Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-27
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 ONE meets some strange people on the street cars. The other day on the East | Main street line man boarded a car going | east, near the center. He was evidently | bound for nowhere in particular; just out | for ride, it being fine day. After the | conductor had taken his fare he called for | a transfer. "What for" asked the con- | ductor. ''Why to come back. of course" he said. and he could not be persuaded that he was not being imposed upon when the official told him he would have to pay again on the return trip. Another man boarded car on A recent rainy day. The car was going one way Pnd he wanted to go another, and concluded 1t would be better to ride to the end of the line and then back to where he wanted to go than to stand out in the rain until the car re- turned. He raised terrible kick when the conductor told him he would have to pay both ways. The conductor tried to explain that this was necessary to make bis register and fares balance, but the man could not be comforted. Another thing that attracts the attention of passengers IS the discussions arising among feminine passengers as to who shall pay the fares couple of up-to-date girls who travel together A good deal have settled that little matter in unique way, one always paying when the number of passengers on | the car as they board it is odd, the other If it is even. Then there are two young busi- ness men who frequently ride on the same car. The sporting element is predomi- nant in their natures and they invariably go todd or even" as to the date of a coin to see who pays the freight. Truly a street car furnishes a good opportunity for the study of human nature.
 AMONG the prominent citizens who waited on Ernest Cady. the democratic l candidate for governor, at the Scovill house the other evening. was Kelly the baker. He was greatly impressed with Mir Cady's appearance and language. Its too bad he's on the wrong slde," sad the genial follower of Mckinley to the DEMO- GRAF man. "I'd like to vote for him. " They say that while the light holds out to burn the greatest sinner may return. Perhaps after all Kelly will be 'wid us on election day.
 GOOD many people have an idea that there IS no life so desirable as that of a newspaper man. Young men look often with envy upon the reporters, thinking that theirs is a life of adventure. and so il
 is, after fashion. But when adventure
 gets to be monotonous, where shall the !. "pencil pusher" look for change and en-
 joyment? Of course. when a reporter finds
 that adventure is monotonous, and he does
 not take the interest in the happenings oi
 the world that he used to do, then his period of usefulnt ss is drawing rapidly tc
 close. The successful newspaper man must take deep interest in history, not . the musty books that line the library f shelves. but history as it is made from day
 to day, the history of little things. oi
 every day. ordinary life. He must be
 alive to every opportunity to get story : for his paper. aud must see ''stories" 1T l everything that he meets. Many peopl' ) think it is exceedingly funny to get re 8 porter ''on string" as they term it. It ii . not. To give fake stories to a newsmaI is the acme of meanness. A legitimat joke is all right and no one is quicker t 3 appreciate a comIcal situation, even thougl he himself be the victim, than a reporter 3 This was the case of a local scribe. wh 0 put his head in at store door one da q aud asked his usuh question. "Is ther | anything fresh?" 'Yts." responded tn I merchant. that paint you're leaDin e against" And 1t was.