The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-02
Tho Tramp Abroad.
One OF the first persons we encountered
In walking I'D the atrcat In BADEN Radan uas q

In walking up thestrcet in Baden Baden was
tho Rev. Mr., an old friend from
America Of a refined and sensitive nature
His companionsbip Is genuine refreshment.
We knew he had been in Europe some time,
but were not expecting 10 run across him.
We were going up the street brimful OF
talk when vigorous young fellow, with
an open, independent countenance, aud @
crop OF early down, slapped the clergyman
on the shoulder with his broad palm, and
sang out cheerily: "Americans for two and
half, and the moneyaup! Hoy 2"
Inc clergyman WINGED, but replied mild
~: "Ies. we are Americans
"l1ord love you, you can just bet that's
what am, every time: Put 1t there j"
He held out his Sahara of a palm and the
Reverend laid his diminutive hand in It..
and got so cordial shake tlat.we heard his
glove burst.
Say, didn't put you up right 9''
"Oh, yes"
'Sho? l spotted you for n,y kind the
minute heard your clack. You been over
here long 2"
About four months. Have you been
over long2"
"Long2 Well, I should say 80 Going
on Two ye0rs, by geominy Say, are you
homesick 2"
mo, can't say that I am. Are you 2"
80, h yes!" This, with immense en-
thusiasm.
| The Reverend shrunk a little in his
| clOthes. and we were aware, rather by in
stinct than otherwise, that he was throwing
out signals of distress, but we did not inter-
tere or try to succor him, for we were quite
happy.
he young fellow hooked his arm into
the Hevcrend'swith the confidlng and CRATE
tul air OF waif who has been longing for
friend, and sympathetic ear, and a chance
TO lisp once moro the sweet accents of the
mother tongue-and then he limbered up
the muscles of his mouth and turned HIM
self loose-and with such a relish Some
OF his words were not Sunday school words.
80 we are obliged to put blanks where thoy
occur.
"Yes, lndeedyl If aint an American
there 0in't no Americans, that's all. And
when heard you fellows gassiug away in
the good old American language, l'm---
II 1t wasn't all could do to keep from hug
ging you! My tongues all warped with
trying to curl 1t around these -
torsaken, wind-galled, nine -iointed German
words here; now, tell you it's awful good
to lay II over Christian word once more
and kind of let the old taste soak in. I'm
from Western New York. My name Is
Cholly Adams Pm student, you know
Been hero going on two years. I'm learn
Ing to be horse doctor.
people. They won't learn fellow IN his
own language; they make him learn in
German; 30 before could tackle the horse
doctoring I had to tackle this miserable
language. First off, thought it would
give me the bolts, but don't mind it now.
I've got 1t where the hairs short. Dontchu-
know, they made mo learn Latin, too
Now, between you and me, wouldn't give
a for all the Latin that was ever lab
bered; and the first thing l calculate to do
when got through, >is to just sit down and
forget it. 'Twon't take me long, and
don't mind the time, anyway. And tell
you what, the difference between school
teaching over yondcr and school teaching
over here-shO! We don't know anything
about 1t Here you've got to peg ana peg
and peg and there amt just any let-up
and what you learn here, you've got to
k7aOaO, dontchuknow-Or else you'll have
one of those--spavined spectacled.
ing-boned, knock k-knced old professors In
your hair. Ivc been here, long enouQh,
and I'm getting blessed tired of it, mind I
tell you. The old lIan wrote that he was
coming over in June and that he'd take me
home in August, whether was done with
my education or not but durn him, he
didn't come; never said why; just sent me
hamper of Sunday school books, and told
me- to be good and hold on while.
don't take to Sunday school books, dontchu.
know-I don't banker after them when I
can get pie-but read them. anyway, be-
cause whatever the old man tells me to do.
that's the thing that I'm a-going to do, or
tear something, you know. ! bucllcd in
and read all of those books, because he
wanted me to; but that kind of thing don't
excite me. like something hearty. But
l'm awful homeslck. I'm homesick from
car socket to crupper, and from crupper to
hGck-joint but it amt any use. I've got
to stay here till the old man drops the rag
and gives the word; yes, sir, right here in
this------cou Pye pot to lingcr
your bottom dollar, Johnny, 1t amt Just us
easy as 1t Is for a cat to jump rope"
At the end of this profane and cordial
explosion he fetched prodigious '',thooshq
to relieve his lungs and make recognition of
the heat, and then he straightway divided
into his narrative again for 'Johnny's"
benefit, BEGINNING:
"Well, aln't any use talk.
ing, some Of those Oil American words do
have kind of a bully swing TO them; a
man can express himself with 'em-a man
can get al what he wants to sag, dontchu-
know"
Whom we reached Our hotel, and it
seemed that he was about to lose the Revr-
end, he showed SO much sorrow, and
begged SO hard and so earnestly, that tho
keverend's heart was not hard enough TO
hold out against the pleadtngs-so he went
away with the parent-honoring student,
like right Christian, and took supper with
hlm in his lodgings and sat In the surf.beat
OF his slang and profanity I'LL near mid.
night, and thon left hlm---lcft him pretty
well talked out, but grateful ''clcar down
to his frogs" as he expressed 1t. The
Reverend considered him rather rough
gem, but gem, nevertheless.
A Tall Horse.
New York ls wondering over huge
spec'nen of horse which was brought to
that city recently from Ohio. The animal