The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-15

Tho Tramp an Illinois Farmer Has Tn |
drrtakcn on Nagrr-Frum New York |
to san Francisco.
Persons standing about the Union
depot last evening were somewhat
ulled by AN apparation, which hur-
iIed into the mann WMtiug-rOOm and,
after seating himself comfortably in 81
retired place, began To study iutuntly It
Union Pacific folder. lie was dressed IN
q unique costume, consisting of u shirt,
knee brooches and walking shoes, Whii,
On his head lac wore a cap. upon IN,
hrim Ut which WAS printed; "Ncw : lrk
to san Francisco, nifty miles % day.
Inquiry prov eel his name 20 Doe Auraiu
Hit, u IA mer of Flora, Illinois, and he
said he was iOnrucymg on foot from
New York 10 SAN Francisco upon a
wager of F2,0OO. lie said he had started
rom th. foot OF Brooklyn bridge on the
morni! g Of June -, with four compan-
IONS, whose business II WAS TO SEQ that
ne made the requisite iittN mites day,
contained in The provisions OF the wager,
lie covered ON the first day seventy
three miles, ON the second siXty-three,
on the third iiity-uine, and ON the fourth
turty-cight miles, so he says, at the eNpi-
ration OF which time the second party to
tn wager, beCOn ing al. rme lest he was
| ste lii ri les during the night time, IN
ducpd hIn to travel only during the day,
at the same time reducing the number
of requisite miles per day To thirtY-threu
and one-third. lie reached ~. Louis lat
| Thursday, having completed the FIRST
| ,i6j miles of his journey in less than
/ thirty-siN days, with an average daily
| rate of iorty-one and uuc-Vuartcr mil,
! At 81. Louis he received 500, the amount
of Il wager to the effect that he woul d
! break down before reaching the Mis- S
/ siuui river.
H. -. Louis ON time, and arriv, d
Ia lniS city last evening AT o / tdusk, haN -
ing made the ~ miles intervening be-
i tween the two points in seven days.
Speaking of his journey to Il Times re-
porter last evening, Hit declared IT II
heavier undertaking than he had bal
q lined for. "Thcrc is no resting. II
iail 20 make the thirty-three and "A third
miles for u single day away goes my
$1,000. | also find il pretty dillicult to
get something To eat sometimes. Nou
see the provisions of the contract don't
allow me to carry any money, and
would hc afraid to do SO anyhow for iCar
of tramps. So | carry Il bundle OF
pamphlets, published by me,
and sell them for enough to
purchase Il meal and nights
. lodging. sometimes | arrive IN n loMi
without red, but | generally manage
, to raise something oil my poems. \
u tramp stopped me u few miles out of ST
Louis and rohbcd me of s.. could have
resisted, but feared he might do me up
and prevent the continuance of my jour
ney.'
Hitt leaves to-day for Denver over the
Union Pacific railroad track, and IL h,
j. succeeds In reaching that point withou
\ accident. he says he will have won
- third hot OF SJO0 that he could not wall
[ to the Rocky mountains.
/. From a. casual pcrusal of the VOLUME
II he designated as his "poems," The con
victionis easily reached thatthe travcle
belongs to n type of humanity to WHOM
senator Tabor, of Colorado, would elias
/. as crunks. Kansas city Times.
y skinny Men.
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