The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-25
EARLY HISTORY
 OF LOCAL POET
 NOW UNEARTHED

BEING THE TRUE LIFE STORY OF
 THE FAMOUS OLE o. MARC BRINE AS TOLD TO A BOSOM
 FRIEND UNDER PLEDGE OF | SECRECY.
 0. Leo Margarine, as near as we We can learn, was born in the town of Clinton, Ohio about the year of 1873. We are not certain whether he re ceived all of his education in the city of his birth or not, but he re- Ceived enough to make both ends meet He was of slight build and had a retiring disposition. He also had an appearance of innocence that would make a minister's son asham- ed of himself, but nevertheless he had a sense of humor that many an Engilshman would give anything | to possess.
 During the year of 1900 he went to Nome and being commercially in clined, he applied for a position with the N. c. Go. During his interview with the N. c. manager, he was told that the company required an ex- perienced salesman to sell goods on the creeks, for some of their articles acquired great strength in their old age and they had brand of butter l on hand that should have been al lowed to vote at the las. presidential election. The manager told Ole however, that if he could hand out line of "bull' strong enough to sell that brand of butter to the min CTS of Nome, the company would pay him a good salary.
 The following is a fair sample of the line he peddled to the poor miners:
 Gentlemen, we are making spe- cial price on our butter this fall and we want to do the right thing to all of our customers, so I am authorized to give you a special price on hun dled pound lots. Now l can testify tp the good qualities of this butter, for 7 have used it myself Of course l am new to this mining game but 1 was raised on a farm in Ohio and my father used this very same brand of butter in various ways. Our land was so poor that it would be impossible for a SCOtchman to make living off of it, and the most of the land was so rocky that we had to slice our potatoes and plant them edgeways; but on hearing of this special brand of butter we bought a tWo-pOund roll and spread it on ten-acre lot which was enclosed by high rail fence, and in the morning we found that all the rocks had dis appeared, and a neat stone wall en- circled the entire field, and the rails
 
 up in our back yard; later on a tea spoon full of this very same butter drew a siX-hOrse load of potatoes four miles to market, and eventually drew a prize of one hundred and twenty-five dollars at the Ohio State fair'
 Can you beat 1t?
 When o. Leo showed such marked ability as a salesman he was trans ferred to Fairbanks, and after living a good many years in our midst he acquired large bay window and a bald spot and during the early part of this year married a charming, young lady of Fairbanks, and has concluded to grow up with the coun- try, but in his old age he is getting childish and has developed a hobby which is: Poetry on Chechako Maids, BUT
 Life is real and we all know it,
 And things are not what they seem,
 But we can not all be poets
 Like o. Leo Margarine.
 So when you come to the Eagle dance Wednesday night we will guarantee that the ham sandwiches will be made with good butter and the cakes will contain no Olemarger- inc, and we will give you the best possible service. The clubrooms will be open and those who get tired of dancing, can amuse themselves in other ways, so come and join us in our merriment and have a good time Remember tomorrow evening at Eagle hall-5th and Cushman.
 Get your bread cakes, pies, dough- nuts and cookies at the U. S. Grill.