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Show Page THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, October C6 11, 1992 War. In fact, the etymology of the word "hobo" is sometimes traced to surviving soldiers who would tell strangers they passed that they were "homeward bound." This HOBOS: (Continued from Page C5) tor: Piano Tuning, Regulating and eventually became shortened to " Repair." The address was Mussel-whjt- e Another Orlando. theory involves migraAve., I started riding trains," he tory workers who, because of the said, "when I was in high school in hoes they carried, were called Tennessee. My granddad had "hoe boys." vvorked for Great Northern. My In "The American Language," first ride was from Chattanooga to H .L. Mencken offered the improbBirmingham when I was 17. It be- able case of the word deriving came cheap entertainment in from the Japanese word for "side," ho, "and meaning, in the KnoxrtHe to tiding and Atlanta and Birmingham, he He added that, if true, this would rarely came across hobos. "One be the only word "given by the , time I met a guy going home for Japanese immigrants to the AmeriChristmas. And I ran across Texas can language." Slim in Knoxville once." His last Mencken accumulated an imCali; long ride, from Chicago to pressive collection' of hobo argot and devoted several pages to it in was he and when in 1989, iornia, his wife were on their way to his monumental work. "To steal Guam to teach for a year (he, math washing off the line is to gooseberand computers; she, biology and ry it. The discourse heard in the mission-hall- s and is angel-foochemistry). "There's one guy here who's the bum who listens to it is still out riding," he said. "His n-stiff. A Catholic priest is a name s Cardboard. That s him buck or Gal way, and the Salvation walking over there." He pointed Army is Sally Ann." to a tall man dressed conservativeIn "A History of the Hoboes, ' ly in a dark cap and dress slacks Tramps, and Other Vagabonds' (a slim paperback book easily slipped and carrying a briefcase. "I have a lot of respect for him. into a hobo pocket), Steam Train Twenty years ago he gave up Maury writes that World War I drinking and smoking. He's 71 added large numbers of hobos to now and getting forgetful; somethe ranks, and estimates that 90 times he hops on the wrong train. It percent of hobos are veterans. He believes that while the Depression ; took him 31 days to get here from l.A.; it should have taken him put a lot of transients on the rails, only seven. But lie knows how to only a small percentage of them live on the road. He's a Dumpster ever became hobos. "It takes over four years steady on the road to diver." become a journeyman hobo," he "A what?" "He dives into Dumpsters and writes. "He must be a naturalist, comes up with things." knowing all the greens, herbs, The history of hobos goes back mushrooms, barks, berries, to the days following the Civil grains, roots, and people." "ho-bo.- - a-t-heirr , d, missio- Morris Travel -- express Cardboard sat at a picnic table signing an autograph for a girl. He hunched in concentration, printing unsteady letters in a laborious scrawl. "You from New York?" he asked a man when finished. It was a barked question, lacking in curiosity. "I was in Port Jervis once. I hit on a priest for money and he said, 'Here's two dollars. Go down there and get your bottle.' He knew. They're real people, priests. Most of 'em." Up close, Cardboard's somewhat dapper appearance revealed .itsTawSv--lh- e briefcase . vvrucn- contained his kitchen, was scuffed and battered. "Got this out of a Dumpster," he muttered. A button was missing on his dark plaid shirt, opening up a disconcertingly pale square of soft downy belly. 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