Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1892 — How the Tramp Took His Medicine. [ARTICLE]

How the Tramp Took His Medicine.

Few tramps are lacking in cheek, but the Hartford Times has discovered one who easily carries off the palm. He appeared at the rear door of a Hartford residence, andon being asked what he desired explained that he wished some hot water.and a little sugar. He had been having much trouble of late, he said, with his stomach, and he wanted to cure it. The demand appeared so mild and reasonable for one of his kind to make that it was at once complied with. Setting-down the articles on the table, this wandering gentleman removed from his hip pocket a well filled bottle of gin and proceeded to coifcoct his grog. The mining finished, instead jf drinking it at once he stepped to the door and with a gesture of cordial welcome invited three hitherto unseen companions to step in and “have a hip.”