The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-07

passenger train to jacksonville Ill sold
some knives there, and went on to Hanni-
bal, No. l had to take two freight trains
between that point and Kansas City. l got
put off the first one at a little town in Mis-
souri, called Brunswick. / boarded the
next train that came along, however
and reached Kansas City without
trouble. tried to get work there, and for
my pains came near being stuck for 81 by
an employment agency. / left Kansas City
one October morning on a long baggage
train / got in the first car, but ten miles
out of the city brakeman came along and
said that unless l gave him 50 cents he
would put me of. 1 reluctantly did so.
The train had gone about $50 miles when be
came around again and struck me for so
cents more. l concluded to give up.
only had 81, but he promised to let me ride
to the end Of his trip for the second consid-
Grafton.
81 went as far as st. John, Kan. got
another freight to Kingsley, Kan.
stayed there a day and caught a freight on
the Santa Fe road. I reached Las Vegas,
N. M, without trouble. When was hun
cry and the train stopped at station l
would get off and get some lunch and get
back without attracting attention. The
next town that i struck was Albuquerque.
| got freight train there but only held it
for about twenty miles. when I was put off
at little Indian village called the Atlantic
and Pacific Junction. Three other tramps
were put off at the same time.
''When the next freight came along got
on the pilot of the engine and rode TO the
next town / was discovered, but although
they put me off, I managed to catch the
last car and got inside the boiler of a
stationary engine that was being shipped to
some point. had good luck for while.
The next interesting incident was thirty
Ell Ia v-iA4 -, 81
Coolidge, n. M. A passenger hid me in a
berth. and l was not discovered for
some hours. Then the porter, in
lowering the berths, caught me.
got off the train at The Needles, in
California, but got on again and managed
to conceal myself under seat By such
tricks as these ! reached Los Angeles Then
tramped to Pasadenea, where l got en-
ployment In the Raymond hotel. and saved
up $27, which l sent home. l went to San
Diego, and from there took a boat to San
Francisco. sold oranges in Frisco. One
day l heard from friend that he was going
to Tacoma, and / decided to meet him
there, and by riding freight trains and
occasionally tramping l rea he'd there.
ITO make my experience brief, got to
Pasco, Wash, by riding on top of a passen-
ger car. From there | made my longest
continuous trip. 1t was on the Northern
Pacific road. There were twenty wanderers
like myself at Pasco waiting a chance to
beat their way east. 1 was the only one
who succeeded, and l did it by getting on
like regular passenger. l took seat in
the smoker until we were ten miles out, and
then l went out on the platform and climbed
to the top of the car. By riding in this way
and in the hunks and under seats managed
to reach Minneapolis The passengers
helped me and gave me food and drink. ]
reached home in June, 1889.
''Since then l have tramped and beaten
my way through Pennsylvania, Delaware,
New York and New Jersey and all the New
England states.
''A would like to start round the world
without a penny and beat my way. could
do it and would not have to beg, borrow or
steal"