The daily gazette., 1882-09-30
BosrNAEs AFooT.
They visit Wilmington En- Route for
south AmerIca-How They Live.

They visit Wilmington En Route for
south AmerIca-How They Live.
Between and o'clock yesterday after
noon, Wilmington streets were agog with
large crowds Of people, who, out OF
curiosity, followed a number of the most
disgustingly-di and poorly-dressed speci-
mems of humanity that this city has con-
tained for many day. They were members
of degraded gypsy family of Bosnian
birth. who number eleven persons--eight
men, two women and one baby boy-and
who have been Just one month IN America.
Landing in New York city they determined
to set forth on foot TO South America, and
three days ago set up their tents little dis
tance from our city limits on Pennsylvania
avenue.
Only portion of the company, however,
meandered through this city, begging as
they proceeded on their wearisome journey
| 1t was comprised of three men with dancing
| bears, one of the animals being only year
old; a roughly featured woman with long
| black flowing hair, let black eyes and a
rather greasy as well as treacherous Indian
appearance, holding tight by one hand q
dancing baboon which she occasionally, to
the delight of the children on the streets,
chastised with juvenile cart whip until it
was willing to submit to her Bosnian
tongue, and "mind as all good children
ought to do" Following her a little distance
came slowly, woman weighted down with
heavy clubs which probably had served us
tent-poles, besides carrying over her lett
shoulder papoose bag containing the little
dark form of an eight-months-old gypsy
baby boy With all this load upon her the
woman's hardy constitution permitted her
to lead from crowd to crowd two well-laden
ponies In her skirmishes for pennies. The
horses were loaded with such camp articles
| ae tan -Dnlag old negps OF
clothing, and numerous cooking utensils.
. All the animals looked slick and fat, as did
also their almost inhuman leaders.
In front of William lIuber's dry good
store, on Market street, the pappoose was
placed upon the ground and its mother tried
to get a rest of few moments, but the
eagerness of a crowd TO see the youngster
was almost as bad as when the baby elephant
, was in town, and the mother becoming
: afraid of their pushing, attached the cords
of the pappoose bag to. the cudgel and
swung the little one over her shoulder,
shouting at the top of her voice "Geb zum
Teufel !" which, Tor the benefit of the per
sons near by, who asked afterwards what
Z she said, we will translate. Her words
! were simply the German for go 10 the
r | Devil ~
The chief of the gypsy family is a man oI
about So years of age, toothless old fellow
To- |
which has almost turned black with age,
! The name he gave to the GAZETTE reporter
. was Johann Waselleyitch, of Bosnia. lie
/ said that he and his family had iourneyed
pretty much throughout Europe in the samt
manner as they are doing at present. Here
upon, another male member of the troupe
drew from his coat pocket dirty looking
y paper, which he stated was plan of thei
! route. On this, IN plain manuscript, wer,
. tie names of New Castle, Newport, Della
!; ware City, Stanton, Middletown, ant
y :. Florida, and pointing TO the first on the lis
II asked TO be directed there, and when he wa
told, politely thanked our representative
/ In round among the party we found bu
one that could not speak pure German, tw
II spoke some French, and the man VIII
u handed the paper for our persusal hat
II certainly traversed over the greater part of tn
= world. He acted as interpreter for the res
n Of the party and was coiYersant with sevc
y modern languages, but singular to say, fo
Is Europeans, who profess to be the strictes
educationalists, not one Of the visitors wa
/ able 10 write even his or her own name, q
:. far as our questioning led us.
/ Almost one hour was spent by them /
h begging upon Market street, when they a
Il last left town for New Castle, carrying wit
/, them several dollars as the result of thei
5, efforts