Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-08-29
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stray Leaves From a Reporters Note
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On one of the recent warm days a
woman carrying a number of parcels
came out of a South Main street store.
she was of goodly proportions and the
humidity was making it as uncomfort-
tble for her as possible. A reporter
happened along just at this time and
Noticing the sympathetic look on his
placid countenance, the woman inquired
when the next horse car moved toward
SimonsVille. The necessary information
being given, she gathered her bundles to-
gether and started for the center, as she
expressed it, to have longer ride. And
the mercury was all the time making
frantic efforts TO escape through the top
of the thermometer.
Colonel DOherLy has been invited by
Colonel Nash of the Fourth regiment.
Virginia, to visit his regiment in camp
at the White Sulpher springs, next
summer, and will probably accept
Colonel Nash and Captain Burroughs,
who were the guests of Colonel Doherty
at Camp Watson, have returned home
They are enthusiastic in praise of the
encampment and the hospitality they
received. They speak of the camp as
the best one they ever saw, both as to
location and necessalies that go to make
military duty all that it ought to be.
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The New Haven Register and other
state papers has taken stand against a
growing evil, the constant Importantly
to the newspaper to give something for
nothing. AS the Register observes:
There is no reason under the sun, why
newspapers should be called upon to
make these sacrifices, or having been
called upon, why they should max e
them. The advertising columns of a
newspaper represent goods for sale.
They have market value, and it is the
expectation Of those who own them,
that as an advertisement, a catering to
the wants of the people, they are to paw
an int rest. This being 50, why should
newspaper give away to every appli-
cant its advertising space, any more
than d merchant should present each
applicant with whatever he may see in
his stock, ana asks for?
Apropos of this, one case of ''work ing
the newspaper which for pure, unadul
terated gall stand unparalleled, was re-
Gently perpetrated right here in Water
curry. About three weeks ago mem
Der of a local lodge called at this office
and requested that an advertisement
which he had prepared in the form of a
news item be published in the DEMO-
Graf. 1t made eighteen lines and at
regular advertising rates was worth
81 so. When told that it was custom
AIRY to advertise such an event the COM
mitteeman pleaded poverty, said the
society had assumed ID great risk, that
the other papers had consented to give d
free notice, etc. Well, to make a long
story short the notice was printed
among the local news of the DEMOCRAT
and that very evening a three square ad-
vestlSement OF the event appeared in a
contemporary. If that was not obtain
ing goods under false pretenses, what
was IL!
A few evenings ago while riding in
the rear coach of New England road
train, noticed the brakeman lock the
back door after the train had pulled out
from the Waterbury station. An I'M
usually large number of passengers were
aboard ami the conductor did not have
time to complete his rounds of the train
before the next Station was reached. That
was the reason the door had been
locked. 1t struck me, however, as be =
ing very dangtrou practice. In the
event OF an accident, Car might be
burned with great loss of life, Just be-
cause the door happened to be locked
A few weeks ago the writer saw IA
peddler throw his pack from a Car
window and escape that way himself
while the train was In motion, having
found the door locked. Fortunately he
landed right side up. Instead of lock-
ing The door why not have the brake
man collect the tickets in the rear coach
when necessary?
A horse attempting to steal two bot
ties of soda was one of the sights on
Hank street this morning. A milk ped
dler left his horse standing back of j. j.
McCarthy's bottling wagon which con-
tanned several cases of soda. The horse
reached into the wagon, and pulled out
one of the bottles with his teeth. He
did not get a firm grip on the
bottle, however, and 1T fell to the pave
ment. Not discouraged by its failure
the horse again went for the case and
secured a better hold on another bottle
The farmer by this time had returned
and caught the thief with his plumber
CONVENT OF NOTRE DAME.
The New School Will be Blessed on the
Anniversary of the Opening of the Es-
tabIi hment.
The handsome new convent of the
sisters of the congregation de Notre
Dame, is about completed and studies
will be commenced in the new class
] DOM on the eighth of September, on
which day, the anniversary of the estab-
| liShnent here twenty-five years ago the
new school will be blessed.
| The editiCe is certainly one Of the most
beautiful school buildings in the state
and reflects great credit on the skill and
ability of the principal contractor,