The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-13
DRUMMERS HONOR
NATIONS FATHERS
Standing Before Jamestown
Church. They Hear It's History
and Sing National Hymn.
THE TESTERS ARE THERE. TOO
"lgnatz" Members Keep Boat
Lively With Their Songs
and Franks.

Standing bareheaded before the little
church that Was built by the first white
settlers in Virginia the 500 members
ana guests Of tho Travellers Protective
Association. who made the trip to
jamestown yesterday, sung My Coun-
try. TITS OF Thee" with all the fervor
OF pilgrims before n shrine. The trav-
cling men have never failed TO get an
element Of the dramatic into all OF their
doinss. ANA the way they paid their
respects to the founders of American
liberty was the most impressive of all.
After the singing. Robert Lecky. Jr..
made speech 10 them, telling how the
FIRST English settlement had been
founded. and ct the vicissitudes OF fam !
iae and Indian war through which it
passed Then the delegates scattered
nl over the premises. examining every
relic, reading every inscription with
scrupulous thorouEhncss. and acquiring
souvenirs Is the CARLOAD. delegate
from Indiana summed up The whole
question TO the satisfaction Of his
fellows on his return to the boat
Just think he exclaimed in the
expansive Hoosier manner, this little
town is the mother. the father. the
cradle Of these whole United States.
Aim, II wonderful! III take beer"
Well Worth tho Trip.
Pccahontas made start that was
carly even for travelling man. every
hody was there when she footed away.
from the dock. and every one was in
tho best or spirits As the broad waters
Of the James touched with the morn
iuC light. opened before the delegates.
with the rolling wooded hills Oh either
Side. where stood white columncd Colo
nial mansions, the crowd was almost
awed into silence.
Its worth coming all the way from
Portland 10 see this" declared one.
The best thing we do back in oregon
is TO read about these things"
President George w. Rogers. of Post
A. aud others soon began hurting his
iorical information at the delegates
through meraphoncs; but the facts
did not impress them ns much as the
scenery, and soon half a dozen amateur
"spielcrs" sprang up. When the boat
passed bell buoy delegate from
Massachusetts announced:
THAT bell which is ringing to your
right was taken off the stcepie of the
Confede rate army when it fell
The beautiful residence which YOU
sec ola yon Mn" shouted another. us
built OF brick made In rittsburg by the
Penobscot Indians before the discovery
OF America.
The Massachusetts man came back
when the tall shaft Of the Jamestown
monument hove in sight
THAT monument which YOU see
ahead he told them, marks the spot
where half the Confederate army was
buried before lilac war
One Virginia Freak.
The joyous drumNcrs kept half :
dozen impromptu entertainments going
on the boat all of the time. one Of IN,
finds they made was a negro in til,
boiler-room. who could bend a red
hot iron bar with his feet. without suf-
feriuc the slightest Inconvenience. The
man. named John Small. was a rea'
curiosity. lie had not worn amy shoes
for thirty -four years. and the bottoms
of his feet We're as Callous as the hoofs
Of mule He made a great hit and
gathered wealth in quantities that al
most caused his eyes TO drop ont Of his
head He bent large crowhar, heat
ed until il was red. three times
number of quarte;s. choruscs AND
solists were rapidly discovered, and
there were songs going fore and aft al
All hours Kcssnichs Band generally
found itself reduced TO the position OF
accompan!St
Another badger eight. similar 10 IN,
one on the Richmond roof garden. WA:
held, one Mr.. BogGs. Of Buffalo y. y
being = most satisfactory victim Of the
soil lie sworc with lifted hand that II,
had no bets on the fight. and thor
pulled the roRe with that perfect fait,
IL tic result which belongs only I,
prophets and suckers The badgel
that Mas not there gave him the shocl
Q: his life.
Held Businens Session.
While the majority OF the delegate.
were layking, that austere body, tn.
national board. held protractcd meet
Ing In the captains cabin. to pass upoi
c!Aims y great many were disposed
or among them those Of 4. T. Wil
iingham, az Richmond, who was kille,