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*The Inevitable Tramp.With the opening of Spring thebusy, though not industrious trampj; is creeping out of his hole* Wherehe has been nil winter ie a mystery*^ That lie didn’t freeze or starve is avery apparent certainty* lie seems1 to be as numerous as ever and the iproblem of what are we going to dowith him is apparently as far as everfrom solution*The olhef day I was looking at hh register on the end of the T, P. W. baggage* room at Bushnell, III.Deep in the boards ho had carvedhis name while lazily waiting for dinner time or a friegkt train* * MadJack the Terror/1 is the most terriOe name in the list.* Then there is “In-1 1dian Joe/1 “Big Dutch/’ Barber/'r i‘Spo*t;” then a blarsted Hinglishtramp,‘‘Liverpool Jim/* then “Canada Frank:1' then “Yorkoy Dick” has left his graven signature, and“Crank eyed Bob/1 “Kentucky Billtle comes up to bo conciliated with thecold victuals of tho chilly north;“Kooney” signs the familiar nameby which all Jhis friends of the profusion will recognize him; thotmQuincy Kid1' also carves his “nomdo rri-road tie;” “Greek yam” lendsa classic air to the list; then there is“Chicago Billy,11 “Silver Nickel” Uprobably a bloated aristocrat of theroad;'‘Canada Dutch/1 and thenbut 1 don’t know whether “A, Marcc. Princetont Illinois/’ and “L, Vcr*non Sonora, Ohio/1 are tramps ornot. If they are, they show verypoor taste au their selection of a togister.What “arc*wo going to do with• htm* It it is settled that the Chinesemust go, doesn't it seem rather hardthat the tramp must stay!But that is the trouble with him.lie wont stay- Wo want him to stay I Zaway. Buthe won’t- “When thespring time comes gentle Annie,” hecomes too.##
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Ogden Junction
Ogden, Utah, US
Sat, Jun 07, 1879
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