The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-27
TIE TRUMP TRlNJ.
A Jouraey OF 1.iO0 Miies on Font-J.wett's
Trip from jacksonville to Irswieh.

That's him; that's 'Miah. l can tell him
by his walk, and the speaker stood up In the
marsh. creeks. and dunes toward the spot where
figure. halt hidden. bent over the sands with
cam, hoe in hand. The speaker was u
ance. and the corners Of whose mouth. rs he
smiled passed each other at the back OF his
seated in q .iory. was exploring the various
creeks and inets about the muoth of the Ips-
wich river In search OF Nehemiah Alvin Jewott
journey OF Loo miles which he had travcrsed
on foot. ,,.,,, 49,, 49,,
from Florida 10 Ipswich. and q good tramp it
was. left home tho week after the wreck Of
the City Of Columbus. and went to Jacksonville
by steamer. intending to remain there and
work. When reached that place, l found there
was no WORK t. DO had. stayed there Just q
coming exhausted. l resolved to come nome.
and there Was 40 way 10 do i. except to tramp
II. 80 turned my face 70 tho northward and
DID you travel alonef'
] started alone but Il few miles out Of Jack
sonvlio | fol in with II young colorel fellow
who was on his way to Beaufort 5. G.. He had
run away from home with y party Of boys and
tine. He had got tired of it and holncsick. too,
guess, and 50 SGT out 70 tramp it home We
travelled in ccomrany to Savannah. where We
in tn" suburbs OF tho city and.;.sked for some
thing t. eat, was invited in and given
young coorci fellow the other side Of tho city.
After travelling some distnnce further he
tho to Say and he s daWn n
In few moments he fell over to tho ground.
sound nsicep. saw no could 20 no further, SO
and went to sleep myself. The next day we
started on again and continued together until
on to Charleston"
you visit any of the points Of interest in
MOI / was on tho tramp and attended
strictly to business. had no time for histori-
Cal Investigation"
Yes: u great ahundance, Both whites and
negroes w0ro very kind. They gave us tho
'y " r ar" as p Tsy K na
Did YOU stop in tho houses or cabins 2"
No; they would not lot me In to s.Oep l
slept in tho woods and fields while in the warm
region; and when got further north. whore II
Did You have much company by the way 7"
a., Irhmrs lust swarm In me south and mot
hans soTh They rays IN wsro
some Of them worry large. COMPRISING II score
or more When they near II city or large town
tthey scatter and enter i from different drec-
tons. After they get ilied up they meet at the
further side OF the city and 70 on"
=, pa yon mssl with any trouble at tho hands
None at ali. hal no trouble from the be-
G mnnl OF my ,rnpmp 70 tho tnI Nsnr Rich
supposed they were ON Il foot journey for pleas
ure but found, after some CONVERSATION with
IRE are tramHinE Tor u living. tkoy, said. Leaving
hlchm9nd ! next struck Fredericksburg.
crossed d the Raprnhannock. and pushed on to-
Did YOU have any difficulty In finding the
None ut all. followed the railroad tho
entire distance SO couldn't go astray. Aftor
! left New York. and when l was passing
through u small town, a. conductor OF a freight
train which was stopped there asked mo where
WAS bound. and said he had seen mo on tho
road for nearly u week. He advised ne to stow
away on his train but l was afraid 10 try it,
had business to attend to. and didn't want
any, Jaii experience. ! passed through Hart
ford and Worcester After reaching tho North
ern States | passed tho nights In station
houses. Us it was too cold To sleep out OF doors.
| stopped in tho station house in Boston the
between 7 and 8 o'clock In the morning /
reached Ipswich about 4 in the afternoon. !
had an offer OF q lit In wagon that day, but,
us had walked every step so far thought
would put 1t clear through. l guess looked
pretty rough when struck tho town."
How long were you on tho wayy
Eleven weeks; and for 900 vii start right
out for n tramp back tho same road"
DID you ENJOY good health throughout the
Never WAS better. The first few days was
ioot,9r". but l soon got over that and had no
trouble n!terward.'
At tho conclusion Of his narrative "'Mlah"
ntcked up his clam hoo and resumed his labor.
The wind blew sharp and cold over tho marsh
as. rs the dory was headrl NJ tho stream. aud.
aftor an hour and u half Of hard puIln.: the
wharyrs Of pswic wern reached.
"Dl you ind Miami" was tho salutation
from tho wharf as tho dory came within halling
What Ia loft OF him answered the youth Of
the open countenancc.