New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-09-29

summer, CITY expressman began drag,
ging trunk out Of the baggage-room
to his wagon, when it burst into thou
sand pieces, threw the expressman
twenty feet into the air, and blew a
small boy, who was passing, quite
across the street. There was nothing
left of the trunk but trivial fragments.
No doubt this was a gentleman's trunk.
A lady is not likely to want to
pack gunpowder or nitro-glycerine.
She might, to be sure, carry ink, or
hair-oil or summer preserves; and if the
bottles should be carelessly packed, and
break and the liquids ooze out and injure
the neighboring baggage, fault might be
found: But generally speaking, her
right is to carry whatever ladies in her
station in life are accustomed to want
with them for use upon such Journeys.
Some of the railroads and steamboats,
have rules that they will not be answer
| able for more than, say, one hundred
pounds in wei ght or one hundred dol
lars in value; but these rules do not him
der her carrying more, but only require
her to pay extra fare or run the risk.
If she is queen she may carry what
queens generally use; if she is an emil
grant woman she may carry what emi-
grants need. If she is going to San
Francisco or New Orleans she needs
more things than in going to Philadel-
phia or Boston and she may pack accord
ingly.
There was Russian countess who
started from home to travel through Eu-
rope, Asia, Africa and finally America;
and when, at length, she reached this
country, she brought six trunks-com-
mon looking ones they We're and pretty
we'll worn; but in them were packed, in
great variety, elegant and costly
dresses, rich jewelry and very valuable
Niagara Falls, meaning to 90 from
thence to Chicago, San Francisco, New
Orleans, Havana and even Rio Janeiro.
But for the trip to Niagara she carried
only two of her trunks; in one of them,
however, were packed the chief quanti-
| ty of her laces; they were ancient unique
and beautiful and valued by her at $780,
900. Between Albany and Niagara this
trunk was broken open and more than
200 yards of lace stolen. She sued the
company. They argued that she had
no business to be carrying such valuable
! property about the country in common
| looking trunks, with nothing to inform
their bagggagemen what measure of care
was needed. But the court said that it
was not y lady's place to 90 about tell
ing what a magnificent wardrobe she
had; it was the company's place to ask,
II they had any need to know. II she
had practiced any concealment, or il
she had been asked by the baggage
master and had answered falsely, or
had refused to pay for extra baggage,
the company would have q good defense;
but as they neglected to ask they must
pay. And she recovered $4,000.
| There was once trunk lost on q rail
road journey and the company said that
they supposed they must pay for all OF
the contents except an opera glass; but
that, they cOntended, was not baggage
The judge said that if the passenger
wanted to use it on the trip they mus,
pay. Needing the thing on the journey
is the main point. A woman who emil
grated from Ireland by steamer brought
a feather bed of her own with her, and
it was lost on the way; the men proba.
bly, dropped it overheard. She sued
for the worth of it. The judge asked il
she meant to sleep upon it on the voy.
age. She said no; she was carrying il
to use when she began housekeeping in
America. Then, he said, it was not
lawful baggage.
! If lady gives her baggage to the
baggggagc-mastcr to be placed in the crate
or baggsgagc-car, she, almost every
Khcrc. receives a little metal check.
is an insignificant thing to look at. BuI
it is an important thing. Giving her 9
check relieves her of all care and re-
sponsibility about her things for the
whole trip the check covers; yes, even
if there are half dozen railroad com
panies connecting in the journey. II
any injury happens to the baggage OIL
the way the companies must pay, I'M
less there was some very extraordinary
cause for it, such as does not happen
once in ten years. And if she loses hel
check she runs the risk that whoevc,
picks it up may go and get the trunk
and make way with it. The baggage.
master would say, 1.-The man had the
check" and she would get no redress
unless, perhaps, she could prove that
for some reason he knew that the finder
of the check had no right. One ough,
to take just as much care of the check
as Of ones money or watch.
| The rule about care of baggage
changes when the train or steamboat,
| has fairly reached its destination. Al
that the company is bound to do is tc
| carry the things to the end of the
trip and there deliver them beck
A Lady's Baggage.
| Lady travellers are often anxious and
perplexed about their baggage Some
| times they suffer very serious inconvc-
nience. Not long ago New York papers
had 4 pitiful story Of q young lady who
came from the country in company
with friends. She packed all her money
in her trunk, thinking that safest, and
| the gentleman of the party carried the
| baggage checks of all. This, by the
| way, is not the best course. A gentle
man escorting lady in travel should
give the check for her trunk to her and
! she should have her own ticket, at least
| If at any time she remains alone in the
! cars. For want OF such caution, when
the party in the story, late at night,
reached the depot, and became by acct.
| dent separated, the young lady had nc
| money. 1t was in her trunk and she
could not get her trunk. Her escort
had the check. She did not know to
what hotel her friends meant to 20, and
| she had no acquaintance in the city. A
policeman found her at midnight wan
dering forlorn and helpless. All he
could do for her was to conduct her to
the station-house, where she passed the
| night in such accommodations as are
provided for tramps and Migrants. A
lady should know what it is right to do
about baggage, and she should carry
her own check
What to carry in ones trunk is a
question which need not trouble ladies
much; they are not likely to want to
carry anything Objectionable. Men want
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