The Portland daily press., 1894-12-01
THREE TRAMPS' THANKSGIYINGS.
Members of the "Perfesh" Describe
Their Thursdays Dinners.

Ono Failed With the klch But was req ny
the Poor-Another Connected" Sumpt-
, - .ha E;rst rrv-Tba vn,rd
"ofheo an" if'n'iee'' ioi
An5 +b;s 10 IN he the story of three
,ra,nns and how they passed Thanksgiving
dav
For some reason the writer has been for
vars selected by many specimens of the
,ne,nbers of the ancient order of tramps, as
.ba ,,ro,ar nerson tn whom TO coufide such
.4rsv hits of their nersonaI history. and ex-
,.,ienca as for the. moment has been most
interestinp to them. for your real tramp
lives in the present. has hut little recollec-
zion of tbe mast. and no hope of a future.
If NAV he that having no hone of future,
and no nresent worth talking about, they
have mo use for a mast. and SO there are no
racollactions of mast events that are worth
hr,,oino nm 70 he surfaee of their minds
,rbe1a NAV bs hidden depths below, where
.rn hnriad memories of home and mother,
lie, nd child n NAV he. hut like those
80, down ocean residents that are only
800 -, h., rtro.t storms or natural con-
,l.ions srlb memories are very deep
su- ''I'3.sa -. fstbo,,s NJ other events.
- =. - fo,, 4bo,,, n 90 down where
4t a., +o1li,, ,riobt he DIS
1891 looted and finally brought to the
49,, - 20 be examined at leisure.
D o,,o,,+s of tho moment. the homes
- soars CONSERVATION or for the
st 1.-Two affinance are COM
ronlv ali at the DISPOSAL of any one who
chooses to talk with tramp. If you can DO
something 10 niahe 'ne IN aho,t
IT.
any notaoie fe'en' eNp ,,..,oi
Inc raiIlo"u lamp Noe' NJ - :. -
DANGER nc IS useu ~ IT, anu 800 ,..Ioea,d
muoh do an o'u eoiu-rl - - ~
IheFe Is soinetiilns "!nlo'' pe'n -n
very feeA1eSeeS' 80 - ,;fo :. bald
goes into uahser. l. sno"' .nSs 1;,.s,,. -
~ - :. = oil oyar
oe very much SORROW wien 81 ..w.
2he average ramp Is reauy W say a
are such STUN as uleahs arc - 80, ;,
al our Mite NE Is rouhoeu VIZ 80.
10 mat steep 'hes iooA io- "" aios;t,
special GREAT an" "l.nou' 49, 20 aa-sst;o,,
even. lhere Is prao'io"' i''S - 'o
OF ol iulefes' "iea ~.
III ala not ehahoe eh"' .ho "io -.
three irahiFs' ce'hnont ~ =.
happen III thls "oifu.
hoerate looAins i'i - oa+
ana there WAS d Seoui0o
ting thehi TO taiA ny ING anu "
HOT coHee IS soiietnlns NJ 'A'''.p
with ihainelehee' Anoio az -
Woald refuse ny 'ua mo
live VINO wourt say ho " INC oAeA " -0
coHee-
THE STORY OF THE FIRST TRAMP.
M St 4,a, ,~as man of nerhaps
-, g. Ill, ra+her oood face. He
-. - eoo,, better davs he certainly
- 49,, ,,,o,sa Tb.ra might have been
-, H. .ro,,1d have worked. when
aYa, 1ookin- for work perhaps when
~, dia wi, h,. If ca If had nassed
- ~ hnd ea++1ed down To the level of
% IL -, md ,yss content To he a
-
.,anlo+ ha bas hut his undercoat
-, s,,r,,,ar i,ctet Vest he had
49, nc sbirt wae thick and warm.
"a ~ locking man
r - -, ~ 4asb bnt sturdy and evident
=, n. - 80 lon, WALL -vithout feeling
nv sneoial affect and to go if need be
-ithc,,+ fooa for davs
.sw1a+ Ala ,,o, bava for d;nnersn was
s,,ad I'D bo 1oanad hack and said. well
+ didr,+ have much luck for long time. !
80, 4on, nort of tho city while NV nard
~ ,,o,f,od +ha otber end 7 don't know
en-, .,,.s 4or the hills but went that
NOV lindicatno the western section of the
IT,, ord +ried bousa after house but not
= h;ta did T GOT Ono ladv came TO the
l;,cbar do,r and told me- to GET ont of the
ysrd or she'd call the DOG. and another told
bsr bi,ed oirl TO rail- n man when I asked
for sonnet hing 70 eat
..1vos ,.rattv hnnorv. Inf when thew
oearad rne eoma stale bread at one house. I
1,iokad !, didn,t soon tn me- 10 he the sort
of chuck they ough1'r hand out Thanks
giving day, ana SAN SO.
The girl came to the door that tlme' ana
she said that COED bread was Good enough
for tramp any day IN Inc year. salu 1
wanted something better II Ia got 10 De
thankful, anu she SAID ought TO De thank-
ful for anything, ana that olg strong
man like me ought'r be ashamed OF not De-
ing at work. 'Spose she dlon know taat
tend flower gardens ana mat there am no
flower gardens 10 ttnd This time Oh the