The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-07

pioCldllhtiuu VI mayor AHlsteNoOi, dShluS
| them to throw all accommodations of rubbish
| ont in front of their residences or places
| of business, to be hauled away by the city
| scavangcr. A health officer, in the person
OF Mr.. Samuel Orr, has been appointed by
the city council and now those who are
guilty OF a criminal disregard of the
said proclamation will be brought
to prompt obedience, and will not be the
cause, by their willful neglect, of disease
aQd death TO themselves and their neigh
bors. 1t is true that Cairo stands in no
more danger from nm epidemic Of any
kind than do any of the northern cities,
| but neither is it any more exempt from
such danger than they are and even if
there were not the slightest posi- bic dan
ger, common decency would demand that
| all unsightIy rubbish and nasty accumu-
lations should be gotten rid of
As rule our people take pride in the
cleanliness of their residences and places
of business, but, as in every other city In
the world, 50 here, there are a few excep-
tons to tins rule and these should feel the
| arm of the law,
cow One of the greatest-we feel justified
in saying THE greatest -nulsances with
which Cairo has to deal is the young,
| strong, healthy, lazy tramp. He seems to
find special attraction in Cairo, or he
seems to drift here naturally
without any particular design on
his part But he comes here
simultaneously and then remains here
persistently, in spite OF the fact that he is
given to understand that his company is
undesirable, or that he is informed OF the
existence of public soup house IN Mound
City, of public park in Paducah and
bastile in Cairo; he fingers here in spite of
the suggestion that, perhaps, his mother
doesn't know he's out, but that some detec-
| tive does. lie is neither to be coaxed nor
inundated but, ragged and dirty in per
son, insoent IN language and painfully
slow in action except when devouring
somebody clses hard earned grub or lead
ing ''cop Dhe lounges about the secret places
of the city, with his hands in his pockets
by day, and sneaks around public squares
and private residence, with his hands in
other peoples pockets by nlght-lf the tenn
perature is not too low, in which case he
seeks refuge on the wharf boats, saying
that he is waiting for steamboat to take
him on pleasure trip, or in police head.
quarters, where he is railroad contractor,
going to begin operations next morning.
The city is full of this pest-this quintes-
sencc of human dcpavity and laziness and
something ought to be done, either 10 get
nd Of them, or to treat them to
several wholesome lessons in the art,
strange to most Of them, Of using their
sturdy muscles in earning livelihood. No
doubt this latter would be torture to
most of them, for their independent man
hood, if they ever had any, has been per
mitted to lie in latent state 50 long
that to force it to assert itself is TO the
tramp strange and rather painful sensa-
ton. But the city, IN duty bound to pro-
tect the people against all nuisances, can
not afford to be sentimental in deal
ing with the tramp; it should eXpel him
or Utilize him; should arrest him if he is
healthy and has no ''visible means OF sup
port fine him according to
the ordinance and then make
him prove, by actual experiment,
whether or not he il as good breaker OF
rock as he is breaker of laws, CRIBS
and tails. We are inclined to the belief
that proper experiment would prove that
he is able to break most anything, from a
loaf or charity bread down to al obstinate
victims neck It's nonscnseito say that
the tramp is not what he is from choice, or
laziness, inherited or acquired; for there is
work for all at living rates in nearly every
part of the country. Railroads are being
, built all through the south, and con-
tractors are advertising for men
to handle the shovel and the pick
But if this were not so, then there is work
for them here in Cairo and the sooner they
are nut TO it the better for themselves ana
the city upon which they are SO persistent
ly "sponging"
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