The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
SOME QUEER TOURISTS.
They Ia Abroad as Cattle Tenders and
Return as Swells.

return as SWelis.
While hosts of people look over the pas
senger lists of the lucky ones who are able
60 go abroad and envy them way down in
their hearts, there Is a class of men who
make frequent trips across the, ocean which
would hardly excite envy, excepting by
reason of their peculiar privileges. This
class is humorously called "cattle cham
bCrmaids,' because OF the fact that those
who belong To it give their attention TO
Ine live cattle that are exported from this
country TO Europe The men who do this
arc the rilfrafT of the world, and when
AeEe find it difficult to earn more than
enough to keep body and soul together.
But when they are lucky enough TO get
Goo of these "chambermaid" jobs they
-Eeol like millionairos, for they get more
7EaSDey day for the trip than they could
r9c on shore in a week.
There are a number of Chicago stock
yards men who do a large business export
iuu cattle, and they always have gang Of
Fellows around waiting for the first chance
10 20 out with a cargo. The average time
Of these trips from Chicago TO London is
about IA days, and the price paid the at
tcndants is $50 in gold. The chambermaid
IS at no expense whatever He is fed, but,
lb, such feed Il Is worse than that Of the
aUlmals bo looks after There Is always a
gang boss, and he il is who dispeuses the
grub. - Ordinarily this is boiled fat pork
Add bread, with only water to drink. The
pork comes from the kitchen i'm great
not or tub. The boss stabs a chunk of sol
"a Fat with the long handled fork, almost
pitchfOrk, in fact, and hurls it at one of
Tho maids" with some choice specimens
Sf billingsgate. 1t is caught much as "A dog
catches chunk Of meat in his mouth, and
10 attention is paid TO the liquid grease
which flies in every direction The fat
pork is followed by a hunk of stale bread,
and drink of water finishes the repast
But what care these fellows for the fare
and the labor going overY They know there
viii DO JOY and pleasure when their desti-
nation is reached. Once landed i'm Liver
pool or Southampton they are given their
$40 in English gold and a return ticket
good for 80 days from date.
Then at once begins % season of riotous
living. The first thing is flashy suit of
clothes and walking stick, and then off
Tor London The old hands know better
thBn to elbow in" their money on expen-
stVe eating. They have become familiar
with the coffee places" to be found all
over London, where they get an imperial
quart of coffee for penny and "a bun,
equal in size to an average loaf of bread
and thus for twopence they buy all they
tan possibly eat. On certain days, wher
they feel like luxuriating they may per
ssaps spend threepence on some dainty like
sSo2en shrimp, but even with that extrava
gsnce INDUCED in every two or three days
she $50 will last long time and give plen
y of time to soak themselves with al
and 'alf.
These chaps always stay until thei
2'noney is about gone, and then back the,
some to Chicago, where the glory Of thei
london clothes soon becomes dimmed n
tisey loaf around the cattle pens at tn
stOckyards while waiting for anothe
chance TO act as chambcrmaids to a drov
OF cattle. Chicago Chronicle
Old Fashioned Journalism.