Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-12
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Fonda, March I'm one of our Iowa
towns they are telling the story of "a
dead game sport" 1t seems that a man
Of the town sold out his business for a.
thousand dollars in cash Pending in
vestment Of it again, he, one evening.
got to shooting craps" 1t wasn't an
ordinary scent "seven cum 'leven"
niger game. but twenty-five dollars
good, hard earned money was put up
on each throw of the dice. When the
evenings entertainment was over he
was out $725. Our millionaires on
board ship are reported to have bet
$4,000 on one hand OF poker, but that
requires less nerve than a man with
only thousand dollars in the world,
to stake twenty-five of 1t on each
throw of the dice, and to keep at it.
til he loses three quarters of his
earthly possessions.
The average republican voter knows
less rather than more since the plum
tree was shaken In Washington. First
for Lacey to have participated in the
distribution disgusts many. Again his
appointment of United States marshal,
has broken the hearts Of Christians,
Hinsdale's and Manning's friends. Up|
to a month ago all were sure they
would get 1t. UP this way Archie
Smith and his friends are racked with
emotion and grief. TO be sure, after
Archie's high vaulting act, his extreme
friendship for Uncle George and Hub
bard's election, things looked hazy. But
to take another Storm Lake man and
give him a big plum, and Archie al
lemon, that was hard, very hard. And
just why Knott is United States mar
shall by the grace OF Birdsall, Is too
hard a one to unite. In his role of
general omniscience. the writer tries to
explain that all of these appointments
We're trades, were compromises, but the
announcements of these appointments
were as unwelcome to the professional
politicians, as they were Incompetent
sible to the average voter.
Don't talk to me of the incivility OF
the east. and the obliging disposition
OF the west" said the travelling man.
Il went into a bank in Webster City
the other day. and politely asked one
of the employees, possibly he was the
president Of the bank, If a certain
firm had an Office upstairs. Yes was
the short answer, and he turned on his
heel, evidently bored by such ques-
tons. / walked all around the builds
ing and finding no stairs, went across
the street into another bank and asked
the same question. Yes, SIR was the
pleasant reply, you can go thru our
back room to the stairs. or to your
right IL on the street. Now. don't
do much banking business in thatt
there, is not at the first mentioned
bank, where j. p. Morgan stands at
the window"
"Some of these smart storekeepers |
fool themselves once in while" said |
another travelling man. Il sell furni- |
ture, and the other day. walking past
a shoe store, saw in the window the |
particular make OF shoe 1 wear With
my grip in hand I stepped into thel
store intending to buy a pair, If price
and size suited me. The proprietor
and clerk both sat back by the stove,
and as / entered, one said to the other
in low tone, who's that" and also
heard the answer, only travelling
man / stopped by the show window
looking at the shoes, and they both
sat glued to their seats. Waiting a
moment or two for them to come my
way, I then went out. Today in an
other town I found the same shoe, and
also a dealer that understands that
travelling men occasionally buy a pair 4
of shoes. I hope he made a dollar off I
my purchase"
Say" said another knight OF the Il
grip, did you ever notice how railroad
men take after their superiors?" If the
agent is civil, obliging sort of chap,
the operators and the baggage man are
the same. The other day, in little
own where was waiting for train,
/ 16-year- old kid was learning to be
IN operator I asked him three ques
ions, and the answers he gave me an6
The way he did 1t proved my theory.
Soon after the agent came in and his
lemeanor at the window and his treat
nent of the travelling public was al
most a duplicate Of the kids talk and
action. 1t was Dam hool senior and
Damphool junior Same way with con-
luctors and brakemen. Show me a
crouch for a conductor and I'll show
you groucher for a brakeman. It's so
every time, in the caboose, on the way
.reights. They are as alike as four
peas. II the new man, when he goes
% work, don't catch on, he don't stay
ong. He soon finds out IL the conduc-
or is white man, and becomes white
himself or gifts" All of which shows
hat travelling men notice things
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