The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-13

nve ever get back North. And then |
/ don't like niggers, and yoa hare
to do great deal Of stsyin' With
'em. Niggsrs ain't to my tssta. I
never did Ike EN-, and I cau't OVER
come the prejnslis. They ess =
Don't you fpd \ ~ - hard - /
fnd coufortable plpcs6 y sleep, il |
the cityf'' ~ 81
"Sometimes. Now and then We
git into the station house, and there
are always empty boxes, and warm
corners. It aii't rs pleasant ~ the
Windsor Hotel, but we are satisfied"
"Why don't you try work little
whilew The mans face took q Gu
rious expression.
"Work! We work! Why, we
might as we'll be labrin men to once!
None of that fer me. There is one
city in the West witch got int last
Fall, where they arrest us, and put
us in stono-yard breakin' stone
for the strcets-Toleds. They got
me once, and kept mo at it two
weeks. l wouldn't 90 within hun
dred miles of that city, if / knew it,
for fortune. Thinko of workin' ten
hours day, and fsedin' us on bread
and water! They don't know how
to treat people ther'."
What Toledo does, every city and
town in the country should do. The
moment a beggar appears on the
streets of that city, he is arrested,
is taken to barracks provided for
such cuinberers Of the earth, and if
able to work, is set to breaking stone.
When his time is up, he is given .
loaf of bread and q piece Of meat,
and is dismissed with the assurance
il he returns he will be retained .
still longer period. None Of them
return. Every State in the Union
ought, this Winter, to have legisla-
lation empowering magistrates to
commit these pests, at sight.
Tramps have signs and language Of
their own, and where one OF two are
seen, you may be sure there are
more. They work in gangs, and
can be rallied within q few hours.
They are vicious, useless and dam
gerous, and society owes it to itself
to extirpate them.
We Of New York are locking
anxiously to the Western States that
hold elections this Fall. 1t would
be shame if the Republicans al
lowed themselves, by apathy or any
feeling of discomfort, to be beaten.
President Hayes is the first man
occupying the Chair, who ever at
tempted anything like genuine re-
form in the management Of the
Government, and il the people de-
sire reform, it is due themselves as
well as him, that this Fall they en-
dorse him. Ohio, and Pennsylvania,
ought both to be carried by the Re-
publicans, by decided majorities.
If the Republicans of the country
could be here and know how gigan-
tic were the evils he attacked, and
how thoroughly he rooted them out,
they would be as enthusiastic for
him as we are. And if they could
realize how desperately the Demec-
racy are fighting to get control four
years from now, they would take of
their coats and see to it that this,
the preliminary skirmish, is not lost.
Let them remember that he has re-
ducsd the expenses of the Govern
ment, millions, that he is purging
the civil service, and that he is do
ing all that man can do, to purify
and reform the Government, and
say by their votes that they approve
Of it. 1t would be q burning shame
to lose the elections this Fall.
Business is better and is getting
better every day. The Southern
merchants are here in great number,
and are buying largely. The crops
are now certain, and there can be
no question as to there being large
and healthy trade this Winter. The
North is q little behind, but they
are coming, and the stream is in
creasing in volume every day. The
weather is delightful, and the health
of the city good. PIETRo.