The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-09-19
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Work. We work. Why, We
might as we'll be laborin' men to-
once! None of that for me. There
is one city in the vest which l go;
into last fall, where they arrested US,
and put us 10 a stone-yard, breakin'
stone for the streets-Toledo. They
got me once and kept me at it. two
weeks. l wouldn't go within a hun.
dred miles OF that city, if | knew it,
for a fortune. Think of workin' ten
hours a day, and feedin' Us on bread
and water! They don't know how
to treat people ther'."
The v~agabond went away with an
expression of sadness on his counte-
nance. The remembrance Of bis
brief stay 10 Toledo, where the city
is wise enough to make them earn
the bread they eat, was too much for
him. He doubtless broOded over it
all the day.
What Toledo does, every town
and city in tie country should do.
The moment q beggar appears on the
streets of that city, he is arrested, is
taken to barracks provided for suca
cumberers of the earth, and if able to
work is set to breaking stone. When
fis time is up, he is given a loaf OF
bread and a piece of meat, and is dis
missed with the assurance
that if be returns be will be re-
tanned q still longer period
None of them return. Every State
in the Union ought. this winter, to
have legislation empowering magis-
trates to commit these pests, at sight.
The city will have fifty thousand of
them within its borders this winter,
who will go out as soon as spring
opens, to in fest the country. Every
one of them is q thief, wherever thiev-
ing can be done safely, and murder
is only abstained from because it isn't
safe. The tramp proper came to this
country from England, hpt it wasn't
long till tho American vagabond
adopted his tactics. They have
signs and language of their own, and
where one or two are seen, you may
be sure there are more. They work
10 gangs, and can be rallied within a
few hours. They are vicious, useless
and dangerous, and society owes it to
itself to extirpate them. There ought
to be the most stringent legislation
against them 10 all the States this
winter,
FnLiTIeAL.
We of New York are looking
~snxiously 10 the Western States that
hold elections this fall. II would be
a shame if the Republicans allowed
themselves, by apathy or any feeling
OF discomfort, to be beaten. Presi-
dent Hayes is the first man occupying
the chair, who ever attempted any
thing like genuine reform in the man
ageHent Of the Government, and if
the people desire reform, it is due
themselves as well as him, that this
fall they endorse him. Ohio and
Pennsylvania, ought both to be car
riod by the Republicans, by decided
majorities. Ii the Republicans of the
country could be here and know how
gigantic were the evils he attacked,
and how thoroughly he rooted them
out, they would be as enthusiastic for
him as we are. And ifthey could re-
alize how desperately the Democracy
are gghting to get control four years
from now, they would take Of their
coats and see to it that this, the pre-.
liminary ski-misb, is not lost. Let
them remember that ke has reduced
the expenses of the government. mill
ions. that he is purging the civil
service, and that BIO is doing all that
man cen d., to purify and reform the
government. and say by their votes
that they approve of 1t. 1t would be
a burning shame to lose the elections
this fall.
is letter and is getting better every
day. The southern MERCHANTS arp here
in great numbers, and are buying
largely. The crops are now certain,
and there Is no question az to there
being a large and healthy trade this
winter.
The North is a little behind, but they
are coming, and the stream is increas.
ing in volume every day. The
weather Is deliehfful. and the health