Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-02
THE WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT 2 1888
LAUNCHED AND AFLoAr.

Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, will soon be asked to pardon the imprisoned anar- chists. A petition for signatures to that effect has been circulated among the friends of the convicted men.
 Chauncey Depew, Adam Forepaugh Ghe circus man) and A. P. Whitney, treasurer of the republican committee of New York, are said to bear so close resemblance that they are often taken for each other. The jury man who sleeps through the whole trial and awakes and listens to the charge of the judge is the safe man of the twelve; he knows something; the eleven are only fuddled with the eyidence.- Martha's Vineyard Herald.
 A servant girl was arrested last week for carrying off her mistress's goods in her hustle. When searched it was found to contain thirteen pairsl lof stockings, dozen handkerchiefs and pair of boots. Her employer thinks it is about time the hustle should go-and the girl also.
 Gadsden county, Fla has very merito- rious and satisfactory wild man, with flow ing white hair, railnent of skins and barks, and an old fint-lock musket, and an axe with a spiked handle, and @ habit of gnashing his teeth furiously and "mutter- ing queer" sound when he sees tame folks.
 Cardinal Gibbons takes you by the hand" says an Atlanta Constitution re- porter, "squeezes it gently, raises it up as if he was going to look at it, but he looks you squarely in the eye, and with merry twinkle in his eye and cordial smile, greets you with some pleasant word that makes you like him."
 August Burkhart of Knoxville, Tenn, is name that should be written high on the scroll of fame He has sent this extraor- dinary letter to the pension agent: "Please strike my name off the United States pension rolls, as am perfectly cured and need the assistance of the government no longer. Inclosed find my pension cer- tifcate." :"
 A stray item going the rounds of the press says that if a man earns $3 day and saves every cent of it, he will have to live millionaire. This is discouraging, indeed, but the writer evidently forgot there are other ways of becoming millionaire1be sides saving money. There's the s'all hot business, for instance.-Ansonia Sentinel
 Dr Charles E. Simmons, of New York, has presented bill of $40, 900 against the estate of the late Samuel J. Tilden, for professional services, during MT Tilden's long illness. This would imply that IA, ,O00 visits were to MT Tilden, at $1O visit, or 400 visits at $100 visit. It has general ly been supposed that Mir Tilden paid his
 bills as they occurred.
 A Norwich man had all his upper teeth taken out the other day preparatory to buying an upper set of 'sstore teeth.' He has not only had to ''gum it" since. but has been the victim of many jibes from his friends. One of the hardest was from a lady who sent him the rubber mouth h-piece to nursing bottle which looked as though l it had done duty in: a large family of chil- dren, with this advice appended to it: ''I | will lend you this. After you are weaned, please return.''
 The Seymour Record tells story re- garding citizen of a neighboring borough who drove up to Zoar Bridge to see the effects of the celebrated ice gorge and star | vation blizzard. He found young girl | with strong attractions for white horse tending the toll gate, and as Zoar Bridge is
 ''way back, " thought it safe to quiz her g little. His questions were demurely an
 swered until, ready to leave, he asked what
 it cost to go over the toll bridge. Pointing
 to the toll board, the girl said: eff you
 could read you could see for yourself hog
 one cent, jackass two cents. Give us two centS." an