Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-10-16
AN AMERICAN TRAVELLER
One Who Mover Paid Anything
for Transportation
He Had Eaten at the ExpeDse Of Many
of tho ending Hoteis I throughout
tho Country-Hts Trick on
Railway Oniclak, -


He is great traveller, says the Nash
vile american. '.''- -''''' % = ,'',-.t
:, There is man in Nashville who has
Travelled the length and breadth of the
United States, from Maine to Mexico,
fromsNcw York to: San Francisco, and
did not pay dime for his passage. and
he rode .half tho way in n flrst-claSs pas.
scngcr coach, the other half in box car
as.t'blipd baggage. q, ,...r,,t,
AZ present this distinguished travclcI
is Registered at tho work house.
ID Everybody in Nashville knows him,
especially the policemen. A reporter
called on the traveller. recently and
found him in mood to rccitc various
"reminiscences, some of them of thrill
ing interest. &C. . OK
Il reckon" said he, II am about
rs well known in the big cities of the
country rs the president; and when the
authorities Of the place hear / am com
ing on visit they receive me with open
arms, although they don't have IL brass
band to play martial music and have
me ride in n carriage. The mayor
doesn't make speech of welcome. but
the address of the police judge is am
prcsSivc when he ScowlS ut me and
jerks out: Thirty days OH the rock pile.
There's secret in getting about the
country on your face, and even when
it's known some fellows haven't sense
enough to work the racket. Every
time l leave Nashville rig up in a new
suit, aud get & pass TO some town about
forty or fifty miles away. I never fall
in with crowd of buns, for it's always
best to travel by your.2lf.
(Which start frcm one town to an
other 1 generally strike the cannon ball
trains and find out what kind of Z crew
they carry. If it's good set of men
ride between the mail-car and tender.
If the trainmen are tough on fellow
l crawl up under the trucks and hang on,
or sometimes get on top of passenger
coach aud lie down by the lights. Rid
ing the trucks is dangerous, and if a
fellow don't know how it's done he's a
goner. You have to cramp yourself up
in q peculiar position, hold your feet mp
and never move during the ride. Some
times ride tho brallc-rods. That's the
easiest and safest way to travel when
you're out on the beat. ! get q plank
with q nail in each end, so it won't slip,
put it under the rod and straddlc it.
When get in the passenger coach /
put up Il pitiful tale about being an I'M
fortunate railroad man and having lost
my papers, and l generally get my
ride. F.. f...
Il made fifty dollars once, and il
was the easiest money that ever came
into my hands. Maj. Clarfcc was tho
passenger agent of the Atchison, To-
pc!.a &c Santa F'c road. and went to
him in Fort Worth, told him / was IN
unfortunate and l wanted to get out OF
town. He gave me q pass to some
point about thirty miles up the road
and left that r.. yht. When l went
into the .coacn VINO should 1 sec but
Maj. Clarfcc. lie motioncd for me tc
have n scat by him, and commenced
asking about inc and how 1 man
aged to get about why, major ]
| said, L have travelled over your road q
thousand times and never paid cent
or had pass, nor beat my way Al
this the old man pricl1ed up his ears
| for he thought he would catch some one
of his conductors ut some underhant
| trick.
GLOW do you do it?' the major asked
| me.
| That's secret said I.
"'Ill give you twenty dollars to put
me on to it. ...,...
"'Malsc it fifty said I.
Dome and he passed over the
money.
"'Nfcll, major, walk .
''EIo saw [ had him and he didn'
kick, but he cooked his eye and looked
ut mo long time. When get hungr.,
| go to the biggest hotel in the city
give the clerk IL pitiful song and dane
and got square meal. Sometime
they take me up in tho dining-roDm
and sometimes they give me IL hand
out 1 have eaten ut the Palmer hous
III Chicago, nt tho Ponce da Leon in 81
/ Augustine, at the Fifth Avenue in Sey
York, ;snd, in fact, the finest hotels i
the country on that scheme. r..