Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-21
TIE DRUMMRS.

turIished the OCCASION for: fthe
outpouring 0; drumners ever
TeXls or IN the south. On every
EST night and this morning they
10 f)rc5, Upon their sIrivAI they
.sz d ~ some member Of the lgcsl
littee and hebsdged and welcomed.
sngel CT thsm knew be WAS wei
and with Characteristic mo6esty
the town aud put it in
pocket. Ha knew II was
he wsnted it. and he made NO bones
taking it. All Throughout. the night
foxes were unloaded and tae town
wed u1til its sides were sore.
$50 arummers sre clever lot Of fell
They are ell youthful, sharp,
Flsted, enterarising and jolly. The
youthful is ussd advisedly,
: is applied TO Msior Pet:igrew
Colonel Brewer Just like
Stockton, Jackson md Longley.
ft, Major Pettigrew seemed to be
angSsl In the crowd of 1921 drum.
hst were in line TO day. AS he sat
charger, li.tle Denver deep
poem YVES recalled and changed
title.
Dr. and the drummers we're there,
- the gates of the Dallas State Fair
ma ior t. the drummers, "Boys, let us
tn;"
e trummers to the major, "Of course
u go In"
and the ID jor went in,
And the drummers did 100;
And the fun did begin,
And lasted the day through.
ose OF d ~ the ma ;or came out,
close of day the crummers came out;
ie knew what the other had been about.
I'D goOp time-an were well fed
~. ms jor nor the drummers were
- Sired TO finish this re-
od4 sginning i. will be re-
The ne was formed st the
hotel Sbout 10 O'Clock. a local
AIDED the procession followed by
|dtpolice ;siter these carriage con-
Colonel Crawford and Senator
the speakers Of the day, and then
toramegcial travellers marching By
Each wore . ST. ?. rbadge
earned cane. II was az fine body
len IS was ever seen anywhere and no
Nd OF the came size ever carried
ser amount OF intelligence. They
|rched MP Main street to Sycamore snd
wn Elm to Lamar, thence to the
Exas and Pacific depot, where
Hess. took the train for the fsir grounds,
Eyinag there little after IL O'Clock. At
rounds they formed in line sgsin
ID nlsiesNd to "Drummers' Headquar-
re-" near she eastern extremity Of the
rounds. here the line broke and seats
ere taken. Colonel ". L. Crawforda
len, on behalf Of the Fair Association |
I'd the city CT Dallas, delivered brHf
at elegant address OF welcome. Senator
aker Gf Woco WAS introduced as thaT
:ator Of the day, aud for thirty minuses |
ltertsined the large crowd. He medg
SPY good points, that called for trequenf
Id hearty applsuee. He ssid everything Ell
'od Of the drummers that cogdbei
DIVIDED In @ hslf hour speecF and
u only the dIummers bat all the ef1Ea
business men ard ladies present en-
yed the address. Every drummer pres
i felt proud OF his calling end had a
yht TO. The business men were proud
their missionaries OF trade. The whole
wu vas proud CT them.
After the speech Iice lunch was
Wed. During the feast many brilliant
iDgs were said. For an hour they en-
rtalned themselves as only drummers
u, and then they scattered. They were
on smong the ladies going through the
.rious departments q the fair. The !,
y was enjoyed by every enc Of theuf1
ne races and various exhi oitP, fakes and
lie shows were taken in thoroughly, and
night, IS remarked in tie verse
the beginning, :tey all came out
turned 10 the town to make pIeparn
DIS for the grand ball II the Merchants
Ichsnge.
THE FAIR.
The tenth day OF the Texas State Fair
q Dallas EXPOSITION was almost as
eat 5 success in point OF attendance as
st OF the ninth. There were not go
any children, but the este receipts were
,ger. The westher, though little
Of, wss pleasant enough. It was not
e of these
MELANCHOLY Gays
The sadde.t of the year:
l.ss fnr htct1y l.