Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-02-23
FOR THE DRUMMLRS.
DR.. Talmage breaches to the Army
of Commercial Travellers.
Cautions Them 10 start Right on
Their Journr, s-t'Ondcmns work
on the snbbath-Thc DUTY
Of EmPiOy

In this discourse DIR. Talmagr gives
words of good cheer to commercial
travellers aud tells of their safeguards
and their opportunities; text. Nahum
81. The chariots shall rage in the
streets; they shall iustlc one against
another in the broad Ways; they shall
seem like torches: they shall run like
the lighning>."
II has been found out that many of
the arts and di>co,crir> which We sup
posed were peculiar Ia our own age are
merely the restoration of the arts and
discoveries of thousands OF Wears nsu.
J suppose that the past centuries have
forgotten more than the present cen
fury knows, II seems To me that they
must have knoNn thousands of wears
ago. in the DAYS of Ninrvrh. of the uses
Of steam aud its application To swift
travel. In my text hear the rush of
the rail train. the clang of the wheels
and the tanning of the ear couplings.
The chariots shall rage in the streets I;
they shall justle one against anoth in
the broad Ways; they shall seem like
torches; they shall run like the light
ninG>."
Have You ever taken your position i'll
the night far ANA. from a depot along
the track waiting Ia see the rail train
come 1T full speed? At first you heard
in the distance a rumbling like the com
ing of storm; then YOU saw the fash
Of III, headlight of the locomotive a. il
h., ha
| wilder glare of the fer, eye of the
train as il came plunging toward YOU;
then YOU heard the shrek of the wills
tie that frenzied all the echoes: then
You saw the hurricane dash of cinders:
then You felt the jar of the passing
earthquake and You saw the shot thun.
| dcrbolt of the express train. Well, il
seems that We can hear the passing of
a midnight express train in my text
The chariot> shall rage in the streets
they shall justle one against another
in the broad ways: they shall seem like
torches: the, shall run like the light
rings.
halt the train long enoughI to get on
board. and go through the ears. and
find tltrcc-f ourthS of the passengers are
commercial travellers. They are Il folL
peculiar To themselves. easily recog
nizcd. al home on ALI the trains. not
| startled 10y the sudden dropping of tn,
brakes. familiar with all the railroad
| signals. can tell You what is the neNt
| station. how long the train will stop
what place the passengers take lunch
| con at. can give You information on al
| most any subject. are cosmopolitan. al
| home everywhere from Halifax to Sar
Francisco. They are on the eight
| o'clock morning train. on the nosr
| train, on the midnight train. You taxi.
a berth in a sleeping ear. and either
| above YOU or beneath you is one of thes,
| gentlemen. There are 100000 professet
commercial travellers in the United
States, but 5000 would no, include al
those who are sometimes engaged il
n,Attrr< t+~+ N fs 4 " ia a, Y
the rail trains. They have their ofiicia
newspaper organ. They have thei1
mutual benefit association. about 400,
names on the rolls. and have alread,
| distributed more than S2OO, 900 among
| the families of deceased members
| They are ubiquitous. unique and lre
mendouS for good or evil. All the ten
| denotes of merchandise are towar,
their multiplication. The house tina
stands back on its dignity and watt
| for customers to come instead of goins
| to seek bargain makers will have NOR,
| and more unstable goods on the shell
| and will gradually lose its control o
the markets. while the great. enterpris
| ing and successful houses will hay'
| their agents on all the trains, ant
their chario;s will rage in the streets
they shall jusile one against anothe
| in the broad ways: they shall seem lik'
torches: they shall run like the light
| rings."
| think commercial travellers car
stand sermon of warmhearted sym
patty If you have any words of goot
cheer for them. you had better uttel
them. II YOU have any good. homes
prayers in their behalf. they will III
greatly obliged to you. never knew
1 Il y
for. never knew man yet that die
not like To he helped. II seems TO M
this sermon is timely. NJ This season
of the year there are tens of Thousands
of men going out to gather the sprin.
| trade. The months of February ant
| March in all our commercial estab
| lishments are very busy months. In ;
few days our national perpleNiiies vii
be settled ana then look out for rn'
brightest ten years of national prosper
lily which this country has ever wit
messed. All our astute commercial mel
feel that We are standing AT the opening
| gate Of wonderful prosperity. Let th'
manufacturers put the bands OF
| their wheels. and the merchants open ;
new set of account books in place %
| those filled with long columns of bat
| de hts. Let us start on n new CONNER
cial campaign. Let us drop the old tun'
of Naomi" and take up Ariel or AN
tioch."
| Now YOU. the commercial traveller
have received orders from the head mel
of the firm that you are To start on ;
long excursions. You have your pat
terms all assorted and prepared. ho'
have them pu; up in bundles or case
aud marked. You have full iustruc
tons a. to prizes. You know on wha
prices YOU MAJ retreat somewhat. Io'
have YOUR valise or trunk. or both
packed. II were stranger. woult
have no right to look into that valise
but as ! am your brother. ] will taxi
the liberty. I look into the valise. and
congratulate you on all these com
Portable articles of apparel. The sea
sons are SO caangeable you have no
taken "a single precaution too many
Some night You will get out in the snow
bank and have to walk three or fou
miles until you get to the railroad sta
ton. and you will want all these com
forts and conyeuiences. But will yo'
excuse me il make II suggestion or tw'
about this valiss? You say: Certain
ly; as we are having n plain. frank tall
! will not he oife nded at any honorable
suggestion"