The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-09-28
4 RICH TRAMP.
Romantic Story Of Q German Who
Prefo9rod The Road to Q
Good Education and
zine Homo.

Reading PAL Gazette.
A few months ago William Gross
man Was . tramp in eastern Pennsyl-
vania now he is literally spending
So, 900. that sum being the first in.
stsllment from his inheritance from
his fathers estate in Germany. Gross.
man has settled in Longswamp town
ship. Berks county. and already owns
. stsble Of nine fast horses. His first
cash receipt from Germany was Sl6,-
O0O in gold, then he received $4,000
in currency and then a draft for s25,.
900. which he has deposited in the
bank for safe keeping. In a few
months more he expects another large
installment Of solid cash from over
the sea, the result Of the sale Of his
dead fathers vine-clad hills along the
Rhine. GrGssman is now known as
thu. prince Of Middleton, for in that
obscure village he has located for the
present. His marriage is one Of the
most romantic on record, and the fact
that he spent $500 q dsy for knick.
knacks for his bride has exercised the
gossip Of the country round. Eight
or ten years ago GrOssman landed at
Castle Garden. He had shipped at
Bremen. He was . wild, harum-
scarum young German, and his desire
was to
ESCAPE A SIEGE OF YEARS
Of university lite. He wanted to come
"tO free America" and partAke Of some
Of the new world.
He said the other day: II came
to this country for experience and to
see strange sights. Ihad few cares.
My remittances from home came right
along. When l had money l spent it
like q lord ~itb my friends Of the
road, and when / had none l put up
With the ups and downs Of tramp life
~ we'll as the rest of them. / didn't
care, either, because l was happy and
the life agreed with me. / had . soft
bed at home. . good table. plenty Of
wine and fruit and good society. /
got tired Of that. preferred the free,
open country Of Pennsylvania, with
its fat harms and hoepitable people. /
never wroneed anyone but myself.
But I got along FIRST rate. / loved
the woods and springs and mountain
scenery. A tramp has no cares. He
is absolutely free rs long rs he can
keep out Of Jail. A smart tramp
need not get into trouble. All be has
to do is to keep out OF bad company
and do nothing wrong himself. That
was my plan"
When dressed and shaved Grossman
is an intelligent looking German, with
regular features and dark hair. me
dunn in height. compactly built and
He d QUITE TAI.KATIvE.
He purchased house and lot in Long.
swamp township. for which be paid
81, 200. His first horse cost him
500; then he brought q trotter and Q
light buggy fur 500; from . gentle
man at Alburtis be bought q double
team for $500. His passion for horses
soon became known and in few days
about dozeo stock dealers from Al
lentown, Reading, Kutztown and 9TH
er places visited Middletown with
strings Of 6ne animals. and suddenly
that heretofore hack woods village BE-
came IN active. busy horse market.
Grossman bought until at least twelve
horses Sere in his stable. and he had
to quit fur want Of stable room. He
Was jolly purchaser, paid cash for all
be got and didn't pretend to know
much about horsefesh anyhow, nor
did he seem to care.
The maiden nas.e of his wife was
Miss Susan Hilbert. She is the
of . Lancaster county wood
man. In the days Of Grosman's pow
erty, he first met her at her fathers
home, where Grossman came one
pleasant afternoon in autumn. He
rested by a we'll and very soon be saw
q dark-eyed maiden at the gate. He
engaged her in conversation, and
finally she asked him whether he
wanted q drink Of water. "No," said
be. with = roguish twinkle, 1T you
have cider or something stronger will
suit me better 1; water Is too Common. I"
The young woman Was charmed with
his impudence and she soon produced
. pitcher of hard cider from the cellar.
A plate Of apples was then set before
the eyes Of the
CONDITIONING YOUNG GERMAN.
This acquaintrnce soon ripened into
love. Grossman obtained work on q
farm and courted the pretty
Susan ~ often as be could. Finally
they were engaged, but Grossmah new
er told his afiianced that he was the
son Of q wealthy German land owner
across the sea. They were married by
the village parson and lived with the
brides parentG Grosmsn. however,
sOOn learned that married life Of that
kind WAS not ~ he expected and
hoped, 50 be determined to leave that
section Of the country. He WAS wild
and impetuous, and he thought the
union was beneath his station. Still
keeping bis secret, be suddenly disap-
peared and became . tramp again.
He cOllectes: . number Of the jolliest
lramps on the rad that be could fiod.
Some Of them had been students in
The old country like biuself. They
knew him BY his assumed came only.
When his remittances came they had