Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-03-19
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the first error through charity having
been overlooked, is enough to make
Gioacchino Rossini turn In his grave.
The efforts Of the American band to
please the public are appreciated; but
everybody In Waterbury, at least those
In whose souls there is Q single measure
OF music, know Of Rossini's celebrated
''Stabat Mater" and the change from
the sublime to the ridiculous should not
have been perpetrated q second time.
"Dona Nobis Pacem" would also look
better and admit Of more Ineligible
translation than "Dona Mohia Pacem."
The programmer should be more care
full in future, and the classic editor of
the Republican, also, should look to his
Latin.
CLEANLINESS is next to goodness, but
it also must be considered as having
considerable to do with our material
prosperity" So said a we'll known
business man to me the other day. ."I
may be crank ON the subject, but it
pays. If you appear in the presence of
your prospective customers in a slIpshod
manner and with your hair in disorder,
no matter how superior are the goods
you offer you will find it difficult to
effect a sale. People may ridicule a
sentiment of this kind, but I tell you,
of neatness than you imagine"
SELDOM, nowadays, does one run
across the old time "shin plasters," as
they were called. They seem to have
vanished from sight. While in the Wa
terbury bank the other day I saw an
individual approach the teller and pro.
duce several of these old bills-among
them being a three and a twenty-five
cent bill-also few old coins, asking at
the same time if it was good money.
He said it was all the money he had in
the world. He wanted to get to Hart
plasters" at the ticket Office, as he said
they might think that they were
counterfeit. The teller relieved his
mind by giving him 'good money" in
exchange for his "shin plasters and
coins.
IT is generally believed that doctors
receive a commission from the druggists
to whom they direct their customers,
although some pharmacists deny the
allegation. AprOpos of this, a local
druggist tells story at his own expense;
"a man came in with a prescription, a
few days ago, and l noticed that the
name of the physician was not on the
paper. l called the customers attention
to it and he replied that he knew it
said he had cut the name off. What
What did you do that for? 1 asked
HIM. If you don't know the name OIL
the DOCTOR he answered, Il won't have
to pay his commission He secured his
medicine at nominal price"
SELEcTMAN CARMoDY was talking
with some friends yesterday morning
n E,wNhanOo TO1oNn on6 Sfroof 1ncnoOtn
Wright stood close by, wearing big rub
Der boots, which enabled him to wad'
. through the deep snow without any
|. danger of wetTinR his feet. Noticing
that Mr. Carmody kept continual.
stamping, first one foot and then tn
other, thereby disturbing the inspector
thinking faculty, which was just thel
} considering the question, chow can
clean all the crosswalks in the city a
the same time, with only half dozeI
, men Z" Mr. Wright said: you COM
with me and I'll give you pair of rub
bers." This was bluff, of course, as h
never thought the genial selectmal
would accept any private relief; but h
discovered that he had made a mistak
when Mr. Carmody offered to accom-
> pany him. 1t was too late to Withdraw
the offer, however; the rubbers wer
, bought for rs cents and exhibited man
} times yesterday to friends, in proof o
the street inspectors noble charity.
Is there anything more aggravatin
, than to look for name in the director
only to find that it is not there? AM
don't you feel your evil passions ris
: when your search for some address re
suits in failure? You at once jump a
the conclusion that the directory make
is base deceiver and his book a mer
money-making scheme. But the fact is
directory house canvassers are martyr
to good cause. People classify then
with ordinary book agents. Watchdog
growl at their approach, children or
and dead beats hide. In speaking abou
the matter of omissions, the othe
day, an enumerator told me that man
people object to have their names in tn
: directory for various reasons. Som
through pure contrariness refuse to Civ
the desired information; others thin
! that by keeping their names out of tn
directory, they can avoid paying mill
tary tax, while another class are plat
everyday beats. They try to conces
their whereabouts, because they hav
numerous creditors. See?
z ACCORDING to the bulletin of the stat
board of health the mortality in Janu
8 airy and February has been niue
e greater in years with even numbers tina
j in odd years, for the past decade. Tai
0 ing the figures at hand find that tn
: record for the past six years is as TO
e lows:
3 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1873
January, 1858 $50 164S 992 1915 81
a February, 1915 94S 1889 922 1897 IS
: This year and 1890 were grip year,
n but 1883 was not. The health author
p ties do not attempt to explain why tn
8 grim reaper gathers to their final res
o more in even than in odd years. PEI
Il haps it is only coincidence, but sue
= is the fact.
+ MANY holders of stock in the Merider
Waterbury & Connecticut River roa
= are speculating these days as to tn
i worth Of their shares. The intrinsi