Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-03-14
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 I heard of a new dodge of thirsty tramp yesterday. Almost every man has been approached by the candid tramp, who confesses that he wants a drink, has three cents toward that happy end, and wants enough to make up the whole price. IA resourceful week, discovering that the contribution dodge, while good, was played out here, got up variation which is as good as the original conception. Armed with three cents and a tomato can the tramp marched into a saloon in the Brooklyn district, not with the abject mien of the beggar, but with the proud tread of a capitalist. He set the can on the bar, laid three pennies beside it, looked the bartender steadily in the eye, and re- quested three cents worth of beer, please. "We don't sell three cents | worth of beer," gruffiy responded the bartender 1T know you don't, but that's all the money have. Have pity on poor fellow won't you" The hon esty and originality of the fellow work ed to charm, and two minutes there after couple of shattered individuals could be seen walking along the New | England railroad tracks and taking turns emptying the can.
 I .+ Five ways to stop cold 1. Bathe the feet in hot water and take pint of hot lemonade. Then sponge with salt water and remain in a warm room. 2. Bathe the face in very hot water every five minutes for an hour. 3. Snuff up the nostrils hot salt water every three hours. 4. Inhale ammonia or menthol. 5. Take four hours active exercise in the air. A ten grain dose of quinine will usually break up a cold in the be- ginning. Anything that will set the blood in active circulation will do it, whether it be drugs or the use of a bucksaw.
 For once the ice dealers themselves ad. init that the crop has been good one. They are ready to go on record in the matter, and so cannot consistently raise | the price next summer. This dcesn't mean that the market is over stocked, but only that the "warn rates of 1890 will not rule the coming season. We are told that of last years crop there are some 0,000 tons remaining in Maine and New Hampshire. This will never see the market. This circumstance shows that the scarcity of last year did not really justify the exorbitant prices that speculators required the public to pay. The consumption diminished I about one-half last season, but it is be- lieved that the return to lower rates will revive the demand. ~@7
 l If some policeman, possessed of more I ambition than his fellows, would rise in his might and crush out the gang of l toughs and thieves who infest the Abri- gador district, with one voice the people I noI iFrpfsa lirsh of A f present it is hardly safe for one to go through certain parts of the Abrigador late at night. The gang proper consists of about twenty men and boys between Il the ages of sixteen and thirty. They obtain liquor by blackmail and begging, or, if necessary, by forcing the window Eof a convenient saloon and helping Themselves. When in liquor they are reckless of consequences and are ready to commit any crime. Then it is that the natives bar their doors and through I the half-closed shutters watch the orgies that are almost of nightly occurrence. Then 1t is that the policeman upon the beat is conspicuous by his absence. For though they quarrel among themselves, at sight of their common enemy the toughs help each other to escape at the approach of -"cop," and if cornered tthey feel bound to fight for each other If they do not like the shape of pedes trian's hat, he is liable to have his skull fractured with.a brick. If he is sus- pected of carrying any great amount of cash his chances for belng brutally beaten and robbed are excellent; and upon his refusal to produce dime when requested so to do, if he is light weight he has to fight for it. If there is a suspicion that the intended victim is capable of taking care of himself, how ever, it is considered good politics by the gang to attack him from ambush and lay him out with club. And so it goes. The police beats in the neighbor- hood are altogether too large, and with the exception of Baldwin street the hill is practically at the mercy of the law breakers. Within three monthsthe sins of the gang include the death of the un- fortunate woman whose body was found in the woods, highway robbery, burglary, assault. breach of peace and many other offences. It is about time some of the ringleaders were brought up short. sas -ssc
 Henry E. Dixey, the comedian, is very fond of children and he never meatS a nOOr lad on fha street. in froI,hla