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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
Notice to Contractors SeWeTs,

Separate sealed proposals for the con-
struction of sewers and appurtenances in
Welton street from East Main to Walnut
streets, will be received at the Office of
the Board of Sewer Commissioners of the
city of Waterbury, City hall, until 8
o'clock p. m. of the 18th day of June
1851, at which hour the bids shall be
publicly opened and read.
Bidders are required to state in their
proposals their names and places of resi-
dence; also that their proposals are made
without any connection with any other
person or persons making any proposal
for the above work; that they are in all
respects fair and without collision or
fraud; and that no person or persons act
ing in any official capacity whatever for
the board of Sewer Commissioners of the
city of Waterbury, is directly or indirect
ly interested therein, or in any portion of
the profits thereof.
Each proposal shall be signed by
the bidder and accompanied by bond of
500 conditioned for the execution of the
contract within the time specified in this
notice, in case the bid be accepted. The
sureties of the bonds, both for the proposal
and the contract must be satisfactory to
the Board of Finance. No bid will be
considered which has not responsible sure
ties upon its accompanying bond. A GER
titled check for 500 payable to the order
of the City of Waterbury and de-
posted with the Board of Finance,
will be accepted in place of the sureties
bond, if the certificate and bond for that
case are properly filed out. Blank forms
for the purpose will be furnished on APP
plication to the City Engineer.
The person or persons to whom the con-
tract may be awarded will be required to
attend at this Office with the sureties Of
fered by him or them and execute the con-
tract within five days from date of the
award and in case of failure or neglect so
to do, he or they will be considered to
have abandoned it, and as in default to
the City of Waterbury.
The right to decline any or all the pro-
posals is reserved, if deemed for the in
terests for the city
The engineers estimate of work and
materials, by which the bids will be tested,
is as follows:
672 lineal feet of IS inch vitrifed pipe
sewer.
Manholes.
Catch Basins.
These quantities are to be considered as
only approximate, and given merely as a
basis of comparison. The Board expressly
reserves the right of increasing or dimin-
ishing the same, as may be deemed neces-
sary by the engineer.
The proposals must be made upon blanks
furnished by the Board, and all proposals
will be considered as informal which are
not in all respects in conformity with the
notice.
By order of the Board of Sewer Com
missioners.
R. A. CAIRNS, City Engineer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15

a flatiron in the other and drove Mr.
Cutter through the back window before
he had time to open it. He escaped by
the back door of saloon in the next
street, and was forced to return to
the shop. The salesman was not
there. A boy said that he had gone out
on business and would be back in a
week. took off the clothes, put on my
own and departed.
Yesterday received a notice of an
action for assault and battery; civil
suit for the amount of the bill to which
Cutter had added fifteen dollars and the
costs of the court, and a circular saying
that Cutter s. Co. have filed their store
with the latest summer fabrics and So
licit my patronage. This last may have
been mailed to me by mistake, but it
hurt my feelings deeply. I shall visit
Cutters shop, but it will not be for the
purpose of ordering summer suit. 1t
will be because am afraid his assault
and battery case is weak, and want to
strengthen it. HOWARD FIELDING.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
A WINTER AT NICE,
BY HE1TrE E. MILLrR.

few days; she beamed with good
humor.
Who, even a myrmidon and compan-
ion of Ulysses, could remain untouched
under the tender light of her glance,
which the long lashes did not hide, but
rather made more seductive?
I prayed with great fervor to my
patron saint; but Nine. Venus, the
lovely "devil," was so near, I could only
look from her to Ellen, and that was
dangerous, very dangerous.
I repeated to myself that only q
'Iover's quarrel" between the count
and this beautiful woman could have
regained me her favor.
found 1t highly interesting to study
his angry face. In the midst of my tri-
umph l suddenly discovered that the
play of the face and eyes were not
meant to entrap my poor soul.
saw across the table new arrival,
apparently an Englishman. His ap-
pearance was digniaed and distin-
guished; heseemed quite young. Not a
second did his watery blue eyes leave
Mrs. Giffords face, and she was con-
scious of it. Therefore that gracious
smile, those seductive chances! 1t gave
me a chance to cool off, which was
fortunate for me; otherwise I should
have felt it my bounden duty to fall in
love again for an evening out of simple
gratitude.
When Louis handed me the roast, I
asked him quietly who the stranger
was.
ga distinguished Englishman," said
he impressively, ga baronet."
"Now," thought I, 1.-The clergyman
will be happy to see an English baronet
as well as a German count In his pretty
wife's triumphal train"
Count Degenfeld drank an unusual
quantity of champagne, and the air on
his side Of the table seemed SO full Of
electricity that q storm was to be
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
rhe champlon Jumper.

