Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1913 — HOBOES FEAST FROM GRAVE [ARTICLE]

HOBOES FEAST FROM GRAVE

Roast Ducks, Pigs, Wines and Delicacies on Chlneso Mound Provide Splendid Banquet. Philadelphia.—Before the funeral cortege of Yung Chong, a wealthy Chinaman of this city, had paaaed out of the cemetery gates where Chong had been burled, there was a wild scramble of hobos of all descriptions. They made a rush for the grave of the Chinaman, where a great feast awaited them. On the casket and on the grave were left roast docks and plga, Chinese wines and nuts and other delicacies "to help Chong across the Styx." Wbep the crowd of twenty-five hungry hoboes finished there was little left for Chong. From many carriages oo the way to the cemetery fluttered scraps of colored paper bearing prayera. The Chinese devils wbo pursue the spirit of the dead have to stop and read all the prayers, and the mourners of Chong believe that they have scattered enough to keep the devils engaged until he was safely buried. For ten years Chong has either been president or treasurer of the On Leong Tong, and his word was law In that society. He was one of the rlcheet Chinamen In this city.