Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-26
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/ SAW a novel test made the other
evening, that will interest smokers
Everybody who is addicted to the weed
knows that smoking gives but little
pleasure unless the smoke can be seen.
Some even declare that smoke cannot be
tasted unless the vision beholds it. A
demonstration of this odd theory was
what was invited to witness. It was
shown that by bIindfolding u man and
leading him into q room filed with
tobacco smoke and then putting
lighted and unlighted cigar in his
mouth by turns, he could not tell one
from the other. The scientist" who
conducted the experiment asserted that
not one man in a thousand under the
above conditions can distinguish be-
tween the "dead" cigar and one In full
blast.
A TALL man wearing a silk hat and a
sinister smile came to town the other
day, evidently installing the place for
Meriden. He was selling monuments;
that is, he had monuments for sale, but
found that true Waterburians are re-
membered by their deeds and need no
stone to perpetuate their memory. The
agent was travelling in hard luck, and
when he reached a certain office on
Bank street, to which he had been di-
rected by some wag, he was crushed in
spirit and nerveless. "Say," he whis-
want to buy headstone p ga head
stone what do you take me for
Don't you know I'm the 'livest' man in
town. Damn it, man, I'm Chris
Downey; don't you understand p The
agent collapsed under the fire and &C
knowledged that he was discouraged,
when Downey broke in. "My boy, do
not he discouraged. A discouraged man
counts for but little in this worlds bat
tie; he is defeated in advance; he faints
in the day of adversely; he falters in the
conflict; he halts in the race; he weakens
beneath the burdens of active life; he is
not in it. This world can do very little
for discouraged men. 1t calls for men
of high hope. Brace up, old boy, brace
up. Let's go out and have something
This story is apocrayhal, but it goes,
like all the stories told of Downey.
Col DoHERTY in speaking about the
trouble regarding the machine gun, said
to-day that his report would be for
warded to the adiutant general this
afternoon. He stated further that he
had not spoken about the matter for
publication and he knew that Lieuten.
ant Sears had not. In regard to the
published reports, that Lieutenant Sears
would be court-martialed, the colonel
says: 81 do not know where the Hart.
ford papers got their information, unless
from the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES office. y
Col Doherty will forward in a few days
to headquarters the result of the court.
martial investigation regarding the con.
duct OF Private Stait of Co I, Of Meri
den, who is charged with insubordina.
ton. Staff has deliberately absented
himself from the company's drills, and
in consequence has a large amount oil
nnes which aggregate a neat sum Of
money and which he had refused tC
pay. Should he not settle the chances
are that legal proceedings will be insti
tuted against him and his body taken il
custody for the debt.
"YoU news Taper fellows are respon
sible for the dullness in our business,
said lawyer to me yesterday. "YOu
get hold of every justice case and print
an account of it, and the result il thai
people who have claims will not go l.
law for fear of getting too much motto
riety over a $40 case. The other day 8
man left bill with me for collection
telling me to get the money if could
hut not to bring suit under any circum
stances, an he didn't want to have il
i
in legal wrangle."
IT is about time for the annual dis
cussion of the water question, and the
respective merits of the Mad river
Quassapaug lake and Hop brook tC
begin. And, by the way, there has as
yet been no water famine, nOtwith.
standing the dry seasons, although II
has been promised every year for the
past decade, by the water commits.
sioners. There is enough water, and tC
means for storing and utilizing it are
provided.
A mysterious looking box bearing a
Polish inscription arrived at the Manga.
tuck station the other day. The owner
did not put in an appearance and finally
the box was opened. 1t was found to
contain few candles made from pecu.
liar black wax. Reporter Cullen hap
pened along about this time and was in
formed that plot to blow up somebody
had been discovered. He was shown
the box and ventured the opinion that
the queer looking candles were made of
nltro-glycerine or some other deadly ex-
plosive. One of the depot men in the
| meantime secured a piece Of fuse which
he said was found in the box and re
quested Joe to take it to a druggist for
analy eaton. The latter begged to be
excused, however. and backed out of
the room, saying th.t he had another
engagement. Then he sought Superin-
tendent Beach and had in preparation a
double loaded article telling of devil
ish plot, when he was told of the i'm
position that had been practiced upon
him.
A STOCKHOLDERS of the Meriden,
Waterbury & Connecticut River road
points to one or two errors in the Bos-
ton dispatch about the roads possibili-
ties, printed yesterday in these columns.
1t will not be necessary to build twenty
eight miles of track to connect with the
New England. The road can be tapped
at Andover, eighteen miles from Crom-
well. 1t is claimed that the distance
from Boston to New York may be re-
duced to POS miles by the proposed new
route, saving of nearly twenty five
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