Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-23
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Stray Leaves From Reporters Note

Stray Leaves From Reporters Note
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 "DoN'r cough, even when you think you have cold on your chest. is the timely advice given by local physician. "It sets up an irritation which makes your case ten times worse than it was before. You are apt to think you must cough when you have a cold, but in nine cases out of ten you are wrong. When you are at church observe how still the members are at the solemn portion of the services. The con- regation has too much respect for religion to cough at such a time. But when the prayer is over it breaks out all over the building. If this was necessary, why did service? If it could be controlled then, it can nearly always be controlled, and the person will cure his cold all the sooner by coughing only when necessary."s
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 THE man who in a moment of absent mindedness walked block past his house when going home one evening must take back seat. A Waterbury man had an ex- perience the other day that has the call. He was going out of town and not having time to get his lunch before leaving for the station he stepped into the restaurant to get a bite and sup before the train left. He put his hat on stool by his side, and ate his lunch, in the meantime keeping on his oyercoat- A gentlemen came in, placed his overcoat on a stool next to the one containing the hat and ordered dinner. The first finished his lunch, took up his neighbor's coat, flung it carelessly over his arm, took his hat and started out. He was making rapid strides toward the train when the other man rushed up and exclaimed: Excuse me, sir, you are going of with my coat" Then for the first time it oc- cured to the man that he had his own coat on and was carrying another over his arm. He apologized as well as he could under the circumstances and the other, seeing the humor of the situation, took it good d-naturedly.
 WILLIAM J. CANTON, who died in Provi. deace the other day, was the last of the 'big four" who popularized base ball ir Waterbury in 1886, to leave the diamond Battin, Wheeler, Walker and Campior formed the nucleus of the best base bal team ever organized in Connecticut. They | infused new life into the game and the crowds that attended at the old grounds numbered anywhere from one to foul thousand. Harry Wheeler was the first O. | the four to retire from diamond, settling in western city and resuming work al his old trade of carriage painter. Walker the colored player, killed man in saloor fight in Syracuse. It was case of self defense and he escaped punishment, H. to, has dropped out of sight. Old Joe Battin, after record of twenty years o1 the diamond, retired last year and hai since devoted his time to umpiring. In hi day Rattin was star third baseman Campion was pitcher, and good one, 1T his younger days, but lost his cunning anC became first baseman. He was an errati genius, one moment making a brillian play and the next an error on the easies play possible. He was not record playe and was good all around man, being reliable batsman and at times phenome nal base runner. One of his diversions wa to steal from second to third base while tn catcher was returning the ball to tn pitcher. On the coaching lines, also, hi services were valuable.