The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-01
a ChapIain-s Happy Talk.

Following is the address Of Rev ". NJ
Anderson, delivered on Drummsrs' day
October %. at The Dallas State fair:
Ladies Travelling Men ana Gsntlerren--
congratulate rysel. upon being psr-nlftted
to be present today ana take paa1 with you
in these exercises urer you my sinoerest
coincidence because Of YOUR pressnne
feed rnysslf put 10 q considerable dis
advantage by being compelled to FELLOW
the distinguished Gentleman who prec dsa
me He is your National champion known
not only in name TO the Nation, but in
Person 10 number 81 y0u travelling men.
AS ] an such stranger permit 3 few
refe'r@Dces 10 myself The aus long fs-d
dream OF my buyaaod WIS to be q drum
rnsg. Marry time have ] sat on chair
with my tess on rounds. NY elbows on my
hnSfs. my thin enrased IL my haDda With
sAuosr- like eyes and via cptn racuih and
lis,sl with rapture to the "details of The
adventure tun and fction as narrated by
me drum tner's who visited my fAtbsTs
ho-ns. While posted in jackson Tenn ]
was ohaplaln Of Pest y Of ihs Travellers
protective Association and have been in
formed by some one that an now acting
ctlaflAl1 q M g. OF The United CONNER
GIL Travellers OF this city. On ire ground
OF these two facts may not elsir- Ia be
one Of you? Or had not better or rather
sssF, one OF lss Al yo1r National chaplain
spoke direct to you, gentlemen. had ]
better rot sT.e,Ek To the visitors WIS are
present and describe us TO them who
veaatr what We are and what these initials
ana designs stand fer We are d grxar
body, numbering 500 200 had Il Down
900, bun DIR, Wilson. who krlJws bstfsr
Than ]. satd 30a,no1. We carry about in orr
rl.S-sr ra- nrn
not got very much with az today We 60
every where. sen everything TO almost
everybody. We are unaiks the ls1shrnau's
nea, pal rctE finger ON Us and We are there
Press the button and our or5er sheee. The
trims and the freight trains via do the
resi- We aSe always yoans nen We az
Young VS. rfeTer gspw Old. The French
have p,oFcEfe. a rnsn Is Is ola as his
hea-t According 10 fhax y drummer IS a
Toy forever. Tier may have Travelled with
Pine Buff house far tre years ard then
been with a Memphis house tea Years and
been Wiz Cur present firm in Philadelphia
eighteen re2rs hNs we are still Young men
II Won TEA DIR pulse and llsasn to oar
heart bat and watch abe Sunshine that
bursts from cur smiling faces you wll
see that We are still hors
] confess that for 3 laas time wondered
what thsss Initials might stand fer. L c
r r. A. What did thSy rnEar. Now, I m
cefslAna fully They st21d for nrconnan
travelling pSsss1ger agents. We are az mis-
Tor We sell things aud some times sell
pfoGss. We are Passenger agents because
We p2sS AL iAFoagh the couatry and travel
tnf world oFaE In every nefaon ard dnn't
travel On passes either. We are travelling
PASS niger sgelts hCn1nse we are always
Oh rs 90. We are the uncorn ulon pass niger
aSents in the sense that We sra 2 solii
body Of men We are noted for what these
SIX initials stRnd 70. and nean-
wiil my let F0n into the SECRET hy tell
Ing you whGl ihssz six letters stand fo-
trbSns.y. Charity. Temperance Tact, "a.
tss2ce. -Asscaast4oH ~ al snan srz,np M,
= r1are noted for his u-b2nisy Than the
trAreiing lnzn- II. is AlwAvs zcreatle Ifl
you ftra nan VITO is not sgrsaA.e in rs
snanGer toward yoa. in his dealings Nit.
yoc- ne is'tilAsr a preacher or a merchant.
Chs day, in going from ChA,aanooea 10
NashHisle- and Sinasag in and au, among
those oeapttfna mountains, and leaning for
ward toached. SIS l snvpos- drummer
on The scat IN fgcnt Of me, and said. -sThi,
: the most beautiful scenery I ever saw"l
Then roiiese that he Sas "a. a drummer
tes tnrning With frorn apsa his face. be
esH' Scene-T. fo9 can't see ANYTHING
ioS all those halls. an from Texas. where
YOU can see thirty miles az a stretch .
Knew he was not srunrssr by the froxu-
lnS answer DrG1mers sre noted for ihci,
charity, Nnertver there Is IN Opportunity
iO- sesrny II goes through q drarnns-,s
hFarl zr1 so0ehes that pocket nerve ~hirN
: 80 sensitive in some psapse and opens
wide that rocket
lht Nore Tact more faliy describes the
srne crUnrDer Tran any other word D-s,-,-
fneFs are born not made rNer mus, r,av
rfet 70 do ara when 10 4, IT. Now ssr
fa,t7ce drummer ix ursarraszea us
faS W Kind way with al so-ts ~