The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21
URCHiNS FROM BOWEBY MAKE
THINGS LIVELY FOR BENG-
BAHTON FARMERS
TAKING THEIR FIRST OUTING
Ride Rough Shod Over Rights of
Their Host, Yet Hes Going
to Have Another Party
Later On.

north OF tSlllS ldllllOn, says llle 4NSW iOiA
Sun. Enjoying is mild term to employ
in this case; wallowing in country afe Is
nearer the truth. for if ever a lot of
youngsters from the metropolis have mad
q good time in the country 1t is this saIne
bath Of twenty, who have been making
life miserable for the live stock Of the big
farm for the past seven days. The birds
of the air, the hens, the pigs. the cows.
the bugs of the earth. and even the inao-
cent little sunfish who disport themselves
in the lake will join in one song Of
thankfulness when seven more days have
passed and the little fellows from the
big city are ordered to pack up Their
meagro belongings and prepare to return
whence they came.
1t has been a hard week for the crea-
lures of the woods and the farm. for
never before were their precincts invaded
by such a ruthless lot. But if the dumb
beasts have suffered, in even greater pro-
portion have the boys from the great
East Side Of New York profited by their
outing Little faces that were pale and
drawn when they first came here are
tanned with the brown of the open air
now and eyes are bright which ware
hollow and l!stless but week ago. The
amount Of good that will be done for
these twenty children, whose real pleas
ures at home are few. is incalculable
when he gets out in the country for the
first time is something that may interest
those who sympathiZe with the boy as
he is found on the streets of New York.
The twenty who came here "A week ago
We're picked up on the streets by a man
who was sent to New York for that pur-
pose by a wealthy resident of this city
who prefers to do this kind of charity
direct rather than through the numerous
and abandoned We're selected for the trip.
and the agent who collected them could
scarcely have found a score Of children
anywhere in New York more in need OF
pure air and healthy surroundings than
those he brought back with him.
Coming up on the Erie road they made
life miserable for the train hands al
though their antics were a source of
amusement to the other passengers Most
of the youngsters had never before been
further from the holes that they call
home than Coney Island, and the luxur-
ious farm country through which they
passed sent their spirits soaring for they
We're told that it was in just such country
that they were to spend their brief va
cation. .
Quite a crowd gathered at the railway
station here when the young sters arrived
and among them was youth who h.
city, and who IS known as Matte Up to
q couple of weeks ago he sold newspapers
on Park row, but being lea en- by drunk
en- parents three or four iires a week
and sleeping in tie inches of the postof-
flee almost every night grew tires oIne
and he took to the road. He wound up
in Peekskill, where he won the hearts OF
a company OF militia from this c ty then
in camp there, and he wa7 brought here
ha I'D AT1tFs
was treTenlirsy excited over the arrival
of the boys from NeT YORK. and his
manner of greeting tkem created con-
siderable amusement
While the new arrivals were standing
on the platform, 'looldn the rubes
over" as one of them put it. Matte Dart
ed out from behind a freight ear, AMI
leaping on the neck OF a red-haired
youth in the rarity punched him Twice be
hind the car and then yelled:
"Hlo Red, durn yer, are you in this
bunch?"
Hey feners it's Mat" yeIcd Red. the
moment he clapped his eyes on his as
sailant, and in less than a minute the
whole crowd was around Matte, hearing
his story. Matte had to ten them all
about the town. He offered to show
them certain interesting parts Of it. ana a
Few were for starting off with him at
once, to see things, but the man in charge
Of the party corralled them in time, act
Matte was chased to the other end Of
the station. For the next hour the boys
wandered around enjoying themselves.
One of them went up to a baggage man
and demanded:
Say, DO youse live here?"
Sure" said the man.
'Wen, say" said the boy, lis there any
of them Gerrys here?"
Them what?" demanded the man
"Gerrys," responded the boy, and then
seeing that the man didn't understand.
he added: "Fellers what nab kids, that
amt sixteen"
ooh, no, we don't have those fellows
up here sail the baggage man.
''WeH then. it's albright town. an
I'll stay" said the boy, with a sigh Of
relief, and he went back to his friends
to spread the glad tid;ngs, that there
amt no GeTryS in the village"
In the meantime ether boys were anus
Ing themselves in less innocent WAYS.
With the egotisln of the city boy, they
station. A policeman, respleRdent in the
summer Uniform # the Binghamtoa
force, showed up and was greeted with
q fuSilade.
Cheese It the cop" yelled the first bow
who got his eye on the guardian of the
peace.
oh, we won't do a ting to him." sv.
another, and he SHE'D the remains OF a
sandwich he had been nibbIng, at the
policeman. Then he started to run, the
policeman after him. The rest of the
boys got in the officers way, AMI the Of
fender escaped. The cop got such an un.
mercIful roasting from the boys that he
started away very much discounted
The last words that came to his. ea1s were
years. who shoJted: -
ooh, if We only had you down ter
Corlears Hook"
A enevolent old farmer with chin
af IN
and tried to do the 'paternaI interest,"
acl, with Il COZ ne Of the toughest of the
bunch. he wanted to know ali about the
life In the teEements. and he got tale
so narrowing that the tears came Into
his eyes. and he fished up two quarters
Tor the boys who told the story. AS 5,e
lett one O. the boys stroked his wh'sKers,
and yelling Spinach" gave them a yan'l
that made the cd man Cry ont for ;39;r,
The RESI- Yelled 'GoOd-bye grandnO,1 ;;
and the Old man lett The station very
much shocked at such behavior
1t was a relief TO every one abnut t,,,
place when the stages came that were 20
take the boys I'D to the farm. This farm
is everything that a farm should he
There are horses and cows and pigs and
chickens in abundance. On three sides
are green fields ami orch ards, while Ia
the east the side OF the mountain is a
dense forest. In one level spot, shootin"
out from this side of the lnountain
is a lake. The boys reached the farm
about 8 0 clock, and in less than ten min.
utes half of them were lost They mad
been told that supper would be ready for
them at 6:S1 but at that time not more
than five or six could be found Way
down in the woods shouts of laughter
could be heard, and when some OF the
farm hands started out to round up the
bunch they found most of them SWIM
ming around the lake, their cIothina
heaped up on the bank 1t was with dif-
ficulty that they We're induced to corna
ashore and dress, but they were fiuaIlv
got together. and marched back to the
farm.