Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-02-15
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Now that the question of the selection |
Of postmaster has been settled, it must
not be supposed that Colonial Doherty is
free from anxiety. Per contra his
troubles have only just began. For the
next six months he will more than once
ask himself the question-Is life worth
living? Applicants for positions as clerks
by mail and in person. Hitherto I'M
known quantities will swear by the
beard of Wanamaker-or would if he
possessed beard-that they carried a
torch for Harrison during the late cam
paign Incidentally they will tell the
colonel that they all along favored his
appointment as postmaster, and that
in their opinion he is Jim dandy. Day
and night Postmaster Doherty will be
tain his pleasant smile and suave man
ners. he will have proved himself hard
man to rutt1e.
Women are curious creatures. And
some of them, without any apparent
effort, can so demoralize an ordinary
man that he can not tell his own name.
Occasionally, however, some of the
sharp creatures meet their match and
when they do the story will generally
bear printing. This one is given to me
as fact, and the victim is a we'll
known Waterbury lady. A party of the
dear creatures, possessing natures etfer,
vescent in the highest degree, occupied
one end of New England road car the
other day. They talked, talked right
along, joked with each other and made
life miserable for bashful man, who
spent his time looking out of the win
dew on the opposite side of the car.
Finally one of the prettiest and boldest
in the party suggested that she would
bluff the conductor when he came
capital one. Soon the good natured
| ticket-taker approached. Didn't my
husband pay my fare for me-" said the
joker, putting on a serious face. ga
gentleman paid an extra fare for lady,
telling me would identify her as the
| greatest talker in this crswd," said the
conductor. Every woman in the party
produced ticket in the fractional part
of second. And the bashful man
| relief.
New Britain Catholics have set an ex-
ample in patriotism that is worthy of
mention. They have purchased beau
tiful American flag and on Washing
tons birthday will hold appropriate
exercises and fling the banner to the
breeze over the parochial school.
| Waterb9ry's six minute divorce re-
cord was bad enough, but New Haven
goes the Brass City one better and
proudly announces, a case that Is prob
ably without parallel. Mary c. Hayes
of Meriden, was divorced about noon
yesterday in New Haven, from Wales
Hayes, by Judge Prentice land her name
was changed to Fannie G. Blake.
Earlier, at o'clock, she had procured a
she was divorced, and in the afternoon,
about two hours after being divorced
she was married again, the ceremony,
should say job, being performed by a
Justice of the peace.
Kentucky is meditating declaration
of war against Connecticut. A member
of the lower house has seriously pro.
posed that the owner of a circus shall be
fined if it's show is not exactly as he ad-
vertises. Will Mr. Rarnum submit, OF il
this scheme of the Kentucky lobby to
bleed him in order to kill the bill2 One
half the satisfaction of attending cir
Gus is in the consciousness that one has
many a happy hour is spent in guessing
whether it was more or less. The bill
may pass but who can DO convicted
under it? Who can provo that the erst
while humble day laborer who imper
sonates the king of the Cannibal islands
has not eaten a missionary or two
Rarnum can tell the blue grass states
men to 50 to.
Some Of the young swells, who nearly
break their necks when taking off their
hats to ladies, will be interested in the
curious movement that has been set or
foot in Austria and Hungary in the hope
of preventing the liability to influenza
Societies have been formed to abolish
the custom vi GQff,ng the hat in saluting
ladies, and to substitute a simple touch
of the brim in military fashion. Many
governors of provinces and mayors Of
cities are of opinion that the mortality
arising FROM the disease is largely due t.
the over-zealous politeness that insists
on hats being taken off.
| SPREADING THE DIsEAeE.