Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-25
VARIOUS TRAMP SIGNALS.
How the III bOss" Mark Fences
and Gate Posts.
Pointers Of Experience Len Bshiud
for these who NAY Come AMER.
watd-,trictiy Busiusss tsde.

hhfH-NtrttttN hustutss Auue
There are sermons 10 stones, book
10 the brooks ani chapters on gate
pOets, board fences auj other pfomi.
nent features In the Landscape VI n
territory through wnich ttamps deligh
to lay out their itineraries, rays the
Washington Star. There IL no poetry
Ia the cabeiistio language with which
the knights Of the road smooth the
pathway OF their brethren who msy
come alter them With an unetfins
course Of directions ABOUT the people
who permanently resiJe along by H..
All is prose, and meaning prose
nj that There Ia none Of the
grace notes OF literature; none Of the
high lights Of intellect. The prosOIy
~ uislOcated anu ragged; the code Il
follows has neither rules nor rhythm.
IL may consist OF n single word or ,
rough, unoOuth outline Of the hind
leg OF n dog. But despite all lls short.
ogmings, from universally standpoint,
IL IL ~ full Of meaning a. it, students
arc full Of hunger anu thifst, anu
those sad symptoms arc what IL largely
deals with.
The individual who lives Isolated 10
the country or IA more gregArious
manner In n suburban noighborhood
knows a good deal more about tue
tramp genus than the dwollcft q cities,
but In great majority u instances he
eoe.n't know hail enough. AZ lac did
he'd Keep big, III tempered dog with
n hNnNlw
only once a day aud leave him free 10
roam about tne premises at his own
sweet viii. When such an animal In
seen cavortlng about tho front yard OF
suburban dwelling with blood In his
eyes and half yard Of rcd tongue
hangipg out OF n tOOth.filled cavern Of
devastation II 10 safe to bot that the
person living there 10 past grand
master In the knowledge Of tramps.
There are few Of uH-or rather few /
euoh people, however, because the hu. /
man heart IL pretty tender thing, !
anu ~ shocks most OF them 10 zoe = i
poor man anu an indignant dog mir /
up suddenly In q catch NJ catch can |
event without any limit TO tho !
number OF rounds. Consequently, such
son'hoarted individuals ieel a great
pang OF PITY when n Hhnsicss, hatless,
ragged fellow comes ahufiling up 10 the
uoof anu tells doleful tale about hAv-
ing hved on biscuit aud half Tor
aevonty.tw0 hours. Then they seal
him down, ~ to the pantry and bripy
out cold ham and light bread aud saf.
dimes nnd crackers aud milk ami pre. !
efvesAnd MI tbs hungry visitor until
hs distends like tho pouch Of small
boys crying balloon.
Ihe chances arc that n nrat experl.
snce OF this KIND on the part OF \ Al. /
iufbAn householder will be- followed {
" another and another, the visitors
irlng only different In their prrso1s !
.nd tho degrees Of their dilapidatiou, !
Their periods OF hunger are almost
IDENTICAL, aud the ravenOus gusto with
which they Interview tho pfovsuder
hat Ia set before them precisely tue y
anne. y,
The diurnNl2rocessiop u such caller. i
= liable "a cAJieNtho charitable enter.
Ialp,r OF them all TO ruminAts Oh the
hmohee amount Of poverty caused by
ne Impression OF business, aud no viii
iIpatiAte TO his frien = upou the i'm.
nense number OF honest workipgmsn
iOink through tho country Ia search of n
mpioymenl, illustrating his state. 4.
nenls with illusions TO the horny.
landed sons OF toll who have called Al n
~ own house anu told such pitiiul ! y
tories Of hardship anu III fortune. al
VI COURSE this u all very apparent
lhe unsuspeoting recOutruf OF the
Incidents, but other aublTbanitea coulu NJ
ave told him that the supposed un- q
ottuhAtu wofkmen were simply pfn. h
esslonhl trAmps, who had become "a
ware OF his kihdhhrtedness and were y
ilaylng tune upon his heaftstTingu ?
WIN oonhummate cuteneas. The OLD
would have told him that ,
40 would have never seen another
ramp u he hal given tho bisouit.And.
.-hAll'seNenty'two-hOur starver two d
minutes 10 get of the premises in tur u
iut place, Instead Of all that bread
,nu meat anu preserves aud other q
hinga. Why? Because as soon a. thai 4
nan finished his fepast, Simulated ID
tumble gratitude anu shamblrd IN
INTO the road he proceeded 10 leave y
ilefoglyphica upon some prominently y
lspIayed surface like gate post, fence y
MI or nat, stationary rock along thu
ohisldo near the entertainers house. ~
Fhlch conveyed 10 every other tfamp y,
oming that way that good cheer M y,
foiusion awaited his Rsking at youdsr vl
itchen door. a,
II the frst conner had been fred oui iu
ohewed up by the dog, what then?
10 would have left an inuslihle warn.
ig 70 that effect IN the came manner
iat would have caused all his treth.
20 who might follow to quicken their ar
ere IN passing such a dangerous ma
yelling. ca
Ihal is the language spoken OF at the vi
'kiunlng Of this aftiole--the lauguu q on
the great army Ut WORTHLESS hulkt o.,
humanity, derelicla Ia the path of ~
eceucyi who neither toll nor spir. nd,
no ata too cOwardly 10 steal when ~
ore l. any possible chance OF their -.
l'urIlng personal danger aud who IN
'hhne their regulations largely 10 tho Ill
non baskets OF ifiphleutd school III
llidrtni anu who shulil up and dow
- fuuds aud lance Of iur couu ~ aud
10 nhok Streets and alleys Of cities D.,
eylug on he ~ mpathIrs Of the MI.
ana eking out an existence aIpnI-
q IN iis utter usviesucss. I6os Sc,
'iessional tramps have System oi :,