St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-03
Evangelist Jones Finds a Reason for
Giving tnis Title to the Com
mercial Travellers,
And Proceeds to Read Them a Lecture on
the Temptations of the Man
on the Road.
A Third Glass Dog Better Than q
Ftrst-Class Drummer OF
Vicious Habits.
He Foregoes Giving Fatherly Advice
on Account of the Presence OF
Sweet Faces.
Jones TO the Drummers.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, April 2.-Farwell hall was
packed to an uncomfortable degree at noon
to-day, the entire seating capacity and every
square inch of standing room being occu-
pled. The space IN the lower part of the
room between the TWO main aisles was set
apart Tor the commercial travellers. Three
hundred would be a fair estimate of the
NUMBER OF the gentlemen present. Mr..
Samuel Petrie, one of the travelling repre-
sentatives of Selz, Schwab & Co., led the
meeting. After couple of hymns were
sung Mr.. j. V. Farwell read the Scriptures.
ana MI. Joseph SmithsOn offered a fervent
prayer for the spiritual and material
interests OF the Travellers association. Mr..
Jones began his discourse by calling the
travelling fraternity ''angels of commerce"
VINO dluered from the angels of old, mas
much as their visits We're mot few or far
between" Their power in numbers and in
nuence was great, and if such power could
be directed for good, what wonders could
be performed in the advancement of the
morals OF the community. He acknowledged
that it was
HARD FOR A COMMERCIAL MAN
10 De religious. Now, let me show YOU
why. Let us get the subject well in view,
as the negro preacher said at the funeral.
and he proceeded to read letter from a
New York member of the association,
which backed up his assertion in a brief
and pointed way. The writer stated the
difficulties he experienced in leaving off
drink, profanity and the use of tobacco. but
glorled in the fact that recent conversion
helped him to cut himself aloof from all
these evils. Mr.. Jones said that if such
vices were npOpccarv m molra an crood oor,
merclal man he would rather be a third
class dog than first-class drummer. A
drummer can expect nothing but evil in his
lite II he resorts to bad means to
gain his end. Card playing in Quiet
MOTEL corners, and treating customers may
work well for while, but the time comes
when such means must fail. If it were not
that some sweet faces in bonnets were
present to-day would tell you something
l know about you fellows, and give you
some good fatherly advice, but consider
have said them, for you know just what is
in my mind. Presuming that some of his
auditors were engaged with
WHOLESALE LIQUOR HOUSES,
he remarked that he would rather go to the
poor house and die there than sell whisky
in any quantity. He made an appeal for 8
combination against dishonesty and dis
nonest methods OF doing business, and eX.
horted all to keep pure in mind and speech,
to avoid spicy stories, so-called, and all
lOw-toned and low-lived companions. Mr..
Jones then directed his talk to
the parents in the audience, and made some
feeling remarks and telling points. listened
to with great interest. Then he branched
OFF into strain of humor and talked about
wives, divorces and hen-pecked husbands.
A great deal of humOr wac oooaeionad bx,
arequest for all who were not church mem
bers to stand up. Two courageous chaps
in front got to their feet and faced an up
roarious peal of laughter. which Mr. Jones
heartily Joined in. The speaker then re-
sumed his earnest manner and proceeded to
exhort with spirit and eloquence. Mr..
Jones concluded by asking all those who
could pledge themselves to lead better life
to rise. The audience arose en- masse and
then slowly and with seeming reluctance
filed out of the hall.