The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-11-16
A Wealthy Beggar.


A Wealthy Beggar. ta
t The old story of preferrlne to bee
| rather than work, and of becomIno ricI
from the aims given in charity. was YER,
J torcibly brought out before Maoistrat.
ooutn at the Central Station yeSterda,
morning, Nicholas Hauk, sturdy ole
: peSgar, tall and broad d-shouldered. bu
: slightly STOPPING. and with gray hair.
that carried no veneration with them
was charged with being beggar: and :
special officer testified that he had found
MN begging at Second and Buttonwood
streets. Recognizing in him an old Of
fender the Magistrate sent him to tbe
House OF Correction for thirty days-a
sentence very dstasteful to Hauk. who
always complains that they do not give
good enough food in the city institu.
tlons. The history of the man, so far as
IL can be learned, is remarkable one.
he CLAIMS to be seventy-seven years old,
Is OF German descent, and has been a
6eggar for nearly forty years. What in
duced him to take up such business
whether it was financial troubles. or
utter laziness and disinclination to work.
or at first real necessity-is not known
but 1t IS certain that through it he has
managed to accumulate much more of
TINS worlds goods than falls to the ordi
nary worker. Different stories are told
as to his wealth. Some say that he owns
several houses in Camden, valued at
many thousand dollars, and has also laid
away very pretty sum in cash. Con-
siderable sums have been found upon
nm when arrested, but yesterday had
evidently been poor day with him up
to the time Of his arrest, for he had only
one dollar in cash with him, and a note
for eighty dollars. 5 81, = 2
Hauk's stand of late has been at Sixth
and Arch Streets, and for a short time
he has been boarding over Charles G.
Ocklns' saloon, 312 Market Street. ..He
was good boarder," said Ockins yes
terday, land always paid me yerv reo,u-
larly every Saturday night. I don't
know where he got his meals, but he
used to go out somewhere every morn
ing and didn't come back till nioht. I
didn't know much about him and
Schwarz, up the street, can tell YOU more
about him." Mr.. Schwarz also keeps a
beer saloon, a class of residence to which
Hauk seems to have been partial. In
deed he was German in all his tastes as
well as in his thrifts. Mr.. Schwarz re-
membered him very WELL "Why, he
was my best boarder," he exclaimed
when told of the old fellows arrest.
''He was with me two or three wears.
but l was glad to get rid of him when
they sent him to prison a while ago. He
used to be awfully particular about his
food' and was always saying that it
wasn't fit to eat; but he used to drink a
good deal of beer and wine, NV other
ooarders were mostly workingmen, who
could not afford to take more than a
glass OF beer at time, but Hauk would
take ten, fifteen, or twenty a dav. and
wine, too. Sometimes he would saw nv
wine wasn't good, and would send out |
ana get some that was more expensive.
When the old fellow was on the streets
he used to wear glasses and pretend that
he couldn't see much, but | noticed that
when he was playing bagatelle with me
he could see as well as I could. One day |
when he s.'as going out we noticed him
take OFT his coat and double one arm
under. so that people would think that
he didn't have but one arm. 0, he was |
a smart old fellow, but he ALWAYS paid |
me right up for everything, and didn't,
owe me cent when he went |
away. When he was sent to the prison
he gave ME twenty dollars to take care
of for him. and he always seemed to /
have all the money he wanted"
This last arrest is not by any means
the first time Hark has been behind
prison-bars, but he seems as incorripible
rs Dickens Dutchman, Laneheimer.
He was taken up in Centennial times for
begging around the main building, and
MS last trip to the House of Correction
was but short time ago He always
'eturns to the old business, however,
md by strict attention to duty, if so it
nay be called, has probably now amassed
enough to keep him in comfort for the
est of his life, if he We're willing to rest.
lie does not seem to be /, miser, as beg
.ars are so apt to be, but has taken to
he business simply because it appears
o bring in more money with less exer-
ion than an honest calling. Pht1adel-
,hid Press.
Following is the opinion of the e(li-
or of the London Truth in regard to
he education OF children: 1.-The school
lours ought to be shortened. All the
york should be done in school, in alter
late hours for study and repetition.
there should be no evening preparation
t home, and no child ought to be taught
nything but to tell the truth, and say
If you. please and No, thank you,'
nuch before seven years of age. Two
ears later he would, I venture to pre-
let, be a far better scholar than the av-
rage nine-year-old victim of the School {
'oard, and he would furthermore have |
t least the chance of being fine, I
ealthy, happy and well-grown urchin.'' q
Fifty years ago Dover, N. H., boy, /
rho was on the Island of St. Helena, t
ut some sprigs from willow tree which
rev over the grave of the great Napo-
con. He afterward gave them to Will t
I'm B. Lyman, of Dover, who planted 4
lem at his residence, and a willow tree l.