They had been speaking of big jumps.
There's friend of mine in the circus
business" said AIlround, who thinks
nothing of jumping over five men in
line"
"PshawI'' said Fishlets, 81 know a
man who once jumped about hundred
people"
''Ohi say, nowl What do you take me
for?"
"It's Just as said. The people he
jumped were creditors"
And then they smiled all round
Light.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
CUNNING FOR A TAILOR.
Howard Fielding Discusses the I'm
v<-- aA- pardonable Sin.
An Adventure with Mr.. Zswytczsletc
Alias Cutter, and Some General Re-
Elections on the Subject of Clothes
and Their Makers.
COPYRIGHT, 1911

I am going out to kill a tailor; and
though there is no valid reason why
such an act should get good man into
trouble, have thought best to prepare
this statement in advance. They ar
rest man for almost nothing in New
York.
These are the facts: had deferred
ordering new and gorgeous attire until
the early part Of last week because my
clothes would not fit any of my heirs,
| and the complicated weather of May
made me doubt whether mere earthly
rainment was likely to afford me any
lasting satisfaction. Indeed, owing to
the deficient intelligence of tailors,
raiment has rarely afforded me any
| satisfaction at all. I had struggled to
forgive. I had even struggled to for
| give Cutter. Of course his name wasn't
really Cutter; it was something con-
tanning seventeen ccnsonants and only
one vowel. TWAS unpronounceable even
on the Bowery, where all nationalities
meet and fraternize and fight as cor
daily as if they we're all sons of the
same soil. 1t is said that Mr..
Zswytczsletc changed his name because
of an accident which removed his
brother. This brother went sailing on
the bay with friend. The friend was
at the helm and there was a squall APP
preaching. He tried to say: "Zswy-
tczsletc, let go the peak halyards,"
but before he could get through with
the name the squal struck them and
| both were drowned,
was recommended to Mr.. Cutter by
a man who has since eluded my vigil
lance. Mr.. Cutter has an idea that by
the change of his name he has over
come race prejudice, and he has clinched
it by getting a Yankee salesman. I
told him that had much difficulty in
getting suited.
"Any man who can't fit your figure"
said this efficient liar, fought to go out
of the business. Look at these Shout
| dersl''
He thumped me several times on the
right collar bone, while Mr.. Cutter, who
stood by with tape measure round his
neck nodded approval and exclaimed;
"Flat as board, by crashus!"
81 have always had trouble with the
shoulders of my coats" said I. ''This
one which I have on was made by
Brown s. Co., on Broadway, and it
makes me look badly Slowed. The
right side of me appears much higher
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
A Lucky Lawyer.

An Austin lawyer caught tramp in
his office stealing some law books,
which the latter intended to pawn.
Selling the intruder by the collar, the
lawyer exclaimed:
''You scoundrel, I'll have you tried
and sent to the penitentiary."
LET go my neck, colonel If you are
going to have me tried, I reckon I'd
better engage you as my lawyer, as you
have the luck to be on hand" replied
he tramp.-Texas Siftings.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
A Perennial Mystery.

