The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-14
.H0PPIN AMT wor TT WAS,
RUT THE BoWBRY LBFT-OTBRs DE
eide TO 90 ANYWAY.

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They WILL walk to tho HOP vineu ana start
To-Day 20 BEAT the Canal B~cats-Losk Dat
Tor Them-Memories or the sweet Fields
or oneida STIR Bones Mcclure TO Song.
In Chatham Square Just above Mott street
there was an open.air meeting yesterday after
noon of the Permanently Discontinued to con-
slider the question OF employment In the hop
fields and to kick on having boon left out Of the
prearranged exodus. Not moro than q dozen
were there, but they did enough kicking for q
thousand. The substance of their grievance
was that the hop growers up the State had sent
down for AN assortment OF pickers and that tho
kickers had been left out of the selection. Tho
chosen ones went up free OF charge on q small
fleet OF canal boats, which was towed out Of
Cocnties slip yesterday morning, and they will
begin work on Monday in the fields around
Coopcrstown.
big Tom Lcaver's de mug wot done u.s." de-
clarcd Bones Mcclure. "wot fer did he give
us de ice.wagon pass-byi We been widdim fer
ten years on dc hop racket, an now wen do call
comes he runs in q lot o. new guys an don't
give US no show. Wouldn't dat burn yer neck
ito OIL"
To burn ones necktie of, 1t may be remarked,
Isl figure OF speech developed from the old,
familiar hot in the collar" phrase. 10 De sure.
Bones Mcclure has no necktie; nor has he any
collar, for that matter, but in the matter OF
speech he Is well fitted out
Easy enough to tell why you Amt In on IT.
remarked Special Sessions Mike McLanahan.
"You was fired last year fer assaultin' an bat
terin' the boss"
"Ah. he was a lobs ter said Silvertip jerks.
Tried to stop off a cart load of booze we had
comm out inter the field. Bones copied him
one on de mug an he lost four teeth. He was
lucky to get away alive
"Hoppin'," said Corlcars Jimmy, ''ain't wot It
used to be. It's gettin' too quiet an peaceful
"Oh I don't know" put in Nell the Skier. 30
called from the duration of her periodical visits
q day an free beer an a hop dance every
satday, not countin' the fights an other fun
YOU cit took up there Z free. With ali the be-" chuck auSF
an booze you want on the way"
,, .Ihem as Is asked g : do. docs said ID, Bones e., Y,
Big Tom Leaver here"
amt tslt re- fer a year. remarked Social
remember them chickens we got last hoppin.
"Yes, an 1 remember what I got with en-"
replied Special Sessions Mike. rubbing himself
%ruefullE. Pepper an salt, an a-plenty Of it,"
manded Silyertip Jenks Indignantly. Amt
CHICKEN with pepper an salt good enough fer
1T was out of a shotgun said Special ses-
sions Mike; "Wowl l felt like q hard. boiled egg
for a MONTH"
Them farmers amt as easy as dey useter
loan remember when they'd trot out the
like we git now. but the real ting; tree Of gin
to one of water; an it was gin that yoSg could
Now, II yer asst for booze except Saturday
nights, dey look on yer wit s'pishun," COM
AN dcy set up nights watchin' DER corn
fields an melon patches"
fiddler was all they had fer music. until they
broke his fiddle an his face. an then they didn't
washtubs, that dance, SO nobody gave a whooper
".Wots it all abouti' inquired Skinny tho
whereupon he was Immediately under sus.
picion of having had the price and having
amt YOU went wit de gang Big Tom Leaver
IVY. amt SO poplar wit dat gang since
tMo years ago; goi1' down to the cranberry boys,
fer his ticker. They couldn't prove nothin', but
had to walk home. wy amt youse gone wit
Same reasons; on'y different" answered
B BsR ter De 60" eoh We nio f fe Ha 70 i'' ourselves go
Say" cried Bones Mcclure suddenly. IT
got It; Deyn be short of plckers up dere, won't
always are about this time" said Social
An we're all good hands in the field"
dollar n a half with a little pushin'.:' said Nell
tho SAASi, "a III ohy a lahys u mugs IL
oughter could keep up to me-
We'll, den,' continued Bones. well all get
took on as soon as We get dere, an / move dat
we all don't do a ting but CO."
How g. said Skinny the Rake.
walk. by gee!' replied Bones firmly.
How'll we live on the way T.
Panhandle. by gee!"
"Whatu we do II folks won't give US no hand.
outs
Steal, by gee! Are you wit me-"
Were wit ye." cried the entire aggregation
In unison, and the meeting adjourned upon the
approach Of a policeman.
Later Bones Mcclure dropped in at THE SUN
office to report the result OF the meeting, which
he said was Of great industrial significance. He
gave his account of the proceedings, and said
that the aggregation would start north early
this morning, with Cooperstown as an objective
point.
After dat" said Bones. "dere's all de Oneida
county hop fields to go to. Oh, it's great to get
back in de fields again wit plenty Of grub and
booze.
40. I'm goin' back to Dixie.
Hurrah! HUI
Bones's voice is something to shun when up
raised in song. He was promptly interrupted
and departed after handing over a copy OF resolu
tons, which he said he had made out himself
as Chairman of the Mcclure gang OF the army
OF the unemployed. They were long and strong
and the substance of them was, concisely speak
ing: