Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-27
so MUCH FOR so LITTLE.
Hhat a Sickle viii do for IA Tramp on a
Cold Day.

ttCt ; Sah,
Tie ssa5on is approaching whea "a .reat
many men ere going to De cold and hungry,
The honses Of correction is going TO be full,
aud set there will be plenty Of tramps out.
-,dg ~ho will suffer if not provided for
Good people who do not want 10 see those
who are destitute going TO saloons. will
wonder what they can do to help the poor.
I,is very singular. but a saloca IS the bert
friend u pocr tramp can find on q cold
dsy. With thousands Of wealthy and
robls.Learled people, willing TO give freely
TO any deserving charity a person with
cnly a nickel 10 his pocket can get more
l. warm himself in "a saloon thsn anywhere
else. How it is done, The good Lord OILY
knows. bu, !! a man can raise a nickel 10
buy q glas7 .! besr, lac can stand up to a
tree lunch counter and eat all he wants.
# would he q good thing for some refor-
mer TO 20 into u saloon soms cold day, at
abou, ten O'Clock in ttc morning, and See
Inc layout on a Tree lunch counter. There
ARE often cold baked beans, potato salad,
sausage. head cheese and mustard plenty.
A man buys a glass Of beer and all the
yianGs are az free 10 him hs salvation, and
he can fill up so he need not be hungry
ill the next day. A swallow or two of
beer. and then q couple Of p~ink-edge wads
some bread, another swallow OF beer, q
slug Of head cheese beer. bread, mustard
aud plenty more sausage and salad, will
bank up the stomach Of q poor tramp so
he & 20 cut 10 the cold after warming
himself clear through BY the saloon stove,
and h. will feel happier than the average
millionaire filed with terrspin and cham.
pague. One Of the most interesting sights
10 BE- seeu is q couple Of tramps with ten
cent. each. They will saunter into q
s.'lln aud walk mp TO the count as
though trying to think what sort ofa drink
thry will ordsr, aud one will say, "Psrd,
what will it be- The other will say, "Oh,
beer # c0arse. AIN tired Of mixed drinks.
Tha, wife we drank this morning las
,ivco ne n heada ha. There is nothing
Ike beer, sud bI,s,ed be the man who in.
vented il" This viii please the German
sa!Cou keeper. and Thrn the tramPs blow
the foam OF the ,ylIss end take a swallow,
no one would think they csme in almost
on purpose to eat. They turn their backs
10 the iIn,h Counter, SIS though they did
not know sgyh Il thipg existed. Finally
theg>t.kc mir glasses Of beer and edge
slot. ~ the lunch, and one Of them is tell.
ing a story 10 the other, aid the other
,sk,s l. piece Of bread aud tastes Of it az
,ho1gh i: were q mere matter OF form, and
the S.hsy does the same, aid finally they
drill! into he saGsaEe, sal before anyone
realizes that they be eating al all they
viii be idl! cleo: 10 the top, il the bh! EN-.
der seems to De watching them, or eats as
if they wers over doing the Thing, the other
one will say, Jim, drink up your beer and
have another. Bismarck, Two more beers.
Tnaf settles il, aud Bismarck draws two
more beers for them, EUd they eat as long
"a they cap, psy ten cents apiece and 60
away vi h tory cents worth OF estables
conce.le j aooCt 'Ee.r persons, ct restaurant
rates No one seems to be able 10 provide
CHEAP meals iot ias poor as successful as
TIE saloon keepers, and the poor know it
yerS veil Let sny body start a free soup
house, 0: s. cheap soup house, not connected
with e sa!ocu, aud it does not take, evan
with these sane tramps. Somehow there
il an idea ,hs' the soupis toe cheap, or it
without the 4a5or that . glass Of bear
gives TO everything. How the saloon
keeper yiTes so much that braces a hungry
man up, for FIVE centsls a mystery, Tbs
ale AG.sauas VI men Tno would give q