Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-25
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 THE other day the pastor of the oldest Catholic church in the city was talking about the supposed danger of horses be- coming frightened and running away at sight of the trolley cars. He thought there was not much cause for alarm about such matters for he believed the animal that would be very badly frightened at the approach of the cars wasn't able to run very far and consequently couldn't do much damage. He said 1t was surprising what keen instinct a good blooded horse possesses in matters of this kind. ''Let him stand and look at the cars" he says. .'instead of whipping him past them and the intelligent horse will at once see that | there is no danger. A dull, stupid animal is much more difficult to manage and accustom to the cars than the ones of bet | ter breed" It was quite evident from the | reverend gentleman's remarks that he had | nothing to fear from the cars as far as a horse was concerned. The amusing side | of the story occurred a day or two later when the pastor was driving up South Main street and met trolley car, below the DEMOCRAT office. The horse stood on his hind legs, paved the air with his for ward feet and jumped and danced like a trick monkey. and were it not for the skill full handling of the ribbons the animal would have crossed the fence and started for the woods. for it was plain to those who saw his antics ti at he thought the end of the world had come. When asked about it the clergyman said his horse is as playful as he is intelligent and had acted in this manner to show his appreciation of the wonderful march of science which has done so much to tighten the burden of life on man and beast within a few years He secuted the idea that his horse acted strangely because he was surprised at the new system of propulsion and seemed to infer that the animal knew all about it before its introduction the driver had all he could do to manage his apparently excited steed and showed himself quite an expert horseman. TIE crimsoned noses of many young men and the Drowned cheeks of the young ladies are at this time unmistakable tell tales. They bear positive evidence that their owners have had summer outings and have once more returned to business and home duties, all better fitted for the work before them. These midsummer vacations are godsends to those who find it convenient to take them and the pity is that all are not thus fortunate.
 NEXT to Kelly. the Rev J. w. Richard son, formerly the esteemed pastor of the Baptist church, is Quassapaug's greatest fisherman. For the past three or four years Rev Mir Richardson has spent the summer with his family at the lake. At first he could not be induced to cast line. It was no pleasure fo- him. he said. One day however, after witnessing his young son land a fish, the minister thought he would try his hand at 1t, just for the experience. He hooked a small roach and experienced a thrill of satisfac- tion that he has never forgotten. Since that day the Rev Mir Richardson has been a most enthusiastic fisherman. He knows every bass bar in Quassapaug and can bring in a string of pickerel when others fail to get bite.
 A SMALL weight such as is used on drug gists scales was found by a sporting man this morning, and difference of opinion arose between him and a friend as to its weight. To settle the matter they went into an East Main street store and asked the clerk to weigh the block The clerk looked from one to the other in pleading sort of way and finally lroke out with: "Oh, you are the men who test scales We'll. 'er those are not quite right, and seizing a weight from the desk he doctored the scales so that they gave sixteen ounces for a pound. When he found that his visitors were not secret service officials he felt pretty cheap. The storekeepers name is-well. never mind. suffice il to say that
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