Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1878 — A Tramp’s Dinner. [ARTICLE]

A Tramp’s Dinner.

The New York Sun tells good story of a sad-eyed tramp who accosted several well-known New Yorkers in Park Row. They gave him repellant glances, and be was about to move away when Campbell’s heart was touched by the manner of the strangef. “You look hungry,” said he. “Go right into Moynahan’s and order what you want, and I’U. pay for it. ” A dubious smile broke over the careworn face. “ They’ll think I’m lying and kick me out,” was the reply. “I’ll make that all right,” said the benevolent Campbell, turning to Moynahan. “Here, Patsy, you give the poor fellow what he wants, and I’ll foot the biU.” The sad-eyed tramp murmured his thanks and followed Moynahan into the dining-saloon. He took his seat at the table, called for a napkin, ate for an hour and twenty minutes, and departed. The following is the bill: What he got. What Campbell paid. A porterhouse steaks 60 Lyonnais potatoes io Plate of raw tomatoes 35 Plate of fried oysters 30 Two pots of coffee 20 Dish of brook trout 75 A little lobster-salad 40 Some extra potatoes 20 A Charlotte Russe 10 A quart bottle of dry Verzenay3.Co Puissecafe 20 A mild Reina Victoria 25 One bundle of toothpicks 5 T0ta1.’.56.30 Campbell paid the footing, but declared that in the future he should limit all tramps to corned beef and cabbage. In an article which lately appeared in the Deutsche Rundschau, M. Louis Bamberger deplores the immense impetus which the corruption and other evils arising out of the war have given to Communism in Germany. “Formerly,” he says, “we were poor but modest. To-day we are not rich, but we have become outrageous braggarts,”