Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-28
A hong WALK
Hits Tramp nom Brooklyn 70
San Francisco and Back.
krirf Dsssrlpgioa ~ the aClr...as> tssaees
Atte4afag she Trip. aad MAJ a. 80.
Inasrt&kea-A HessisE
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Int ,at aear the kitchen stove ia tb=
fa1rth sta1g 81 tas tsaealeat 54s henler-
So street. 3TseY Cltv. lasf al tt anl
I'D a out his iast csupiets1 tramp -
San Fraari. - a1d - T. He l. q ga ity-
faesa h.ssi q. IDS aaar bss not baeu ept
for foar months. aui hi- uafriumea rs1-
dish beard sfragsies anal sssiy over hls
fac. H. hal GA . pair Of ias boots
rsatv- made DARK suit and dark ilae
Hsaal shut nith bright yellow lacings
lis big ewes were clear, his complex oa
fair. and he talked like nsaa elated viii
nsw suecess-
.-sse these shoes" he began. Il walked
T. san Francisco and hack Wiih them GA
sni they never were half soled once. !
am goiag to pas them ia g glass case To-
future ages
He pushed cut pair OF wide bfpsans.
They could not have been half s)led. Tnsre
Was nothing 10 tack a half-sole onto. The
upper part of the uppers Was tied 10 the
seri = OK holes that substituted the sole by
a latti.e-wo1k OF leather strins, - ad-
iustei "a 70 leave separate eoparunent
for each to- and lots Of ro0m for the his
TO and the heel. They looked like POM
pelian sandals with modern buttons.
Pm from Indiana" ne went on. "Pm
from Sh0les, Martin County, Indiana.
live there when I'm home. / was bora
there thirty-three years ago, and l know
everybody all around there. I'm an ia
ventor, too. That's my business invent.
I've invented lots OF things ant Pm going
10 invent a lot more now that I've made
some money on my walk. Ne aud a friend
o. mine is going to set up an inventors
shop az Is Ann street. There's nothing OF
the kind in the world now. We are going
70 take inventions that amt quite Invented
+ vet and finish inventing them. Lots OF
people have things they want invented.
I Ne and my friend viii do il. So far I've
invented a mower. ironer. soldering iron,
/ buggy and a few other things.
.When O'Leary tried 70 walk in England
without drinkin; anything, | thought
could do as well rs be did, for / never
drank any whisky in my life. / haven't
SIN oked either, though do take chew, for
+ comfort, sometimes. Terence McMauus, Of
Sexton, lad, ban; red me to walk from
New York to San Franchises and back.
/ told h m | woalin't do il for nothing.
I Te ea e Is a man of consid srabie property,
and he offered 10 put up 5000 gainst my
patents and a little land had | took him
up, an on jams Is went over the ook
Ivn Bird yeal1 started. | wasa4 in very
gs1l q aaish h.n. | wei slel oas ~ lred
alI iOIr.een pounds. | wei "a Ols huG-
del aal iorty nov. Il was IN ths bargain
taat .'t u take along auy clothes eN-
ce.t those al on, anl | wasn't - axe
any mon .yeiJh r. b :. les. hlt ID carry
twenty pounds wei. .ht bright q
stracS M, anl wrots toar htIe b)0Ss Of
poems. | wro.s the poe AMI en yra .ed
th books myself. Here's pet re % me
sold, too. II costs ten cents ssrs.~ 1
ch argel quarter for it in Wyoniny.
Pr-tt near every saloon AMI post-o.lice in
Wv0n'ug hls th picture sucs up. feel
pr1u over 1t even, ifi5 does look ike ban
lit 1t amt my fault my pic5uro looxs
that way. ; the fault of the chisel ] en-
sraved with. / sold over 300 Of them
ID my books. Here's a book Of my poems.
Ia read you some. Here's one about
Joseph-ths Bible Joseph, mean-that
had that patchwork coat:
JOsEPH's COAT.
20 wasn't Joseph ; coat quite funny?
Made of spotted cloth ana lined with socka-
gunnt.
And in TIE days of Jacob. when things went
to sula-hcs.
They put on sackcloth and bathed their heads
IN ashes.
sWhen started felt like fighting.
was kind OF nasty and quarrelsome; but
feel first-rate now. | can get along with
any body. | got along all right TIL /
struck the plains | walked along on the
rails OF the railroads. and 1 had good
time. j was going to lick some cowboys at
Ellis. Kan, but / didn't. They behaved.
At first they said | was a bad man from
some travelling combination, but l felt good
thea tpiI those cowboys that l would
knock two ot then down faster than tis
other two coalI pi,k them up. Then they
respec. sd me. l had fac time, AM felt
good. Ia walk ali day and sell my books
at towns, AMI at night Ia sleep on the
ground Snyder, the referee went along.
H rode in the ears fro n one station 10 an
, other AMI saw that | walked. McManus
bad him 90 along 50 as 70 see that It was
all square. Some days be would walk with
me to pass away time.
'sWs two took short cit back u II
M.untain. IN Wyoming. II was one of the
first nights hs was out with me- We built
ii aud fen asleep. lie got up ia the
Z nj -ht AMI wakens1 me.
"sWho lives heres' he said.
"'Noisoiy,' sail l.
"'Nhoss dog j. that"
, "'Thst ain't any dog says l. That's
a silver-taii bear
@For there sat bear on the other side
of the fire, watching us Snyder wanted
10 try 70 shoot TIE bear vita a 2--calibrs
revolver ne had I wl-Ildn't let him try.
didn't have anv trouble that way when
was alone OF course I hal e sleep on
: the plains. bus 7 built a FIRE around me,
an5 wolves would not cross that.
u got T. San Francisco on September -
and got my = oo0. 7 stsi1 there twenty
2 one davs. and had good time. II Mangs
wanted 70 hes another 8. .0eo that I cosid
e not walk hack. I bsd - walk AZ least
thirty miles every day. AMI BE- tho84ht th.
cold weather would knock ms. 7 t1ok hiT
sn. snf starfed back on October 81. Il
was toa-hsr on TIE wsy back. On accaga'
~ f5e cold. bat I hsi got hardened ond
diiaf minI it I wore sac same butfsrnai
pants bIoe shirt. t3as c9af aaf those ss9es
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