Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-10-16

SNOW hickers.' Soy, how's de brakes down dat
way? De last time me an de Honyak wuz dere,
de connie elevated us 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
a carpet tub git grub. De ole gurrul would NV
had me wokin' only she grubs me foist, befoar she
brings out de woik tools. Den digs"
"Dere's nuttin' like dat, dere, desc days. Dey
aeaves de pies an eats out in de opun an de bo
wot can't freeze to wan meal hour don't git no
soft woids from dis lulu"
That animated, brilliant and engrossing roper
toire only of several thousand of the same
variety which comprised hobo "reminiscences told
>tby members of the great army of the unwashed
which assembled in convention not many months
ago at Clifford, ILL.,, for the National Hobo re-
union.
Small tramps. fat tramps tall tramps, short
Jramps, red-headed ones, blondes, colored tramps,
Iow-down tramps, tramps with high personal re-
gard for their vocations, and others who were
sneaky and might be caught working, were it not
for the watchfuness of their brothers, all assem-
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 cause for which they fighting
in their tactess way. They, for the nine
teenth time swore loyalty to the associations mot
to- Work washing and worry are weapons of the
devil and he who would knowingly Intentionally
Invite the descent of his platonc majesty in that
manner, he it is who is no true Son of Rest"
Sothful SAM President Weary Willie Ragged
Rufus, Tattered Tom, Reeking Reginald, Dinky
Dan the best dressed "bo' in the association;
Handout Hank, Pieface Peter Looping Louie, Walk
lng Walter, Prayed Francis, Mirthful Mike Tin Can
Teddy, and all the rest of the influential brethren
of the Fraternal Order of the Unwashed, were
there.
The attendance large usual There
were some missing of course. Roll call revealed
the fact that Secretary Signing Sinkers un-
avoidaby detained by friends among the authori-
ties at the Desplanes street police station in Chi
.cago. He was booked a "vag," much to the un-
washed chagrin of President Weary Willie, who in
the of his opening address remarked that
1t was "De woist cose dat ever put fort on dis
susietie, tub tink dat de most necessary
poissons of de order should be cumpeled tub miss
dis intellergen meetin'."
All the old officers of the association re-
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
in Chicago The members of the association, the
most easily satisfied crowd earth, then ad-
journed. This action consisted of the chief execu-
tive dropping into sound sleep. Others did the
same.
The following day the annual games of the or
ganization were given. There several nno-
vations 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 Wafes was
returned victor eventually, but up to the time of
writing he was still snoozing nosily utterly ignor
ant of the honor which his happy faculty had
thrust upon him.
Dinky Dan, who in little address to the slumber-
dng contestants in the long-distance sleeping
test declared that in the absence of any prize the
honor alone gave him plenty OF satisfaction.