. Kentucky politicians. Sketches of representative Corncrackers and other miscellany. attles werefought on the .same day or not—and hundreds of milesapart!—he was there !—participating in the perils ofboth contests; and, like the plume of Murat, he couldhave been seen—everywhere at the same time—in thethickest of the battle-smoke. Upon the conclusionof these impromptu historic recitations they are at lib-erty to give him the best their larder affords, and to slake his thirstfrom the choice bottle of family bitters. That a tramp couldgain entre to an establishment that could boast much, either
. Kentucky politicians. Sketches of representative Corncrackers and other miscellany. attles werefought on the .same day or not—and hundreds of milesapart!—he was there !—participating in the perils ofboth contests; and, like the plume of Murat, he couldhave been seen—everywhere at the same time—in thethickest of the battle-smoke. Upon the conclusionof these impromptu historic recitations they are at lib-erty to give him the best their larder affords, and to slake his thirstfrom the choice bottle of family bitters. That a tramp couldgain entre to an establishment that could boast much, either to eat ordrink, may seem altogether improbable to the cautious habitue of thecity, but that they do mulct the unsophisticated in the country hasbeen demonstrated too often to doubt the probability of the asser-tion. Some of them can repeat poetry from old authors, discussmythological characters, displaying a thorough knowlege of ancientand pagan history; and being quite as much at home in the mythi-cal ages, with the gods of imagery, as with railroad kings and the lacing. The Tramp. NOTABLE CHARACTERS, 227 lines of road that span the country from lake to gulf and ocean toocean. These mental displays—and they are not infrequent—arepotent signs of other days—better days—when these nomads hadfutures, and when loving hearts hoped for them and loving handslabored for them to elevate them in the scale of human worth andmortal intelligence. And at last! their wonderful gifts of memory, their often brilliantflights of fancy are used simply as entering wedges, enabling themto remain fugitives from labor. They refuse to adopt avocations, by which means they might earnhonorable livelihoods and become responsible citizens of some Com-monwealth and respected members of society. If you wish to insultone of them, simply suggest to them that steady work is preferable tosuch precarious modes of living. The air of disdain and contemptthey assume on such occasions is as good as
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