Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-20
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Leaves From . Reporters
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One thing I would like to know is |
his Now that tire telephone is as |
ommon as a door bell. and men trans |
ct their business through it all day
ong, why should it not be used with
courtesy. If gentleman inadverte ntly
subiects lady to annoyance in public,
ne begs her pardon politely, no matter
kghether he knows her or not. If he
Ealls her up at the telephone by mistake
ne is apt to howl at her Ring, OFF, or
2sks her what she wants, or shouts to
he central Office, "what do you mean
y giving me the wrong number" Is it
because, in the first place, he is before
he public and has his manners with
Finn, and in the second he is incognito
anG can be rs rude as he likes? 1t looks
very hike it. There is very apt to be
human being at the other end of the
line after all SO, really, even if you are
yelled, q little pleasantnsss in your tone
is more appropriate than the general
flavor of injured bitterness you impart
to it on general principles. The digni-
tary called central, who occupies q
throne in the middle distance, has
great deal to put up with. Under ordi-
nary circumstances central is polite
and agreeable. But once become rude
and insulting to her and the car of all
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this monarch of the telephone. She may
cut you off in the middle of sentence,
ask If you are Through" before you be-
gin, or may give you a circuit the horri-
Bile rumbling of which 10 liable to rup-
turs your tympanun.
Chief of Police Egan was cleaning his
revolver when the reporter dropped in
to the police station yesterday. To an
inquiry as to how many revolvers he
owned he replied that he had eight
The one he was cleaning had a record
having taken one life. Another revol
English bulldog, 80 calibre, and
that too WAS instrumental in the killing
of a man 1t was used by an Italian
who killed a drummer several years ago
It's chief use now is when Stiles A
. Wheeler boIrows it to kill a played out
J horse. The other revolvers in the chief
! collection figured in fights but were MOI
} used with fatal effect.
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= "Do you know that baggage checks
have a history as well as everything
else p said Baggagemaster Thompson
at the Naugatuck station, to a reporte
the other day. "Well, they have anC
. certain numbers are well known to TIN
. baggagemaster on the train and at al
the stations along the division. Their
! in a single day. 1t was used in check
ing trunk on the 6:15 morning train
returning to Waterbury again and bacl
to New York and return. Anothe
!, made quick trip to Washington AM
! return. They all have history"
c To be, or not to be, that is the ques
ton: Wheth, r tits better to collect tn,
4 city's bad bills, so-called, according t,
: the provisions of the charter and cit,
n ordinances, or to employ Alderman
French to draw the princely salary of S.
: day, and incidentally to request de
D linquents to step up to the captain
= office and settle, is something for tn
n members of the incoming court of com
mon council to study we'll. am on
n of many who believe that the Office o
q bad debt collector should be abolished
= A glance over the files of Auditor Gas
;. sin will show that most of the bills col
r lected by Mr. French should have bee
) collected long ago, and could have been
v without trouble. They were not col
t lected for the simple reason tina
although it is clesrly the duty of tn
regularly elected collector to attend t
:, this matter, he has never done SO. No
' being under bonds and receiving N
: extra compensation he can hardly
= blamed for not doing the extra work
= being human. However, it is clearl
= his duty to attend to this little task, an
: it is to be be hoped that in future h
y will do so. Again, it has been discover
y ed that many of the alleged debts, whic
y are entered upon the books as assets &
q the city, are unbelievable for the reaso
. that the courts have passed upo
> them disallowing the city's ciaimi
- Through some ones 'carelessness thes
% charges have never been stricken froI
y the books 30 that, upon the surface tn
bad debts are made to appear eve
worse than the actual facts would sect
to warrant. Furthermore, learn thu
a number of these bills have long sine
" been paid, although never credited upo
the books of the city. 1t Is suggeste
Al that Auditor Cassin prepare a little lii
q of such cases to be presented to the ne,
" court of common council.