The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-08-06

plan.
For he knows what Is good. does this
travelling man.

travelling man.
The place wnere the boys get tho
worst of the deal,
AT hotels, where they pay fifty cents
FOR meal
That farmer, who eats quite as
much. and will pay
Just one half, only costs him, one
dollar day:
It's beefsteak and pork chops, one
| hundred to ten
III they call off spring chicken, he will
get an old hen;
He Is out In all weather, hot, cold, dry.
or damp,
This much abused, mistreated. travel.
ing man.
IL for right or for wrong, they are
called on to choose,
They will fight for the right. some
will even fight booze
They all attend church and are friends
OF the preacher
And many one is Sunday school
teacher
If for any good office you have been
selected,
If friend of the boys, you will not
be rejected;
He is kind to the poor and will give
what he can,
This generous, kind hearted, travelling
man.
And now to be personal I'll mention
Whom I've met on the road I'm the
last year or two:
Have you all met my friend who sells
shoes, Colonel Bryce.
And have you all heard OF the lost
Charlie Rice?
There's petit Billy Jones, am sure
you all know,
He sells notions, and rags, John s.
Britain, st. Joe.
You have all heard of Lager, not
beer, but the man,
Who sells drugs from Sioux City, beat
him II you can.
II you know Brother Sam, you will
certainly ask
Why 1t is, he don't cover his face with
a mask;
But he's harmless, in fact he's as
meek as lamb;
He is known on the road by the name
Advo Sam.
There is Past Senior Counselor Cham
bers of fame,
And our own Senior Counselor Engle
by name;
There is Culbertson, Shaw, Thomp-
son, Lowery and Beel,
They don't pay cent and they ne'er
miss meal
g. e. Miller, who sells the King Alfred
las all his competitors beaten, by
far,
after lunch King Alfred you bet
you is nifty,
get for this mention, a full box of
fifty.
has. Sheeler is followed by cows
roundabout,
les dutch, and his pockets are Jam
full of kraut.
I'D Ex-Mayor Sturgeon, that william
GUS CRATER,
las new omobile-(applause, and
much laughter).
here is old sockless Gettinger, sells
ladies' hose
IT the Black Cat variety, nobody
knows,
he's married or not, nor cares, did
you say,
on't speak quite so loud, is his wife
here today?
gorge Spear is a travelling man of
the old school,
ut every one says, that his wife was
fool
o have married a fellow like him,
then they laughed,
hey say, she mistook him for Presi-
dent Taft.
am sure Mr.. Randklev will pardon,
this time,
let him down easy, while reading
this rhyme
ut l can't pass him by without saying
this much:
hat for selling fine queensware, the
Norsk beat the dutch;
o the rest of you gents, | can only
say this,
nd I'll leave it to any one if I'm
amis,
ou are just like the Indian and it Is
only when
oure asleep, or you're dead, that your
good travelling men.
have finished my speech, you are
glad, / can tell,
you've taken offense, you can all go
towel
'u can go to Sioux City, suburb of
Norfolk,
) is also O'Neill. Omaha and New
York;
It before have finished my rhyme,
/ would ask
lat you grant me favor, not much
of a task,
st word for to say, and I'm sure
that you can,
lat is, always speak we'll of the
travelling man.
Yours truly,
j. e. Erskine.
A Ball Game at the Picnic.
On account of the regular bali
)unds being covered with water Sat
lay, the game between the U. C. T.
the ElkS was POSTPONED until the