Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
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THE action of Recorder Smythe of
New York in discharging a man who
owned up to having been engaged in a
pleaded not guilty, brings to mind a
case that came before Judge Cowell in
the police court a few years ago. A
Scovill street liquor dealer was brought
in, accused of violating the Sunday
law. The charge was read by the prose-
cutting attorney and without hesitation
the prisoner pleaded guilty. Judge
Cowell looked at the man in astonish-
ment and exclaimed: ''That's the first
saloon keeper I ever knew to tell the
truth. will suspend judgment in this
case" The matter reached the ears of
the county commissioners, who did not
believe in such sentimental ideas, and
when Judge Cowell was a candidate for
reelection they vigorously opposed him.
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"THE show business beats the sailors
for superstition" said Billy West 20 a
the greatest believers in omens that you
can find anywhere. On the train this
morning there was a hump backed
man, and the boys actually believed
that unless they rubbed that hump we
would have bad luck. 1t was really
comical to see the boys rush up to the
man with How are you, Mr. Smith,
and at the same time stroke him
affectionately on the back. 1t is said to
be certain bad luck to have a funeral
procession cross the line of minstrel
parade. I don't take much stock in
omens myself, but I know that in a
xvockory, tnuT rim QorOcc fnnorol
and by all odds that night was the worst
we ever struck. If a man carries an
umbrella into a room where a crowd OF
MINISTRIES are, he had better run for his
life.
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RODNEY DENNIS, president of the Con.
necticut Humane society, writes as fol
lows concerning clipped horses: The
Connecticut Humane society, while il
has no disposition to deny the propriety
in many cases of clipping horses, desires
to call the attention of owners to the in.
creasing care which horses in that con.
dition demand. Three classes of suffer.
ing, to which clipped horses are toe
often subjected. have attracted the
notice of the society. First, the sending
out of the animal wholly unprotected
in cold rain storms. This is gross in
humanity for which there is no excuse
Second, it is matter of daily observa
ton to see a pair of fine horses closely
clipped, standing before a door while 6
lady is shopping, or making call
The driver is warmly dressed, very
likely wearing fur cape and sitting or
pair of warm and costly blankets
which the humane thoughtfulness o.
the owner has provided, but of the
grateful warmth of which the poo
naked horses. shivering in the frosty air
would be unspeakably glad. This il
shameless laziness on the part of thu
| coachman. for which also there is NJ
| excuse. The third class of cases tt
/ which allusion has been made is that O
| walking naked horses up and down
| while waiting for the passenger, will
the idea that the Exercise" will keel
the horses warm. That this idea i
erroneous, any driver can convinc
himself who will divest himself of al
clothing except his summer flannel
and promenade slowly before his stabl
when the thermometer is at zero ant
the wind blowing thirty miles an hour
The man would probably find that hi
"exercise" failed to keep him warm
and would cry out for his overcoat
The case of the horse is no different.
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A CERTAIN physician in tow
answered ring at the telephone Wed
nesday night, and the party at the othe
| end of the line announced himself to b
an excellent customer of the doctors
"What's wanted ?" asked the profes
sional man. "Shut up your head, yo1
old nuisance" came the reply, and tn
medical man hung up the instrumen
with bang. But the customer wa
persistent and again called up the doc
tor, who demanded an apology. 1t wa
Explained that no insult was intended
but that the rather inelegant remar
that came over the wire was directed a
a dog of the party who wanted tn
doctor, which began barking as he wa
about to talk to the man of science.
1T is just possible that some of tn
members of the council who voted fo
the Hop brook scheme now wish tina
they hadn't. l know at least one VIII
acts as if he was ashamed of himself
land another asked the DEMOCRAT to le
Iup on the water question, because the
people in his neigbborhood, to use hi
own words, "were giving him tn
devil" Let us hope that every men
Der of the council who voted contrary
his best judgment and in direct oppC
sition to the wishes of the great ma
Ijority of our citizens will be received i
like manner by their constituents.
may open their eyes to the great wron
that is about to be perpetrated.
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