The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-28
ADVANTAGES OF NEW ORLEANS.
New York II n Great City. Hut Il Hal Nc
Can Houses for HOboes.

New York IL n Great City. Hut II Has No
Can Houses for Hoboes.
81 visht dere wuz a patent can house in dis
burch," said "Nosoy" Brown. an old hobo
tramp. who was sitting on a coil OF line on an
East River dock.
"A patent can house7 wots q patent can
house. Nosey?"
Say, l see ye amt up in all de customs. an
70 won't be till We turn yer face to de Sunny
sout'' an hit New Erleans fer o week or two.
On do French side Nv de town. down by do
river. dere's tree saloons were de hobo don't
hat to send In his card to get In. De guys
yot's runnin' desc places wuz hoboes oncet.
an wen dey got a stake dey started desc gin
houses, an KNOWN wot de hobo needed dey
made 'em patent can houses.
wen l first struck dc town me buddy wuz
a piano tuner an We picked up a sailor. De
sailor told US to get q couple Nv cans apiece
an to bum all kinds Nv chuck. De old gag Is
dat dere amt nuthin' cooked. but de sailor SEE:
Tell 'em dat you'll take raw pervisions-
beans. pertaters. termaters. er beef We split
UP. an at 5 o'clock met at de corner Nv Canal
an Dauphine streets. an do sailor drilled us
all over dc French side till We reached de
place. De back room wuz a sight. De hoboss
wus SO thick ye cd hardly see dc floor. Dere
wuz benches round dc walls an de hoboes
wuz aittin' dere. talkin' an laughin' an
smokin' cigarettes made out Nv newspaper fer
wrappers an snipes broken up fer tobbacker.
Under de benches de hoboes wot carried do ban
ner de night before. wuz asleepin'. In dc mid
covered with termater an peach cans. an do
hohoes had knives an sticks an was o ~stirrin'
de cans ali II. time. In one corner dere wuz a
crowd holdin' cans on dere laps an, eatin' al
bIDss sy i Ssae s.ar pf IN ' Tqz s seT ior 'a pisyf G+' s got
games. an one-wheeled sam. an Rsddv Reilly.
dat belonged to de Triangle gang In Glove.
ds T5oy ,oilin, %IIl gang. all a sIttin' dsre a
vu uD . = 9slI,n q: S %.1faS WV Wa, t I w essHs'; s ds i &c
los: % ( s!f t ds n an s:li u q e, s's Fso ssf j 81 . u
:'Numper twelve, right of de ladies' parlor
n"!'%Wu ae d"t you ipU% a piayin' what iii 3o'eeiock
dis mornin, an xssp,a,, DC guests awake bust
"sSorry | Kept ye awake. butI wuz enter
ea,n1H, a ns f H. friends. W Ss'' %as PUSH 'pssRia ~ d
ssei I'll tho mode an charlotte rooshss. al
""'iDidn't have no snow balls to remind 70
business an STAYED 20 in Michigan instead NV
'' "Ish Hi' say y'q nit. 'w'er.'s dat head waltnh,
dat he don't bring me my finger warsn 2 an
l)hn1y lelI. bhVlu no WuL kolu ~ pny HIS VII
an go IN to de 81. Charles. Were de walters
tended to dere business.
81 De sailor wuz kind ny lookin' after me an
clr"k. De piano tuner had six perfatsrs an
atInro NV sausage an u piece uvbeef u butch
or give i'm. an de sailor stuck tree pertaters
an de sausage In one can an dc beef an dc
rest NV de pertaters In dc udder can. an film
EN- up wild water stuck 'eIn on, de stove.
give him some beans an q couple Nv onions.
au' he stuck dem in dc cans had. an den put
in, a piece NV fat meat dat. he had. Next he
hllsd en- up wild water. an he put EN- ON dc
"'Ye did we'll enough for do first time he
SEE. but ye can't cook wldout salt. Ye'rs. IL.
BILE to get do scurvy or dc govt II ye eat widout
salt, but I've got some. an wore all right.
Now here's some sugar dat I grabbed out NV a
barrel ut q sugar refinery. an here's some ter
matters an reddishes ! picked up at o grocery
store. an heres some coffee dat y good -hsart-
Cd woman Eiys me. an here's a piece Nv beef
"De, coffee .wuzn't ground. but We mashed It
np wild n brick an, u copblestone. an put 1t
inter q can wot a duror had got troo wild, n
stun wpz 9-cookin' in COOL shane, We puts
done stuck de steak on a stove lid an cooked
one side. don do udder. Dero wuz uz fine a
supper w q man could want, an we went OF
into q corner an eat 1t. We didn't have no
table ner mouth wines ner knives, out t didn't
make no difference bout de knife. fer't ain't
perllte to eat wild one.
New York's \ pritty fly place fer de dudes,
but It'll never be popular Wild do hobo till it
gits q patent can house"