Average Man-These Sunday papers
just make me sick. Nothing in them
but commonplace personal items about
lot of nobodies no one ever heard of.
. Friend-I saw little mention Of you
in the Sunday Cannon.
Average Man (half an hour later, to
messenger boy)-Here, rush around to
the Cannon Office and get me forty
copies of the Sunday edition.-N. Y.
Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15

csHE TURNED AWAY FLUSHING DEEPLY.
feared. Finally the noisy crowd arose
from the table, and the company passed
into the large hall in q merry mood.
There in the center stood an enormous
Christmas tree, which reached from
floor to ceiling, and was brightly light
ed with candles. Besides that, 1t was
loaded with presents. On slips of pa
per We're written the names of those
who were to receive them; the donor
had to be guessed.
1t was q merry confusion. The ladies
crowded round the tree, children of all
ages hustled about, some Of the gentle
men mounted chairs in order to take
down the topmoSt gifts.
Then there was laughter, question
ing, and joking in all imaginable
tongues and tones of voice.
Mr.. White was in his element; he was
the confidant of all the young ladies
from six to sixteen years of age.
The little children pressed around
q side table. She looked charming
among all those rosy baby faces.
miss Ellen" whispered I, over q
|
not a Christmas gift for me?"
She looked at me smilingly yet
embarrassed, put her curls back from
her glowing face, and shook her head.
"Give me small sprig of holly"
I begged softly, ''my button hole looks
so bare, and it is Christmas tide"
With bewitchingly graceful move
ment she broke off a small bunch from
the bouquet on her shoulder and handed
it to me.
mo, you must fasten 1t, am much
too clumsy to do it." With which
bent my knee a second, while Ellen
made fast the spray. ] tried to look
into her eyes at the same time. She
turned away blushing deeply. Ny
heart beat wildly. At that moment we
heard MIR. Whites CHEEKY voice: Every
beautiful indeed; the Christmas tree is
a very pretty custom. But prefer the
mistletoe bough' of merry old England.
Does the fir tree ever call forth any
thing as sweet as our mistletoe? Obi If
that blessed bough were only hanging
herel There are so many pretty young
ladies here, and poor young men for
whom Christmas comes only once a
yearl But one must know how to help
oneself" he concluded laughingly,
and drew forth from his coat a branch
Of mistletoe. ''Hello! Lucy, Amy,
Cora" he cried to his young friends;
England foreverl which of you will
allow herself to be kissed in honor Of
old England?" 49,
Laughingly the crowd dispersed, and
q merry chase began, until finally
Amy, the smallest, was caught and
kissed under the mistletoe In honor OF
old England.
"a delightful custom, that Is true, II
should be introduced amongst u.s." cried
Count Degenfeld. But hope it would
not include bread-and-butter missesl"
"Julklap"-rang out all of a sudden
from the door, and in flew number Of
large and small packages, carefully
wrapped up. "Well, that is what call
truly international Xmas celebration,
Just suited to Nice" said the German
professor. my good people, this is a
Swedish CUSTOM" continued he, and
gave long explanation Of the "Jullk-
, lap" which no one heard, as they were
all busted with the packages, the
largest Of which bore Mrs. Chords nd
dress. She drew near blushingly, but
hesitated about opening 1t. Her hus-
band and the professor began to en-
wrap Il and to the delight of the chill
aren there came one cover after the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
He Wasn't Equipped.

~ cannot marry you, Reginald" said
Maud, ''but you mustn't mind. There
are as fine fish in the sea as were ever
caught, you know"
81 know" replied Reginald, "but
they won't take anything but the most
expensive kind of artificial bait, and I
am going to quit fishing. detroit Free
Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15

Young Doctor performed my first
surgical operation to-day, a man shot
himself and attended him.
Old Doctor-Ahl did you save him?
Young Doctor-No, he died. had to
cut him all to pieces-but got the bull
let.-Van Dorn's Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15

Meek little Hennpect lay at the point
of death. With streaming eyes the
family had assembled about the bedside
to hear his last sad words.
"JohnI JohnI'' cried the weeping wife,
''you mustn't leave mer' Slowly HEM
poets dimmed eyes sought her face and
in an apologetical little voice he muir
INJURED meekly: ''Just as you say,
Maria, Just as you say."-Life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
Too Much of q Good Thing.

"Did you see the notice gave your"
said the editor to the grocer.
eyes; and don't want another. The
man who says I've got plenty of sand,
that the milk sell is of the first water,
that there are no flies on my sugar, and
that my butter is the strongest in the
market, may mean well, but he is not
the man 1 want to fatter me a second
time."-Harper's Bazaar.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
An Heroic Remedy.

