The New York herald., 1874-08-14

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Sr s n1s .Ss what wss or
eessity lor sinsls vaerans cSid il the nsssopo- DO
vs9rsnsa Tor not only are there spsca
societies ior sns sged pooT Dut the Commissioner
cases. '10u
IN. .v9 y5F X LAWS tss srEa5G sssI3 70 yAsstSsI
more lenient to vagabondage and yaarsncy than
those OF the New England States. Here poverty Y
There It Is treated almost Is 3 crime. No msi9ss
now now long 2 man may i've 10 New EngIand Il be
there or learned trade or been born there, be
constdered as = non- resident; he has no citizen
ship, and IN case OF becoming poor no IL driven
man mas At one time lived lived IL Nov New Yort & NV
YORK is bound to 'see him through IN his ener.
tie q S1 hs s + oos
vagsncy. y.-thoueh from its abundant wealth and
smar as ssn o o SsT o5
occsslonaliy our Commissioners Of Charities
or south ~ lar rs Philadelphia; but Is a rule Ne1
York city not only furnishes more than her numeri-
tnsn her fair equlvalent OF the poor and NEEDY.
FIGURES OF wAxA wRATHxR vAGABoNDAGE.
number Of our paupers In the public iostitutions
diminishes during the summer, ana while Z num-
Det oi men anu women ma WORK. the total num-
sSou the same large number r mee se as%ain
that they cannot we'll freeze or starve ii the sum
mer, preferrtng TO be idle rather than 10 lab0r n
Is also iact that the poorhouses OF the rnra d,s
tricts are fuller in summer than In winteY.
house to country slmshouse just Is our civ rich
travel from c,ty palace to country palace. '''A
"RIcKErY JoE'-suhnEE . FROM vAdaANr rour
The life OF . vasrans 10 bad enough at the best
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semblo those ot Naples In all respects but the azi.
IS asy =. r Is aoco
ice are restless One tramp assured shs writer writer
that he mad walked to and ir0 between Hoboken
and Greenpolnt and between Sputyen Duyvl snd
the Battery, over 100 miles In the last ten DAYS.
day and in the City Hail PARK the next his oniy
way Of locomotion being on foot. In TACT the ma.
to this TACT may be attributed the accompsnyinr1 r
isct tnss the majority oi our vagIsnts enjoy the
m0s Hsa nss vnc many miller
old tramp Of some ten years. standing assured the
HERALD representative that since 1852 he had only
been sick three times-abOut 2 day each. NOT
counting lew days tootnache--and YET, Outcde q
the almshouse and the station house, he had never
'sRs pssps ets 'ess may b. .ssn .
typical specimen Of one class Of vAgrants. He u
% a .n% man xnas us e az z
and hs claims TO have oeen born ia New YORK CITY,
IN the Sixth ward. He is uil Of "reminiscences and
Is svery garrulous. He Is the beauideaI Of = sum.
mer vagrsnt. He ioves warm weather. He sleeps
or along the docks, and says he mas plenty of com
pany-ln lact, ne complains OF being sometimes
station houses though, II he can aud one, ne prc.
iers TO sleep, or at ieast 20 pass the night
en- Es S u -. nm
himself Of some Of tie local cppcrtunisss ss ~
night after night Ia the public parks and has scpS
many q moonhght night among hidden benSs
and ns s ssss 10. ss' = 7:
As Sss %e e
hun i've i've u s6s summer ssns ss isSls and Sosss as
Ssa sns sns
u A4i ;P:as Il
H also ssss ..P ana fSss se.9 g:
d dres:ns @ he wasds!s about and IL iuc1 may
medically. At noon he rests under tue tfess IN
managed 70 PICK up q stray newspaper, witch s
reads with gusto: Joe y pretty well "pcsted" %
ior hours, then towards evening he begins to tramp.
tramp, tramp; one day one way, another day
dnnsr as h he rot his nreakisst ana sasn proeseds
TO enjoy himself in the evening, Tor even Riokety
Joe does enjoy himself and the evening u his
special time for pleasure. Then he wandefs along
the cool streets then he lounges on the bencnee At
the parks. then he sees whatever sights are to b.
seen; then, II he iees like it. he goes TO the docks
and taxes plunge, not being AFRAID that anybody
Will rob him OF his wardrobe. II he is In luck hs
begs or buys glass Of lemonade from some strees
stand. or even indulges IN the luxury oil pipe oy
a quid converses with such OF his fellow vagrants
AZ he chances TO meet, and then goes to bed, -
he did the night before.
.'Rickety Joe" contrives to get summer suit
by bits or instaments. At present he wears an
discarded an old vest, In which he was arrayed
last winter. But as the summer advances he viii
probably contrive 10 get pair Of summer panss
light II possible; he prefers light clothes. he now
wears an alpaca coat, h0wever-blAek but faded.
His pressing need, he says, is pair Of shoes, hia
present pair are not only patched but bursted.
Sucn is "Rtckety Joe," and such are hundreds
IKE him IN this CITY Of New York to-day. snch ts
"Kickety Joe, and as he lives so live hundreds oa
workless hopeless, aimess, and yet oven thuS
not, during this summer weather at least utterly
wretched.
It is estimated by those who have had opporsu-
mites OF judging and who have given thought To
the matter that there are at tho present time IN
the city OF New YORK about 100 vaHrants; that the
number OF men and women who sleep ont of doors
in doorways wagons, areas, parks, &C., exceeds
1000. and that there are at least 500 human BE-
ings IN this, the largest city OF the American Con-
tinent, who during the cheated term" 1--we upon
what cheap or rotten fruit they beg what else
they can literally "pick up"-upon nothing else.