The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-04

he has no post Office address, and
n lists he cannot receive any letters
Of congratulatlon, or letters OF sorrow -
Tie parks his bed in the great outdoors
the year round and through stand
ing order Of the police department Of
Detroit is the cn'y man officially
privileged to sleep out-Ofdoors in that
city.
Railroad Jack' is odd but bril-
/ liant lie has qua Mt philosophy OF
life, ana despite his eccentricity and
strange specialization. is nevertheless
inten ely human and keenly humorous.
I"Oddity is my long suit and ! wear
( I every day, My specially in life is
to attempt TO do something that
someone Sc has not thought OF,
/ And has done IT,
/ Born in st. Louis in 1864, this high
I brow gypsy passed through q con-
SeHtional youth, and studied successiy-
ely los the teaching and medical pro.
fessions, The records at the State
i Normal School Oshkosh, w seonsin
show that he attended this school
during the years 1SS2.S6 and at Rush
Medical College, Chicago, this en-.
cylopedic hobo was duly matriculat-
ed student from 1886 to 1888.
u prepare myself ior an NJ d. but
out OF respect to humanity | quit in
my sophomore year says Jack in
/ his hall modest ha.f.humorous We n
I"l felt that in so doing, future audi
lences that | had in view would not
,necess.tate my appearance in the
lcemetery to give me attention if not
llearng; and today people are enjoy
/ ne life that might be material for
lmortaity statistics. Now when
lstrike an historic cemetery pick
4 dates from tombstones. Although
som edon care fof those dates, | do
! II nave less t'ouble in keep ms
Z $4,000 dates in my head than some
people do in keeping two dates since
a ,he high cost of living struck the
4 word.
H Crank on the high cost Of livin2
A W Il ije Interested to know the Jack
has lived ons sixty cents day for
twenty-five years He eats two meals
daily at twelve noon and at twelve
midnight
And although he wears a silk hal
land high celluod collar at times, he
never wears stockings, so that the
hige price OF silk is not u problem fol
him.
u am offering eleven cents cash
to find an individual who has spent
less money ian have in the last
thirty years he declares proudly
But with few exceptions am We y
ems tive about telling what | do will
q this money, he adds ha tily, yes,
have made barrel of money; but
says Jack slyly the barrel is moi
very large But | am prosperous
ION account of the high cost OF livinl
! am a prohteer; while my expenses
stll run at GO cents a day, my in
g come has doubled, People are spend
/. lug more freely, EXCEPT myself"
Students ana laymen alike, mum
/ boring thousands, who have listened
Ito the "soap-box" lectures Of Rail
, road Jack pronounce him a geniu
! but Railroad Jack himself insists
that he is a yer ordinary person am.
, attributes his remarkable memory t
just plain bulldog tenacity of purpose
And no memory training school cal
lay just claim to enabling him tC
3 memori2e the vast fund of facts a
$ his command
5 IF students would apply themselves
with the tenacity that have the!
: would achieve something" he declare
with due modesty Apply yoursel
) in whatever line you choose and yol
will succeed Emerson said III tel
your wagon to a star BY that