Clara-Why in the world are you go
ing to marry Mr.. Slimpurse? He hasn't
penny to bless himself with.
Dora-The doctor said nothing would
cure these horrid little pimples but a
long continued low diet, and I'm deter
mined to save my compassionate. Y.
Weekly
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
Very Remarkable.

Miss De Pink-Did you hear about
Miss Billions engagement to a foreign
nobleman?
Mr.. Goodfello-Yes, everybody is
talking of it.
''Isn't it remarkab1e?'
eyes, indeed. They say she is marry
ing him for love."-N. Y. Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15

Mrs. Lippie Ito grocer)-Tell Mr.. ALL
spice I'm going to leave him if he
doesn't give me better measure.
Boy-Why, what's been wrong?
Mrs. Lippie-The last butter he sent
me was half a pound short.
Boy-Oh, yer mustn't mind dat. It's
only his weigh.-Munsey's Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
Fresh Light ON Ancient History.

"Mine," said the gardener, sis the
most ancient of callings. Adam, you
know, was the first gardener
"An' bedad, mines jist about as ould,"
added the lady who presided over a
street fruit stand. wasn't Eve the
first applewoman, eh?"-Life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
A Neglected Muse.

Returned Traveler-Is your daughter
as fond of music as ever?
Hostess-She has not touched the pia-
no for two years.
Returned Traveler-Indeedi did
not know she had married.-Good
News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
PENMANSHIP.
Prof Holley !.

Teaches every pupil to write fine rapid
lessons and NO FAILURES.
All kin IL of pen work executed In the
highest degree Of the ART 167 Bank st
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15

Freshly Ito Miss Autumn, who has
Just made sarcastic remarlx)-You are
whitening, Miss Autumn.
Miss A Sir - Harvard
Lampoon.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
Rapid Transit.

"Tve been on this road twenty years
and know what am talking about"
said the conductor to a passenger who
complained of the slow time.
Twenty yearsl" gasped the passen-
ger. ''What station did you get on at?''
Harvard Lampoon.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15

Inducements to Trade.
Farmer Whetstone-What do you give
with a cash order?
70 Mr.. Barter-A receipted bill.-Puclk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-15
Job Printing

Everything in the line Of printing, from
visiting card to three sheet poster,
prillied with neatness and dispatch.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-12
Pleasing Results of Philanthropny.

Like other great geniuses, Paganini enjoyed
an occasional eccentricity. At one time, says
the St. Louis Republic, when he was in Vienna
he asked a cabman what of all things in life he
most desired.
II most wish had money to 20 TO hear that
fiddler OF whom the city talks SO much, replied
the cabman.
You shall hear him." said Paganini. You
shall drive me to the theater tonight, for l. too
shall hear him. and will buy ticket for Won IS
cab driver when, ensconced in the theater that
evening, he discovered that Paganini was none
other than his patroni After that the grateful
fellow insisted upon driving Paganinl TO and
from the theater every night, and it was with
honest protests that he was induced to accept
any fares But he got the great artists per
mission to name his cab "the Paganipim and
when Il became known that the wizard had
really patroniZed this particular cabman the
fellow became the fashion and fairly coined
money.
Four years later Paganini revisited Vienna.
and upon his first appearance he was disturbed
by the violence and prolixity of the applause
which issued from large party in one of the
proscenium boxes The party seemed to be a
family, all dressed to kill, all smiling and en-
thuSiastic, ami all Jealous to manifest their an
probation both of Paganini's art and of their
Indebtedness to him. When Paganini learned
who his noisy admirers were he was greatly
amused and be was willing to pardon their in
opportune an riotous demonstrations of graft
tude. Next day the cabman called and took his
patron for drive and showed him the house he
the consequence of Paganinis little act of kind
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-12
Bound to see the Fun.

