
companies A. c. Shattuck, of A. Kelly,
and they make dandy team.
Gene Bonniwell, with Farwell, Os-
mum IL Kirk, st. Paul, is working west
of st. Cloud this week. He COM
menced with this firm the first of the
year and has brought increased bust
ness to the house. He is member of
the Lurline Boat club. Minneapolis,
and is himself an adept with the oars.
He feels much elated over the recent
success of his club.
ii. A. Murphy, with Gordon & Fergu-
son, st. Paul, is up west of Fergus
Falls this week working the Fifth dis
trict. He says the quantity of Cleve-
land plug hats he is selling is wonder
full He thinks the people have ex-
perienced change of heart in that
district and will give rousing Demo-
cratic vote in November.
j. G. Wetfner, with Shelter & Rosum,
St. Paul, came in to st, Paul to spend
few days this week, and to get away
from the clamor of his customers. He
sells so many goods that the house can
not fill his orders, hence, his retured to
the city,.
Will NJ. Leishman, with Henry w.