The examiner., 1885-12-19
WATERBURY.

One of our city churches has sent one
 hundred pin-cushions to the Home for the
 Friendless Of course the gift will be ap
 preciated, for no friendless person could gel
 along this coming cold winter without six
 or eight of these very essential articles.
 The Waterbury Base Ball club has at last
 secured their full complement of players,
 and have four good ones with which they
 hope to bring us the pennant. The remain
 der will likely before the season is half over
 be playing in the Woodtics, or some other
 provincial nine better adapted to their
 standing. All remains with the new man
 ager to make even respectable showing
 until they find their level.
 When laboring men organize they should
 remember that 1t means something. No
 organization Is useful unless it subserves
 some useful purpose. Workingmen should
 organize everywhere for their own interests,
 to defend their rights against accumulated
 capital, to protect each other, to be mu
 tual aid and benefit to one another, and to
 assist to prosperity only such as help the
 body of laboring men in the community.
 This is the sensible view of every labor or
 ganization, It is not colnmunistic, law de- | flying and agral ian. Every laboring man
 who is true to himself and his interests should join the Knights of Labor without delay.
 "By their fruits ye shall know them' is safe rule always. A young and compara- lively unknown physician a few weeks since, loud iu his professions of Christianity and charity, met on the streets disciple of Bob Ingersoll. The drctor, mixing up medi- cine and theology, struggled hardso make S convert, so much so that, like Paul, his listener twas almost persuaded to become a Christian" He hesitated, however, and concluded to wait few days before joining the church. Meanwhile the theological leech, finding poor cigar maker who owed him bill of $5, commanded him to "pay that thou owest." The former gave him 8 on account-his last penny-and assured the doctor that next week he would try to square the remainder. Failing to do so, through pressure of want and poor luck, the debtor suddenly found sheriff at his door, and was obliged to find $9 45 Gnclud- ing costs) for the crime of his poverty. It is needless to add thst when the doctor called on his expected convert, the latter told him frankly he would accept no theol- egy as Simon pure which was not filtered through the golden sieve ot human charity and justice. Since then the medicine man has given more attention to pills than miracles.
 The ward politicians, who have had "steam up" for week or two past on the
 
 try into town last Thursday night of Fred. Brown and his two satellites, Charlie Bald win and Jack Mcdonald. The cause of all this frenzy was the confident expectation, approaching almost to a certainty, that Fred. would have the documents" fresh from w Washington, telling him to deal letters for living the next four years to this com munity. The "heft' of the expected docu- ment was the cause of the presence of his okt ov1fc yl,o essary, ease him of it's "weight" Pat Lunney admitted beforehand that his ex- press wagon had no springs strong enough to bear so fresh burden as this commission when 1t came, and when pressed to take the contract frankly admitted that even if the springs would stand it, the nigh trace was little weak. Hence the boys prepared to receiv. the expected burden, brought by their returning chiefs, with dump-cart | discharged from the streets some years since by Jim Colley, but sure, and strong, l and safe. A band was ordered, and the music arranged and paid for was-"When Johnnie comes Marching Home" but to the chagrin ot the party only a drum band put in an appearance, and that consisting of | but one drum and fife. The train was late that night. Five minutes passed and the eager set at the depot hugged each other with joy, for they were sure that the WcISub Ol Gu0 COHQlSSlOH HoIU DdCk, anu the platform resounded with cheers of ex- pectancy Eight minutes late the train rolled into the station. The first "knock- down" was the fact that it was drawn by | only one engine, and that the smallest on the road-the "G. w. Beach," It was Q small thing to drag such an important cargo as was expected. Three powerful engines, or at least the two best of the road, were the least which were appropriate. The de pot crowd were surprised, and asked each other "Can it be possible they got left?' No, no," echoed from twenty five dry throats. Another setback was in store when the throng saw but one baggage car instead of two. 1t was with reason justly | that the commission" would use up one, and that between that and the com mon peoples car would come the palace car in triumph of the distinguished and sue cessful returners home. There was no pal ace car-no nothing. Gal. Garter, ill business like way, jumped off the smoker Cowell helped lady and her child off, and then marched with dignified and judicial strides direct to his law office Others "of | high and low degree" left the train, but the wealthy scion" and expectant F. M. was nowhere to be seen. The crowd was disap- | pointed. Something had "broke" some where. There was a hitch W hich nobody | could explain. Finally reporter espled | Candidate Brown in the rear of the express office standing alone, and asked him his success. He did not reply, and the reporter thought he had accosted "the wrong man." The crowd had scattered to the various sa- looms of the city. All was quiet. On the streets people asked "What news?' but no one seemed to know. The result of the | expedition to Washington would never have been known had not Jack Mcdonald, while waiting for a writ to serve that night | given the whole thing away. John says 'They didn't get what they went for, but that 1t was all due to Congressman Mitchells poor memory of former friend friendship for Fred" It seems Mitchell forgot that Brown once asked him for the post office, and Mitchell, while dreaming of dividends in manufacturing stocks, thought lessly and innocently said "Yes." Fred treasured up that word, and built his castle upon it. But it slipped off Mitchelps mind and was lost forever. Poor Fred.
 It looks now as if Terror No. 6, after all it's tribulations, was to become full f1edged fire company. At the last common council meeting Aldermen French. Keenan,, and | Cowell, insisted strenuously that the com pany should have it's equipment, and sue ceeded i'll passing the measure i'll spite of | vigorous opposition. Alderman Cowell said | that the council of 1885 would stand ill history as tha pod faaherS of the coynnanv