Deseret Evening News | 1891-09-02 | Page 2 | No More Drummers

?!or llruittmvi, Thetrnielliimeii lu California ob-Jttt ob-Jttt to the uof the word "drummer.' at applied to member of their profee-lon. profee-lon. nnd a moement li on foot to aUdlkli the t frni. In olden time-, when Ituiiaihe wont of wuckr, faklra nnd Itinerant mountebaiika te make pirl odloal Ite to country towna on lunrkct dn)a, they would bwit u UIk drum to cull up a crowd 'llili waa Untied 'drtimmlnji fur traile." and It l pre. kumed, and lu fact Bincrnlly acccptttl, thntthU la the urltfin of the ulTetitlift name. It I Urunt-w that in Kunhiitd, ' v.hirethtesprolon wai (lit lmm.it Unuw iinht'nrd uf In couueetloii with commercial tnnelere. In that country traveling nlwiiu'ii nro cnlleil "ag-tm'ii, "ag-tm'ii, or "Lnlnlili of the jfripwick, but In no luktunce would any of tl.c fraternity cmintouanco kucli an appll ' cut Inn na that of "d rummer." Hnu I'raticuwo Merchant.