Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-26
THANKSGIVING.
uEllE;ll' ---
Home Corners GIoating Over
the Expected Turkey.
While the Poor Agent Of the Trans
portation Company Sweats'
what Can be Seen About the Raii~ay S'a"o"
Baggage Room.

The Thanksgiving traffic has "pel'
in dead. earnest. Every train "t'''ci
Going east or west, is loaded with thoS'
who are bound for the old Rome '"t
home of their mother-in-law OF S"'''f
uther relation 10 eat turkey as thts
have in the days gone by uroh the ~
famed New England holldaS-the pl'-
mary cause of the troubles OF the dHS-
peptic Many who are compelled pS
business or other causes to deny them
selves of a long vacation in the sum
,ner take the opportunity presente% at
his time TO add a few days or Nr''r
10 the time which they have TOT per
~onal endowment during the year.
But while these pleasure seekers dlt
rloating over theil promised Nacau'A
there is a large army Of railroad and
express employees who are bearing th'
burden OF life-in fact living a siren
uous existence equailed ohlN hN 'H''
,yperienced at christmas.
Augusta. not being a railroad june
tion cannot realize this to SO great al
extent as some OF her neiEhbors. Bn'
the agents OF the great corporations en
.sased in moving freight ana na>S"h
GERS have but little time at tn" pres
ent TO talk about the weather or pet %
:ootnan Games. Al the Offices tt III
express companies the employees ar
wrestling with the crates of turkey
which nave bid farewell 10 the ArooS'
took country and made the journe!
here to grace the tables Of the Capita
city. Several large lots are alreadN
here and there are more 10 follow.
The baggage master, who had just
finished wrestling with the Suminti
travel and had hoped to enjoy a brici
respite before the drummer Tor Christ
mas and New Years goods made h!;
apnearance is wearing 4 long face. liz
days OF ease are temporarily broken
and he is compelled 10 arouse himself
from his iethargv and once MOI
handle the baggage of the traveller.
BY the way there is considerable 4
he learned around a baggage room. ~
experienced eye will recognize the kin
Of person the owner Of piece of bag
gage is at a glance. Articles Of bag
gage somehow correspond TO the peopl'
who own them and so the old ones IL
he service will tell at a glance whether
the owner of n certain trunk is in IN.
chair car or whether he is travelling
second class. \ canvas trunk, leather
bound with initials or some device
painted il glaring letters at both ends.
speaks OF the chair car. And il the
piece Of baggage Is numbered and let
tered, it means that the owner has tn,
Statercon.
And if. a little way on there Is 4 tiny
old fashioned article. bound with rup,
perhaps, and with a foreign flavor. the,
say that the owner of that can be
found in the second class coach tha;
snaps at the rear of the string Of gu
lar coaches.
There are trunks 10 be found Of ri;
conceivable variety, from the ponder
Gus metal, iron bound boxes OF big
wholesale houses to the little nair cloth
case that hasn't entirely disappeared
from use yet. All sorts of boxes are
Sprinkled in with the trunks and then
there are grips without number. from
be-labelled dress suit cases to the tin
lest hand grips. kennebeckerS and eX-
tension cases. meal bags tied with q
string, salt boxes with q leather handle
everything that ever could possibly
get the right to the name baggage.
comes within the scope Of the quick eye
of the baggage man and his assistants.
If there is difference in the pieces oi
baggage. there is just as marked a diff
ference in the manner that the owners
look after them. People who are vet
Grams on the road know just what to
10 and just what 10 say; the baggag.
man are glad to see them. But the in
experienced ones sort cf tear things IN
and set nerves on edge generally. They
have fit directly if they find their
particular joy standing III 4 remot.
corner apparently Unnoticed. But
things are settled finally and the bag
gage is piled on board and the train
gets away.