Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20
.omE QUEER TOURISTS
r..x Go Abroad a. Cattle and Return
as SwelIs.

co Abroad ~ Cattle and Aeser"
AZ Swells.
while hosts of people look over tne
M asseneer lists of the lucky ones VIM
ero ahIe to go abroad and envy the"
nov down in their hearts. there is
class of men who make freQuen. '',r'
across the ocean which wouid h~foiy
excite envy, excepting by reason =.
their peculiar privileges. This CLASS rs
humorously called "catte cnan ber
maids" because of the fact that those
who belong to 1t give their atten.ion ~
the live cattle that are exported 1roin
this country to Europe. The men VINO
10 :his are the riffran of the world ana
when here find 1t difficult to earn more
than enough to keep body and soul 10
gether. But when they are lucky
enough to get one of these "chamDef-
maid" Jobs they feel like nillionaires,
for they get more money day TOT the
trim than they could get on shore IN
week.
There are q number of Chicago stock
Yards men who do large business ex-
porting cattle, and they always nave
gang of fellows around waiting for the
first chance to go out with cargo. Inc
average time of these trips from chi
cago to London is about fourteen days
and the price paid the attendants Is $oo
in gold. The chambermaid Is at no ex-
pense whatever He Is fed, but, on,
such feed. 1t is worse than that OF the
animals he looks after. There is always
=, 10 vrh 6iSnpnSeS
the grub" Ordinarily this is boiled
fat pork and bread, with only water 10
drink. The pork comes from the Kitchen
in a great pot or tub. The boss staDs
n chunk of solid fat with the long hap-
died fork, almost a pitchfork In TACT,
and hurls it at one of the maids
with some choice specimens of billings
gate. 1t is caught much as dog catches
q chunk of meat in his mouth and no
attention is paid to the liquid grease
which flies in every direction. The fat
pork is followed by a hunk of STALE
bread, and a drink of water finishes the
repast.
But what care these fellows for the
fare and the labor going over. They
know there will be joy and pleasure
when their destination is reached. Once
landed in Liverpool or Southampton
they are given their $50 in English gold,
this so they will spend it in England,
and a return ticket good for ninety
days from date.
Then at once begins a season of riot
Gus living. The first thing Is fashy
suit of clothes and a walking stick and
then off for London. The old hands
know better than to "blow In" their
money on expensive eating. They have
become familiar with the coffee pal
aces to be found all over London,
where they get an imperial quart of
coffee for one penny and "bun," equal
in size to an average loaf of bread. and
thus for two pennies they buy all they
can possibly eat. On certain days,
when they feel like luxuria ting. they
may perhaps spend threepence on some
dainty like a dozen shrimp. but even
with that extravagance indulged in
every two or three days the $50 will not
last long time and give plenty of op-
portunity to soak themselves with "'alf
and 'alf."
These chaps always stay until the
money Is about gone and then back
they come to Chicago, where the glory
of their London clothes soon becomes
dimmed as they loaf around the cattle
pens at the stock yards while waiting
for another chance to act as chamber
maids to drove of cattle.-Chicago
Chronicle.