The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-15

in your flight Of things to eat and
things TO wear; | sing of the stuff that
dreams are made Of You sell soap;
peddle sentiment You deal in dry
goods; deal in notions, but sometimes
my goods are dry You carry hardware;
i use few augers in my trade. You
worry the flesh; cruelty the spirit
Your wares are "of the earth, earthly
mine are of the wind windy.
So here we drummers GO, drumming
and humming, and loving and laughing
and singing.
Punlng and blowing,
Fiddling and bowling,
Samping and showing,
Hearts overlooking,
Going, going, goins-gOue!
We are always gone, but our gone
ness is beneficial to our families in
more ways than one. Distance lends
enchantment to the view" and thus
our wives and children and sweethearts
have fewer opportunities to view our
entertainments. 1t is the only way we
keep the loom Of love in motion with a
little New York Exchange about once
a month, and we always receive bless
ings and benedictions in exchange for
the aforesaid and the same. There
is nothing so necessary to the comfort
of a family as cash. 1t has been
thoroughly demonstrated by actual eX
perience that our loved ones can do
without US better than they can do
without cash; and besides. we are
never at home to bother EN- There
is another good thing in this gone
ness''-we are at work. There is no
doubt but that IAN idle brain is the
devils Workshop" and it might be
added that idle hands are his drummers.
But the real, genuine drummers are the
gray matter Of commerce, the nerve Of
trade they are the active principle of
business their industry and energy
Shut the devil out Of their brains and
bring the angels of happiness to many
a heart and many a home. They are
the song birds of civilization, the car
rier doves of peace and groceries and
general furnishing goods; they are the
money pce9 Vi ILIlll' anu INe uiEINi'dllt9
are their buttercups and clover bios
SONS; they are the angels Of comfort
and joy, and they carry in their grip
sacks samples of all the seasons.
If | were a sculptor l would chisel
from marble my ideal OF progress l
would make it the form and figure OF a
drummer with his gripsacl in his hand
LOADED for bear
once heard man sheer at the
drummers, and / said to him; Sir,
what are we all, in every profession
and vocation OF life, but drummers'
The politician drums for votes with the
drumsticlI of the American eagle the
preacher drums for souls with halle
luiahs and the beautiful story Of love,
the farmer drums the earth and his
lazy mule for bread, the lawyer drums
the jury for his fees, the doctor drums
for health, the railroad drums for pas
sengers, the hotel drums for guests, the
lecturer drums Just for fun, and the
devil drums us all The best drummer
is the preacher, the best-dressed drum-
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