The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-24
Tor the Demoetat.1
F" HOLDING TT DOWN."

mere ara SIX OF tis In our gang " tralfps.
and al though thrown together as stlch eharac-
tprs generally are bv chance meetings, still.
our friendship 10 doubt, is quite rs enduring
as That among lotteries of our more Fortunate
fell ow nortals. drumming" ctr "clneh
from tlav Il, dav. elepning uiilef a tarpaulin
on the lavee OF at a stallion house at night !;
~,ul's. perhaps is quite as hard en- existence
az human being can eis,lute ! prupose TO
show how
THE TRAMP. on HUM
az be is generally called. while. q res
ident Of q city, gets alons Do YOU
see that rugged young fellow, with both
han,ls thrust IN his pantaoohs pnese =..
THAT q ''IIandrut Billy" one Of ours; The
hour is early. h5r, bya vigorous use of b,pem
at the station, he has attracted the attention
~ the sergeant. who has let him dltt somewhat
earlier than The rect ct us who bend to our
task Of occurring or srruhhing with envinns
breasts. YOU see that is the why we pay tpr
onf loieing by cleaning up the station II, the
morning.
,,uf Fpar,l1 coon arrives abreast If rear
aate somewhere IN the vicinity Of Jackson
street lie rings boldly AT thsol,ell Tor Billy Is
a bumEof such long standing, p,,d he has been
81 steadily p,,aHted In ''holhing the town
siawns that he has lost nh trarn Of tlnditV.
aud in answer to the inu,iiry of the girl as 10
Il What G wanted p merely answers Some
thing III cal" Should he ba refused, be strikes
another hniiep and ct, continues Until his AL
retite is for the time satisfied, He then wends
his way towards the Park where the rest Uf
ne, having none through q lille shitmish fot
nat,itinal grub, meet him Having picked
tp few cigar stu,nns, we seat ourselves on
one Of the benches. and: should the day be
fine. enjoy the combined luxury Of sunshine
and second hand Havana, after Witch The
usual hummer occupation are carried on For
instances
tiRFAsrR NED,
The was fireman OF al, engineer once,
hence the tite) is delegated Il, ''hutna
the different wholesale tobaceS houses, the
proceeds nf his andeatDis. should he
have success, 10 bp.,lisided between The nen-
BOSTON e, nj jimmy hIans needs shoes fady. so he
gres 10 The different shoe stores in quest Of
Them where perhaps he may find pair left
by some customer WHO has purchased new
ones The leanest and n,ost famished=ooh-
ing member Of the gang. who, by bis great
and marked abilities as A deinolishet Of
cold sictuals, has gained the soubriuuet Of
Hungry" declares his intention TO Interview
the different baker shops with view to
broken crackers odd ends of cake, etc. We
know, az we see him depart that II is useless
t. expect any "Whach' fiji anything he may lie
fortunate 10 bea Handout billy, Toin the
Moulaer and |, now proceed to that portion Of
the levee where oranges and bananas are
usually discharged from vessels. and wlipip,
# we ffna the ffuitinen In good hnmot. we get
all the fruit we want. Very often however
we are bounced by an officer, aud are forced
to retire with unsatiated anpetites. Its cur
rant belief among italian fttlitmen that all
t,amps come from Chipago and at times, when
too eagerly grab fuf a half rotten orange our
ears are assaied with the nelemptoly com
maud, "Chee-calg go .shoiel'' Next Il is III
order to make the round If the sugar htss-
hsads, where vie with The native pa,Iner
population IN setambing for the samples, or,
should q
WE FIND A BONANZA
IN the shape vt eask. from vd,ich, On
account, Of its damp condition Tie con
tents slowly eSude, we locate immediate-
IL ntt EtH AZ
AZ near perfect az q h,m's ean be, From the
portion Of the leeee devoted to the sugar inter-
Gets to the court near jackson suuare is but
step, 90 we take that IN next listening to the
cases and irving to conjecture how long 1t will
be before our time comes, passes away an hour
oftwo, While here we gaze with delight on
the gallant manner of the more youthful
deputv-he Of the elongated nasal or
anlashes'' the faitet members Of the
salmon cololetl demi monde present. Thence
tn the Bethel realizing room on Esplanade |
street, where there are assembled fat, tnofp |
hains than sailors. After reading the locals In
the Times we wonder tseeihg the natural way |
he sllngs tramp phtaseologyl how. long the
o,eportef Oh that coutnn has been ''utl |
The tramp" Next we go TO see IF there ia |
any wine arrived and being gauged; il there |
ie by the use Of a straw. or piece Of cane we
supply our wants IN that line, Being now be |
tween and o'clock we start out to look fol |
some dinner, and az the whole fraternity IT |
hAfnG are OH similar Sfa1fH GtN@n. III certain |
portions Of the city can be heard the sonplous |
twahg of gonga. intetminged with the Jingle
Of tnnunerable belle sounding the chime Of |
the bum brigade, This Ia a faiospnciinen Or |
the manner in which aeity vagtants daylight |
hours are passed. a !
raE HrNr ron ruon
ia not always done, az might be SUP |
posed. IN q hanhazatd. uncertain sort Of |
way; by constant begging. the bum gets
"a know houses the encupants Of which |
arc Of q charitable nature, alHo those from |
which, he having been refused. he has no ipa-
son tn expect anything. the former are STYLED |
good honaes" aud are visited often. the latter
are raFeed by. Knowing number of "enud |
houses in the different parts of the city It a
not necessary for him 10 daily solicit from a |
particular one. "a he can by going the founds
make an interval Of several days between each
Wait. When he finda that the lady Of the
house or help are becoming tired Of his too
regular and repeated opportunities. and. in
fact his route ia getting played out he either
prospects for himself a new one or calls in the
saerviees Of fellow bum. who in return for a
like office. shows him good houses Of Which
he had no former knowledge Should a
bum after having his wants supplied
he hold that he ia at liberty 10 come
again. he rarely fails 10 take advantage
Of the invitation and sometimes by doing a
few chores or ehopping little wood. he so in
aiatiates himself in the good offices of the
occupant that he s permitted TO take hia
meals az regularly as a member of the family |
This is what Ia called having
SOLID HOUSE.
and the lucky bum is enved by ha less fortu-
nate companions In many of the private
boarding houses in the city annca,,ta for
food have been set 10 work IA kitchen trudges.
receiving their board az remuneration fortheir
services, and, as the landlady generally has on
hand the effects Of some delinquent hoardnr
he j. tolerahly we'll supplied with second hand
clothing. This method Of holding II down.
ts not considered by buns to be near as de-
sitahe as having a 'tspld house, the work
being ct too prolonged and ar,luous fatur,
80 many slang expressions aud terms arc
used by the brotherhood thato,utsitele can ha
totally mystied by the iargon. Should
the. bum he asked in TO cat the
food that is given him. he epts
a "SitdownH: anything given by hand
which he may either cat on theoyter or carry
away. is "handeout To sleep. is ito does'
! II our search for chuck we very often go
IA pairs, IA IN this manner a greater number
81 houses can be "hit'' and variety be secured:
for although bread or cold potatoes are
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