St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-23

ent-n0lneS until
fairly driven from them by bowling De-
cemnber storms. Last year was guest
with band near Mt. Tom, Me-, as late
as Thanksgiving day, and until it was
so rigorous in that region that every
time we got water from the little stream
hard by we were compelled to break the
ice upon it, writes Edgar Wakeman to
the Philadelphia Times. Frequently the
larger bands divide into several smaller
portions. These gradually work their
way back from extreme northern points
to their winter homes in cities and
towns, or to where the climate is tolera-
BILE for little longer stay in their loved
out-of-door existence. Their far annual
pIlgrlmlngS are remarkable. | have
visited Gypsy bands in New Brunswick
whose members owned property in Cen
trail Texas. Beginning in February
they travelled leiSurely in the finest
of wagons and with droyes of the finest
OF horses. trading, selling dickering,
dukkering telling fortuneS) along, as
the season advanced fairly, coming
with the spring from the south, until
June found them. like many more
aristocratic wanderer, along the shores
OF the noble st: CrOiX. During Septem-
be, per they would traverse the New Eng
land states. In October they were
across New York and Pennsylvania and
we'll into Kentucky, and before the
Christmas tide had come they were
back at their own home for a two-month
putter and preparation for the next
February departure, perhaps, across
Missouri and Iowa, away into the witch
ing dingles Of the Sank river valley of
Minnesota. These annual journeyings
often amount to 5000 miles, an almost
incomprehenSible distance when their
apparent ceaSelesS roadside tarryings are
considered.
In this annual camp-breaking the dis
perSiOn places the Summer-rOying
.GypSieS in various interesting conditions
for the misunderstanding because
throwing such light upon their mode of
life and method of subsistence. They
have both. and had you come to know
them well your impatience of the uni
yerSal ignorance and prejudice regard
ing their real character which persist in
asserting their thievishnesS and va
grancy would increase with your
Knowledge. L have no doubt that
half million of the million and half
GypSleS we now have among us are
what are known among the R0mgny as
-drom GypsieS-that is, Gypsies of the
/ road, -Gypsies whose heritage of patri-
hal and pilgriming tradition will no
more permit them to herd in towns,
save out of necessity, than will foxes.
OffheSe, as / have previously stated in
print, l have names and addresses of
nearly thousand heads of families, or
petty tribes, whose combined wealth eX-
seeedS IS ~
| ~ 1.-Two HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
+ Hosts aside from these have gained or
are securing little properties. These
largely consist of fine farms, country
tavern stands, toH-gate privileges, tracts
of woodland, of which they are very
fond; livery and sales stables in the
smaller towns and villages, and, not in
frequently, extensive town properties,
particularly the larger sales stables in
metropolitan cities. Thousands upon
thousands are able to live comfortably
without effort upon rentals and other ir:-
comes. But they are never idle, and