Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-05-23
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ssWhy didn't the chump hold that
ball? 1t was an easy one." That is what
a spectator on the grand stand said
when one of the Waterbury fielders
made an error the other day. A few
minutes later an easy foul went into the
stand in the vicinity of the same specta-
tor, and he jumped over three men and
lost his hat trying to get out of the way.
That's the way with some folks. They
get wrathy when other folks fail to do
what they themselves couldn't do after
fifteen years practice.
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'Man is a right-legged animal" re-
marked the conductor Of street car the
other day as l finished my cigar on the
rear platform. did you ever think of
that before? Well. just notice it here
after. Man is one-sided. He isn't de-
veloped symmetrically. In the first
knows that. Then his right foot is lar
ger than his left. He walks with his
right leg and drags his left leg after
him. Notice this for your own satisfac-
ton. A man rarely puts his left leg
across his right knee. I've been observ-
ing this trait in the passengers on my
car, and believe 1 am safe in saying
that of 100 men who sit with their legs
crossed not more than ten of them
place the left leg uppermost. l made
test count the other day and the tally
showed II to 6. But there if another
point about this that don't understand,
I'll confess. The rule does not hold true
in the case of women; in fact it is ex-
actly reversed, although the proportion
is not quite so one-sided."
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A couple of gentle folk came in from
the wilds of Woodbury. Thursday, to do
some shopping, and after drifting about
for several hours became lost to each
other. After tramping up and down
South Main street for an hour one of the
women approached Policeman jim
Healey and wanted to know if he had
seen a girl wearing calico dress and
red shawl. The policeman did not re-
member seeing such a person, but
noticing that the woman was in distress
at the absence of her companion, offered
to assist her in any way he could.
what kind of a looking girl was your
friend, anyway" asked the officer.
"Well, she wasn't good looking, and she
wore black stockings" said the innocent
one from the country. Armed with only
this rather vague description the officer
can not be blamed for not being able tc
locate the girl.
In lecture delivered the other day
by Mary A Livemore. the great advocate
of woman's rights said: "It is the
Protestant church which has made the
term old maid one of repoach anc
scorn. All the teachings of Protestant
ism have been to force women to marry
and it has been preached that womeI
who do not marry miss everything"
Census bureau figures regarding stat,
and county Indebtedness show that thu
state debt Qess sinking fund.- per capt.;
in Connecticut is S5.O1. Adding tn,
county Indebtedness only adds four pc
cent to tho per capita. The indebted
ness of the Connecticut counties i
; $50, 547, divided, Hartford $21 900, Wind
ham 81, 500 and Holland 81. the remain
ing counties being out of debt. By wa,
of comparison it may he stated that Ar
izona's per capita debt is $46.33. Wy
oming's S23. ~, Rhode Islands 81. 22 ant
Nermont'S 46 cents.