| Show AN INTERESTING TRIP As reported in The Herald yesterday Frank Burton known as the American Hustler has arrived in Ogden en route from New York around the world to New York By the condition of his wager Burton must not spend a cent and must earn 1000 during his travels People go around the world nowadays in all manner of ways for all manner of reasons and subject to all manner of restrictions This last method is certainly unique and while opinions may differ as to the wisdom of such a trip still all will admit ad-mit that a person making such a journey jour-ney must have a variety of interesting experiences A Herald reporter met Mr Burton yesterday at the fire station where he was the guest of Chief Binford and conversed for a quarter of an hour with the genial traveler How did you come to start on such a trip asked the reporter Oh we were talking of a fellow who was trying to do it in three years and I said that it could be done in half the time Davis and Keogh offered to bet that I could not and Richard K Fox who has backed me before in some schemes that were successful offered to back me for 5000 The bet was promptly covered and here I am You have to earn money and already al-ready have over half the sum how do you do it Oh in various ways That is the least of my troubles I advertise for people is one way For instance I exhibit ex-hibit myself and dog in some big shrew window I am a newspaper correspondent cor-respondent and also theatrical man I have traveled with John L Sullivans troupe with Jefferson Klow and Dr langers Brownies Low Dockstader Primrose West The Prodigal Father Fath-er and a number of other companies Sometimes I fall in with a minstrel troupe and have one or two special acts that the public take to and I can travel with them Then too I get 5 a week for wearing these shoes made by the Royal Shoe company of Boston Bos-ton and a like sum for taking a Monarch Mon-arch bicycle around the world with me I shipped It to San Francisco as I thought that there would be no need of it through this region What do you find Is the greatest obstacle ob-stacle to your progress The railrods Food lodging and laundry I can always get but transportation transpor-tation people are hard to dicker with Once 1 worked over the roadas train boy again newspapers have interceded interced-ed for me to get me tickets Harry Hynds gave me a ticket from Salt Lake here f What are some of the amusing things that have happened to you Well between Chicago and St Paul a brakeman told an Irishwoman Irish-woman that I was Fitzsimmons She cameover and gave me the greatest great-est tongue lashing I have ever had saying I was among other things no gentleman and a coward for beating a poor half blind man nigh unto deaths door Again I was held up in Chicago Chi-cago by a couple of half starved toughs They got no money and I gave them some sandwiches I had a whole grip full and they left never a crumb After that they refused to take these medals made from the two dollars first given me on the road Mr Burton has not decided when he will leave Ogden |
