Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-17
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Stray Leaves From a Reporters Note
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Stray Leaves From Reporters Note
Book.
A clergyman, whose name is familiar.
occupied pulpit in the upper Nauga-
tuck valley last Sunday. ''Have Pa
thence; Wait, twas the subject of his SER
mon. His exhortation made deep i'm
preston upon the congregation, and
than a Naugatuck road conductor, who
worshiPped from " afar. Monday
dawned clear and cold, and the pas
sengers on the early morning train.
south bound from Winsted, had a irving
time of it, there being no fire. The
clergyman above mentioned, shivered
with the rest until the train was pulling
into Thomaston, when he sought the
conductor and in a voice that BETRAYED
his feelings, asked when the steam was
going to be turned on. The trainman
drew himself to his full height, put on
his most solemn visage, and said "Have
patience wait" The ready application
of the text made a decided hit, and the
clergyman who found himself in a
position where dose of his own medi-
cine was in order, was the most hearty
participant in the laugh that followed,
while the witty conductor passed along
in the proud consciousness of a duty
well performed.
The railroad editor of an esteemed
contemporary was made the victim of a
heartless joke, the other day. The 1
O'Clock train from the west, on the New
York and New England road, happened
| to be twenty minutes late. The trust
ing scribe interviewed the engineer as to
the cause of the delay. and that evening
informed an unsuspecting public that
"some one bent upon mischief had
thrown a piece of soap in the water plug
or tank along the run. The locomotive
took water from this tank and in conse-
quence was unable to make steam as
fast as desired and was able to proceed
but slowly. On the arrival of the train
here to-day, engine SO was taken off and
the steam allowed to escape. When all
the steam which had filled the boiler had
been exhausted, the engineer proceeded
to give his pet thorough cleaning in
side. A half pint of molasses was pro-
cured and a new fire being made from
the dying one. the molasses was poured
into the boiler and the cleaning COM
menced. At intervals of few minutes
the engineer tried the steam and at
| length announced that it was dry and
not WEI enough to repeat the offense."
How such a bald-headed fake could find
its way into cold type is hard to under
stand.
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Consumers of city water, who buy by
the gallon, complain that they pay more
than their share, much more. And
from the experience that the DEMOCRAT
had with motor several years ago I
guess they do. l learn of one victim,
who, early in the summer, tried the ex-
pertinent of running half a dozen fans
with water. After trial of six weeks
he had presentiment that all was not
right and requested representative of
the water board to cali and read the
meter. His wish was complied with
and the alarming discovery was made
that the three cat power required to pro-
pei the fans was costing him about $40 a
week.
An amusing incident, says a writer in
the Ansonia Seminal was noticed on
the cars at New Haven yesterday, by
several persons from this place who
were waiting for the train to start. A
young lady was. engaged in pointing out
to her companion, an old gentleman,
the various items of interest she noticed
when Comptroller Staub appeared on the
platform. "There's the comptroller of
the state" the young lady said. The old
gentleman took good long look at the
comptroller's face, then turned to the
girl and said slowly and deliberately,
''Well, he looks like a democrat, doesn't
he? p The Test of the passengers smiled
audibly.