The Irish standard., 1901-02-16
OUR TRAVELLING AGENT
Gives Interesting Pen-Pictures Of Per-
sons and Places.

II HIS uON DcCOIlle llluoSC customary
for your travelling agent to not only
render tinnnC.. al account of himself
at the wind-up of every trip or route -
but also to write news letter. Here
are the minutes of the last itinerary:
first stopped off at Pine City. which
is Il good and prosperous town. There
met our old friend, Treasurer Waugh
an, and he introduced me to several
citizens, including L. L. O'Brien, who
again introduced me to more and more.
and they all subscribed for the Irish
Standard on the spot.
Next l found myself at the nevcr-to-
beforgotten place called Hinckley.
There l met our friends. the Mullins,
the BrcnnanS, the Lyons and others,
who described the horrors of the
Hinckley fire to me most graphically.
where l met our old friend. Martin
Ring. who introduced me around and
showed me their wonderful Kettle
River stone quarry ut that place.
Next was Carlton. quite Il railroad
center. 1t is here Mr.. j. S. Walsh
stands as our strongest advocate.
From there found my way to the
famous Saw-mill town called ClOqUct,
Which is the greatest lumber center
outside of Minneapolis | ever saw in
my life met all our old friends here,
and Roman, Simpson and Moody pilot
ed me around and paid me for the en-
suing years subscription.
From Cloauet went to the great
Zenith City of Duluth. | was not
there more than two hours when |
thought was in Butte City, Mont. 1t
is without any eXaggeration one of the
best towns in all the northwest. The
people are metropolitan in every re-
Spect There found one of the most
gorgeous public schools in all America
1t is the wonder of all tourists. The
great Board of Trade building. the
great postotlicp, the grand Chamber Of
Commerce, the grand Lyccum, the lar
gest hardware building in America just
completed. the magnificent Catholic
cathedral with our own Bishop McGol-
rick living close by, and Father Cor
bctt in full charge of that grand con
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would not tire of praising Duluth. 1t
has great buildings. great business peo-
pie and. without doubt. IL great future
There met Il few Irish Standard hust-
lcrs. and | met many of them ut the
\. O. H. meeting ut tho hall near the
cathedral. They are all going to Min
ncapoiis on St l'atrickS day. Hero
they are: County President L. McCahe.
stat" Treasurer John Flood. President
+. l.. Ryan, Sit.e Presidential. f. Kcllr-
her. j. Il. Dmphy. Nj. II. McA[ahon,
NJ. Flynn and Barney Forrestal. Here
also are Jas Higgins, NJ. Chalk. J. j..
Sullivan. james Foley, Dan Donovan.
Mahoncy u Liston. \. J. Beers, VIM.
Vail. Peter Bohan. G. Il. Haley. JOS.
Kenny. T.. f. Ward. Sullivan & Rear
don. j. O'l<eefe. J. III. Sullivan DR..
Phrlan. $. j. McCarty. ID. p. Mcdonald,
Frank Jordan, Richard Long, NJ. Swec
ncy. Jerry Congdon. J. w. Cornell. w.
Il. Hackett. AItlrd Matlpson. J. S.
Lane. Abner Brotherton. w. J. LAM
an, Mrs. J. Farrell, John Pierce and
John Spillanc.
In West Duluth met our old friends
Thos. Doyle. ID. j. O'Brien. VIM. Cav
agan. Peter O'Donnell. II. J. Breen.
Mrs. ii. Franklin, and NJ. II. Rearlon.
West Duluth is great place which can
never go backwards.
Now come the Superiors. There
are three or four Of them. In "Old
Superior" now called East" found
good agents in Geo. Murray. Ed Nc
Hugh, r.. Whalen. Ed. Morris. II. j.
Trainor. and IL lot Of others.
In Atloucz found Ed Ntzhugh,,
John Barry. Patrick Mcguire, and Bro.
Lally Of hotel fame. They will all
hustle for the Irish Standard.
Then comes West Superior 1t is IL
finely laid out city with fine larbor
facilities: it will he II great city SOME
day. There met NJ. G. burke. w. ID.
Dwyer. Richard Powers, l. b. Ennis,
Mrs. Quinn, d. a. Madden, John Nc
Gratll. o. McCabe, j. Il. McCabe. and
Owen Murphy.
Next I left for Grand Rapids. Tom
Hennessy introduced me to it's people.
1t is certainly one of the very best and
most prosperous towns in the state of
Minnesota This is the home of Sen-
ator Mccarthy, as everybody knows.
1t is also the principal town in the
greatest lumber quarter in I'LL Mime
sOt:-ItnSca. Mr. HennesSy recon-
mcndcd me to all the city and county
officers as well as to all the citizens
ed. Tom subscribed first himself:
tlpn came o. Il. Glare, next l. II.
O'Conncll, and SO on down the line to
4. McAlpine. II. Mccormick. Il. \. Nc
Hugh, L. A. Benton, III. Logan, Henry
Hughes. John O'Rcilly, Il. ]. Farrell,
Schumacher \ Rellis, Miss Nan Day,
G.. G.. Miller and Il score OF others. l