Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-17
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 THE fad of aying the hair has gone out. A few years ago it was regarded as almost disgrace to show single gray hair. It is now not only t'en regle" to show a frosty Irow or gray beard, but gray hairs seem to be courted. And by the same token the preparations for bleaching the hair, used so extensively by the ladies few years ago, are now in bad repute. The change was not so much whlm of fashion as of the practical conviction that many of the dyes and bleaches brought on relief of humanity.
 KELLY the baker received letter bear ], ting a foreign postmark yesterdayt.v On the lower left hand, corner the enYetnpe was marked '.in haste" The genial fisherman thought this portended bad news and hesi- tated to break the seal, fearing that the letter contained the announcement of his fathers death. He was agreeably sur prised, however, for instead of message of death he found a sprjg of shamrock sent by colleen from over the sea.
 THE members of the South Brooklyn SCuOOl uIL"1tILhSIN SOt lllehl- selves into peck of trouble. They had no intention of outraging decency when they turned the new schoolhouse into a club room. It was more an error of judg- ment than anything else. Nevertheless, it is well that a DEMOCRAT correspondent called attention to the matter before the bad example set by the committee bore fruit At a recent session of the general assembly a law was passed requiring teachers to instruct pupils in public | schools as to the effect of alcohol on the system. It was not intended, however, that school committees should give practi- | cal illustration of the action of beer on the mind and body. The suspicion of the these columns was inspired by jealousy is wrong. The writer was a woman, and in stead of speaking harshly of her the mem- | bers of the committee should rather ex- tend to her a vote of thanks for bringing | them to their senses.
 THIS morning when Judge Cole ap- preached his office he saw 1uttering from a window the green flag of old Erin. Can my eyes deceive me or have they moved Platt's block to my corner?" were the words which fell from his lips. No, he was not deceived. Some of Waterbury's practical jokers were getting even with the judge because of his remark the other day relative to Platt's block being Fenian headquarters. Judge Cole swallowed the joke and allowed | the flag to float in the breeze for some | time.
 JUDGE LOWE is the latest victim of the lawyers joke. The jovial judge fits so often from his probate office to the court room and vice versa that he sometimes forgets whether he left his hat and coat in his own office or exposed to the tempta- tons of his brother lawyers in the court room. One day this week he was kept
 busy in the court room until after 12. He searched high and low for his hat, but could not find it. He tried the probate office door, but found that his hun gry clerk had meandered to the eating | house and his hat was locked inside. Jani-
 tor Loughlin proffered him an erstwhile stylish dicer, Assistant Hull wanted to bind red bandana around his head, Will
 Gillette offered to skin ''Coke" right there and furnish him natural dog hat. The
 judge refused all offers and finally induced
 Court Messenger Gillette to extend his long legs and climb through the transom
 and secure his hat. The witnesses
 enjoyed prairie chicken at the judges ex- | penSe.