The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-02
A VALUABLE NOSE.


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nate Owner.
Patrick J. Lanphear aged 40, Of No. 10;
South Upper street, this city, has, per-
haps, the most valuable nose of any man in
America 1t has made him thousands OF
dolalrs. He had saved enough from its
earnings to build him elegant home,
and although unmarried, he enjoys it with
his brother and other relatives He is
we'll enough fixed financially to offer Will
liam Tarr $4,000 for his distilery plant In
this city, but Tarr refused to take it.
Lanphears nose is re- Their large, inclined
to be Roman. and it has the sense of smell
so well perfected that through it's use its
owner can tell the age of any whisky set
before him. He can tell which internal
revenue district of Kentucky produced 1t,
and in many instances he has been known
to tell the brand. Large transactions in
whisky have taken place on account Of his
sensitive nose. One of the most remarkable
was that which took place In the we'll
known house of Chaplin & Gore, Chicago,
Lanphear's house had tried, through its
senior and junior owners, to sell the Chi
cago firm without success They sent
Lanphear, who was at that time stranger
to the Chicago people. Jim Gore, Mr..
Carter and Col. Will S. Barnes were In the
office when Lanphear called. He told Gore
he wanted to sell him some fine kentucky
whisky, and proceeded to show his samples
and quote prices. Gore laughed at him, and
told him he had whisky much better than
that offered by Lanphear that he would
sell for a price much lower, namely, the
price. He produced a plain round bottle,
from which he poured a half glassful.
Lanphear raised the whisky to his nose
and smelled it long and carefully. How
much Of that whisky have you" asked
Lanphear. Seven hundred barrels" re-
piled Gore. II will take it ALL, said Lamp
hear land will be here tomorrow morning
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the telegraph office Immediately and wired
his house in Louisville that he had bought
7GO barrels of certain brand OF whisky Of
a certain age of Chaplin & Gore, and for
them to protect it. He quickly received a
reply that ii was all right, and they would
protect his purchase. He appeared at
Chaplin & Cores office next morning and
demanded the 700 barrels of whisky, naming
the brand. Gore was thunderstruck at
Lanphear being able to name the brand
of whisky by simply smelling the small
sample he had shown him, and he tried to
back out. Lanphear pointed out the bot
tie from which the sample had been taken
and insisted that it was the brand OF
whisky he described
Mr.. Carter spoke up and said to his part
ner that he had just we'll admit that
Lanphear was right, and let him have the
whisky. Gore finally admitted that he was
trying to deceive Lamphear and trying to
bluff him into believing that ne had better
whisky for a smaller price.
The transaction amounted to nearly $4O,-
eco and Lamphear resold the whisky to
other dealers at a handsome profit to his
firm Since then the firm of Chaplin 4
Gore has been one of his best customers.
Mr.. Lalnphear began to travel for Ken
lucky whisky house in 1876, and on his first
trip East while going from Buffalo to
Philadelphia, was caught in that terrible
wreck on the Erie road which killed and
wounded SO many persons. The excite
ment was SO great that the conductor did
not take up the tickets and Lamphear SUI!
has his centennial ticket and has refused
from railroad men large prices for it. He
has sold as high as 10000 barrels OF WHISKY
in one year. and is probably the most sue
cessful drummer in America, barring Col
VIII S. Barnes. And he owes his success
| to his remarkable nose.-Lexington. (ky..
Correspondent ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.