Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-10-24
A GOOD TAKE OFF.

IOlloWlng from the At00ny Evening Jour-
nal
ga humorous correspondent sends US
travestie of one of this sort of advertise
ments, which is so little exaggerated,
that it had a narrow escape from being
put into our advertising columns as a
genuine article:
WILL BE PUBLISHED EARLY NEXT MONTH,
uniform with the Lamplighter, the Hot
Corn Girl, the Watchmsn, the Barber and
the Pea Nut Peddler,
A new and extraordinary American
Romance. entitled
THE BAGGAGE sMAsHER.
This wonderful work has been over
eight months in preparation, and is the
joint production of six of the most dis
tinguished authors connected with the
Sunday Owlet; who under the assumed
ineognitoso of 'Bux,' 'Jux,' 'Nux,' 'Chux,'
'Qux,' and Tux have for years past
delighted the literary world with their
thrilling and soul inspiring productions |!
1t was thought that the engagement Of
such an array of talent could not fail to
result in
The most astounding fiction eUerissued from
the Press
And the verdict of posterity will show
that in this expectation the publishers
have not been disappointed
One thousand dollars day.
Has been paid to the authors of the Bag
gage Smasher during their labors and
each, in his proper department, has
showered upon it the most brilliant COR
uscations of his genius. The plot has
been elaborated by Bux,-the charac-
ters have been developed by Jux,-the
conversations have been wrought by Nux
and Chux,-and the scenery has been
depicted by Qu1; while the jokes have
been carefully CLEANED by Tux from the
savings Of the
Upper Ten TBousandi
With those natural traits of brilliancy
and refinement, Tux is, by station and
association, perfectly familiar
The plot of the Baggage Smasher,
though novel in the extreme, is strictly
founded on fact The Baggage Smasher,
bursting open trunk by too hastily
dropping it upon the deck, discovers n
fatherless boy asleep inside He adopts
the child as his own, and is rewarded
for his generosity by being promoted
from one situation of trust to another,
until he arrives at the dignity of being
Clerk of the Steamboat! In addition to
which. the friendless boy is subsequent
ly discovered to be the cast off son of
the
Duke of Wellington.
The whole is severe and correct, in
culcating the virtue of newspapers, the
liability of great men to err, the ineff-
cheney of patent leather straps upon bag
gage, and the evils of the present social
system as regards the marrige state
As an instance of the varied contents
of the Baggage Smasher, we subjoin a
synopsis of certain portion, selected at
random
CHAPTER TX.
The downward passage-Call at the
Captains Office and settle The man
that wouldn't settle. He is put ashore !
How will 1 be avenged p The fitting
instrument The Jesuit ticket boy -
The gimblet hole in the boiler! The
baggage smasher heroically stops up tie
hole with his thumb Sensationl The
bursted trunk The discovery of the
innocent child Where's my ma p
Sympathy of the passengers Fall of
the Jesuit ticket boy Hail Column
bia =
In preparing the MSS. of the Baggage
Smasher for the press, over three gross
of Mynard d Noyes' writing-ink have
been used, solely for erasures and inter-
lineations The work will be published
on paper a quarter of an inch thick,
manufactured expressly for the purpose,
and will be sold at the low price of one
dollar
In order to prevent delay in the pre-
paration and dissemination of copies,
the
One hundred and toCentietk edition aOiH be
pa6ished first!
In addition to which, special trains on
the Hudson River and Central Railroads,
will be fitted up with twelve of Hoes
Nam mnoth Presses, upon which the work
will be struck off while the cars are GO
ing sixty miles an hour, and the copies,
as fast as printed, will be thrown out at
all the station houses along the route !
Apply early. Orders received by
DOEM, BROWN Il SELLUM,
New York City,"
CoNcE1r aud confidence are both Of
them cheats the first always imposes on