Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-06
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Stray Leaves From a Reporters Note
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Stray Leaves From a Reporters Note
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 IT doesn't make any difference whether the customers are men or women they can secure very becoming headgear at I. Chase's millinery rooms. Yesterday after noon young man minus his hat and oc- cupying both sides of the walk shambled across Exchange place and walked into MT Chase's store. Everybody who saw him enter expected to see the proprietor come to the door and call a policeman. woman who was among the spectators re- marked: II hope they'll give him one of those nice fall hats" pointing to the show window, "and send him out so we can have good laugh" In a few minutes the fellow emerged from the store with a handsome derby hat and looking like a new man. Whichever one of the clerks did the job IS entitled to a raise of pay. but all the same one would be led to inquire how did she manage to secure a gentleman's hat in the millinery rooms?
 SOME of the candidates at the recent election distributed considerable small change, from all accounts. Many of ''the boys" had been feeling the pinch of pow erty and fried the fat" out of the candi- dates for all they were worth. The re- quest was usually couched in terms some thing like this: Say, the ward live in is in perty bad shape. dye see? The boys are all kickin' an I'm the only one stayi with you. dye catch on The only way to fix things up is fer me to go out an give | them jolly about you bein' corker an | just the sort O lad to suit the boys. See :? Well, I done that right along and the fel- lars d say: Here If this buck is such a great friend of yours, it's a wonder he don't blow hisself.' That's the way they talk. Then of course the only thing can do is to give them steer about your tellin' me to take care of the boys fer ye an to set 'em up fer the gang An so help me if this sort O game hasn't cost me cool flyer already. Of course I couldn't stan the racket so I thought I would tell ye ye got to do somethin' quick or the I'll be to pay. Mind I ain't braggin when I tell ye that I can make the money you send our way go further and do better work than anybody else"
 As a result of the system of intimidation and deceit hundreds of dollars are burned" every campaign far practi- cal results go. The first step of the new democratic organization ought to be the | extermination of this species of political | vampires and the detection and the hold ing up to public contempt of bribe takers. U bht iuhh uL DusiutSSs UT Nut man who does not take an active part in politics. the cry of corruption seems to be n meaningless bugaboo with little founda. tion in fact for its utterance; but to the active politician it comes home with a world of truth and meaning. Boodlers and poodle mongers are the curse of politics. THE most careless observer cannot fail to recognize mars in the eastern sky be- tween and 10 o'clock during this month. It is the most conspicuous object in that part of the heavens. and its remarkably red color combined with its brilliancy will | surely attract attention. The fiery ap- pearance of mars at favorable oppositions has been so intese as to cause alarm among | the uneducated and indeed its appearance on these October evenings is striking enough to create popular interest. Mars is in opposition October 20 and at that tune is some 4O. 5OO, 900 miles distant from the earth. This is 5000. GOO miles farther away than at the opposition of 1892. but this year the planet is so much more favor. ably situated for northern observers as to make up for the increased distance. The planet is slightly nearer the earth on Octo. ber l3 than when in opposition.