Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-11
LAUNCHED AND AFLOAT.

When hurrying to catch street car the girl with the orthodox hustle looks as if she was ahead and the rest of her was coming Philadelphia Call.
 The New Haven News strongly con demns the senseless practice of three or more men filing out into church aisle in order to give lady an inside seat
 Sherman, Allison, Hawley and Cullom lunched together in the senate restaurant the other day, and an observant bystander saw that Hawley paid for the crowd, while Allison set up the cigars. .s
 A new phase In Chicago man runs beer saloon in the basement of his build ing, and is pastor of church meeting above the saloon. The members can be wet or dry as they please.
 These are hard times and no mistake. A young man who covered 96 miles in a re- cent walking match in Ansonia got $1 for his trouble. The Consolidated road gets two cents mile, and that is considered hard pan.
 Georgia is wonderful state. A citizen of Jonesboro actually insisted on paying a debt he owed for twenty eight years. Ac- cording to the present philosophers he has reached the highest plane of intellectual humanization.
 lU oAOWA Dy phIiiduACuCdIy SCdtlSUlCS that the queens jubilee increased the British liquor bill for the year 1887 nearly S11 ,000, 900. The temperance people are aghast, and look with disfavor on any more jubilees in royalty.
 Sam Small says he had voted early and often for the republican party: had got drunk for it, has written editorials for it, and has been within half mile of hell for it, and was one of the few who were fortunate enough to get back.
 New Britain has done little to bring it. self into prominence of late, except to send a white-h horse congressman to Washington, so the Herald of that place says "that a New Britain man whoonce sold Abraham Lincoln dozen eggs threatens to sue the Century Magazine for not printing his picture"
 A newspaper correspondent says that the politest and most accommodating peo- pie in the world live in Mobile, and proves | it thus: 'I saw a street car stop in order | to allow a lame negro, who was passen- ger, to order and receive flask of whisky at corner grocery. The storekeeper came out of the car for the purpose and the goods were afterward wrapped up and delivered with all the deliberation due to so important commercial transaction. Then the car with it's ten passengers moved on.''
 Just as an Omaha justice of the peace was preparing to marry couple the other day. the brides mother rushed in and or dered him to stop. He stopped. (Which way do the cracks in this floor run Judged" she asked. The squire said he didn't know; but as she seemed anxious to ascer- tain he ripped upa corner of the carpet, and found that they ran at right angles with the feet of the young couple as they stood waiting to be married. They were changed around so as to stand with the cracks. The mother gave sigh of relief, and the ceremony proceeded.
 It is interesting to know that Mrs Cleve- land always call her husband ''Mr Presi- dent. Mr Cleveland addresses his wife as Frank" Martha Washington in her younger days called her husband George" ;" but ill the last 25 years of her life she al- ways addressed him as General. While in the White house Mrs Hayes called her husband 9tMr Hayes" Mrs Lincoln and Mrs Garfield always addressed their us- bands respectively "Abram" and .Jim." Now the question is, what should presidents wife, according to etiquette, call her husband Precedent seems to give no answer.