New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-10-18
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I MAN WHO RsFlFTEEN YEARS HAS
BEEN PICKING UP i THINGS.


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Whenever during the daytime a New
York. New Haven and Hartford train
rolls into the Grand Central depot a stoop
shouldered, little man, with keen gray
eyes and beard that doesn't grow with
sufficient luxuriance to require frequent
trimming. strolls down to the end of the
platform. When the train stops and
while the most laggard Of the passengers
are still leisurely alighting, he hops MIN
bly, on the rear platform of the last car
and proceeds to literally ssgo through"
the train. Sometimes much excited
passenger who has suddenly recollected
that he has forgotten something rushes
m mad back into the train and discovers
his portable property in the hands of the
little man. Then, if he is of a suspicious
disposition, he glares and scowls at the
little man, and sometimes pounces upon
him and Indignantly demands to be told
what he is doing with ''that.''
Then tired look comes into the little
mans face and he mildly explains that
ne Is employed by the company to search
incoming trains for articles left behind
by passengers, which he conveys to the
lost property room, where the owners
can always "'t possession OF them again
oy turnlshlils presumptive evidence that
the Ih1ngs belong to them.
When Charlle-that is what the other
employees about the depot call him, al
though he has another name which ap-
pears on the payrolls of the company
first began this work, his beard wasn't
tlnged with gray, and he wasn't bit
stoop shouldered. That was Is years
ago. All these years, from $50 in the
morning until $50 at night each day, he
mas oeeh picking up Things that careless
pa ~ l1ave lUfgoCten 10 lake with
' t. no, nIa WY, WY ielO one Irsln;
dered |o 10 ha na nent any man st1op shoul-
th;nes that 1on~ Dr. h;s l LUX Aol
keen 30 erer anS bic hoaastu =; % o., "le as
AGAINST all te,nnta+;ons r. 4 1" - W.
not tho c,eo. Ia eo4,1d -h.,,a .ot:., WI
SING ,itt1a canital Fron, 49, $500 %lvn
1909 o,,1 1900 80 $500. vno pooA1'
has found while nnrs,,;no, h;s ,,,;as @o 40
cnnation he co,71d bsva s1;nnad $3.50, ~
into his own noc1-a+ to rondp,. 49,, ono 49,
indennndant - = ~'1'0
Thera are mo h,on7-s -, a.;,.-
ordo Novo,. aou e.aaa - IT, ~ ~
doesn't find sometime that somebodv
has forootton Ho n;clss ~ fo17o,. th;,,s:,
m Snn6ave thon on onv athor d,,s-
canse IN SUNDAYS tr,vei 10 oon,1a.,a - w
" LIGHT and nssseno ers oro at+ .+ w. ~
lass nrooccvniad ~1;+S 7,,7s;1as, ~po W. 70
+boreforo nj o. Hal, - fo~oot 4l y: e1l.N
On some davis his liat If art;c1os fon7d
on the incoming trains ia unite a forn,;-
dable one
Hl;a a. ;,,o4o = .ho4 1.
49, Wv .oSo o, pupo4v ~ .on W 49, 49,
- 80 - 49, 80: wv .mse Vno pla1a
eo4e CIV ouo = w ei ! ono o'ei'
coaC' one package OF legal laoers, one
Satchel, one 1aoys jacket 1e Derby
nat. one Valse' one cape' one cane, one
package " uh9erWear' one macR1ntosn
ana one pocketDook'
AND this IS what ne found on Aug. ~:
seven umbrellas, one parasol, one shawl,
one overcoat, one pair of shoes, one pack
age containing suit OF clothes, one pair
of spectacles, one purse, one flask of
whisky and one smelling bottle.
When the articles are taken to the lost
property room, they are labeled with the
date on which they are found and the
number Of the train. Nearly all the ar
ticles that have any intrinsic value are
redeemed. The rest are simply stored
away for the gnawing tooth of time to
prey upon.
Charlie is of the opinion. and surely
he may be regar| ed as an EXPERT on the
subject, that e, v. Jbody is liable to for
get something at some time or other.
Umbrellas are the articles that are most
frequently left behind On the trains by
travellers. The man who could devise
an infallible system bv which the owner
of an umbrella would ALWAYS be sure to
remember it would reap a fortune.