Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-28
THE RICHMOND DISPATCH-THURSDAY. JUNE %. 1894

OF Hugo, Oakley. Eius. Abilene. Topeka,
and Laurence, crossing the Missouri at
Kansas City, and taking at Kansas CITY,
Mo. the Missouri Pacific road through
to 81. Louis, by way Of Independence.
Lexington. and Jefferson City: at ~.
Louis making bee line for the Balt-
more and Ohio, the best line In the coun-
try 10 ride on next to the Fort Wayne
road. according TO the testimony OF al
old-tlmers. and which carried me through
to Cincinnati. covering the distance OF
3ll miles In exactly twenty-six hours
THE RAILROADS ElAsG TO BEAT.
The Southern Pacific. a wealthy cor
poration. is n difficult road to beat your
way by. The Union Pacific, Missouri
Pacific, and the Big Four are fair roads,
Generally all roads having an eastern
management or owned BY eastern capt.
talists. are easy roads TO beat, witn
the exception OF the Pan Handle and the
Vandaiia line. The Missouri. Kansas
and Texas. the Santa Fe. and the Kansas
Pacific are not roads 10 bs trusted.
neither is the Cincinnati, Hamilton. and
Dayton, nor the Rock Island. nor the
Omaha and Council Bluffs, and all Iowa
roads.
HOW TRAMPS PROCURE FOOD.
r.
with to buy fond. Frelght-train travel Is
slow enough, even by fast freight trains
az one car only travel by night. Besides,
the freight traffic is divided and handled
by divisions For instance, there Is no
through freight going direct iron, Cincin-
natl To st. Louis Between thtse TWO
cities there are four divisions on the u. K
O. 5. W. railroad, division being gene
rally ninety pI!es from Denver to bos-
ton on all roads, and from Denver TO
the Pacific between 30 and 30 miles.
1t takes hours 10 form train
Twenty-Five miles an hour is the speed
OF through freights. which are dispatched
only at night. Local freghts only. as a
rule are running during the day, and
owing to lengthy stops, switchings.. and
sidetrackings at every station. they hard
" cover more than sixty miles. But II
a man has no money he gets hungry as
well as an alderman and must eat, ana
he eats. too. Old-timers have the line
down 10 a nicely They avoid large
towns and small villages In the former
people are too smart; in the latter people
are too poor 10 give anything away.
Towns OF between 400 and 10000 inhabi-
tants are the best. and especially those
where there Is strong German element.
~ German from the Old country, y
every old-timer asserts. "nsver lets n
hungry man go by" If he has only
coffee and dry bread he viii share It
with him cheerfuly. Yankees ana native
Americans are good ones to strike. They
are no good for meals but they give
money Apparently wealthy houses are
to be avoided. as rich people give nothing
away except systematically Persons
i'm moderate circumstances are the best
ones TO approach. Farmers are TO be
passed by as rule. Country hotels give
meals i'm plenty. It is best 10 strike the
man Of the household An old woman,
however and a young girl are generally
teuder-heaT,ed and give with profusion.
Reno ogden. Denver, RaWlins, ana
Topeka are good towns 10 bum Chey-
enne is bad place. but not so bad as
st. Louis Cincinnati Is said To be
among the best places; as In fact, all
Ohio towns The tramp having selected
a house. and experience has given him
almost an infalllble eye. he goes boldly
10 the door at the meal hour, states
that he is hungry and beating his way
home. and nine times out OF ten he -
invited in. given seat NJ the table ana
the heartier he eats tho more sympathy
he is sure to win from the charitable
people. II he be- besides fluent tdlker
and interesting recounter. as he generally
IL. he is made TO stay after the
meal and seldom dismissed without some
coin TO buy paper Of tobacco.
That tramping r. profession with
many Is indsputable. ! know of man
who ION and of" according 10 his state
ment. has been on the Baltimore and Ohio
line from Cincinnati 10 ST. Louis these
last ten years. Though by no means Il
young man, he enjoys the best Of health,
having his three regular meals DAY
and pocket money supply Of about $50
a week.
THE GOOSERERRY LINE.
Whenever a professional wants clothes
he goes on the gooseberry line, selecting
line where there are students and a
branch Of the Young Mems Christian
Association. He knows that the latter
will clothe him from head TO foot, and
with good clothes. lie has no use for
washing his linen. as h. can procure
"a clean shirt whenever h. likes. There
Is song on the gooseberry line. whose
refrain is:
shall hang on the gooseberry line,
When | start down the line,
And will look able to pay my fine
With the goOscberry line.
Another refrain Of old-timers is:
| shall know the no
When / hear the bo.
And | shall get drunk
When / meet a trump.