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Show The Origin of Hoodlum "Hoodlum," .which has found placo In tho vernacular, Is well understood to apply to a class of young toughs who has no respoctij-sex, ngo or tho senso of what Is locoming. Fow know tho dorlvlat!onf th,o word. It was In 1872, wfcl tlio Odd Pel-lowajiold Pel-lowajiold a plcp !p anoa wood. City. A 'gang of rolifchVl tV&ncf d. Among tho gai?f from7 San Francisco, Francis-co, was ono whose namo was Hood Lummlx, who waj a peculiarly formed form-ed croature. Cluasy, big-footed, with n largo mouth aid protruding tooth, thick lips, a big, bushy head of hair of a dirty brick color, standing out llko quills on a porcutfiae, this almost malformed mal-formed specimen attracted tho attention atten-tion of youcg rowdies who picked upon him for a day's sport. Go whoro he might ha wag followed by a gang who hooted and mndo things unpleasant for him during tho day. Tho amusement of tho gang did not conflno itself to tho picnic grounds. They wont outside, broko Into orchards and flower gardens, destroying des-troying val'uablo property, and Anally wound up by shooting a valuablo horso belonging to n rancher. This last let was moro than tho ghcrlff of Snjl Marco couyt Btand, nnd ho bngged nlcouplo of dozen of tho offenders. When tho caso camo up beforo tho justlco of tho poaco In Redwood Red-wood each of tho accused laid tho blamo on Hood Lummlx. Simple-minded Simple-minded Hood got six months In jail. In sentencing him the justice, who was very much displeased that ho could not send tho ontlro gnng to state prison, delivered a lecturo to tho offenders, in which ho said: "I now warn you. to keep out of this country; wo want no more of Hood Lummlx or ills gang to visit us." The word was thus coined for common com-mon use .Now York Herald. |