Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-24
COMING DOWN FROM LITCHfIELD.

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 NEW HAVEN. Sept. 22.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Coming down from Litchfield the other day there was pause at Hawleyville. AS Senator Hawley was not at the station to stand up for his "ville;" and as, in his ab- sence, there is little to amuse or please in landscape, opportunity was afforded to ob- ing. The Shepaug railroad is just now re- turning New Yorkers to New York by scores You can tell by their looks where they have been for the summer. If they are round, fat and ruddy, they are undoubtedly "fed up" on the butter and pineapple cheeses of Goshen If the corners of their noses are turned with fine aristooratic sniff pared to assert that they have been recog- nized by Litchfelder. If they talk fish and have bundles of rods as witnesses, Ban- tam, or Waramaug, is where they have, now and then, yanked a three-ounce perch or a fve-inch pickerel. If they look bit sheep ish, as if summer filtration had terminated in goodbye kiss, you may be sure the kissing was done at Washington, &c. But the smssher may not be kept waiting.
 There were quantities of trunks in the car. As the door was rolled open he strode up with the gait of Kilrain or Sullivan. It can hardly be supposed that the brotherhood would send one of their champions to 50 ob- scure a place as Hawleyville. The chap must have been a neophite. What will he be hereafter. He was tall, very muscular, had e commanding, If decidedly animal, expres- sion; no forehead, vast rear head, cruel eyes, ponderous jaw, outspread ears, red hair, and he held the stump of segar between his brown-madder teeth. While in action, rail- road officials stood about in silent awe. Re- menstrance on the part of 8 passenger would undoubtedly have been followed by instant ensure. Fortunately no one presumed to four feet above the platform on which he stood. The hireling within the car would timidly feed trunk to the open- ing. Then, To and behold, the va liant smasher would seize a handle with his mighty right; jerk the appendan trunk upward and outward into space, ane then guide it to terrific smash on one of it
 
 was done by subordinates. Smash afte smash followed in quick succession. Tn subordinates worked with 8 will to keep space clear for the smashes. If the ponder ) ous iron bound timbers of q modern "Sara toga" cracked, and the terrified owner started forward with wee scream, he would eye he with glare to curdle the blood of ohim panzee, or to petrify in mid.air the sprint of hungry tigress. It was all done witt one arm. He would have scorned to us two, or to have done anything suggestive o lifting. That would have lowered him fl the estimation of the craft. I suppose ther must be right and left handed smashers, jus as there are right and left handed base bal twirlers. l regret not to have seen the up ' ward and inward jerking when the Housa tonic train finally came along. This, I an told, requires more skill; but has the disad vantage of not being so Instructive to prop erty, and Is consequently less interesting t 8 the property owner. After we were al packed in and the fat mother by my side ha comfortably deposited her effects and he offspring all over mo, had peace and leisur |, or reflection in re-smasher
 There are undoubtedly thousands an thousands of him all the United States ove = It can only be question of very shol d time when the trunk yields to the smashe
 The best of foreign made trunks will nc
 stand single journey. know this by e '- perlence. 1s there rlValfy between trunK an j. smasher similar to the rivalry between armt !. plate and projectilea Is the smasher in u
 pay of the trunk maker; and Is he paid e proportion to the number of trunks ,- finishesa It would be the simplest thil d in the world to have ready bro'
 plank down upon which to glide the DO trunks. Why the absence of the planka 10 the railroad officials 'tdivvy" with the trul g maker? How about an anti-trunk smash i v. surance company with safety patrol at eve . stationa Can baggage-smashfng become fl 'S arta Will it be incorporated into modern at h. leticsa Will Yale introduce it into her curr
 ulum? Will there be exhibitions of ri,
 teams of college baggage-smashers, ,admittar st fifty centss These are some of the vie ke which orawled through my sleepy brain wn