Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-31

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Any TIME FOR ANOTHER
loyo TRAMP.
...,re sues famous character, the
saarlng Jew" has been outdone
roupE German-American.
1-nt Hoffman. lad of only 20
bas travelled, on foot, on rail-,
geamboats as n stowaway. on
..,sck and muleback. almost the
IN, ~ the entire circumference OF
rsbe. He started when he was
.rs old. and in the last three years
travelled all over the American
,,nsnt. covering in that space OF
4, q, ssi miles.
u.nman emulated the proverbial old
sy.ulner, who. when asked on his
s,r how he made out In California.
1isd. roh. | held my own: | started
!, without a cent, and came back
shDut a cent.
T,rman left New York ON April |,
\, without 4 cent, and after travel
,or three years. almost always
'Amt a cent, never paying a cent,
rrned yesterday without cent.
m modern Wandering Jew is alb
~sly shiftless. He cannot stay in
ne place more than few days or
~ Al the most. He says that after
.dag been three or four days in
plsce. desire for wandering over
ms him. and off lie goes.
rs Is not burdened with baggage.
has but one suit of clothes and no
,lerlothing, and knows not the wor-
n 4, the modern fashionable tour
4, or American born countess, who
a dozen or more trunks TO look
NJ When his clothes get worn out
rts them fall off, ana manages
sehow to buy another suit.
rssn his underclothing needs wash
Il BE- takes 1t off, washes II In the
,rsl river or stream, dries II In the
a. zor a hospltable house, then dons
ID resumes his Journey.
inman has many trades. He is a
nisr, press feeder. a newsboy, q
s,hgk, a waiter, a Waterman,
es--sman. a cowboy, a mule driver.
krse driver a bull driver, n dish
a,Aer cook, a bar tender. a can
Httl q HihhANiF anu hbpuA AWNING
b that might present itself in an
Eeency.
1 He has Invariably beaten his way.
|,qing for his meals only when they
Itgli not be had in some other way.
~ ihai was very seldom. His meals
Vi him little at any time. as he gen
rr bought meat of a butcher, OF
In'n be would ask for vad get an
@fsn and salt for nothing, and, camp
h out would cook his meals him
When asked by Morning Journal
yMtf about his travels and how
J Eocured necessary money, he re-
NJ a narrative which might have
n hken for romance, had he nvt
Nc great familiarity with every
rhe mentioned. He said:
struck town where there
~ printing office l would ask for
i1s 'subbing I would not work
~ than a day at the case. When
Mdn't get 'subblng' | would set
p4ln column of type, or feed a press
4 eay and, after cashlng ne slips
FITTING my days wages, i would
gui for the next town.
haai did you do when you found
Nintlng Officer" he was asked.
ANYTHING. Among other things, 1
m canyassed subscribers for the
1saso Times and ads for railroad
,panys red book, and got plenty
en- 100. / acknowledge 1 have a
nv deal OF cheek. ! can talk an
Guy OF a bank president as easily
nom keeper OF peanut stand"
!ea me something Of your itin-
Couldn't begin to tell you all. hut
mssnton the main places and incl
trt | went to Chicago, then to
LOUIS and return, distance OF
iaass' That trip didn't cost me n
.ll any way. Next | went TO Oma-
4 ~ came back again To Chicago. a
[..ee OF 300 miles. Then | went to
~ iork' and after staying here one
III peat my way to Albany and
1 - swn' where ! stayed several days
W working Boys Home, feeding a
/ .n,t press In a printing office.
I'M ! soon tired of that too CLASH
T,"n, so | started for Chicago. then
70 Omaha. Lincoln. Atchlson,
Ell s wy, Kan, and Kansas City,
soon returned to st. Louis,
sns my way on a cattle train.
S.sn ss distance of over 5000 miles.
|s%gy after | went to Wyoming,
n, pakota. and all over the Black
III, mhere | drove horses on rail-
A most OF the time. Then went
~ rms was trip of $500
n y Ts * came back to New York by
i,..sS eVeland and Buffalo, and soon
), o. 4" Shicago by the same route.
us 1mnfha,s
~ to Michigan and several West
~ ~ ! siarted for the South. I
70 Dallas and Fort Worth. Tex.
|-l'o San Antonio. and Monterey
y; and back to Corpus Christi.
from there / went 10 Houston
ION. New Orleans. Mobile. Blrm-
"a ~ montgomery. Macon, savan-
N t,Savksonville, all the smaller cities
lhhdn orange groves of Leesburg.
.ssrs talatka, etc.
hi lung to Jacksonville, | worked
Nea. " IN store, then came back
Iakin, iork on Clyde Line steamer,
'iaAs NY way In the kitchen. / re-
~ ~ ~ chicago as soon as [ heard
'ist n, ne as | wanted to be in the
ior ~ e excitement. Then ] start
Rick ~ rar West went TO Bis
4 ~. ~ D., and Helena. fpnt.
dim. y there TIL had earned sj5
ne Doots and playing faro. Gam
TIE mn. y weakness. That's where
II rat ey l earn goes. For secur-
'nia graft on the Bank of Cal
way sS,,s San Francisco. and beat
hi. svs days ! started for Spokane, y
\ bus,eda Portland, Ore, where 1
HAsd ss had to get my draft
beat ." the people there couldn't
. atean,., went back TO Frisco on
'lsay columbia, OF the Oregon
liking M. nv Navigation Company,
7 onca passage in the kitchen.
sarled uled to beat that company.
'sed aws, steamer at Portland and
2 to sbo,!., When discovered | was
~ NhDNeIing cnal A. c.. -,