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

tho consultation TOOK hhhph lhht Whlph hhu
been only occasional, however beoamea fixed
syatem whom Henry VII eoniseated tho
property OF tho religious orders In tho
United States tho tramp h still an exception
IN tho family llno but In England children
arc born 20 be trampa, children whose fathers
and mothesi groatgandparentA and even
more remote ancestors were tramps Her
bert Spencer attributes this sud state OF NJ
fala 10 tho early "poor lava and uaoa II ~
an awful warning against "rying TO do toe
much for the poor"
now IT nEaAN
Whan industrial chaos struck tho country
In lgfi-Nand an army Of the unemployed ap'
peared, all who were able ielt FREQ 10 give
but when tho bufineaOf thaOOuntry resumed
its normal course, tho tramp habit was too
firmly fixed In many Thousands fhoy were
soon numerous enough 10 keep each other Ia
oount0nauoa A rude organization grew M
among them. They hunted In couples aud
then Ia gangs Where beggnly failed, potly
theft soryed finally brutal orimo became
common aud thun tho people demanded pro
teetlon, Every aato took Ia own course,
every county and almost every town or VII
lnge added gome methods Of ~ own, NJ tho
law on the subject ID all IN ohaOB Womo,
hlll, there yet Ingers a sort Of sentimental
objection against "tramp laws" "yngrnnt
nciH,n aud tho like, ~ tho trnmpi for tho
most part continue 10 roam aud combine,
Casoa Rro known IN oyory community whero
mon have voluntarily abandoned places
whcro they woro earning fair wages aud
"goho rambling
Some of tho trump combinations aro very
curious CaHu have occurred whore oil tho
vagranta II u lmgo section have eonoon'
ualed, by apparent concert on small VII
lago and literally tal,cn possession Of H. Ina
fow instances they have 0lsod railroad trains
aud compelled tho officials 10 tot thom ride
In many pleees they have infested q secluded
region tIll II bocamo dangerous, But thoy
are with rare exceptions towards Half u
dozen rG'oluto policemen or oouatabloa can
pit half q regiment Of thom 10 nlght Per.
hnps this ia largely duo 20 the fact that they
hro wrelchodly clothed and irrogularly fod,
No that their blood " "low tonod,n They aro
very ahort lived, aa a rule, Onco In hospital
with any serious disease, they seldom recover
A firm, eot purpose In lifo Ia necessary 10
brace the system against difoan They fall
from r0lroad trnina and are crushed. They
get stupid from fatigue or liquor, No down IN
tho NOV and freeze They fall or Jump into
the wator and are drowned, Corp@s mydorl,
ousy found In tho woods, whom no ono hns
bcon missed, show that murders arc not m.
frequent among thom,
Tnn aYHrEEY or TnRm EXiSTTECE
Tho ttayolor on u western prairie whom
night oomN ON or dense cloud obscurW tho
mn ig otton amazed 10 llnd tho air suddenly
illlod by millions Of Insects, previously h..
vhihlol they had boon lying concealed In tho
gl9Hor tho swamp growth along the hayoua
~ Ia q tlmH or public oommoton, grOat
gang %, tramp' suddenly nppoar in tho
alruII l1m mo- one knows where During
tho or,ua ul 1871 thoy literally swarmcl In
oyory railroad town lu Ohio, ut Stgubun.
yIlua careful observer computed hut 200
or0voi the river from Wet Virginia "mon
with mos ol choir hncliR, FIr, mon with hair
ON thuIg iy,h, Ei, old 'grgys who hadn't
boon out Of tho woods since Leo bUrrcnd0rud. ~
Such was hs indignant statement 10 this
writor Ia peaceful times and warm weather
thO0 follows af0 lying m tho woods, doing
bohlnd logg or undor hayttaekS about old
baus or sheds and In abandoned dwellings
Tho riot, giving hint of pilago, brings tbom
out They scent II with M kopn an instinct
Ms Tho vllJuro scents oarrion.
Winter lulls nconted millions Of noslous
insUU-RlGo many trnmp1 There arc no
great riotB in winter No crops arc left In
tho Colds aud stealing In general Is moro dill-
cult Yet tho tramp dooa not na rulo "go
south 10 wntorn Whero docs no goi An
who can establish any sort Of olaim GOT into
hospitals homes for tho indlgont aud poor
houses, many moro commit somo potly Of
ionso, got arrested aud spend the winter In