Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-24

fickers' "Soy, how's de brakes down dat
way? De last time an de Honyak dere,
de connie elevated from the inside of a empty
inter cactus garden, four hundred and eighty-wan
miles from grub We walks de ties fer tree weeks.
Den we hits Albuquerque an I had tub beat
a carpet tub git grub De ole gurrul would Nv
had me woikin' only she grubs me foist befoar she
brings out de woik tools. Den I digs
"Dere's muffin like dat dere, desc days. Dey
leaves de pies an eats out in de opun an de DO
wot can't freeze to meal hour don't git
soft woids from dis lulu
That animated brilliant and engrossing roper
toire was only of several thousand of the
variety, which comprised hobo "reminiscences told
which assembled in convention many months
ago at Clifford, Ill, for the National Hobo
union.
Small tramps fat tramps tall tramps short
tramps, red-headed ones. blondes, colored tramps,
low-down tramps, tramps with high personal
gard for their vocations, and others who
sneaky and might be caught working, it not
for the watchfulness of their brothers, all
bled in solemn conclave to worship their goddess,
Rest.
These sons of rest-but they were not all sons
there several daughters of rest-all paid their
respects to the for which they are fighting
in their own tactless way They, for the nine
teenth time, swore loyalty to the associations mot
. to: Work, washing and worry weapons of the
devil and he who would knowingly Intentionally
invite the descent of his patonic majesty in that
manner, he it is who is no true Son of Rest
Slothful Sam, President Weary Willie, Ragged
Rufus, Tattered Tom, Reekng Reignald Dinky
DAN the best dressed ''bo" the association;
Handout Hank. Pieface Peter, Looping Louie, Walk
ing Walter, Prayed Francis Nirthful Mike Tin-Can
Teddy, and all the rest of the influential brethren
of the Fraternal Order of Unwashed were
there.
The attendance large as usual. There
some missing. of course Roll call revealed
the fact that Secretary Signing Sinkers
avoidably detained by friends among the authori-
ties at the Despaines street police station in Chi
cago. He booked '.vag,' much to
washed chagrin of President Weary Willie who
the course of his opening address remarked that
1t was DE woist coise dat put fort dis
susetie, tub think dat de necessary
poissons of de order should be cumpelled tub miss
dis intellergen' meetin'.''
All the old officers of the association were re-
elected, the minutes of the meeting being inscribed
upon the brain of President Weary Willie Sec
rotary Sinkers should be released his sojourn
in Chicago. The members of the association the
most easily satisfied crowd earth, then adj
journed. This action consisted of the execu-
tive dropping into sound sleep. Others did
same.
The following day the games of the or
ganization were given There We're several inno-
Satons, hitherto not introduced. The long distance
snoozing contest drew out several hundred entries
and 1T required three days before the judges were
able to render decision Wakeful WafHes was
returned victor eventually but up to the time of
writing he was still sSoozing nosily, utterly gnor-
ant of the honor which his happy faculty had
thrust upon him.
The handsomest hobo contest was captured by
linky Dan, who in little address to the slumber-
ing contestants in the long-distance sleeping con-
test declared that In the absence any prize the
horror alone gave him plenty of satisfaction