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Show AN OLD NEWSPAPER MAN. A "Gentleman Who H Traveled Extensively Exten-sively Is at the I'lntab. Mr. V. J. Newtou of New York, Is stoppiug at tho Uintah. He has traveled trav-eled abroad a great deal, and being an observing gentleman, ho converses en-tortainingly. en-tortainingly. In 187U Mr. Newton started on a tour around the world to introduce tho Davis Verticle Feed sewing sew-ing machiue. He was absent threo years, during which time he visited New Zealaud, Australia, India, F.gypt, Italy, Switzerland and other couuiriej of Kurope. Mr. Newtou is an old newspaper correspondent. cor-respondent. During the three years he was abroad for the lirst time, lie wrote highly interesting letters to the New Yolk Ket'ormer nd the Jefferson county Journal. Hi foreign communications communi-cations were widely read and copied, as thev told in a common-sense way of the" lauds which were at thai time strango to tho majority of the readers of the journals he so ably represented. In is2 Mr. Mewton returned to Ku-ropo Ku-ropo and remained abroad for four years. Within that time he visited the capitals and chief cities of several countries coun-tries where he made numerous deslra-blo deslra-blo acquaintances. Mr. Newton has excellent judgment and on different occasions he was made chairman of the jury commiltees of the various international interna-tional expositions. It was while present pres-ent at n jury committee dinner lhat he was called on to respond to the United States as a manufacturing nation. This gentleman paid an eloquent tribute to the union, her people and industries, lie ha represented the Davis for twenty-six years. |