The Newtown bee., 1878-12-24

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 "Thc Educated Tramp" we publish with
 out further connect;
 NEwTo%N, Dec. 2l, 1878. ! Ej3D' Bee;
 | ".l sorrow shared is but half trouble,
 But joy that's shared is a joy made doublC.
 Since tramping, of necessity, has be-
 come u recognized profession, many and
 varied arc the opinions daily passed by
 citizens throughout all sections of the country on inc ''pc5ts, as they term their
 fellow creatures who are unfortunate in procuring work, and who travel around, jay after day, iu hopes of finding haven of rest.
 Having noticed in your editorial jot- tings this week, a little paragraph in reference to an educated tramp" and believing that your little busy BEE is the exponent of truth and equity, 1 throw myself upon your generosity, and ask space for Q few rational remarks about the knights of the road.
 As in all stages of society, there exists even among this lower class three distinct grades First, the respectable" class, who, owing to the depression of business, have been visited by the stern hand of idleness, and are compelled to "move 0n, or else become voluntary paupers. Next come the "gentlemcn of leisure who are looking for work and at the same time wishing it may not be forthcoming; and, last of all, those who do not profess to or believe in work at all Fortunately for the brotherhoOd the latter arc ill the greatest minority while of the first and second classes it may be said the market is oyerstocked. (Seo Revised Retums.)
 CT course, l belong to the respectable class. In fact, to be candid, I am Re- former. At one period of my eventful career. I could boast of having had n half dozen "hookers' before I inter- viewed that kiud lady at the back kitchen door, who neuer refuses a break fast" but, lko all the great temperance advocates of the present day Francis Murphy, John 5. Cough, etc., have sue cGeded in crushing the demon. The remunerative process has not as yet be- gun to work properly, but I persist in the good cause, havingimplicit confideqae in the sweet charity of this ' Land of Steady Habits
 Take the whole human family to-day; search every nook and corner of the al, ,lI-bt- will fi,,I 4. poor tramp receives more abuse more illegal criticisms, than any other of God's creatures. And why? Because the great majority of people do not-and, I sup pose, neither do they care t0-kn0w any shing about him. Iho newspapers, too, 1 wage heavy war q. .yainst the c0nlratermity. 1 Jut I assure you, within the past four wears, I have met myriads of newspaper men busily engaged ill counting railroad | ties aud milestOne5. When -Ou the turf, | they are very sweet; but when settled | somewhere as vice-deputy sub-f,ssistant locals, then the tramps the poke" and ! all the other appHrtCnance.5 attendant on roughing it, get the full benefit of their brilliant" intelIect5. NOw I have gone the rounds; true it is, I know almost | every railroad in the States, and have | walked thousands of miles, but in all | my travels, havo failed to find tue | raady-made cut-throats or organized | bands of whom the newspapers write so | much Why, out of one hundred tranfps 1 you cannot get two of the same bend of . mind neither will they place any confi- | dence in each other. They may spot good house for you to "bum, as they | term it. or post you on the best road for stops, " but that is all. Another thing. ! they are men devoid of all nerve, genol- . ally. At eYery stopping place they meet with so many threats of punishment and . have to stand such a rigid crosse -examina- tiOn by the selectman, "poke" keeper, | or, perhaps, some of1lcious citizens, who drop in ito sec the animals" that al . though considered very dangerous, they . become quite docile and lose all vim, fer the wrathful hand of "justice" is always hanging Over them. '
 In midsummer time. thousands of those i aimless wanderers fetch up around Della 1 ware and New York States, and engage in . peach and hop picking. Then, through . the Fall and mild portion of the Winter, they continue the march. But when tue . merry chimes of sleigh-bells herald the | glad tidngs to the more fortunate of | that their season of iollitv and | pleasure has arrived, then the poor slaves to circumstances begin to look out for | some change-a roof to protect them | from the snapping frost; and, ill the m1- ] iority of cases, the po0T-house, the iail or < the penitentiary serve the purpose, and i become the homes of many reluctant and | naturally honest men. Why, book at the . long list of petty crimes committed by i tramps all over the country. It may seem strange, but it is true, that nino- | tenths of these dopreIations are com mitted for the purpose of getting a Winter 1. hone for the perpetrators. 1t is under | 5tood-premeditated-and so finely have ] the workings of trYmping been reduced, | that the iail-home is selected some weeks i even montAs-ahead.
 Now. take the most advanced ideas upon the subject (and believe it has set some of the wiseacres thinkingl, anl you cannot find one theory going to prove that tran,Ping is not q necessity At least, have failed; but, 8ir. Editor, as mon arc generally ca yersant with matters in general, put the | question to y0n. Why. certainly not.
 So. then, gentle reader, Be kind t0 the pOoF tramp oIaulu He st5A ats tnlii-- i've if freely" God l9veiI the cheerful giyer;;" speak a kind word oiiee in will make the heart glad. Tda poor fellows are quite harniess--snere inortals like yourself, waiting. but Nish perhaps littfe more inlpatienee. for the great transformation sce1c; and Tenleul- Der
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