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Show FfLLOW-TRAVEF.ERS. FlJKMOST, I'. P. R. ) March 2.5, 174. j That "misfottuno makes strange bcd-fcllows" and that "politics produces pro-duces imcxpecled combinations," arc sayings no tritcr than that traveling introduces one lo queer types of humanity hu-manity as well as numerous acquaint-; 1 anccs. Our crowd at the present time is composed of the usual kind of traveling trav-eling material a mixturo worth studying. Two Beats behind us are four gentlemen faithful devotees of euchre, who play with an- assiduity that indicates a determination to finish fin-ish a specified number ol games before be-fore reaching Omaha, or "perish in tho attempt." Ono of tho quartette, with beard trimmed a la tho Great American Smilev, contrives to have a quarrel about every alternate Irick, when his voice rises from a semi-Pecksnifiian semi-Pecksnifiian tenor lo a threatening and dictatorial bass. Hois the tyrant of the game, tho incipient Napoleon who would crush and win by wcuup d' ctal. Ho spent all of last Sunday in Salt Lake ai d between "hands" is at pains to announce that his opinion of the place and people is not flattering, albeit he thinks that it is better and more honorable to have a plurality o( wives than to keep a plurality of wo- men, the latter practice, he saysj be- ing moro common than un traveled people are apt to imagine. j Near by are a few gentlemanly "drummers," ono of whom, Mr. Tarker, of Meriden, Conn., deals in grave articles no pun, undertaker's furnishings and tells with unctuoue-ncss unctuoue-ncss how Luther G. Riggs, local of 1 the Meriden Reporter, tyoko of himself him-self and "John" of the N. Y. Sun as a couple of "jovial bummers!" Another An-other is Mr. D. M. Kuowlcs, representing repre-senting J. A. Monks & Sons, North Second street, St. Louis, Mo., who returns from Salt Lako after having opened up a good trade. He is a genial gentleman, "O. K.," twho discourses eloquently on " 0. K. whisky," and believes that there should be an umbilical business cord between St. Louis and Salt Lake. With this opinion it is natural lo think he will visit it again at an early date, and he fixes August as the 1 time. ! Next comes that most interesting of sights a young mother, in this case tripled, all looking handsome aud happy, vith lino, bouncing, healthy babies. Tarkcr of the grave goods is 1 susceptible. Underneath his vest is n I heart of which any "drummer" migni nc prouti, una wmcn no 011111-mer" 011111-mer" ever yet possessed. His glancing oye lighted on a- fair young thing, that mixture of a blondeand brunette always so attractive to susceptible natures lik his. He was politely attentive, at-tentive, and viewed with a blending of pity and contempt the savage glances cast upon him Ly a burly spedmcnof the yniu Ami,who didn 't relish the attentions. ' P. dandled a baby of which he thought the lady fair was aunt, and showed how expertly qualified he was to be a patter fami-lias; fami-lias; all of which was happiness to him and apparent gall to his rival; until the lady relieved him of the baby and proceeded to dispense to it the required lacteal aliment, while the "rival" quietly seated himself beside her as tho father of the babe and husband of its mother. Alas poor P. ! But liis equanimity and good nature were imperturable. Another of the party is a gentleman in the insurance interest, who will bury himself in the most alwtrusc calculations cal-culations and powerful amibinations of figures between paragraphs from the latest scientific sorial. He is Mr. Potter, late ofSall Lake, now of San Francisco, who'being in the "fire" business never talks "shop" unlcwt the subject is introduced; an intelligent intelli-gent gentleman, excellent company, and "loss" at "Casino." : Then come a couple of gentlemen, subjects of IJueon Victoria, who devote de-vote themselves to eearte and study-1 ing a railroad guide said to have had its origin in China. It was some time before anybody knew whether they ! talked Hindostajico or puro Dutch, so silent were these children of f,ho "sea-girt isle," until a chance remark re-mark rovcaled that one waj a North Briton and the other npoko with an unmistakablo English accent. 1 Besides these uro a French Canadian, Cana-dian, who reached Kelton on Sunday night by ox-team and stage from Portland, -Oregon,' bound for '! la belle France;" a 1 California!! who made the overland trip ri '50, and new goes cast to hunt up friends of more than " twenty years ago;" and two or three others traveling eastward east-ward on business. Such is the company com-pany that has been making the trip overland together, anil viowing thorn all ami the surrounding circumstances, circumstan-ces, our friend M. quotes Crosbio and exclaims "tCood enough, Governor !" E. L. S. |