There was to be hanging at the county seat
of county in Illinois, writes New York Sun
contributor, and the night before the execution
l stopped with a family about seven miles
distant: Nothing was said about the matter
until after supper, and then the man of the
you call Bill in, and wen see what the
stranger says about it,"
Bill proved to be an ungainly, slab sided
young fellow about 1e years of age, who had
been too bashful to show up at the SUPPER
table. When he had entered the room his father
said:
Stranger, there's going to be man hung at
- tomorrow"
$50 believe"
Going to hang him right by the neck"
''Yes"
He's my own brotherr'
He is that. 1 don't say it won't serve him
right but do say that Bill hadn't orter be
one of 'em to look on. He wants to 90, but
l say 1t wouldn't look right. What do you
sayg"
well. shouldn't want to see any one
hanged"
''Look-a-here pap said Bill, ''am to blame
because he's my unclef'
Didn't 1 have to work last Fourth OF
Julyf'
Yes"
Wasn't laid up, on Thanksgiving, Christ
you was"
We'll don't want holiday?"
Yes, but he's your uncle, you see."
"Sposin' he is? Hain't going to stand back
in the crowd where he can't see me? If any.
b dy asks If he's my uncle hain't going to lie
about it, When Uncle Jim was hung wasn't
too small to go, and when they sent Uncle Oar
to prison wasn't sick in bedS"
WELL dunno-I dunno" sighed the ole
man, as he dropped the subject.
got away at o'clock next morning, anC
Bills tracks on the frost along the highway
were then an hour old.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-12
Foraker forecasts the Future.

|
Several highly esteemed contemporaries
have lately been telling the world IN a tsrse
headline that Foraker talks" That's true
enough. It's a habit he has. Thus dis
turbing the country in times of profound
pace seep1s to greatly delight the ex-gov-
ernor aud always fierce and hopeful candi-
date for whatever seems most available.
That is his way Of crushing out incipient
discussion with the weight Of his ponderously
mature opinions when be gets them in work
| ing order.
This time he has been talking chiefly Of
Mr.. Harrison, whose accumulated wisdom
and dexterous administration Of the govern
ment he does not seem to hold in becoming
reverence. OF course he protests that lit
has been conservative, painstaking, honest
and patriotic" That is a part of his psrti-
san duty Nevertheless he declares that
there is something wrong somewhere. My
observation is that he does not get in touch,
in sympathy with the people. There is a
certain coldress. He does nothing as the
individual To inspire his party" Further he
deliberately brushes Mr.. Harrison's hopes
for a denomination by cooliy concluding
that he does mot think the republicans of
Ohio have decided that a second term is
probable" That is truly dreadful! What IS
a forlorn presidential candidate to do when
the Ohio republicans calmly decide against
his cherished aspirstionsl Crushing hered-
itary hopes in that coldly unsympathetic
way is positively cruel. It is ridiculous.
Thus departs Harrison.
Unless the secretary's own future conduct
shall destroy his present prestige the fiery
oracle of the Buckeye vale solemnly AYERS
that Blaine is destined to get the designed
compliment of the republican nomination.
But the great volunteer prophet does not
seem inclined TO encourage the prospects of
Mckinley as a gubernatorial possibility in
Ohio. He says the tariff scientists chances
are not as good now as they were three
months ago. Still the prophet firmly denies
that he is scheming to have John Sherman
nominated.
Concluding his remarks Mr.. Foraker takes
an uncommonly mild whack at his aggres-
sively Indifferent friends and detractors by
saying that he is mot worrying much about
Sherman, Mckinley or anybody, as is
charged" Then he languidly pursued the
subject in this fashion: 81 sometimes get
reflective, and when do / see how readily
retributive justice overtakes mankind. /
sometimes reflect that of the coterie of men
who stabbed me in the back oil Of them are
either now or about to become private citi-
zens. While l take no special delight in
any Glorification because of this, l cannot
but at times think about itn
When Mr., Foraker gets reflective" he
seems to also get uugrammatical. and like
wise politically left.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-12

Talking about sportive delights but
hasn't Prophet Greedy regular ''soft snap, "
so to speaks When GOODNESS springs up
between earth and sky he gets himself
ordered to Asheville or St. Augustine or
other balmy southern resorts ION duties
connected with the signal service" Then
when the sweating season approaches he has
his "orders" shifted to Bar Haroor, New.
port, Narragansett or Saratoga. Same
reason. Possibly he goes to temper the
atmosphere to the fat man or scientific
salubrity. Diligent attention to these i'm
portant details Of bis business is one of Gen.
American Weather Gresly's greatest weak
nesses Yet it does not appear to fatigue
him in the least