The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-07

on Monday morning Win a cneery
good bye to the loved ones they leave
behind and hurry away to catch the
first train leaving In the direction OF
their territory. Sometimes they are
gone for a week, sometimes a month
or two, but on their return there Is
handshaking and smiles from friends
and at home.
Who?
Ottawa's travelling men, more gen.
orally known to the public as drum
merS.
There are nearly a hundred of these
gentlemen residing IN Ottawa, and
among them are numbered some or
the best story tellers on the road,
while as statesmen they are excelled by
none in the world.
Every one knows George V. Hull.
He has lived in Ottawa for many
years and is at present connected
with the house of Brown, Durrell &
Co., of Boston, whose large establish
ment was burned to the ground on
Thanksgiving morning. George is a
capital story teller and splendid
salesman.
G. L. Stamate, one of the most
highly cherished of Alberger, Stoer &
Cos. missionaries, sells more tailor's
trimmings than half the men on the
road. Soy" is heavy on ghost stories
and relates very entertaining tale,
entitled "The Panorama of the Bible"
with telling effect.
Charles Beckwith, with Hubbard,
Spencer & Co., is counted wonder
with the hardware men. He is not
much of a story teller, but he sells
hardware with vim that causes his
contemporaries to keep their eyes very
much open.
George Forbes? Everyone knows
that he is Fiske g. Beems only drum
mer. George is one of the best huSt-
llers in the state and sells more goods
lin year than any other drummer in
the United States. His territory is
Western Illinois and the great west as
far as Idaho.
Charles Fredenburg, alias Charlie,
is steadily climbing the ladder as a
grocery drummer, and travels for
Franklin McVeigh & Co., of Chicago.
In the vernacular of the trade, he is a
"whOle ton of -four"
w. l.. Milligan, "Billy," is one of
the heavy men of the trade, selling the
Walter A. Wood binder. He is at the
top in Masonry and one of the best
missionaries on earth. Orders always
reward his visits, for if nothing else
will induce trade, BILLY" tells story.
That always brings out the pens and
paper.
Stephen Hathaway is the affable
gentleman who takes care of the south
ern trade of the Myer Stiefel Overall
Factory. "Steve" has heavy trade
and never loses a customer.
4 j. r. Cameron, one of OttawaS eX-
pOstmaSterS, represents the United
Glass company, formerly representing
the late Ottawa Window Glass Works,
which was lately merged into the
larger concern. AS salesman he has
few superiOrs.
r. Y. Mickle, one of the stockhold-
ers in the King & Hamilton, Co., now
residing at Minneapolis, is one of the
best known wagon and agricultural
salesman in the west. He now makes
Minneapolis his headquarters.
j. ID. Hammond, one of the easiest
writers and best narratOrs of funny
incidents on the road, is at present
with the Ottawa Bottle & Flint Glass
|CO He suStains his well known rep
utatiOn as salesman in way that is
the envy of his competitors.
II. T.. Skinner, the ex-alderman Of
the first ward, buys more hides and
wool than any other man north of
Texas. He is in the employ of lssac
We'll, the hide, wool and tallow dealer.
Allan Griggs sells DR.. Jones' Red
Clover Tonic and the several propria-
tory medicines manufactured by
Griggs & Co., of which he is MEM
Der. He sells vast quantities of med
icines besides making the lad" con-
tracts.
Frank, popularity known as "DOc,"
Yentzer is j. e. Porter's great hay
carrier salesman. He also attends all
of the principal fairs in the several
surrounding states, the last being the
fair at st. Louis.
Fred Mattocks Jr, with a promi-
nent Chicago paint establishment,
counted among the largest in the
world, is as perSevering a salesman as
he is magnificent in proportions. Few
sales escape him.
| j. j. McGrath is the enterprising
representative of the John S. Gould
grocery house and is power in the
trade.
Fred Gay, representative of Gay &
Son, is one of the best road cart and
buggy men in the country. He takes
so many orders that the house is often
couple of months behind time on Or
| ders.
James Hossack, another of J. f.
POrter's missionaries, is hustler
among agricultural men and knows
all about hay carriers.
George NJ. Eells, a graduate of the
0. III. S., is one of the heavy men in
Sweet, Orr & Co.'S large overall mis-
sion. He runs out of Chicago, but
Ottawa is still his home.
Gus. LebOlt, one of the brightest
young men on the road, runs out of
Ottawa as representative of Myer
Stiefel's Overall factory. He fairly
rakeS in the orders.
Ambrose Jordan and VIM. Louth
are two of the most efficient men on
the road. They are with the King &
Hamilton Co.
John Mitchell, popularity known as
Johnnie, is new accession to the
ranks of commercial travellers. He
handles teas and cOffees for John Sex
ton, Chicago.