The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-27
Travellers Tales

Hon. William J. Price. who recently
returned home from Detroit, Mich,
where he attended the grand lodge OF
the Elks talks most entertainfngiy OF
an incident that happened to him while
he was in Cincinnati. After ATTENDING
the grand lodge he took a trip to
Pittsburg, Pa, and from there Jour
| neyed on down the Ohio river to what
he calls Porkopolis. otherwise Cincin.
natl. 1t was there he met a man In a
hotel who introduced him to another
and judge Of my surprise" said Mr.,
Price, when I found the mans name
was Patrick James O'Hare. Now. rye
gained considerable Of a reputation for
singing the beautiful ballad Of that
name" said he with a blush of mod
esty land thought / was being kid-
ded, but such was not the case far
the mans name was really p
OHare. and he said that he Ind trnced
his ancestry down from the time of the
sailor or that name who had broken
into Turkish harem and almost lost
MS life, this being the subject of the
beautiful vocal selection thar sinv 80
well. The Cincinnati man had pevar
heard the song, and sang It TO him
with the result that he has learned n
and while he don't cling II so wen as
do, have hopes that he wifi In thA
near future. There is touching SEN
tlment In the song that seldom fails
20 Rr1ng tears to the eyes OF all who
hear me sing IT. In fact. I might saw
that I sing this piece equally as well
as Sam Mcdonald sings that other
touching ballad so full OF sentiment.
entitled, Make Her Member OF the
Midnight Crew"
Harry Dodge is trying to figure ont
what something a man said ia hin,
means. The man stepped into the hotel
Yesterday at noon and asked for n room
that he had reserved and he gave his
name as William Johnson. and said
that he had ordered a room reserved
Tor him over ten DAYS ago. Mr.. DODGE
looked over the book and sure enough
there was the order for the room. ON
taking another look he found that Will
liam Johnson of Red Wing, Mimi. was
occupying the room while the man
who had really ordered IL was William
Johnson from WegdahI. MINI. Mr.
Dodge said he had asked the man his
rame and that man had said William
Johnson and he supposed the room
was for the William of Red wtaw. Then
Harry grew kind OF sarcastic for the
man made some reply and Mr.. Dodge
said You should have sent us your
photograph. We couldn't forget a face
Ike that" and here lis what the man
said and Harry don't know what II
means: Young man, your sarcasm il
only equalled by your simplicity.n
James Moses of Pittahurg, Pa, was
In the city yesterday and In the even
Ing was at one of the leading hotels.
Said he to The Forum: II was ont to
your state fair today and IT would do
credit to much larger and older state.
IT is a perfect exposition, one that il
a pleasure to attend I was pleased to
see that gambling devices. etc, were
not permitted to run on the grounds.
as well az to see class OF exhibits that
are shown. Really the fair il 4 fine
one. was also pleased at the races.
and the free shows were all enjoyable.
] didn't find dull moment and Of the
time / was there. Everything looked
well and all were arranged In the best
possible manner / have been 80 well
entertained that have decided to lay
over here another day and see the
sights tomorrow. You have d nice city
and . fine fair.v
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