The examiner., 1886-07-03
WATERBURY,.

Two Italians last week worked for Bren-
nan & Burns on our sewers. They talked
poor English but were good workmen. All
their fellow -laborers had $3.50 per day.
Their employers discounted twenty-f five
cents on account of their broken English.
The Italians understood the trouble and,
after good deal of hard talk, had the
same as the rest. Even ''sunny Italy" in
sisted on its chance in the great struggle
for human rights. We congratulate the
Italians and the bosses.
All the boss masons of the city are per-
sonally in favor of stopping work on Sat
urdays at p. M, at least all have so ex-
pressed themselves. Yet each one hates to
inaugurate the change in his own case,
fearing lest his companions may not follow
suit. This is perhaps natural. The begin
ming should be elsewhere. The laborers
and workinfmen should unitedly petition,
and their request will be granted. All
that is needed to secure this much needed
boon to labor is the agreement of the la
borers thems elves. Let them all unite in
petition for this benefit, and, our word for
it, the favor will be granted. Labor can
only be best helped, when it helps itself.
Last Sunday the Odd Fellows decorated
at Riverside the graves of their me nbers
who have crossed the river" The exer-
cises were impressive and appreciated. The
remarks by Hon. George H. Cowell were
peculiarly touching and appropriate. He
spoke feelingly of the dead of Odd Fellow
ship-how the order should respect their
memory, and emulate their life example
Gwen the government" he remarked,
chad spent its thousands in recovering the
remains of the Greeley expedition, and in
bringing Custer, a brave man, from his
dying place to West Point, but that seems
small in comparison with our dead brothers
here, who were of us and with us, even in
this spot" Truly this scattering of flowers
over the graves of departed friends Is kindly
and pleasant, and, no matter what order or
council sanctions it, is right on principle,
and accords with the true manhood of hui
man nature, and calls for commentator.
From generation to generation the en-
ployees of the machine shop of Holmes,
Booth & Hayden have been in the habit of
spending five minutes each Saturday even
ing before the ''blowing of the whistler for
o'clock in washing the sweat, dust and
dirt of the day from their tired hands and
faces. Last Tuesday was pay day, and to
the great surprise of these mechanics, they
found themselves "docked" in pay in every
instance, ranging from 5, Z. 8, 9, and II
cents per day "lost time.' This is the
height and depth of smallness. The point
of a cambria needle is universe in COM
parison with the size of the mind of the
man who could make out and figure up
pay roll like that. In tae graduating exer-
cises of the High school, DIR. Micon remar-
ked that even the tiny ants do about every
thing that human beings attempt. Small
as the ants are, we doubt if they could
compete with this instance of smallness and
injustice.
The High school graduating exercises
last Monday at the City Hail. were a most
enjoyable and creditable entertainment.
The hall was tastefully and beautifully dec
GRATED, and the large audience fully appre-
ciated the efforts of the young ladies and
gentlemen in the line of scholarship and
| school work. The order of exercises was
admirably arranged and there was none of
the dry, wordy, pussy and dropsical, in any
part of it. It was all sprightly, alive and
vivacious. It is hard to comment partic-
ular instance where all did so we'll: OF the
| young ladies, perhaps the efforts of Misses
Galdsmith, Dodds, Meyer and Eagan were
particularly worthy of mention. of the
young men, Messrs. Spruce, Roper and
Slevin did themselves great credit. An
essays and discussion may be gathered
form the following: Ancient Troy, Lafay-
cite, Newspapers, Waterbury, Good Ma
ture, Gladstone, Bunker Hill, The Silver
Dollar, Memorial Day, The Eads Ship Rail-
way, The Panama Canal, etc., etc. These
subjects show what our young people are
thinking of; and that they are alive on top
les of to-day, and abreast of the times.
Surely they will begin where their fathers
left off. Seldom does college commence
ment surpass in wit, scholarship, and good
sense the efforts of the graduating class of
'86 of our High School. Waterbury should
indeed be proud of this institution, should
applaud its good work, and be quick to rec
ognize the fact that it is indeed a tower of
strength in the community. Teachers and
! pupils alike may feel entitled to congratu-