St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-03

track about quarter of mile, where
the heavily laden train had been left in
order to make an up grade a little be-
You'd the station. So soon as the engine
was coupled on, with the tram men |
mounted the top Of the cars and preceded
by the con. (who carried my grip, began
traverSing towards the rear.the caboose
being the objective point. If it was a
quarter of mile to the train it seemed
at least four miles to the caboose, and
never having seen service as brake
man, / was on the point once or twice
of sitting down, clinging to the brake
and making the twelve or fifteen miles
on the hurricane deck. During all TINS
time Puck's words were staring out at
me in flaming letters of fire, and won
dered what my house would say, could
its manager see me in the act. 1t prob
ably would be Puck's words coupled
with several adjectives. Such acts are
by no means uncommon, and are being
perpetrated every day by hundreds OF
travelling men, whose sole energies
seem bent in the direction of service
towards their employers. Do they (the
employers know this? Do they feel
and realize the persistency with which
their representatives are daily making
their rounds not of pleasure, but OF
work? Many do, but large percentage
have as little realization of the facts as
is possible to conceive, and but few
have thanks to offer, or by word OF deed
commend your actions, and perhaps
the large majority would condemn your
fOOl-hardy acts, as mere time savers OF
no importance. Great desire and anX-
Lefty to be on and doing will prompt one
to do and take the same hazardous risks
tomorrow he condemns to-day. Boys
keep we'll insured and do not forget the
Indemnity and Relief
Some time since ScOttie spoke of a 25-
cent meal, and 50-cent charge upon
the expense account. Often times one
pays 30 cents for meal, so called, and
then is obliged to go out and get lager
beer lunch for Is or 20 cents in order to
get something to eatand not go hungry.
The percentage being in that direction
it is impossible to more than make the
81 per day hotel allowances make day
and night meet. Reflection has led me
to ask if all that has from time to time
appeared in the travellers column been
to the point. The mere spirit of a joke
SavOring of personalities or the citations
of individuals while pleasing to some
may CRATE harshly upon the ears of
others. In short such complaint was
made to me by one whom / like to con-
slider friend. In my writings | have
tried to avoid personalities and do not
think | have said real diScreditable
thing of any one, or made remark
which would detract the dignity of a
gentlemen. Surely l have seen no trav-
cling man in places, or doing things L
would not do myself, barring about
three or four cases, and have at all
times
DEFENDED THE ACTIONS
of travelling men and to-day will pit them
against like number of men from any
school or calling beSet with a like num-
Der of temptations, and show them to
be possessed of less number of vices
and more virtues than any other class
of men. Whatever | may have OF shall
say of hotels "or sich," / have no eX-
plantations or retractions; for, with all
the good ones, there are great many
which are the bane Of travelling mans
life.
In my last allusion was made to the
unreasonable action of a Milwaukee
iobbing house toward one of its travel
ers A like case of a Minneapolis house
has been brought to my notice, where
a new concern complains Of an old man
of experience, and deals out his expense
PERSONAL. MENTION.
F. w. Wilkinson was seen over in
Crookston, and in the best of spirits,
having just received a tiattering and
complimentary letter from his house
with an earnest of no mean proportions.
+. w. is one of the best known men on
the road, popular with the trade, and
can boast Of selling more rubber goods
than any one else in his territory, be-
sides. those endless belts have no ter
minatiOn.
Johnny %. K. P. H.K.) Kelley was
doing the trade of CrOokStOn last week.
He is now a married man and holds
forth at Grand Forks.
G. B. Davis was doing the picture
frame trade along the Manitoba, north
of Crookston, spending Sunday at Win
nipeg.
William Hull, Ives & Co., Minneap.
oils, can book orders in two towns a
dozen miles apart, as easily as any one.
His house is rusher, and when the fire
came, wired him: Factory total loss;
go ahead-can fill all orders"
E. II. Crazy was selling cigars, and A.
j. Compton dry goods, and seemed to
enjoy the blizzard hugely.
Among the new men Alex Stevenson,
succeeds Mr.. Freeman. If as success
full in real estate deals as the latter we
may look for his successor a year OF two
hence. F. c. DOugherty is new man
OH the turf, representing Markley, ALL
ing q Co, Chicago, while III. G. Lilli-
bridge is with Frederick Stearns & Co.,
Drugs" Detroit, Mich. Neither of
these gentlemen are pleased with the
Northwe st-too dusty for them.
regret to hear my friend Friend was
in such hard lines with "Me Il Lutte"
down at Benson. Take the advice of a
friend and drink cold drinks.
The ingalls, house. at Grand Forks,
accommodated sos guests for January,
1883, and up to Feb. 20, 349, (which speaks
well for its management and is no mean
card for the town.
Next week purpose some remarks
about successful statesmen, fully con-
fdent, if proper things are brought to
the attention of the jobber and his rep
resentative, good results will accrue.
1t is pleasure to learn that Sam
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