The sun., 1894-10-14
THE HOP PICKERS EXODUS.
WILD SCENES TO CELEBRATE TINE
END or THE HARTESr.

Their 81 Booze" Is Peculiar 10 Them, and
NnddsninE- Black sytvie aud Her Law
less suhIects-Scene- on a Train Car
ryins Departing Hop Picker-.
With the end Of September comes the finish OF
hop picking. The hop pickers having collected
the money owing TO them feel themselves lords
OF the earth. and proceed TO take possession Of
such OF II rs Is within reach They have gather
ed from all the hooks and crannics Of contiguous
creation; from the huts Of the forest districts
aud the slums OF great centres, from the docks
OF crowded ports and the Sleeps of lonely noun
tains. from farm and from factory, to garner
the odorous crop. There are Italians and Ger
mans. Swcdes and Greeks, Irish and Chinese
wanderers from everywhere and vagahonds
from nowhere, who have swarmcd into the hop
fields for this festival Of labor. and now that
their labor is over they are preparing TO cele-
brnte fittngly
Unaccustomei tn steady employment ne many
Of the vagabond crew are. thcv have worked
steadily for fortnight or { rec weeks: for what
reason or by what Incentive they themselves
could hardly tell Now and then n hop-dancc
has cnlvened their spirits, and always they
have had the stimulating influence of their
"bonzc.' as ii is called, to help them through
the weary hours. Hop pickers "bUozc," IL may
he stated. IL n mixture Of poor alcohol and
water aud for enlivening purposes It cannot be
beaten. lf the most desicratrd mummy OF the
oldest Pharaoh were treated with this beverage
1t would break out of its case and perform a
clog dance. Moreover, this booze is n chcap
drink, and by its use man can become more
deeply. deviishy. aid dulrrully drunk at
smaller cost than nv mhibing any other known
liquid o. combination ot liquids. Long and
continuous usc of the booze. however, has har-
dened the pCkcrs. and they can. without un-
duly upioarious consequences stow away auan-
titles of 1t which would produce in the brain of
no, ice II series OF living pictures. mainly rep
lillian and Internal. such to call for hospital or
guld-curc treatment.
On this beverage. then, the hop pickcrs do
their work and spend n small portion OF their
noncy. Little else is there to spend money on
for their living. where they board themselves,
costs them only II cents day. and ns for iodg-
ing, they lind the barns of their employers suf-
fciently omtortabc. sleeping side by side
closer packed than in Decent lod ging house on
the Bowcry in some cases without regard
to sex. As n good hop picker can make
from Sl.?j to Sl.5O day, he is apt to
have tidy little sum to show for his |
fortnight of work when nt the end of the season
he comes to draw his wages III lump. Most Of |
the pickers draw only enough during working |
time to live on and buy booze" with. Some !
idea Of the amour. OF money paid out to pickcrs |
may be gained when 1t il stated that the week |
before Lost u bank in small village in the hop |
country paid out $4,000 day for six days Ds |
per cent. OF which went to the hop yards.
With their money in their pockets and the |
JOYOUS feeling that the work is over, the pckcrs
prepare for new pastures. some of them go to |
their homes. others star; for New Jersey or