Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-06

out of pocket from $15 to $50 each. One
need not be philosopher to know that |
payment of $40 or $50 cannot possibly |
by any honest means be swollen into |
800 in three, four, five or six months, |
and the promoters of these cooperative
swindles and those who join them hop |
ing to make an unfair profit out of those
who come after them, are lacking in
strict honesty. All these societies
promising large returns for small pay
ments received are, in my opinion,
swindles.
There is one popularity about all
counterfeit notes. says an expert. They
are smaller than government bills.
Government plates are made little
larger than the finished notes to allow
for the shrinkage of the paper. In
counterfeiting money Il new note is
pasted on a polished steel plate and
transfer paper placed over it. The work
is then traced with a fine pencil and
afterwards marked through on the stee
plate with a sharp engraving tool. The
plate thus made is, of course, just the
size of the note, and the bills made from
it when damp shrink and are therefore
trifle smaller than the genuine.
Complaint is made that during the
from many graves in st Joseph's ceme-
terry, in one case, at least, several gera-
mum plants having been taken less
than twenty-four hours after being
placed upon a grave. The guilty par
ties, if detected, should be given the full
penalty of the law, which provides:
Every person who shall maliciously in
jure or remove any tomb, monument or
other structure, on any enclosed place
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other work in or around the same, or
any tree, shrub, or plant, or flowers,
wreaths, vases or other ornaments
therein, except in the performance of
| obsequies at military funeral, shall be
fined not more than 500, or imprisoned
not more than six months, or both.
An advertiseme mt tackled on a fence
post out on the prairie is good; some
lonely traveller may accide ntally see it.
The same advertisement printed in II
newspaper is better; thousands will read
it. Ii you have a tenement or furnished
room to rent a card in the window
may meet the eye of some one who
wants such place as you offer. but an
advertisement in the want" column of
the DEMOCRAT zone cent Il word) is bet
ter. 1t does the business every time.
Henry w. French still haunts the
mayors office in the City hall, and is re-
luctant to give up the obese position
which he has held so long. However,
the finance committee will sign no
more $3.50 orders drawn in his favor
and If he derives any satisfaction from
imagining that he is still in office, it
would be charitable to indulge him. Mr.
French would have avoided the humili-
ating position he now finds himself in
had he taken the advice given him by
the DEMOCRAT and graciouSly resigned.
His usefulness ceased several months
ago. After he had collected what he
could of the old debts and found out the
history of all. he should have stepped
down and out. He should not nave
waited until forced out by public opin-
Councilman Finley in this matter
should he appreciated by their constitu-
ents and the public in general.
Apropos of the above II good story
comes to me from reliable source. 1t
is something like this. Several years
ago when the grading of the sdev ak
on johnson street was ordered the
Leavenworth heirs failed to comply
with the order and the work was done
by Street Inspector Bronson. At first
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pay the bill presented by the city, but
after Il time, when one of the heirs was
in City Attorney Terry's office to pay Il
sewer assessment he offered to settle
the old account for a certain amount.
Mr. Terry did not accept the proposition,
as he had no authority to collect for
work done by the street inspector.
Finally in December 1890, so the story
goes, Mr. French went before the coun-
f.il nd for : b, lnt Of h.
assessment against the Leavenworth
heirs and the bill was shaved from
S746.3 30 to $4S0.91, which was paid.
This was about 500 less than the Offer
that had been made to City Attorney
Terry.
l am not surprised that the Watch
factory is to be closed for a month.
What has become of all the Waterburys
J that have been turned out during the
past dozen years? 1t would seem as il
) every man. woman and child in the
world was supplied with watches from
this and the many other factories. They
= wear years and do not go out of fashion.
! 1t is Il cOnundrum that will do to &C
} along with the query of what becomes
! of all the pins.
Infanticide in New Haven.
NEW HAVEN, June GA young boy
made discovery last evening about
o'clock which may result in charge OF
murder to somebody's credit. The hoy
, saw an object floating in the water back
of the Merwin packing house, near the
, tin bridge, which proved to be the body
of a newly born female baby. Word
was sent to the police. who in turn mott
fled Medical Examiner White. He said
the body of the child had been born but
a short time and probably had been
drowned.
The Danbury Mystery.
DANBURY, June Coroner Doten is
: continuing his investigation into the