The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-04-25

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Apropos theTe are many "Wilspn liarretlRi' "
salt elected IN london town Occasionally
he calls himself "llenIy lrylngi" ppnomolng
ID "Rnnery ilirying," lle q rohlesi u tho
usa and tho omiasion of tho letter vi Ito
owes this usaful litila leiier home vague
gruige one wnhd thinli AZ Rll events hs
5catlefs II about quite 'promifouola llhe' "
is his badge OF Osclneydom Also he bears q
hmilnr gfudga toward tho letter "a lle
calls station "siolli0n,N and will announce
himself aH iuurneying thllher 10 GOT q bio Of
NOOiAe,N which education alone enables his
hearer 10 translate Into tho snocnlent dainty
denomIRatel cake,
True, no 10 not invariably q ooplney, never
theleaa hePaaka theyernhcular he most oftan
heam among his fallowa eithor doing 10 from
birth or example, lle Tamhlea IN tho dawn
past ue penny and ha' penny cocoa shops,
occasionally pauhlng at ono From tho graf
Ing fronting tho establishment Issue the
fumes OF boiling cocoa, tea, eolree aud light
breakfast Wanda This IA sometimes his sole
breakfast, lilo feastA on hoappetizlng steam
Ia long nlalatOnA Often q pasaarhy be-
slows ON him a penny or two, which he
quioily invests In this shop fortlfylng him
felf Cor thA long, monot0n0na day lilo does
not necessarily bog His attitude d Ia itself
q mute petition for alms. IL he doei beg II ia
with proud deprecailoni "Alr, boatow on
mo tho price Of a cup Of cocoa n ha' penny,
II YOU please held0m h such an appeal
uttarel Ia vain, and 10 universal Ia politoneia
hero that tho poor tramp bows and thanks
tho glyer grandilOquenily lilo even thanks
him II tho coin he refused,
"MoyE oHl n0yn oa"
Tho London trampa have n complete route
system, wording tho city by successive
streets, not showing In thosame quarter more
than two days In succession for fear OF being
recognized by tho "b0bblea" ~ 'profes.
alonalAh Az long al no "m0y6a on,H like
Poor Joe la "nleak House." they will not
arrest him. And thus ithaa been In London
for AZ least 500 years Yot yaTanoy has
been a statutory Olfenso ever since England
had parliament, aud home lawyers main
tain that II WIS even before that an Ofenae
at common law Early IN tho reign OF tho
TudoN aayore laws wore passed 10 tho effect
that any ono who "dod about for three
daya,n asking aims oven once, should bo son.
tenccd 10 work for tho public With bracelet
attachments, But faya Charles Dickens,
"a state OF slavery Ia 90 abhorTent 10 every
true English heart that tho law soon fell into
dauhon-a very laue and lmpotcnt reason,
ono might say
"TlIn GOOD OLp rnma,n
There arc mlllIona OF people stu living In
tho United StAtea who can recall their ilrat
sight Of tramp, Indeed their amazoment on
first learning that such creature existed.
Tho early editions Of Wohstora Dictionary
did not contain tho word Ms 90 pretont dollnod,
Tho word was not needed, for tho thing did
not oglaL Al lato ~ 1850, whom tho maga'
gInoa republIahod EnglFh Florle Ia which tho
tramp WIS referred to they sometimes gave
lta special meaning In foot note, for In thoee
days tho only uo Of tho word tramp aa
substantive In America was TO dolgnato
"Iour who often changed his place OF work
a competitor or carpenter who worked
short tImo IN ono town and went on 20 an.
other, wW called tramp prlulor" or
"tramp wood butcher on tho case night bo,
and nlwam lct FREQ ~ call on others Of hia
trade for tho prIco Of drink % cont'Q or OF q
dinner 90 10 ~ contE In many trades tho
rule was that the "tramp' who applied for
place must have "a days work or ono m0al"
A tramp was q temporarily stranded Ia.
borcl-t that was all Happy daysl Never
aims, 70 return, II Ia greatly 10 bo feared