Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-04-18
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Speaking of the grip, one of the local
doctors said to me the other day: my
experience is that at least three-quarters
of the sufferers from the grip are people
who suffer otherwise, or who are not in
prime condition. Such people are more
liable to the grip than those who are in
sound health and lively spirits. 1t likes
to take hold of those who invite it to
take hold of them, or who render them
selves liable to its attacks by their negli-
gence. If you keep yourself in tip-top
order and watch your ways you have a
far better chance of escaping it than if
you do not.
do you know" said a man who
sends and receives great many letters
through the pOstoffice, THAT sending
paper money through the mails unregis
tered is a very foolish thing" Asked
for an explanation he produced So bill
and said: Here's this bill. I'll put it in
an envelope. Now smell it. There you
have it. There is nothing else on earth
that smells like paper money, and an
expert thief with good Olfactory nerves
can tell the presence of money in an en-
velope at any stage of the game"
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received a pleasant call and hearty
handshake the other day. from Alder
man E. B. Reilly. who is just on his feet
again after four weeks battle with
the dreaded pneumonia. Mr. Reilly
realizes that he had a very close call.
and yet he says that even when the doc
tors considered his case well nigh hope
less and were prepared for the Worst. he
did not lose heart; he refused to die.
The influence of powerful will in ar
resting or retarding the progress of a
disease apparently fatal is one of the
most wonderful of all mental phenom-
ena. A person of feeble frame, but of a
determined and hopeful spirit, some
times, in defiance of physicians who
have sat in Judgment on his case and
pronounced it hopeless, RECEIVERS and re-
| turns to his customary vocation. On
the other hand a man of strong physique
not unfrequently willis and dies under a
comparatively comfortable ailment sim
ply from lack of the mental energy
| which enables the strOng-willed to repel
the destroyer. With cheerful DISPOSE
| ton, indomitable resolution and cour-
age, and firm trust in the Being who
helps those who help themselves, it is
astonishing to what an extent the
gravest physical evils may be amelio-
| rated and often overcome.
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People who are finding fault with the
actions of Selectmen Brown and Car
mOdy should inform themselves of the
| true state of affairs before bestowing too
| many curses. Selectman Pinney, who
spends more than little time in Miles
f. Connolly's store, has manipulated the
! wires like an expert and, what with the
aid he has received from democrats of
| the Connolly stripe, he has succeeded i'll
winning over to his side a few demo-
crafts w honesty no
toned. Before the recent town meet
ing personal canvass was made
and the most unfair arguments
were used to turn democrats against the
gentlemen they had elected to guard
| their interests and the interests of the
people at large. 1t was claimed among
other things that under the Brown-Car-
mody administration the peoples money
was distributed recklessly to pay off
political debts, and that as a result the
tax rate would be increased. Having
implicit confidence in the cold men of
their party, the democratic selectmen
made no effort to rebut the charges open
ly made in advance of the town meeting.
Had they done so the many good old
democrats who followed the leadership
of the drunken republican at the meet
ing would have been on the west side of
the hall When the motion to adjourn
was voted on. Now that it is all over
food for reflection will be found i'll the
following figures: From October 1, 1888
to April /, 1889, the total amount eN-
pended upon town roads was
81 ,3l9.S9; from October 1, 1889 to
April /, 1890, 81, 1906: from October
|, 1890 to April l, 1891, $},463. II.
Under Selectman Doherty Supcrin-
tendent Wright was paid about So a day
for taking charge of the town roads.
For the past six months Robert Fruin
and Martin kecfe had charge of the
roads. Two weeks ago they we're dis
charged, their places being filled by the
appointment of II. l. Boughton and
James Sutton. Mr. Pinney, in the
meantime, well draw Il salary of about
5000 "A year for looking ON. For defend
ing the action of the annual town meet
ing in the courts Messrs Brown and
Carmody have contracted a bill of per
haps $3.50. Will somebody show in
what manner the peoples money has
been squandered by these gentlemen?