Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21
LONGER IMPRISONMENT.
4 Tramp Says Drunkards Should Have
Longer Sentences.
Handy the Tramp Tells 81 Nj. Travels. and
Gives Advice.

Inc Wen known tramp "Kandv, b &c
81 acA maine again, and he was kind
e"ousn 20 visit the Journal Office. one
oay last week. and tell of his travels
~ return for which he expected a little
~. ~ the way Of a dime, with which
nc eouiu puy some calico to make ur
some iron holders to sell. see9n
RANDY is genius. if ever one walked
IN the State of Maine. He has The
coolest way of asking for money tba,
one could imagine. It is a matter .,
business with him. and he tells YOU
now badly he needs dime, in the Same
manner one would tell a friend OF a
piece Of good fortune.
Say, sporty" he will begin with q
sweet smile, Il will tell Won soma
stories OF 'Yaggerdom' if you will
loosen up bit, and give me the price
of drink. That is what drove me- on
70 the road. and it is what 1 stay on
for, SO just give US dime can't YOU?
Thanks
Now, to begin with, did you ever hear
the story of the tramp on the railroad
train out West? It was on a train that
was running at the rate of so miles an
hour, the fireman saw a hobo on the
cowcatcher. Soon the train bore down
upon a COW, and as the engine could
not DC stopped. the animal was struck.
Think of the poor man on the front.
says the fireman, and he went out to
see what had become of the poor man
that must have been killed by the
collision with the COW. But, no sir. he
was not killed. There he sat with the
COW in his lap, milking her into a
tomato can"
Handy is curious character. He is
not over Is years of age and ne has a
history. Everyone has, but Randy
won't tell the whole of his. Speak to
him of his family, and ask him if he
has not home. His smiling face will
at once become pale and set, and he
will answer that he has one, but he
does not visit it. That is all that can
be forced from him. He is smooth
shaver. and always looks clean. He
never wears poor clothes, but manages
to look respectable. There are lines in
his face caused BY constant smiling.
and also by drink. He comes by the
name Handy" because he is candy
manufacturer by trade, and has ac-
tually been known to work inside the
past two years. He held a position two
weeks, last year, it is known upon good
authority-not his own woodland when
he had earned few dollars, he got
drunk and blew it all in.
since / gave you the last dime you
worked me for?" asked the reporter.
You won't believe me if 1 tell you,
but all the same, l may as we'll work
you for more so here goes" he said as
he settled comfortably on the desk. Il
have been through the West, and
have done time. 1t is my old failing.
drink, that has placed me in the jails,
and / wish they had put me in for a
longer time. In the first place. l lett
YOU and rode on the blind baggage of a
Pullman train to Bangor. Say, you
know how cold it was at that time!
Well. / like to froze. AS IWas so cold.
the only thing to do was to take some
thing for IT. and I took too much. The
result was that I passed the next 81
days studying mineralogy with an
eight pound hammer on the hill IN
Bangor, in a residence where Penop-
scot takes the fat out of her criminals.
Then began to work my way West.
rode on all sorts of trains. never paying
a. cent, mind you. One night IN Kansas
| | was arrested for being tramp white
sleenine in a box car I had little
more STUDYING TO 90 tIeii. - ASA"
the same length of time to take the
course, 80 days, but my studies were IN
different line. This time was
studying the structure of wood with d
| back saw. After getting out OF jan
went up into North Dakota, where
got statistics on the harvest Oh tle
state. worked there for three or Tour
weeks, and got a fair amount OF money
I got some good clothes, but tine rest
went in a night for rum
Il began to work East, for TINS seeniS
more homeike to me,-you fellows are
easier marks for me. struck bahsoi
one night and there I fell IN Win
| fellow who said he had Dill Oh pow
against McFaul, the lawyer, at CALAIS
! and as he had no money TO get 10 'nie
place he would divvy with me- IL
| would walk to the place with him. we
| -, A., u,lICworfh on the frelSnl,