The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-16

~low hlckers. Soy, hows de brakes down dat
way? De last time me an dc Ilonyak 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 near had tub beat
carpet tnh git grub. De ole surrul would nv
had me woikn' only she grubs foist. beloar she
brings out de wok tools. Den | digs
"Dere's nuttin' like dat dero. desc days Dry
leaves de pies an eats ont in d" opn an de bo
wot cant freeze to meal an hour don't git no
soft woids from dis lulU'
That animated. brilliant and cngrossing roper
1oire was only one of several thousand OF the same
variety. which comprised hobo "reminiscences told
by members OF the great army of the unwashed
which assembled i'll convention not many months
ago at Clifford, ILL.,. for the National Hobo re
union.
Small tramps fat tranrps, tall 1ramps short
tramps, rcdheaded ones, blondes, colorcd tramps
lOw-down tramps, tramps with high personal re-
gard for their vCcatiOns, and others who were
sneaky and might be caught working. were it not
for the watChfulneSS of their brothers. all assem-
bled in solemn conclavc to worship their goddess
Rest
These sons of rcst-but they were not all sons
there several daughters of rcst-al paid their
respects to the for which they are fighting
IN their tactlcss way They for the nine
teenth time, swore loyalty to the associations
40: work, washing and worry weapons of the
devil and he who would knowingly or Intentionally
invite the descent of his patonic majesty in that
.uyanner, he it is who is no true Son of Rest
Slothlul Sam, President Weary Willie Ragged
Ndfus Tat'ered Tom, Reeking Rcgnad. Dinky
Dan the best dressed 'bo" in the association;
Handout Hank Piefacc Peter, Looping Louie, Walk
ing Walter. Frayed Francis, Mirhfu Mike. Tin Can
Teddy. and all the rest of the influential brethren
of the Fratcrna Order OF the Unwashcd.
there.
The attendance large usual There
were some missing, OF course. Roll call revealed
the fact that Secretary Signing Sinkers was un-
avoidably detained by friends among the authori-
ties the Desplaines street police station in Chi
cago He was booked "vag,' much to the
washed chagrin of President Weary Willie. who in
the of his opening address remarked that
it. was DE wost coise dat put fort on dis
sllsetie tub tink dat one NV de most necessary
poissons of de order should be cumpeed tuh miss
dis inteergcn meetn.
An the old officers of the association were
elected the minutes of the meeting being inscribed
upon the brain of President Weary Willie until Sec
retary Snkers should be released from his sojourn
N Chicago The members of the association, the
most easily satisfied crowd earth. then ad
jour7ed. This action consisted of the chief execu-
t>e dropping into sound sleep Others did the
same
The following day the annual games of the
ganzation were given. There were several inno-
vations hitherto introduced. The long distance
suoozing contest drew out several hundred entries
and it required three days before the judges
able to render decision. Wakeul Watilos
returned victor eventually. but up to the time of
writing he still snoozing nosiIy. utterly ignor-
ant OF the honor which his happy faculty had
thrust upon him
The handsomest hobo contest was captured by
Ii2ty Dan who in little address to the sumbcr-
/ ~ contestants in the long-dstance sleeping con
tst, declared That in the absence of any prize the
honor alone gave him plenty of satisfaction.