The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-27
Travellers Tales

"a railroad conductor has got to be
a synpathizing man." said the old
traveller yesterday evening as he had
just alighted from a Northern Pa
cific train. II suppose he hears more
tales of woe in a weeks time than
even the miGister Of a poor parish. /
was watching our conductor on the
train from st. Paul and saw how he
had to listen to the troubles Of others
First women stopped him and told
him she was on her way home to a
point in Minnesota to see her SON who
was very Ill, and as she talked the
tears came to her eyes and in a few
moments she was sobbing. The con-
ductor looked embarrassed, but he
placed his hand on her shoulder and
told her to cheer up, that matters
might not be so bad as she thought.
1t wasn't more than a Minute after
that until fat man began to roll his
eyes, and when he called the conductor
he asked to have a cinder taken from
his eye and this was done There
was a young girl on the train, just
longing to talk to some one, and she
didn't appear to care much who, but
she was a trifle shy, and she spoke to
the ICON" two or three times and ask
ed him some trifling question. Finally
she called him over and then she
asked his advice about whether she
had better disobey her aarents and
run away and get married. OF course
ae told her that it was best for her to
take the advice of her parents, unless
they were obdurate and knew some
thing against the young man, but IL
there wasn't and she was old enough
to know her own mind to go ahead,
and she said she would, but I don't
know whether she meant to take her
parents' advice or run away and get
married. 1t was the same way the
whole trip. Men, women and even the
little ones had something to ask of the
conductor a-H he treated them pleas
antly, although at times I knew he felt
like going off into baggage car SO he
could be alone"
Clint Smith OF this city who travels
for cigar house, was in a talkative
mood yesterday, as he wrote his name
on the hotel register and then added
New York" When asked what he did
that for he said:
We'll, when first I gave up the an
vii and forge to become a knight Of
the grip, it seemed to me right and
proper that register from New York. |
and this was what I did the first trip |
found when I got back from that |
first trip that hadn't sold as much |
goods as had my predecessor, and |
there were several people over the |
state who said they would prefer to
buy from Fargo man than a New
Yorker. They appeared to be half |
afraid OF the eastern man, and pre-
ferred to trust the North Dakota type |
After that I always signed Fargo and |
my sales never fell short again, but |
have always been on the increase. You
don't know, but certain 1t Is that Far
go has got fine reputation in North |
Dakota. People very generally ali |
over the state are proud of the great |
est little city in the world. Why did |
registered from Now York now?
Oh, that's an easy one. Here in Far
go some of the people stand in kind /
Of an awe Of q New Yorker. OF course |
registered that way just for fun to- /
day, but in case you were q new clerk /
you'd do Your level best to give me |
the best there is in the house, but as /
am simply one of you, well, / take /
what / can get and ho'd my peace. Oh. /
I'm from New York all right, about I
1900 miles from there" and he gave /
= laugh and Jack Nicholson wondered
Ehereat.