The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-11
HOTEL AND CORRIDOR.

=. D MARSH, representing the Smith
and Wesson Arms Manufacturing COM
pany Of Springfield. Mass, arrived in
Salt Lake yesterday and registered at
the Knutsford
Mr.. Marsh is the general agent of the
company and covers the larger portion
of the United States in his peregrina-
lions, establishing agencies for the fac
tory among the jobbers of the country.
He has Just come through from the
coast and IS now on his return east.
Mr.. Marsh is one of the most popular
men on the road as well as enc of the
Oldest OF the fraternity Of commercial
trayeleTs-not in age, but in the num-
Der Of years he has devoted 10 the
business. He is a most genial man to
meet and is an interesting character
in MANY WAYS. He was recounting
some OF the many singular episodes
that have occurred in his lifetime OF
travel TO a group of acQuaintanceS in
the Knutsford last evening.
One OF them is interesting as showing
the big heart that BEATS under the waist
coat of the average traveller. 1t will
also serve rs an illustration of the
old saying that the world is not SO
large after ALL" and as proving the
truthfulness of the quotation from the
scriptures: Cast thy bread upon the
waters and it Will return 10 you after
many days"
1t was many years ago when Mr.
Marsh was a much younger man than
he is now He was travelling through
the middle states and boarded train
in a little town in Illinois. It was late
and he went direct to his berth in the
sleeper and was about retiring when he
heard = Woman's voice ask the Pull
man conductor for berth. She was
informed the car was full and that
there was no other sleeper on the train
He heard her sink into a seat with a
sigh as she described her situation;
that she was journeying from the west
to her former eastern home with the
body ot her dead husband, and was
worn out with many nights of vigil.
L drew aside the portieres and took
look at her. he said with a percep-
tible effort to summon all his modeSty.
and explaining that he took nc credit
to himself. and a big lump came up
in my throat. Her dress indicated she
was in anything but the best of cir
cumstances fnanciallv and her face
looked as though she hadn't closed her
eyes in a month. 1 pulled on the
clothes 1 had laid off and calling the
conductor. L told him to give her my
berth. She couldn't utter the thanks
she tried to, as she rendered me the
price of the berth. l told her it was
paid for and got away as quickly as 1
could, for l felt desire to take a hand
at the tear shedding myself. She asked
for my card and l gave it to her and
went forward and sat up all night
in the day coach, and, by the way, it
was pretty long night, too for l had
been UP the greater part of several
nights. myself However, it was only
one of good many of the same kind
l had put in. and l soon forgot all
about it.
Several years after that was COM
ing west. I had stopped off at Peoria
and on leaving in the evening l neg
lected to have my berth reserved and
had to apply to the Pullman conductor
He told me he only had an upper berth
left and showed me to a seat in the
opposite one of which sat a lady, She
was young and very attractive and 1
thought a mistake had been made and
started to ask the conductor if that
were not the case. The fellow happened
to know me and replied: That's the
only thing I've got, Mr.. Marsh, unless
you can occupy that, 1 can do nothing
for vou.'
AT the mention of nv name the
lady leaned forward and asked Is this
Mr. Marsh of Boston, 1 didn't re-
member ever having met the lady and
l didn't like 70 confess having for
gotten such face, when she appeared
to know me, so I was at loss what
to say for a minute, but I finally an
swered yes.
Then she recalled to my mind the
incident of that night years before, but
1t had so far passed out of my mind
that she had to recite all the details
before remembered. l was the
daughter Of that woman she said.
Mother died long time ago. She
kept your card for years, but lost it
before she died. But she ALWAYS re-
membered the name of Marsh and
that you were from Boston. She al
ways told me to keep you in mind and
II L ever met you to thank you for her
l never expected to have the pleasure.
but always determined if 1 ever heard
the name of Marsh spoken I would ap-
proach the man it belonged to
Now. wasn't that peculiar circum-
stance?" My Marsh concluded.
=
1t has been stated that the Smith
& Wesson company has been fur
nishing large quantities of side arms
for the Cuban patriots, and Mr.. Marsh
was asked concerning it. He eXhib-
tied magnificent sample of 44-calibre
revolver that looked like a small-sized
cannon and said:
We manufacture a great many of
these weapons for shipment across the
water, but we sell them al in New
York. We. OF course, ask no ques-
lions concerning the people who buy
them, and whatever is done with them
after we get our money for them is
none oc our business
Mr.. Marsh exhibited one curiosity
among his SAMPLES. It was a heavy
gold-plated 32-calibre revolver with all
that is latest III revolver improvements
and was a handsome weapon.
Mr. Marsh resumes his journey east
ward this morning.
+. Craig, a Denver mining man who
is heavily interested in Idaho proper
ties, is at the Knutsford. Mr. Craig
has just returned from a visit to Silver
City, Idaho, where the Idaho and
Pittsburg Mining company is develop
ing number of properties. He says
that railroad is projected from the
mines to connect with the Short Line
which is expected to be built without
delay. When it is completed, he says
he expects the camp to prove one of
the best producers in the state.
Other Knutsford guests yesterday
We're c.. NJ Stilphen, Chicago; Mrs.
Carrie Barnes, City; w. D. Burgess,
Chicago; E Craig, Denver; Henry
Deshent, San Francisco; w. NJ. Ruth.
A. w. Morton, Chicago; George w.
Cook, Denver; c. s. Marsh. Spring
field. Mass; ]. Meyerstein, San Fran
Levy Ci1ipac Wal