The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-20
GL.IMPsEs or HnrsToN.

There are $50 mon, women and ehijdr.,
lsinS N the Grand Central depot and mas.
are starving to death. This startlins
siAtement was made by an old negro
nlen,tssat last night. Ii was merely 4
Part Of his tale Of suffering told 10 ex,atc
the. sympathy OF a reporter OF The tog,
anu Win the vain endeaVor 10 * trati =
s Ii,l'e 20 gel q meat a. he expressed 4
Ire pitfous tales told by street begrnrs
ate familiar, h1e this one from ia S,s,.v
aniquenesA caps them All ana avoi,l1 ~
SseI maxi olg Annaias hide his fnce Tor
shame should he he Ia Houston ~ Inc
Old negro. ="
lie nrst statement was Calculated u
s.Ns oils nryali away but Il was net
said that The whole party had syaliscd All
tile way from the Indian Territory.
~ iAr = inat from Houston?' the
reporter innocentiy asked
Eighty-two dollars and fifty CENTS -,
lnt negro promptly replied
How far IN miles, / niean2' he next
Over 1000 miles," the weary traveller
answered s'si
tae Their told terrible tale OF how The
people had struggled along the raiiroad
track ana one BY one had dropt,od IN ia
WAY until when he reached Waco there
WEIR only itfty LEFT IN the party IheIe
me tifty waited for the Others and they
~ kept together until they reached the
n Closing mis- terrible tale the Narrator
10 indorae II said:
III m an honest man, boss-my name IA
George Johnson and I'm Methodist min
ister
He wea visitor from Richmond. and
he had come to zee Houston. He was
soreeousiy attired in his new store
cloths and he had made 10 his mind 10
maze an Impression IN The bayou City.
As ne atrolled down the street with the
legs cf his trousers carefully rolled 10 10
Keep them free from every particle ~
inua, Ills eyes never left his wen polished
boots UNTIL unfortunately for him. he
espled g. modest little saloon near fhs
nayoi rs II was absolutely necessary
Tor him 70 see an there was To be ss.t,
ne entered the bar and called fora drink
" nlif ne wes leaning with affected care
iina laiment caught the eye OF Il mock
looking tOtng man who shanDanpd "a ~
u the place az the time. a CONVERSATION
WAS soon commenced and before long he
q che meek eountenanee had won the
heart Of The visitor 40 by COMMUNICATING
him freely on his personal appearance
thai he permitted him 70 try on the new
coat and NeAt. The meek one wanted inst
such coat and vest and finaliy he nrn.
posed 20 make trade He offered the
stranger his old coat aud vest aud a 50 NOT,
Il he would hui trade The Rirhmohdite
looSed lovingly at his new nurnnenfs
adofning his newly found friend, / was
We ,,a T. WHY VIA nf ftlments
menis OF the power or q s. bill Ia Bonsfon
- , .', Nvst Hi,u stht n9 offered
-, ~, - ,a,s,N ~ W"th yuN nnaiiH
srs,, a'tnNsa'is VVnssnl g w trade
NV nsM *. sVfe ing Nes. Wiich ntted
!, ,s ", ,,s,,s on ,ne MEEK one then
,s,i,i " ~ 'nas..y TiNiivr tllat ne
~, 31t'u ,,,,,,,,s HttTf tne iovnc> and
mat ne WOMB return IN fey mo-
lf fl. 49,.
:, 1919. asIs ~ spAt an1 vest ON
,r,',,,., NV u me ety
tlyupiel Vihllaf from the same burg
ana y man ne police tre boxing for,
WINS 4 typical tlihe,niay, srd
,cas s,ftircd IL !. sntf ~ ..,,.,..,.l 49,. -,
e'Yt"es soHt naa
efiacntiN ranf service 81 etele occa
sions for soqarsGl generations before hi,n.
lie wstA q little niu With the .n1ifiafinf,
shaved upper llp and the short r13siv
beard of sioitni red with ia arms
atrsiehfenca out. .he aunle aiSevas fs.nss
70 hss nnger tips and Consequently he
MS hlesst IL order that hss hands fniehf
NJ rccn al ALI His tronaass wers fuiIv'tx
ample ~ ghe cont mil though n, hed
several careful rolls al no NATHAN ~