Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-08
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 Book. A BRIGHT newsboy with an eye to business introduced new one the other day. He stood on Bank street and picking out his man ran after him, pulled his coat sleeve and said: 'Mister, did you drop your paper," at the same time holding up one of those he had to sell. Most of the men accosted said, ''No, had none," or some such remark, when the lad replied. taking another from under his arm, Wont you buy a the attention of his customer and that is half a sale, and the scheme worked first rate until a party who saw through it, but who did not believe in encouraging what in this age would be called genius, came along. He took the paper held up to him and stuffing it in his pocket kept on his way leaving behind him a very much chagrined lad, who had not reckoned on that contingency and did not relish the loss of his paper.
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 JOE MURPHY is not stranger to Wa terbury, although he has not been seen popular "Shaun Rhue" will fill the opera house Monday evening. The Irish have been the most maligned of all races. To be sure, most of the prejudice against them, in this country, at least, has disappeared, but there still remains some. That prejudice has been strengthened by the presentation on the stage of the most ridiculous and brutal pictures of Irish life. It's almost total obliteration has been affected, in no small measure, through the same medi- una that was used in strengthening it the stage. It needed that only Irish men and women should be represented
 before the public faithfully, that they should be appreciated, and the need was met by such men as Joseph Mur- phy, and by none more than him. He deserves from his countrymen for his
 work everlasting praise, and the Irish
 can hardly perform a more religious act
 than praying that his voice may long
 be spared to him.
 After the board of health have wipe
 off the map of Waterbury Dr. Wards
 notorious piggeries, they should insti
 tute quiet search for other nuisances
 of 8 somewhat similar character. Els pecially should they look after certain lishments situated on the principal high ways leading from the city. The time is ripe for action. The authorities hay, always been lax in these matters, anC
 nothing short of a scare such as the Mao river piggery has caused would rouse some of the officials to action. The SUI preme contempt of Dr. Ward showed the members of the board that condi tion rather than 8 theory confronted them, and the spontaneity with whicl 2 everybody demanded an abatement O the nuisance demonstrated that in a cas- where the public health was in leopard! Inc time should be wasted; that the dan Hger must first be removed, and afte
 that let the slow course of law come l it would. The city board of health also, should be up and doing. Take
 peep into some of the back yards be !, tween Bank and South Main streets an, 1 tell us what you see and smell.
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 SENATOR RooT, who is one of tn . Especial committee appointed to invest : gate the state prison, is very enthus . astic on the subject of prison reform o and says he will do all in his power " make the investigation a thorough ont 4 He is also in favor of an open court, s ' to speak. Senator Root is a friend C
 newspapers and newspaper men. H
 recognizes the fact that without the e Ioperation of the press it will be dIfficu :. to accomplish the proposed reforms 6 n \ Wethersfield and, so far as he is abl,
 the doings of the special committee wi Q be given widest publicity. George Bic a well, the Bank of England forger, wh V v has had fifteen years of bitter exper 'ee ence behind prison bars, waited upo ao Senator Root the other day, and gay him some points on prison "dlscipline
 that will help on the investigation
 Speaking of the Murphy temperanC
 meeting in the state prison recent, 1I during which all of the convicts wh nn were satisfied with the treatment r. U ceived at the hands of the officials wei
 asked to rise, MT BidwelI did not hes
 tate to say that such action amounte !. to nothing, for every prisoner kne ,p that if by word or sign he showed di satisfaction with the management, o would have been a marked man. n- least that has been Mir Bidwell's expel
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