The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-07-12

sionAl baggage smashes was really pass.
ing awAy ike 20 mAuy other Of the de.
Hghtfnl Old Institutions which eiyilIEA.
don, and especially railroad civilization,
has destroyed.
Al lhe Krie, The Central New Jersey,
aud the Grand ContrAi dtpo,s the reporter
found the same dspper little man. Some
Of them would talk little aboa. basi.
ness, bat al were sad. They hear stories
about the old DAYS, whan the smashers
looked Gu the trunk as person, and felt
free to act ont their real feelings toward
Il. They see that the veterans learned q
lot of human natnre from trunks, aud
could tell 81 a glance what sort OF per.
son represented = particular piece Of bag.
gage, and thea they would treat that par.
ticuar piece IN Just lhe way TO disturb
that person Now, the new mon are
getting TO be machines. They do their
work perfectly, neatly, aud uniformly I,
but the monotouy of il shows Itself on
their habits. Ask them II they expect
much summer travel; many Saratoga
trunks 10 handle itthey are 10 good con.
ditlou to grapple with the three deekers
they smile sadly. They don't seem TO
expect anything; their training teaches
them that SarAtogs differs from hog.
skin vallse only 10 the method Of treat
ment, aud they care no more Tor three
decker than for carpet bag. They have
mastered the business scientifically, and
II has mastered thcm-- knocked all the IN.
dividuaiiy out OF them. So ! couldn't
learn from them whether big or little
summer travel Is expected.
II you went 10 find smasher OF the
old stamp ia New York, you have got to
look some time for bin. The couulry
roads are as full of them as ever. The
scieatifc treatment hasn't reached them
yet. Outside of New York you are in a
great danger of finding your hair oil
polishing mp that white duck snlt, OF best
bonnet janmed in at the crown, or a
hinge gone, or any Of those little excite.
ments which have given piqaaucy TO
travel 50 long as ever.
The reporter found one of the old
stagers, however - man who had
handled one Of the first trunks put on The
New Haven road. This relic Is not sad
but mad, aud II took some coaxlng TO get
him TO tax ~ abti iat
"Yes,p he said; "yes, lis all changed
Better for the trunk, worse for the man,
aud worse for the traveller A person
who behaved himself and got decent
trunk never bad any trouble with II. One
or two derts, few scratches, learned
folks lesson aud those - trunk
makers were as much 10 blame for II as
we. We didn't have TO get trained. All
VIC needed was agood pair OF arms. We
worked by sheer strength, not science,
and there was fun In IL. Why, we got SO
we could tell the minute we looked at q
trunk what sort OF person owned it. |
could tell An old maids trunk at sight, !
can't tell you how. There was sort OF
look about 1t. II the trunk showed her a
clever sort Of person, II never got any
hard usage; but II she was a sour, pep
permint.candy-eatiug one, that trunk
generally came out OF the car worse than
it went in. We used TO love 10 get hold
of dandy's. How we'd shake II up and
laugh to think how he'd look when be
got to bis hotel! We'd make look worse
than cutlery drummer's. We used to
fight shy of drummers' trunks. They
knew the ropes. Then there was the cod
fish, six-cent aristocratic fools. They oil.
ways carried the biggest trunks. That's
why they got banged up SO. II wasn't
because the trunk was big, though every
body supposed so. II was because only
stuck up folks travelled with Saratogas.
Why, the real gentlemen aud ladies never
made much splurge with trunks when
they travelled. never got stuck but
l. IOutt WIN ~ ilhHhs WV ""H NNph ~ "
years aga that We couldn't make ont.
thought il was some stingy old bacheorsi
the other boys swore II was an old
maid's.n
Here The old smasher laughed right
out
"Whose was ii p the reporter asked.
"We.l, we were pll right. The con
ductor came into the baggage car and
told Us he'd got the ---est bridal couple
on the train. ~ old maid aud bach
The nld maid had beea in falling health
aud the doctor had told her lint eati isec
riding would do her good she WAS close
and wouldn't pay Tor team, SO she hi'
on plan Of going to al the funerals
She went 10 every funeral for a year, and
80 got free rides. Well, she met The old
bui,er st funeral, and told him she wa
/ going to another the next day. He wa'
there, and they rode together TO the grave
/ lie proposed when in hack at funeral
II was their trunk we had, aud Il locked
AZ though II had been through The revO'
lutionAry war. II was the siekest look.
Ing trunk ever saw when W got through
with it, New York SUM-
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The unhappy keninckian who bet on
every race duringf fbe week, aud losteyery
time, illustrates The freaks Of fortune Ia
this respect. Ile bad just $50 left, and
Ia sheer desperation, cried out 10 tb,
crowd that had assembled at the hole
after the races "i'I bet $50 ! can name
two men here with 70 fingers, Whel
the bet was iaken this child Of fate con
Iinued; "Anybody'il do. Here, M,
friend, l'Ii take you. have Is angers
aud xati haze 10 that make. n knew