The sun., 1873-11-18

lie stops ut watcrbur' Conn. AN Anxious
Motber-A -mur Boy-A Rolling Mill.

CorrcsponGcncc Of Inc sun.
WATERBURY,, Conn, November, is73.-
Yesterday rcsumed my journey whore left
on before The cars were glidlnc swiftly along.
The cow catcher hadn't caught COW Tor
wnolc hour, and had lust cl scd my eyes for
muse, when something cdromcd on my right
side II was nm aged female nudsing me none
but aged females nudge me now. Shc nudged
mo with the apex Of n hugo cotton umbrella,
large enough to have kept the rain of two Gle
phants and "A mule. She had evidently been
rondlng the story that Ia going the rounds OF
the papers about the Siamcse twins being cap
turcd hy tho cannibals and eaten for philo-
saws She, mister, are there any csnnlbals
among tho Indians p
Saws T. " giirss not. why ="
Siy- she. Ca 40 my boy Iin,'s enlisted
SAYS l. How long since. madam p
says she, ., Pears to me its going on ABOUT
S.ys L. "'ihcn. my dear woman, he's safe, per-
fectly safe Don't worry about william
Says I, Because William IL q raw recruit. and
cannibas don't love raw recruits.
I'm sorry tn hear of that big failure In little
Rhody. | always thought that urm owned 40
much ~ Rhode Island that they could at any
time put postage stamp on 1t aud send IL hy
mail to any part Of the country. Wall street
must be a good place to get suspenders just
now. -
Here we are In Waterbury lt's In Connecti-
cut. the state that ised Israel Putnam Putnam
ia called the " Iron son OF 70" Most folks are
sAl isned with being the sor Of two.
In your column of "sumhrams" the other day,
| think u was one day when II didn't rain, read
about the hoy in the geography clnss, who when
asked" What ia a strait p replied II beats two
pair That boy lives IN Waterbury. | saw him
to-day His fatner ascertalning that he was 40
well posted In poker hired him out to a stove
store IN hopes Of making a crate man man Of him
and hope he will not have a dampor put
upon IL.
/ conycrsed with him.
SAYS l. "M hats mistY'
says he, My jack-knlfo; ! guess Its lost"
Says l,"What's galaxy"
says he, "Poppng the question"
All kiuds ~ mills grow IN Waterbury. To-day
visited rolling mill" They are hot rolls,
too. \ gin uiill Is rolling mill So is a prize
nght. Rolling mills don't roll, but things inside
rolling stock don't mean horses, though they
do roll sometimes. l received an invitation
written. it was verbal. He Invited me To walk
out OF bis mill, and accepted the invitation. |
have seen moro boiled iron IN Waterbury than
ever saw before, They boil II until It's soft !.
then It's done. II would make YOU grunt io
have to boil pig iron soft. All men who boil
iron have cast In their eye.
In Waterbury everything is alloyed but happi-
meas, and unalloycd happiness is scarce.
Its views upon the Temperance question are
majestic. It, a positive fact, every ther-
mometer In town l. marked temperate. | have
found temperance hotels here Invariably inn
temperate.
Betting l. not on the wane here An estimable
gentleman was taken sick, and his clerks got up
apOul on whether he'd get well or not. Those
can't even rain here without getting up pools all
over town.
Waterbury man went out tother day to
shoot AT mark. He hit the bulls eye, and he
killed the bull, too. IL cost MIN pile
gentleman resides here named 'ruthlll. The
nnme he was born by was Hill. lie used to
JouS.