The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-04
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following communication and poem from Mr.
r.upIass smyth az ia las;
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g. United Commercial IIa'eler@'
Dallas Texas November l. 1900, Sir:
1,,bt.o i'm. throrgh coma oId naners order
""''' 'He '"- -. ,.l.,,-.. ~,
boOha anu D'anh2' an N'"~i P'e"'-N
miners og the happy days gone By "heh
d, . follow, trnve.er and others awaited
80. s.. old IA ..,,
d Oe'"'oH jam S'N"U'A' Al -
~ some country Junction point because some
dusky s,n Of Ham, suddenly Awakening from
, area. OF his "laanan iliy" thought he
Eea:4 the trau blow and had called Us up
an hour aLeal of line adull across this
copy OF what is considered the Lest toast ever
oAlred ON he travelling nan. 1t gives due
lgeQIt no. only to the travelling man hilns Ii
IA contact in Whatever .ciry, / send ycl
d copy OF it, with tie hogu mat YOU Will
S yCuT spnda% '' DUNN N inc Pus With 6y
the way. IS source OF much pleasure 10
hSy.Ng iotned ether order while a trayeeI).
n'-py H friends and relatives Of me trayolas
man. thinking .ome Of tho boys would
',porec ale a cGpy OF tlis toast. as have
. ever re,ltCd IT, tn | did not have 10 follow
Inc recital with H. writrus Of several copies,
me-, Ie.e qurlag the lair Just ,l5stl taat
would send a copy of III, ~ S to the BAL
las council with he .sques, TIA. il be rub
he'd in their column al an cary date.
now WI take p .easure IN .aialIng NY promise
u the S'' aa ',@' in aS Sua days Pos. will say
here that first heard This to5st reci,ed by a
the iii CasRet company o, chicago. 1T a
/ h's fellows az the Menge. hotel n San An
| ionic in November. 1892. VINO is the author7
] ! do MOI tnow ar the eigh nj MS who were
j at W hat at dining and card at toast know
thus randy are we all travelling on the
r,.iroad of Time sending in our Orders
uyh CHI can not be- couuternandcd. and soon
we too viii nut down our grips and register
/ for tie last time at The King OF Kings Hotel
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THE TRAVELLING MAN.
Gould pour ar the nectar, that The colds only
can
I'd al I'm this glass 70 The br,r,;
And drink to the health of the travellnS
And the house represented by him.
,
And could tincture this glorious draught
'Twolild be with the laughs he so heartily
laughed
-'''0 ''' many SO'' ''N'' wat 10 '''N
rben ia drink n that sweetheart who haze
mem him q go 5c 'H'l' - ~ -' '''D
With a tenderness that thrills him cen to
/ tbig borr
As he tn thinks IoA Of that tear in her little browr
eye.
THAI sailed the sweet OF the kiss on he,
brow
Then with truest q, hearts and farrest III
hands.
I'd drink while she weeps her fond tears
Fof me near she most trusts Is travelling
And is warm ne the uIstor he veors
And ia drink IN the vounr wife u,bo U,t>
babe on her knee
So anxiously Watches each incoming train
| Who reads HE hrief Ietterq CO treYnuI,nsiv
And then. again and again.
Then I'd drink TO the dear. foetle. old fnothe,
!; who sits
Rv the warm fireside of her sor,
Who murm,rs and weens DOR tho stocr,p,
sho knis
Az she thinks of her absent on.
Then ia drink long ufe ,na health "a h,
friends "'' ~
Who have me-. him, NTH s,,iIe and wis
cheer:
And to the warm hand the stranger evtenh
To tho traveIinp rnsr Ionrre,ine, bors,
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And finally. when he's snISbsd Ijfs's earth
iy abode.
And has Maid the last fare that no car
Mine Hos. AZ tbe Inn =, Inc erd ~ T j,a.
; read u i'''' AZ '''0 N' VI '~A0
| Will Welcome the travelling Man"
An Old Travelling Man.
"Dmmmers Day" at the San Antonio fail
Was vrora ,,,a.os. e. -. 60,
,.;,As,srdI, 49,. w ~ ~
The boys were there in poodIv numhers nm,
as usual had good time Grand 1pn,o
Counselor b. X. lanes is a rovol ontertaina
and, assisted by san Antonio council, h
mao an the visiting U. c. Is. wish the da
Inlent De prolonged, His running mate, c
V, iiol'auu, president Post ID, T. d. A., al
Ways receives hearty handshake from mem
Ders OF both orders, Mir. Burrows, the Ma