The sun., 1885-06-21
THE SCHOLARLY TRAMP.
TAs seiiioquy OF . nishiy Educated wander.
er A. Taken by q Nevada Miner.

VIRGINIA CITY, New, June lo.--Old Ben l..
a well-known tramp. He is about G5 years old.
and is said to be graduate OF Harvard College.
and once the editor Of prominent newspaper
in Philadelphia No one here knows his full
nnme. but In Carson City and other Nevada
towns his face is as well known e was the iaee
Improves his evenings by studying phonoe-
apaai meoa not 81 oss ssHs %so soiil0assnF read;
pencil he took down the words Of the Person Of
S %as shf In dead Waste and mads
mounts her zenth with the stars" Ben stood
mo1. Whisper ss1 ySif oG Benz e' NJ s S
bout when assn sss % sSs
eibber.' All mel am Old Ben now now. II seems s.
ns Tss Pen sa S. @
Ing Gnrlne world from my college. nm erudite
insnEsbls.s M inflated Ate nihil!ty :, ,.,n,,o. =,
a clock pulsates upon my strained ty.npanam:
yet no one calls. Strange. now,-pas.ing strange
af ena sans S nf are eGsa
very dogs bark my name that she cocks crow
f. Sray s S %inds sS sS5s'' n'E1, ia,.n. nj ''ss; ss;
= ;sss
es {ss E sSs.,,
coat is thin. thin. and awning posts full fur
long apart are not tumoraReons groves Of shell
one sso Of .as ss :S1ssd mEst, II pce. M
ehus. how shirssyl ny belly has now % long
feel feel that 1 must be- q iineai dsseendnn! Of Gar;
wha S.s as ST words SEes scs
s:s h;s!$ il s,s; hsyi out:
Had by SIt .a watch sa n9ws nsts{ {yhins svef
Raoelais. would I 'spout' In this mine emer.
Rr Fl Ss q M
Nous mortal 'moths'-haye gone to that bourne
whence no unredeemed pledge returns-
"Sn; 2is. my snsI.E sI.P"'''' '0n''
mime gnee thSo rseeiSsT SsnS q ell good snd
would that were now possessed Of the ring Of
Odin. which dropped eight other rings vy every
M s h wsdns S
gunge OF Jeremiah. the inspred Hebrew. let
fsy hss: ssis ss soed sos Gn do~n
thou, clAmorous fool. that am unmindtul Of
the % power. s snficsstns ali Of pork and bsans.
s wss 9is s ~ ss az
eDeh ssf ssmiaps ihterdietion Of 6sans
their rising steam and Spreading aroma warns
and the night What no. good water
ao bns dre baae
mands. but coin is required to back them UP.
Though stretch my q rEefs ,o reach to heaven
And now. behold. stalking through the
night. hitherward comes a q p@otcemin,n POI aMto ,o
titude-a pecler' Sad In my fate; am be-
meath the dignity OF, arrest; he will pass me BY
IL e .ye as WsaS SSGFay %
lainous low -browed. dangerous hoodluml
Then Nigh. hOrs 70 be TAKEN IN Many ,yyae5 tsg1
happy musins DAYS, But now, IN ny tins Of
fSt''i Su. v%por M n% seud rack nmbps
the face Of nature nm tee MnspbstantiHl i ia to
be- se now an n o
in the sore and ye;iow ieai: dropping oyerripss
good sire in the days Of his decline
- "A vision rises before mine eyes; In tie "a. "a.
door OF q far-up cottage. where tho river Is but
a rill, sits man gray. haired and old On
s Els % .'a i his s
tho S' sn Sc
ana soden sfsss IS ba os's
about her or meek and u rests upon on her r bosom: sn:
i not lot dimmed @ undor nd ' tho blue Of hosvsn.
Gently her hand, so small and white; fall. upon
the 9d %sms RI, As1Tsnd no s Ri.
", Great Siobs. a. ,esr r Ha. ha. haos .ssri
once fell from henyepniell upon the camps Of
Would make n moan OH We're We're bread to fal ilIn to mo
q diet and howl ior the nesh pots ot bondage
~ " M q l.
mudical writer's. the manna-this bread from
heaven-tor the truly good: had the taste Of
nsaef ss fsh S.nvso sna fow'-the taste OF all things
sys to bs ssss q
old Beishazzsr's feast the shos.iy % HsndwrIiins M
on tho wall sbonld not make me miss = dish
nor PASS pntrsted single goblet. ..u.
to shona he we "Hs .pssk o W WINS
could, / but ncIieve, . drink-a dsres. soul
searching drink!I,a drink that would thrill my
IN sh 1HS yos az
NJ arink. t1' pssp sslIsih Unto 'deep. and
worm that deth not
wond wers d"r soaa bs
three nouthed and three throated! ! may once
hss n ss S bTs sr%
forms before birth. and the Ettrick shepherd.
In Noctes AmbrosianT. tells Of his pre- human
Ii!e and loves ns a lion in tho w!!ds Of Africa.
Whit form l next may tRko remains wit tho
f,iss, feel that am not yet f,t. though suffl-
cienty ethereal. to become an angel Yet u
willis must remain and hight the world. the
flesh. and tho devil.
The corpse Of the man slain In battle looks
better than the living soldier who has saved
himself by flight therefore will still do battle.
Flight In my case means suicide. or enthana:
sia. as the modsrn advocates Of the right OF
man tn snuflir on this mortal coil aro pleased
bya Creek ,eurhemisn to term Il.
Where's Gsrunto now and what's become
Of HIM Gernnto,s dsad because he ,o2nid
be- understood; and for could not swim be
more definite and say. could not swim tho
great deep OF gin he carried within. and which
In its undsrtow carried him on. probably land
Ing him
- In the DOIndaniol caverns
Under the roots OF the ocean.
good man was tho On a.eysd. With his
many faults he still had his virtues. and often
hal half
"Old Ben my name Now. by tho two
headed janus mine cars hear Alright, and are
not deceived by wizards that NOW and mutter.
A1, And oh. douby blsst In hearing they hear an
god, IT'S Fiddler Phil invites. a very Philip