Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-12-06
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Note Book.
One would hardly expect to find bar |
keepers the vectims of superstition. /
learned something the other day, how
ever, which would seem to indicate that
they are. One of the craft tells me that
when a new man reports for duty he
will not, under any circumstances, per-
nit the first man whom he serves, to
have trust for a drink. Every bartender
believes that if he gives credit to his first
customer in new place he will be pur-
sued by i'll luck during his entire term
of duty.
II suppose you think" said New
England road conductor the other day,
"that all the people who try to ride
without going through the formality of
paying their fare, are tramps or old
FOUNDERS. Bless your soul, you never
were more mistaken in your life.
Among the people who try to avoid pay
ing their fares, and who will lie and in
suit the conductor who tries to collect,
are many who pass in society as respect
able. We suffer most when the train is
crowded. Then it is that the profess
sional dead beat gets in his work and it
is hard to detect him.
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The tramp is an ingenious if not
particularly active character, and
among his many lodges is new one
recently worked in this vicinity. The
tramp, calling on lady resident Of a
neighboring village, named certain
place that he pretended TO have travelled
from in search Of her. After several
days exhaustive travel afoot he had sue
ceeded in finding her. He was sent by
the lady's brother 90 tell her that he was
very ill and needed her Immediately.
The sick brother had expressly request
ed his sister to pay the messenger liber-
ally for the time and trouble. The fell
low told good story, and the lady, in
an excess of alarm, gave him good fee,
then packed up her travelling bag and
FASTENED to her brother, whom she
found enjoying the best of health:
On one of the recent cold nights a
man was fastening down South Main
street with his overcoat buttoned up to
\ his neck. He wac anxious to know what
time it was, but was too lazy to unbut-
ton his coat in order to get at his watch.
i Just in front of the DEMOCRAT Office he
met well dressed man, buttnned to the
neck like himself. The man who wanted
to know what the time was, stopped and
said to the other in a quasi-imperious
tone do you know what time it is %
The stranger paused, removed his right
glove, carefully Hnbuttoned his overcoat,
and pulled out his watch while the cold
wind beat against his unprotected chest.
He held up his watch where the light
would shine on it, scrutinized it a full
half minute and said eyes" And then
he passed on without saying another
word.
i Well, the water question has been
held for further consideration, and
every body is heartily glad of it. When
! say everybody do not include those
who would receive purely personal bene-
Quassapaug schemes, but rather the
thousands of taxpayers who only want
the best supply of water at the lowest
possible cost. The water commissioners
would gain friends by at once agreeing
to give way to an outside engineer and
a committee of taxpayers in this matter,
Twice has their recommendation been
rejected. And why should it not be?
There are members of the board who
signed the report of President Welton,
who have never visited some of the sites
proposed in the report for reservoir.
e.
The New Haven News says The
quota of congressional representation
for Connecticut under the census of 1880
was one congressman for every 1855, 600.
New Haven county had then a thousand
over 1b5, 900, and ought to have been a
district by itself, but Middlesex county
was tackled on it. By our census for
this year, the quota for each district will
be 1877 900, and New Haven county is
about 10000 too large for one. One of
the first things our legislature ought to
do is to equalize the congressional dis
tricts, and either set off Middlesex
county, or part of New>Haven county,
or both.
GLADSTONE'S ULTIMATUM.
No Liberal VIII OppOge Home Rule