The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-06
HERE AND THERE.


eituR' back to or times at Heyviile's cor
Spain has Kind o backed down. an war
Hate % leave the war out, FUR twas In
To PICK the papers up an read bout every
An. Rear what Smith I'd say or Jones'
coneer i tho war board an It's latest
published plan.
GItun' back to OF times-to speak o craps
To talk about the neIshbors, an them
that's gittln' rich;
Prophecy the weather or cuss II up an
Or Introduce some schemes ats shore
to boom the town;
Criticize the preacher an what sermons
An Size lie up the new teacher, along 18th
GItun' back to OF times, US fellers Of an
Yet 81 lines. like OF friends. is ppssin'
We can't s 81 times, II its noanin' you'll
To beia boys again with ashln' hook an
But we aIaf kin talk of home scenes list as be-
An II iV viii Seem like OIL times, at Heyvitlcs
corner store. M
mo, didn't make the trip for my
health" said the young man at the Me-
Lure last night to some friends seated
in the lobby. but believe 1t was good
for my health. nevertheless" Then re-
fiectlyely knocking the ashes from the
end OF his stogie, he proceeded TO tell
how he spent three weeks "on the road,
with Wheeling and Terre Haute, Ind,
as the boundary points, in the summer
Of '02.
at was in the middle Of July, think."
he said, Though, in fact, the whole
thing was rather uneventful and has
passed like a 'Inidsummer's dream.
wanted to 20 west. didn't know what
for. only knew wanted to go west,
60 one morning 1 bought a ticket for
Columbus, checked my trunk "a that
point, and with my hands on S2S be-
sides, climbed aboard Baltimore &
Ohio train, I took in the sights Co
Iunnbus afforded that afternoon and
about midnight concluded that Indian
apolis would suit me better. Becoming
Impressed with the advantage Of econ
omy, / purchased cut-rate ticket 70
the Hoosler city, and that step toward
economy blame for the hobo career
l followed with true abandon for the
following days until 1 jumped off coke
car on Sixteenth street opposite the city
building.
az arrived in indianapolis at dawn,
md leaving my trunk with the baggage
man. started out for a restaurant to sat
isfy an aching void. loafed around
indianapolis until evening. Naturally,
a wanderer viii hang around a depot
and by come unexplainable phenomenon
Che rest OF the fraternity can pick you
out. Indianapolis Is great railroad
town, and engineers, brakemen. and
other railroad employees, ON the bum,'
proceeded to emerge from the miscella-
menus assortment OF Ioafers, and gener-
ously shower on a green hand Kind
words OF advice. An old red-faced en-
Cineer whose ruddy complexion was as
much the work OF the bottle as the sun.
took me in hand. Before / got rid OF
him he was one meal and several drinks
the richer. But then / got his advice,
which was that should take the last
mali for Terre Haute-for still want
cd 10 go west. The train left at p. m.
/ had never jumped train before, but
1 tackled It, The jump was easy and
rode a mile right side UP with care.
"A belt line runs outside the city, and
when we stopped to see II the track was
clear, the conductor was looking at me
riding the blind, and said he: Young
man, get offg got.
The train toot-tooted, and 1 was
alone. No, not alone, for up from the
other side Of the bank came little,
rnIddIe-aEed Hebrew peddler, You vas
on der train?' he queried. Yes, sir
responded, with q certain degree Of
prlde-for I had ridden mile! / saw
he was indignant at something, and
knew the wherefore soon. Dots de
first time he explained, vat efer miss
dc fast mail ! ride him from Portland,
oregon, to st. Looy, an pack many
time. fer six years now. and nefer vas
trowed on pefOre.'
"'A fellow feeling makes the world
akin Soon the Jew and were strolling
along the ties back to the city. That
night he hunted up a cheap lodging
house. We each got room and bed for
twenty-five cents, but the proprietor
didn't throw sleep in. he had some Of
the largest and iiveiiest bed bugs ever
saw, and evidently his guests were few
and far between, judging by the way
they started in on me. have some per-
severance, but I can't fight nm enemy