Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18

ness is DCnchcml TO our famlllcS III
more ways than one. distance lends
enchantmcnt ~ the view" and thus
our wives and children and sweethearts
have fewer opportunities to view our
entertainments, It is the only way we
keep the loom of love in motion with u
little New Yorl. Exchange about once
month, and we always receive bless
ings and bencdictions in exchange for
"thc aforesaid and the same There
is nothing SO necessary TO the comfort
of family as cash. II has been
thoroughly demonstrated by actual eX
pcricnce that our loved ones can do
without MS better than they can do
without cash; and, besides, we are
never al home to "bother EN-" There
is another good thing in this gone
ness'-wc 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 drun.mers.
But the real. genuine drummers are the
gray matter of commerce, the nerve of
tn le; they arc the active principle of
business; Their industry and energy
Shut the devil out of their brains and
bring the angels of happiness to many
heart and many home. They are
the song birds of civilization. the car
ritr doves Of peace and groceries and
general furnishing goods; they are the
honcybees CT thrift, and the merchants
arc their buttercups and clover bios
sons; they are the angels of comfort
and joy, and they carry in their grip
sIcks samples Of all the seasons.
If | were Il SCULPTOR | would chisel
from marble my ideal of progress.
would make it the form and figure of a
drummer with his gripsacli in his hand
-"loaded for bear
once heard man snccr at the
drummers, aud | said to him: "Sir.
what are we all. in every profession
and voca ton of life. but drummers?"
The politician drums for votes with the
drumstici of the American eagle. the
preacher drums for souls with halle
luahs ard the beautiful story of love,
the farmer drums the earth and his
lazy mn for bread, the lawyer drums
the jury ior his fees, the doctor drums
for hcal tn, the railroad drums for pas
scngcrs the hotel drums &c: guests, the
lecture drums just for fun and the
devil d'ums us all. >Thc best drummer
is the preacher, The bcst-drcssed drum
m II is ,hc drummer, and the best look
| ing drummer is the lecturer
II e"c is another class of drummers
which | was about to forget: they are
the editors who drum for hides and
scalps. ] am especially indebted to
this peculiar class of drummer5 for my
bald head, but-thank the Lord still
have some of my hide left; and yet,
when leave the field of politics and
come ont on the road with the sure.
enough drumners, the editors always
drum for me and Gil my life with hap,
pincss until forget my political
wounds and love the quill driver still
But, returning to the smiling subiec,
of this cpiStlc, | wish to say all the
good things | can for tho drummcrs
because they deserve much more thar
they receive. They arc the shermonIc
tcrsof prosperity and depression. Whcr
! sec the drummcrs busy in tho da,
and laughing in the hotels at night
and smoking and spinning yarns,
know that times are good and money i,
in circulation and that the country i,
in good conditions; but when | sec tn,
drummers droop and look sour ant
talk sour, when | sec them but few anC
! far between on the road, then | know
that money is scarce and that hare
times hang like a pail of gloom ovel
the land. The best sign of prosperit,
which ] have seen lately is the fac
that, with the return of the robins ant
blue the drummers are swarminl
like bumblebees arnong the fragrant
bloom of springtimc. and am swarm
ing with them, and receiving my share
of the honey.
The drummer watches the brow o
the merchant. II il is dark and cloud,
he knows that his prospect for hi,
sale is bad. In my trade | watch til,
brow of the skies, and if it is dark anc
cloudy feel rcyy sad. There is moth
ing which gives the lecturer the night
mare so surely and completely as ;
rainy night; there is nothing that kill
a drummer so dead as a drouth, ant
thus
This world goes roun' and roun','
sometimes we're mp. sometimes VIC re down,
but | feel sure that we get along abou
as well as other folks. Human life
both high and low, is game of seasav
from the cradle to the grave. The hes
hing for drummer TO do is TO be con
tented with his lot until he finds tn,
gap down leading into better lot thu
best way to find the gap down is t,
hunt for it; the best way to hunt for i
is to work and think, and save little
of what you get each month The frs
speech my mother ever taught me wa
:his:
Little drops OF water, little grains OF sand
Make tho mighty ocean and the beautiful land