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Show TOURS OF THE COUNTRY AFOOT. Tormer Slave Itas Walked Many Thousand Miles. John Thomas, a negro, who since his liberation from slat cry has tramped all oter the continent, has nrrlted In Hnngor on ono of his occasional tlslts, und Is attracting much uttentlon, partly part-ly on account of his feats of pedestil in-Ism, in-Ism, but ihlelly on account of his remarkable re-markable strength for it man of his age, his gicat etnturo and his amusingly amus-ingly big feet. Thomas wns a slave In Virginia for thirty scars, and afterward after-ward In Louisiana, hating been sold threo times, the highest prito paid for him being 11800 When ho uni freed bj Lincoln's procl imallon ho resolted that, hating done so much work for others without piy, ho would work no more, nnd started out on foot to tour Anierlcu. He tramped fiom St, Mar) 'a Tnilsh, La., back In tho scenes of his early bondago In Winchester, Va , nnd thenco to llangor, arriving here one dav In the dead of winter. Standing oter six feet In height, and being large and strong In proportion, he attracted much attention und found plenty of frb ids, iimoiiff them u hotelkeeper, , ptotlded him with u home for e Just for the sake of hating him jdii'rt to entertain tho guests, for Thomas Is n most Interesting charactel After n few yeais of quiet and comfort com-fort the old slave bciaino restless und left Hnngor. tiamplng to St. John. J. II thenco back to llangor and down through the country to Virginia, Louis, lana. New Mexico, Old Mexico and the central American States. IluWrig on-Voted on-Voted a walk of about 11KW miles, he again turned his face norlhnnid. and In tho autumn of ipo leappe.ired In 1 aiigor. remaining a few dats and then continuing to St John. thnie no one knows where far and wide oter the cnunlr). Now he Is bark again, and it Is noticed that be Is wealing tho same Ufcullui foolgeai that ho adopted hcie hlrty-BCteii cilia "go-a sort of sandal, san-dal, composed of folds of burlap wound about tho foot, with it solo of tough feather, held In place by stout lords. When ho llrst in ma to llangor every one marvelled at the slso of his feet. ,"nd a shoemaker offered to nuke him a lino imlr "f h"es In exchange for the mmenso moccasins he then wore 1 he arT In was stiuck Thomas got the shoes, and tho tobbler hung tho moc-c moc-c suis up on the wall of his shop as a lu? loslt). When theBe shoes were worn out Thomas, being nab e to get any othcis largo enough, look to wearing Sandals ot I'1" ,,w" ue'nlnif. and for ?hlr y-soven yeura has tramped oter i .continent, thus shod Ills feet are eighteen Inches long and big In nropor-tlort. nropor-tlort. After all his tramping and prlta-Ions prlta-Ions ho Is strong nnd heaity. weighing 10 Sounds, und now, nt the nge of S3, he Kites exhibitions of strength that set rasinie to wondering what must hate K his imwer when in his prime -New Voik Tribune. |