Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-09
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Stray Leaves From n Reporters Note
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Stray Leaves From a Reporters Note
Book.
IT is a study to watch a ten year old
boy minding baby. 1 noticed a lad
yesterday who had charge of a carriage
in which his infant sister was snugIy
ensconced. The boy side tracked his
charge at a convenient spot and pro-
ceeded to enjoy himself with some COM
panions who were playing near by.
While the fun was at its height, the
baby began to yell in a manner indicat-
ing that it possessed a good pair of
lungs. Its guardian ran over as it was
about to tumble out of the carriage.
"Wats s'matter ?" he asked the
young one angrily., He seemed to ex-
pect an answer and when he did not get
1t, he seized hold OF her head and forced
1t down roughly into a recumbent posi-
ton.
''Lle down dare and close your face,
see ?" he commanded as he ran off to
join his chums, leaving the poor child
howl until it was exhausted.
Boys will be boys.
HOPE and trust that the council will
take the first step toward establishing a
public bath in Waterbury, at Monday
nights meeting. 1t is late in the season
and if anything is to be done about the
matter this summer there is no time to
be lost. Why not build a small dam
and flood few rods of land on the
hot meadows? A cheaply constructed
building would answer all purposes and
the thousands of workers who cannot
afford to spend their summers at the
shore would have place at home where
they could battle without running the
risk of being arrested and fined for vio-
lating city ordinar~;s.
THE board of education met this after
noon IN superintendent Crosby's office
for the purpose of rating teachers, Dur
ing the year the visiting members of the
board keep record in which is placed
their estimate of the several teachers,
AT the end of the summer term these
points are added together and if the
average is between 80 and 95 per cent
an increase of $25 year is added to the
salary of the teacher, and if it is over
IS per cent the increase is $50 until the
limit is reached, which is 5000.
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In a conversation with me this morn.
ing, Henry Menold, president of the
Butchers Association said, concerning
the scarcity of beef. that combination
has been formed to raise the price of
meat and that only the consumers re-
fusal to eat meat can stop its progress.
He says that at all the shipping points
are stationed men in the employ of the
combine of four. When a ranger comes
in with his drove of cattle he is met by
an agent who offers him price away
below the usual selling price of beef for
his drove of;cattle. The ranger refuses
the offer and another agent of the COM
bine approaches him and offers quarter of
cent less than the previous one. This
so aggravates the seller that he ships his
cattle to another point, tat an extra
expense for freight, and when he arrives
there he finds that he can get just quar-
ter of cent lower than the last offer.
Hee is now compelled to sell at big
loss, because kilograms have been sent
from point to point posting the different
agents. Mr.. Menold claims that there are
enough cattle in the country to-day to
supply not only America but many other
nations. There is no way of improving
the situation SO long as the big four con-
troll the wholesale meat business.