People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1896 — The Bums That Got Ditched At The Tank. [ARTICLE]

The Bums That Got Ditched At The Tank.

While tbe.tiines are so bad A good chance I bad. To tramp out in search tor a job. The place where I live, no work.would they Rive So place unto place I have trod. I have rode the freight bumpers. The blind baggage, too; And when by £he brakie. I'm jerked. Down the track.then I wait. To catch the next freight. And to read the bums names on tbe tank. There is Brooklyn Harry, Duskie Joe, and Clever Larrie. Chi. Dan. Boston Kid, Handout Hank. Witli Cineie the Crip; also Javacan Jack, Were the names that were caryed on the tank. The train came at last, Around the tank that I passed. And I waited my chance to get on. She took water, then started again eastward, And I with the train, went along. The car door was open And in 1 went mopin’. But the door would neither move not- would yank. So about the third town, They ditched me to the ground. And I read the bum s names on the tank. There was Sloppy the Boozer. Sleepy the Snoozer.' Alcohol Jim, Cyclone Frank, with Gooseberry Red. Also Milwaukee Ted. Were the names that were carved on the tank. At last I got through with many hard trials, For the poor tramp has many, you know. I hope I can strike some work I can do. For a-bumming, I don’t like to go. It may be a pleasure to those that know how But to me it is something quite rank; For I can’t bum a handout or claim a clothesline Like the bums with their names on the tank. There is St. Louis Jimmie, Also ’Frisco Skinnie. Omaha Jack, Cineie Frank—like statues of fame Stands forth every name. Of the bums that got ditched at the tank. E. W. S. Mrs. C. E. Hershman is offering millinery below cost to close out all the season’s goods now on hand. Some very pretty hats and everything at great bargains. Near depot.