Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-15
Italians in Trouble.

Italians in Trouble.
 party of fourteen Italians came to Bridgeport yesterday. Being unable to speak word of English, an Italian peanut seller was found who interpreted. The Standard says "They said man in New York told them he could get them job in the country where they would be paid $1.5o 8 day, and if they would give him $1 apiece he would send them to the place. They paid | him the money and he took them to the New York, New Haven and Hartford depot and ! told them to buy tickets for Bridgeport and said he would meet, them when they arrived \ The fellow was swindler and fraud and did not intend to meet them. They had all their < baggage with them, and had money enough ! to buy tickets back to New York. They &C., | cordingly went back on another train" An Excursion.
 ! IS. P. M writes: By the courtesy of President Yeamans party from the Legisla- 1 ture with few of their friends made an ex- l cursion over the New Haven and Nor&hamp- ! ton railroad through Hoosac Tunnel to North Adams on the 11th inst. The party l proceeded first to Shelburn Falls, where they l stopped for dinner, and spent an hour or two ! in viewing the attractions of the village and
 ! the falls of the Deerfeld river at this place. ! From this point Superintendent C. $.
 l Goodnow accompanied the excursion and ! was unremitting in his efforts to make the
 I occasion pleasant one. His knowledge of l the points of interest along the road and his
 readiness to point them out added greatly to the intelligent appreciation of the growth
 l and historic scenes through which the road ] passes.
 l Perhaps no other railroad out of New Ha- 1 ven offers so many and so great a variety of ! objects of interest to the excursionist as does ! the New Haven and Northampton road. It I is a constant succession of happy surprises as you pass north through the fourishing 1 manufacturing villages of Connecticut and l Massachusetts,. These by their thrift and I neatness are an illustration of the influence of railroads on the prosperity of the sections | of the country through which they pass. l The natural scenery along the road is diversi- l fled in every variable form. At one point there is the low, level meadow or sand l plain at another the rich undulatlng pas l ture Here the hills are clad in forests, and l there the lofty mountain top stands out clear | and distinct against the sky. Talcott, Tom, l NOnnaGuck as you pdSs uedI tuonl anti 1 Monadnack in the distance, stand as mighty ! sentinels and the Hoosac at length gradually ! rises, it's top almost reaching the clouds.
 The triumphs of man over nature are seen in
 the bridge, 40 feet high, which is built over 8 ravine, and the Hoosac Tunnel, which
 may be classed among the grand achievements of this nineteenth century. l It is over 44 miles long, wide enough for a ! double track and passes more than 1000 feet under the summit of the mountain. To ride 1 through it upon the lighted platform car, as l the party did through the courteous provi- sion of Superintendent Goodnow, was worth all the travel to the place, and will be an event stamped upon the mind for life time. The appreciation of Superintendent Good l now's courtesy to the party found expression ] in beautiful bouquet gracefully presented and felioitously received by him. The hearty thanks to President Yeamans were upon the | 1irc If oil