Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-05-16
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There has been no material change in
the price of meat Tor a week or ten
days. A butcher tells me that few
grass fed cattle are coming east, but the
quality is poor and the price high; the
supply of granted cattle is limited.
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It is said that Flanagan, the con-
demned murderer, as yet gives no out
ward sign that he realizes that the law
has allowed him less than another year
of life. After all one cannot help pity
ing the poor wretch. That the murder
was premeditated no one here who
knows the man and who is familiar
with the details of the tragedy believes.
1t is said even that the coroner expressed
an opinion that the man was crazy, the
morning after the crime. Many facts
that might have had great weight with
the jury were not brought out at the
trial. Without money or influential
friends the accused was heavily handi-
capped in his fight for life. Expert
medical testimony as to his sanity
would, it is believed, have convinced
the jury that the man is of a very low
order of intellect and predisposed to in
sanity. Other witnesses could have
been produced, also, whose testimony
would have had weight. But money
less man has a poor show at best
and, unless some one interests himself
in the case and is successful in securing
new trial, Flanagan will die an igno-
minious death.
w. F. Foster, a weather prophet liv-
ing away out in st Joseph, Mo, writes
to the DEMOCRAT as follows: Begin
ming with the first week in May of this
| year and ending with the last week in
June 1899 will constitute the greatest
storm period since 1882 and it will be
at its greatest force during the coming
winter. The winter will set in early
and with its unusual cold and great
snow storms and billiards will be what
is termed a very hard winter. These
winter storms will begin in the northern
tier of states with great severity in
October and an early winter very severe
all over the continent will follow. The
force of the storms will increase very
gradually and the May storms will not
be so marked as those later on. We
will probably have an occasional tor
nado but destructive storms will not at
tract general attention till after June
Sth, when the great battle of the ele-
ments will begin in earnest and every
month will bring it's noted storms.
June is not always a month of great
storms, but it will be this year and
should my predictions be verified as to
that month the public will give more
attention to what 1 have said as to the
eleven months that follow it.
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The establishment of one or more pub
lie baths in Waterbury is matter that
have on former occasions suggested tC
the gentlemen of the court of common
council. No other inland city in Con
necticut has facilities equal to Water
bury for opening baths. That cleanli
ness, which proverbially ranks next tc
godliness, is healthful, no one will hest.
tate to agree. Such a valuable pre-.
ventive of disease as a public bath, will
be worth much more than its cost. II
is, of course, impossible that it should
pass Thoughts initial stage to the prac
teal one of realization for several weeks
after being decided upon, so if any
action is to be taken by the council
4 upon the premises, this summer, al
early start should be made.
Be on your guard against a ''fake'
agent, who claims to be taking ORDER
for flowers and plants. The fellow ha
already swindled a number of persons
here. His method is to exhibit speci
mems that are of the finest quality, anC
his prices are so far below the regula
| market prices that orders are given a
once for rose bushes, trailing vines
shrubbery, trees and potted plants. HI
asks for slight advance on the order
secures the money and then mysterious
: ly disappears. And after all there i
not much sympathy for anyone VIII,
} gets swindled IN this manner. Peopl
who expect to get something for moth
ing almost invariably get left. If you
want a good article you must pay a fai
: price. And, by the way, this applies t,
advertising as well as everything else.
1t is never too late to learn, and
, well known truckman who has been il
; the habit of carrying bed-ticks, table
and other articles of the household
: upon his head will do so no more
While moving the effects of a family il
the south end the other day, with tn
, abandon common to the profession h
siezed a mattress, swung it over hi
! head and started for the door. Had h,
known that the bed had been LIBERAL,
, sprinkled with Paris green the day be
fore he would have handled it gingerl,
and saved himself much annoyance. H,
has suffered some from the effects of tn
/ poison-just enough to make him b
= more careful in future.
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