Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1902 — WIT GOT HIM A MEAL. [ARTICLE]

WIT GOT HIM A MEAL.

Brooklyn Hobo Was Renowned for His Display of Native Humor. The genus tramp is not always tho sodden-minded wretch he is frequently depicted. Some arte bright In wit and quick at repartee. A prominent citizen of Brooklyn, who, though charitably inclined has ideas that charity should not be thoughtlessly dispensed, was walking the other day In a street where repairs to the asphalt pavement were going forward on a rather large scale. He was accosted by a burly specimen of tho "ould dart," who said: “Boss, can’t you give me the price of a meal?" “Why don’t you go to work?" asked the citizen. “Work, Is it?" exclaimed the burly specimen, casting a swift glance over the street, on which not a blade of green grass was to be seen. Then, with a twinkle In his blight eyes, he asked: "Do you want your asphalt mowed?" The citizen’s sense of humor was stronger than his theories of charity. He pulled a quarter from his pocket, left It in the palm of the “burly" and went his way chuckling.