The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-08-14
WATERBURY.

The dog days are about half gone anG
sweltering humanity begins to hope for the
refreshing GOODNESS of autpmnal weather
or the "R" months when oysters may
! be devoured.
The Carpenters Union will give another
picnic next Thursday evening, August 49,
at Concordia grove. The last one was sc
| enjoyable and successful in every way,
that the Union has wisely concluded etc
repeat the dose" In this instance, how
ever, the picnic will be held in the evening.
John G.. Philip, of Simonsville, died last
Wednesday morning. He a nephew
of Judge Geo. H. Cowell and was bright
and promising lad of 13 years. Indeed
the Judge has always made these two
young nephews his especial care and had
laid many praiseworthy plans to aid them
in reaching success in after life. The loss
is peculiarly painful to him and he has the
sympathy of all.
We are all waiting anxiously for our
first horse car ride; but we know shat the
men who have this matter in charge are
energetic and are pushing the project.
The cars are building at Stephenson's fac
tory in New 7 ork, the steel rails are being
forged at Worcester's shop, and Gaffeny is
accommodating large piles of cobbles to lay
the track. The line will be completed and
running before snow flies.
The Carpenters Union last Saturday en-
joyed themselves fully at their picnic in
Concordia Grove. The Union turned out
100 members strong, headed oy the drum
corps. They were fine body of men. At
the Grove, all sorts of amusements were
INDUCED in, but everything was perfectly
decorous and orderly. The rain interfered
somewhat with the pleasure of the occa-
sion, but it was decided success, never
theless.
The Grand Army boys and their friends
are off on the Hudson on their excursion.
They will return late tonight, we'll tired
out with their long trip; but it makes
break in the monotony Of poor mans
life; and this and the excursion to Coney
Island are just the things to afford some
pleasure to the workingman. 1t is certain
ly more sensible to take wife and babies off
for such days change of air than to spend
the money on beer and cigars in the whisky
shop.
A Clock Shop boss, Larkin by name, is
in the habit of experimenting the time
cards of his hands, in addition to his regu-
lar duties. Whenever he sees that one of
his employees are earning $1.75 or So per
day, he at once reduces him five or ten per
cent. Perhaps this style of doing things is
in accordance with the business policy as
laid down by Superintendent Wade, just |
before he started on his European TIP, to
foreman B. Mailer. "Don't you raise any
mans wages while l am away [ can get |
on the streets plenty of boys at % cents a
day to take their Places This illustrates
the link which binds capital and labor, and
makes each dependent on the other. Com
ment is unnecessary.
A magnificent audience greeted last Sun
lay Mr.. F. Seller of Bridgeport, to listen to
his lecture in the City Hall on SOCIALISM,"
The speaker treated his subject in a clear
and logical manner and was frequently
applauded. He said that the real pillar of
society was labor. Capital was the aggre-
gated result of labor. Socialism meant
of interests. 1t was opposed to
and the swinish principle of
Each man for himself" 1t meant that
wage earners should share in the results
If labor. 1t did not mean a division of
property indiscriminately. 1t did not
mean dynamite or anarchy. 1t only in
ended that the lazy should not live ON the
oil of the active and energetic. Socialism
vas not a monster. It was the highest
vDe of human hrotharhood Tn q word hic