Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-06-24
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EVERYBODY is interested in the ques-
ton, how to spend the hot months most
comfortably. While there are those
whose only perplexitY is to choose what
particular locality is most likely to be
most conducive to their comfort and
pleasure, there are hundreds of times as
| many who for lack of means to get
away from the city's heat and dust,
know that the only course for them to
pursue is to make the best of the situa-
ton. To such there are many forgotten
or neglected sources of comfort. Be
temperate in eating and drinking. Cur
tan the daily meat supply and enlarge
the vegetable and the fruit. Battle fire.
Iquently, give your house the fullest pos
sible ventilation, and abstain as far as
possible from the night air, especially
the dews. The observance of these SIM
pie suggestions will not, IF course,
bring to you the luxuries of life at the
sea shore, or in the mountains, but it
will have the effect of rendering stay
at home this summer more endurable,
and in view of possible invasion from
cholera, will prove, If not an actual sase-
J guard, at least, in many cases, prevent
I've and modifier.
Battle, did you say? Yes, but where
Many people from necessity regard a
bath tub as a luxury, and at its best tub
bathing IN summer is insipid and flat.
A place in which to swim and splash
there is not, in Waterbury, except one
is a member of the Y. NJ. G. A., and
i A public bath would fill long felt
want here, and it is barely
2 possible that the city fathers will con-
: slider the question at an early date. The
. DEMOCRAT has long been an advocate of
public baths and has showed how and
where the scheme was feasible, but nc
one in power could be found to cham.
pion the measure in the common coun.
Gil. The other day a number of city
y officials and lawyers discussed the matter
informally, in the police court room land
r | it seemed to be the unanimous opinion
e that the cost of maintaining free public
i baths would not be very great and thai
: it would be money well spent.
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UNDER suspension of the rules botl
); the senate and house passed bill yes
terday concerning commitment of non
o resident insane paupers, by the cover
r nor. 1t provides that any insane paupel
., not resident of any town in this stat,
may be committed by the governor t,
any suitable place of detention upon thu
IL presentation of certificate signed by &
y reputable physician that he has fount
le upon examination that such pauper i
:, insane, which certificate shall be sworl
Ia to before some officer authorized to ad
9, minister oaths. The support of pauper
"a committed under the provisions of thi
e. act shall be paid by the state, the sam
e. g; not to exceed three dollars week 70
each person so committed.
IT, So
"I THREE women were seen lately CON
|. ing out of st Joseph's cemetery an
A. carrying several potted plants, Th
e: party who saw them was going to Wis
A the grave of a beloved mother. She ha
es placed on that hallowed spot only a da
nd or two before beautiful flower of ral
adj specimen and she was surprised to sc
one so near like it among the plants ths
the women were carrying away. St
followed them for some distance col
vinced that it must have been take
tn from her mothers grave, and final
he made a demand for the plant. tt
de woman having it gave it up and sal
Hn she was sorry that she took it. II
os other indignantly threatened to hay
90 the women arrested and then the
IN denied that they had taken the flowe
he from the cemetery, saying that they hs
q been given them by little boy. Man
90 people complain that the flowers a.
Nc taken from the graves of their dead ar
"a feel very bad for the loss. Indeed,
;S seems a piece of heartless vandalis
al that should be stopped at all hazard
w and the perpetrators punished to til
III full extent.
rts THEY were sitting at table of we
Ias known resort and the warm wealth
lie seemed to cause lull in the convers
to ton. Finally one of the trio broke I'll
IRIS silence by exclaiming: "Say, do you fl
err lows think you can tell the differen
est between beer, ale snd brown stout
he the taste p Both the others d
ed clared emphatically that tn,
ial could, but the proposition fail
IIy to arouse any enthusiasm until the fiji
oh speaker offered to bet each one a bott
of wine that he couldn't name the
raj beverages correctly without seeing
he smelling them. Three bottles we
nt. Forthcoming and the test began. I'll
ost first man was passed glass of stou
or which he tasted and guessed correctly h
pa senses of smell and sight being cut Of
by But on the second test he declared tn
;he beer was ale, until he undeceived hin
no self by opening his eyes. Then the 9th
to man tried it. He guessed beer the fiji
cd time. The glass was reflled and pass
he back TO him, and he very decided
nv named it ale. He also lost, as, it
to claimed, nine out of ten men woul
or And the question that naturally folloy
as is what is the use of a man payir
double the price for old ale that he pa,
M for beer, when he can't tell the diff
ace ence by the taste?'