Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-05
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Stray Leaves From a Reporters Note
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MEN may come and men may go, but
Barnums circus goes on forever. Each
recurring spring brings back this joy to
the hearts of childhood; this rejuvenator
of the blood of age. The smell of the
sawdust the crack of the ringmaster's
whip, the pink tights and gauze skirts of
the fearless equestriennes. the classic
Jokes of the clowns, are all there as of
yore, but to these are added modern
glories without number and without rival.
The circus will be in Waterbury four
weeks from to-day and even now in fancy
we can hear the merry song of the agents:
"Step right in, ladies and gentleman, and
bring the children. If you have no
children, borrow some. One price of adj
mission admits to all parts of the show,
and pink lemonade may be obtained from
the gentlemanly ushers. Walk up, walk
up, walk up!
NEWSPAPER errors in spelling are not as
common as they used to be and yet some
of the most provoking mistakes sometimes
creep in: For example, the reporter re-
lapsed into Latin the other day. He had
occasion to doubt the statement made at
the concert concerning the cause of Miss
Juchs absence, but instead of giving the
lie direct said the announcement was taken
''cum grano salls;" literally, with grain
of salt The compositor set it "Cum
Grano Soils" The proof reader called at
tention to the errors and then the intelli-
gent printer toyed with it with the result
that the quotation finally appeared in the
paper, "cum garano Soils" which must
have caused our classical friend Wells of
the Republican to weep. The proof reader
only swore.
A NOVEL identification system has just
been adopted by the Fair Haven and West
vile street railroad system. Of late the
company have been troubled by passengers
giving transfer checks to friends who take
them and thereby gain ride. To pre-
vent further similar imposition q set of
miniature faces are now printed on each
check. The first is of smooth faced
man; the second shows the head and face
of a mustached man, the third wears side
whiskers and tho fourth has full beard.
The next head is of woman wearing
hat and by her side is represented a
woman wearing a bonnet. AS each con-
ductor gives transfer he punches one of
the six faces and only friends bearing a
close resemblance to the original passen-
gers are able to use the identification
checks. In this way much of the hitherto
prevalent fraud has been checked
DID you ever see an expert crew clear
ing away railroad wreck? They are
hustlers although to a careless observer
everything appears to be going on very
slowly. The wrecking car has the appear
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blocks of all lengths and sizes hung on
hooks or piled neatly in corners. Huge
chains are all around and there are many
gr5at iunks of timber for blocking up I'm
der the jackscrews. OF these last there
are many varieties, from those about six
inches high when closed to others giants
in size. Then there is large assortment
of spirit jacks which are worked by lever
pumping some kind of spirit under a
piston which rises little at each stroke
and lifts the heaviest weight that may be
resting on it. In addition to all this there
is an immense assortment of all kinds of
tools, hammers, wrenches, crow bars,
pinch bars, chisels, axes, saws and others.
In fact rs it is necessary to clear away a
wreck as quickly as possible every contin-
gency is provided for as far as may be SO
that there shall be no delay.
WHY can't people be candid and tell
| what they really think about such musi-
cal feast as Waterbury was treated to, the
other evening. Without a doubt it was n
very fine affair; as matter of fact. it was
| too fine. 1t is safe to say that fully two
thirds of the audience went home dissatis-
fed, although 1 have met only one who
had the courage to say so. The pro-
gramme should have been relieved by a
| few bright choruses, and the musical
artists should have added few simple
English songs. A long programme of
classical music is not what Waterbury peo-
pie like to hear. even though they may try
! to persuade themselves that the hard
benches of the City hall were alone to
blame for that tired feeling that SO many
experienced last Saturday night.
The two Waterbury police off GERS,
James Healey and Michael King, who SO
cleverly captured the five highway robbers,
tell of an experience which they had with
Chief Hosford Mt Naugatuck last night
| Special Policeman Dennis Brennan was
the Naugatuck officer who assisted in the
arrest. When the prisoners were all
landed in the Naugauuck station house,
| the Waterbury officers asked for the loan
| OF TWO pairs OIL udu(lCullS. I)Etuudu Only
had one pair, but he took the officers to
Chief Hosford's Office to introduce them
that they might borrow the cuffs. Instead
of accommodating them Hosford ordered
tie officers out Officer Healey Immediately
left calling the others with him. They
| finally secured cuffs from some members of
the force who could give Chief Hosford
cards and spades in questions of ability
and gentle manly qualities
ONE of the local physicians says the
health of the city never was better than it
is at tie present time and makes the start
| ling statement that this is all due to the
dull times. "People cannot afford to
pamper themselves with the choice viands
offered for sale in the markets, acquire
dyspepsia and then call on 5le doctor for
a prescription which may causs,a temper
airy relief, but is sure to end in putting the
patient on the list of one of his steady
| customers. If little caution should be
| used in two things the doctors would look
in vain for some of his regular customers"
he said. eff people would eat less and not
work quite so hard you would see more
| cheerful faces around town and the doctor
the undertaken and the druggist would
| not enjoy life as we'll as they do. What
would we do if it wash for the rich peo-
pie ?" he said in a meditative manner. The
rich man has decided advantage over the
poor in many respects, but he pays a
frightful royalty on these few Eprevileges,
as every doctor in the country can tell
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