The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-05-19
A CHAPTER ON WARTS.
The Kind that Aff1iCt Communities in
General.
Tryphena Reads sold Crank'' a Lesson
Drawn from the Teachings of
the Golden Rule.

had noticed Tryphena glancing at me
several times, and l knew she was anx-
ious for a little argument; but wasn't
feeling particularly bright. and unless
do feel that way she always gets the bet
ter Of me, so didn't encourage her any,
but she caught my eye, and commenced
talking very quietly.
when l was little girl" said she, 81
had quite number of warts on my
hands, and my aunt told me how to cure
them. She told me to get some white
beans, and rub the warts with them, and
then make nice little package of the
beans and drop it insthe street, and the
person who picked up the package would
get the warts, and they would all go off
my hands. So l got the beans and rubbed
them on my warts, and then did them up
in nice-lool1ing package, and placed the
package in the street, where somebody
was sure to find it: and the first time
thought of my warts afterWard they were
all gone, and my hands were as smooth
as they could be. | think Jemima Jones
picked up the package, for the first time [
met her afterWard she had lust about as
many warts on her hands as | had got rid
Of"
"Why, Tryphena," I exclaimed, ''did
you ever do anything as bad as that !?
Don't you see the moral turpitude of such
an act? Because you are afflicted with
something unpleasant toput it, off onto
somebody else is horrible"
Tryphena's eyes sparkled, and knew
then she had set a trap and that L had put
my foot right into it; BUTT was too late to
escape-I was caught.
Moral turpitude - she remarked, in a
very mild voice, lis that what you call it !?
| was very little girl, then, and didn't
know much, but l have known of edu-
Gated men OF the nineteenth century, who
boast of living in the most civilized and
most christlaniZed country in the world,
thousand times larger. | wonder if they
doing the same thing, only on scale a
exhibit any moral turpitude p"
What do you mean, Tryphena ?' I
asked, humbly.
Well" said she, "you needn't 90 a
| hundred miles from home for an exam
! pie of what L mean. Take it right here in
! your own little city. How do you men
| deal with Migrants and tramps? How
often do | read in the papers of officers
ordering the tramps to leave town; and
| sometimes when convicted in a court
! they are let off with the proviso that they
must leave the city within so many
| hours.
sis there no moral turpitude' in put
! ting Off this fungus growth of the COM
/ nunity, or these human warts. onto
! somebody else? And yet the virtuous
! public, including Christian churches,
| tacitly approve. Would it not be wiser.
! as we'll as more Christian-like, to provide
some permanent cure for this evil?
How would it do to have a public
| farm, controlled by proper authorities. in
/ every county, where this class of people
could go and enjoy a decently comfort
able home by working for it? They
might be allowed about half the usual
price for their labor, so as not To curtail
their liberty too much, and then be al
| lowed to go and come as they pleased, but
not to beg, or ask assistance elsewhere.
Then, anyone desiring to better his
condition, when he had earned enough to
/ pay his way for time, could go out into
the world aud seek for more remunera-
/ tive employment; and if he failed to find
! it he would have a refuge to resort to.
where he need not suffer.
perhaps little compulsion might be
necessary, at first, TO enforce the rules.
! but when it was thoroughly understood
| by all that it was provided and intended
for good, only, L believe everything
would work smoothly, and that it would
| have tendency TO break up tramping.
! Ii so, 1t would certainly be very benefi-
cial to the community.
IF any better way than this can be
! devised, ii ought to be tried, for surely
something ought to be done to mitigate
! this great nuisance, besides shifting it
from one locality to another"
OLD CRANK.
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