The daily gazette., 1878-06-25
Letter from a Tramp.
EXPERIENCE ON THE RoAD-How
PEOPLE RECEIVE AND TREAT
TRAMPS-WHAT A WORKING
WOMAN SAID, AND
WHAT HER WORDS DID

FOR THE TRAMP.
can't write handsome or college style
but l can spell. fyou want to print
this letter, print it. 'ris the best | can
do. l was on the tramp few months
ago as bad as the rest, but have you got
out of the devilsh web, and would like to
tell those who are nhw trotting around
the country to to quit it and go to work,
as did, and in short time they will
have both money and friends.
| will give you the history of my last
days tramp. Arrived in a town where l
now reside, about daylight one morning
without cent and poorly clad. At the
first three houses l visited l was ordered
OIL 1.-THE premises by thei servants. Next
place large dog was set upon me by the
servant girl. Next place a man came
out and asked me if was lame or law
ltold him was able and willing to
work but could find nothing to do. He
said the government ought to look Inc up.
and If showed my face ON his premises
again the proper authorities would invite
me behind the gates, where ought to be.
Went on some time before entering an
other yard. Finally the gnawing at the
pit of my stomach overpowered my fear,
and | singled out bright and cheerful
looking cottage, with elegant grounds,
and knocked at the kitchen door. A good
looking lady opened it, but before could
ask for food, she leaned down toward me
L httc
sworn to
| HoRSEWHIP THE NEXT TRAMP
that came to his house, and that he had
slipped out to the barn for his whipand |
had better got at once. | went. | then
went to another part of the village, and
made up mind to take the houses as they
came until succeeded in getting some
thing to eat. The first place | visited nc
one came to answer my knock; but red
headed Irish girl looked out iof the win.
dow at me with her broad face wreathed
in scorn. Ipassed on. A little girl was
playing in the front yard Of the next
house, and, as | entered the 'front.' gate
she said: "Mamma don't want any dirty
lazy tramps to bother her to-day, for She.
got the sick headache awfully." AS
turned to pass out the gate the little CIR
told her rag baby, in great earnestness
that she must hold her breath wheI
} tramps were around, or she would catcl
some awful sickness and some lice.
smiled, although sick at heart, and en-
tered the next gate. Passing round, tt
the back of the house l found large mar
on the stoop spanking a boy of about II
years of age, on the ''stoop," too. TIL,
little fellow took it without whimper
and was showed back into the house. Th,
Z man Strengthened himself and saw me
swell, sir, what is it you want?" tolt
} him. .'Not a-crumb.' he yelled, look
ing, like fiend. Go to work if yol
aint thief, and earn an honest living
He went into the house, and went int,
the street. My heart failed me, and
thought of all sorts of desperate thing
to do and end this wretched tramp eX
istence by either making my condition
better or worse. L had given up m
plan of visiting every house, and wa
making for another portion of the town
when | met fellow tramp. "What luck
, pard?" he asked. "Bad," answered. IL
turned his back to me, and said:
CHOW Is THAT FOR A SCARE ?"
A strip about three inches wide wa
: tom cut two-lhirds of the length of hi
coat "Cussed wildcat OF dog" he ex
planned, sprung for my throat but turn
ed tail like an elephant, and that's III
hole he made. Ayoung man set him on.
We separated. was about TO start int
the country, when L remembered nearl
every farmer had dog. My desire i
that direction cooled at once. Turnin
into the first gate came to, | wake
around the house lively, as ii on som
business Of Importance lor them instea
of for my bread basket. The lady Wa
just starting for market, with baske
on her arm. | made known my errant
''Come tomorrow morning ami L Wi
feed you," she SAID, in kind tone, an
hLrned away leaving me in the var,
| was about discouraged, and very hui
cry having bad nothing u eat since tn
day before at noon, and had wake
4 fourteen miles, besides the tramp thu
= morning. My mind went back over Ill
past life, and l saw il had been wors
than failure. grew very wretchet
and was i.eing for the stub Of a penci
, TO write a few lines TO my Old motht
and sisters E4s and leave it i'll my Goa
pocket, and then go down TO the rIvt
and jump in and drown, VIXEN heard
ratLlsug and Gathering in the stres
behind me. Looking around, saw
5 horse, attached to "a phaeLon, III whic
sat "a lady and two children, runniu
toward me, apparently unm.nageaOl
In a twinkliug was i'll the street al
running just as fast as / could in til
/. same direction. The horse came rushiI
past, and grabbed the bride rein wit
my right hand and increased my spec
sufficient TO get good square hold, all
then with a sharp ''Whoa - and my fu
weight on the relps, broke his spec
and soon had hiI under control. Ta
phaeton was at OF o surrounded by Incl
and the lady and children looked aft
The husband of the lady soon came N
- aud saw it was the man who had O u
sed me SO after spanking his child. II
knew had stopped the horse all a lon
but he simply said 81 thank you, geI
tlemen," and drove away. He locke
Inc square in the face, aud / AIN sure L
recognized me.
WOULDN'T SWAP SOULS WITH TIA
MAN TODAY