Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-09-03
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STATE AGENT THRALL of the Humane
society came to the city yesterday at
the invitation of the selectmen and
Agent William Gillette, of this city, to
investigate case on Ayers street.
Agent Thrall attended the races first
and visited the owner of every team on
the grounds and compelled them to
either release the head check altogether
or loosen it. Several refused at first to
| do so, but on Mr. Thra1l showing his au-
thority at once complied with his de-
mands. After the races Agents Thrall
and Gillette, with a representative of
| the DEMOCRAT, visited the home of
Timothy Healey, at 90 Ayers street.
The sight presented was an awful one.
The kitchen was a mass of filth.
the floor. The walls were dirty and
begrimed with grease. A sickening
stencil caused even Mr. Thrall, who has
seen some of the worst cases, to
shudder. A room very likely used for
l a sleeping room by the children was not
fit for human habitation. Rags and
old clothing, reeking with vermin,
were scattered around the floor. There
was no bed in the room and the resting
place of the children must have been on
the bare floor. In one room was found
Mrs Healey. She had just arisen from
the only bed in the house, if, indeed, it
could be called bed. The woman's
face was mass of scars. She told the
agent that she was ill. The only eat,
ables found in the house were a few
cold potatoes. In one corner, however,
was a barrel of flour uncovered. into
which dropped dirt of all kinds. 1t was
an awful sight and the newspaper man
left the rooms before the agent had
finished his inspection. When Healey
arrived he at first resented the inter-
ference of Agent Thrall until he learned
who his visitors were. He said he was
doing what he could to support his
family. The agents left the house with
a sigh of relief. Mr. ThralI said it was
one of the wost cases of filth and desti-
tuition he ever witnessed. He will at
once take steps to see that the children
are provided for. There are six
children: Annie, aged ID; Mary, 10;
Frank, 12; Kate, Z; John, 6, and Nellie,
"BoB" MCGRATH has been tossing
pennies during the week to see whether
he would or would not attend the Sulli-
van-Corbett fight. This morning he
, reached his place of business with the
, intention of working all day, but the
} thoughts of that big event were deep in
/ his mind and about 10 o'clock he de-
cided that he would go. He left on the
, 1880 train. He is the only Waterbury
man who will be there. He took about
81 500 and will wager 81 900 on Sulli.
van.
GIVE seen women and women" said
3 an observing young man who sells
shoes, to me the other day. "In our bust
} ness we meet all kinds, but never before
/ have had such an experience as hap
pened yesterday. She came into the
store with the airs of a queen. Hel
S dress was expensive and suggested
S wealth and refinement. She had pretty
i features and looked intelligent enough
: But when she said, ''Young fella, turn
your back till 1 change me stockin,"
lost all faith in womankind."
/ AM told that on one street in the
> center of the city there are at leas
, thirty outhouses which for years have
a been neglected. In other places de
: cayed vegetables are exposed to the sur
: and air, to breed disease. Someone is t
: blame, but who? Not the sanitary in
o spector, because his salary will no
! arrant him in visiting every house ii
: the city. He can only look after those
places against which complaints are
made. He has done the work allotted
= to him thoroughly. 1t is for the city
! fathers to say. Other cities are up ant
: doing and it behooves Waterbury t
= make a move and compel property
owners to look after the sanitary con
g dition of their premises.