The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
WOES OF BAGGAGEMEN.
An Explanation OF the Vindictive
Feelings Which Animate
Them.

Crack: Bank! Lickerty-clink! came
trunk out of baggage car at the
union depot last mig ght and as 1t landed
on the truck and the lid few open, e1-
posing to view q number OF articles G,
female attire, the names of which the
reporter was innocent OF, the tall, an
pular fiend from the baggage car cried
out: 'Handle her tenderly, Bill, she's
a delicate affair."" and then laughed
immoderately as he observed the wreck
he had caused, as much as to say: 1T
wasn't my fault; handled it carefully
enough" and then as he turned around
and heaved out big, box-like trunk,
he handled it carefully, apparently as
if he did not wish to see it broken; but
whether it was because the trunk was
too large for handling otherwise no one
but himself knew. As he finished his
work and leaped to the platform he
was confronted by . Daily NesOs re-
porter.
when will 1t be safe for q man to
travel with baggage, and not be COM
PEELED to suffer exposure by having his
scant wardrobe displayed to the eyes
OF the world by the careless work OF
baggage-mastersf"
"WhenP Why, when the public gets
sensible, an not afore," "quoth the man
of muscle, as he bit off big piece Of
licorice root and ehewed 1t vigorously.
"You burned newspaper fellers think
as how you knows it all But you don't
an I'll show you why. You seen that
ere trunk rs busted openp Well, when
that como aboard 1t was tied up with
piece of rope an he'd no lock to It
The whole thing was no good, and no
sensible person would have thought of
shippin' It Afore l got it loaded the
rotten rope had come unfastened. Now
if they expect us to nurse trunks they
are fools. an you kin gamble on 1t. I
amt got no time to 60 tinkerin' around
and wouldn't do it eff 1 had. Ef it
amt busted old trunk it's big un
that weighs twice as much as do, an
it's moro than one man kin handle
without a-killin' hissel. They ought
to be sensible an then l think we'd be
sensible too"
explain yourself"
''Well, travelin' folks should all get
good strong trunks, not too big nor too
little, an quit a-gettin' these little pa
per covered things an the big chests
that are used by travelling men. They'll
kill man in few years just aladdin
'em. Why, l got hold of trunk the
other day that was within half inch
O. being just as wide as the door, an
we had to use rollers to get 1t out of
the car. Now, yoa see that amt at all
likely to mollify feller's feelin's, an
the little cheap trunks has to suffer.
Whyp Why, don't ye see that we gets
50 strong thet we can't help firm 'em
Q + with a good deal of force"
did you ever have any strange ex-
psriences in baggage cars7''
Ibid II Well, / should snicker!
Once was when feller was locked up
in trunk for dead. He came to, an
the noises he made afore l found out
what it was purity near scared me out
of my boots; but haven't time to tell
you the story, as the wife an the ba-
bies is waitin' fer me. Why. sir,
they'll be tickled to death to see me
agin, an l loves 'em tool l may be
tired handlin' trunks all day, but ef
the babies got to be as big as freight
car I'd have to dance 'em on my knee.
Lor', feller forgits all about bein'
tired when the little curly heads climb
up around him. Come up some time
an I'll tell you thet story" and he
started out of tho depot whistlin2.-
Chicago NeWs.