Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-10
AS YOU LIKE IT.
stray Leaves From Reporters Note
 Book


 Book
 A DUBLIN street subscriber tells of rather peculiar experience which he had with a muskrat. For some time he had been missing cabbages; in fact his hand some little plot of greens was being de- pleted at the rate of one or two heads every other night. He could not think of suspecting his neighbors. each had enough of the same species in his own garden and in any case his implicit faith Tn the honesty of his neighbors would not allow him to harbor the slightest doubt that the theft was the work of anyone in his own vicinity. The cabbages were cut of from the stalE with something which he thought must have been a hand saw, for he could see the marks of teeth exhibited upon the stumps. The other evening he decided to sit up all night and see If the | intruder would put m an appearance and taking shot gun in his hand he toe k up a position inside his kitchen window. which overlooked the garden. About midnight | his attention was attracted by rustling | noise among the cabbage leaves and peer ing out he beheld with the aid of the moonlight some hin which he thought to | be cat nibbling a. one of the cabbages. | In a few minutes ne saw the head fall to | the ground and immediately it was picked up and carried on the back of the sup posed cat, in the direction of Scoyill's ditch which runs in the rear of the gar- | den. The man started out and running to | the bank ot the stream beheld the cabbage | floating down the stream lowed by what he | at once recognized as a muskrat. He raised | his gun and with a steady aim sent a bar | rel full of shot into the muskrats hide. | hauled him ashore and has him on exhibi- | ton in the kitchen as proof of the truth of | tho story if any one should doubt it. The | man is an experienced taxidermist and has the skins of several of this species pre- served which he intends to have made into a cap. which he says will in some manner compensate him for the loss of his cabbages. but not for the sle.pless nights spent in thinking about the theft. l THE party leaders who have made life study of local politics were completely | knocked out by the result of the election in Waterbury. The republican leaders | conceded defeat before a vote had been | counted and the democrats felt sanguine of success. When it was announced that | the fourth district had boiled l $50 votes, | the republicants practically abandoned hope. In other years. total of $50 votes in the gallant fourth meant a demo- cratic plurality of over a thousand. But this year there was a change: the majority was full three hundred less than the prophets expected. Fully fifty demo | crats went over to the enemy and the stay | at-homes were all democrats. In 1892 the democrats had .366 in the fourth and the republicans 475. This year Cady re ceiysi l. .236 and Coffin 543. The same | ratio of democratic backsliding can be charged to the other wards, and no more. The weakness of the trusty fourth is what breaks the democratic heart.
 Al are polishing up their weapons. Game is not very abundant and but few good strings have been brought in. The par fridge in November is considered to be the | hardest bird to kill as it is a very swift flyer. It is a very cunning bird and in | this respect the quail Is very similar to it. The partridge and quail fly straight ahead and always take advantage of a tree or other obstacle to shield them from the hunter. The woodcock flies slowly and usually ascends to the top of the trees. The ascent. when made close to the hunt CT. prevents him from holding his gun dead on the bird. If he did there would be no bird 10 pick up as it would be torn | to pieces.
 REPUBLICANS are not pleased worth n cent over the turning down" by the su- | perior court of Lewis A. Platt. who was declared a member of the board of educa- ton by the moderator at the recent cleo ton. It is hinted that Dr Hinckley was nominated by the republicans in the hope of getting control of the board away from the democrats by fusion with the popu- lists Of the two men MT Platt better represents the republican idea and good party men are chaerined over the out come of the affair. Dr Hinckley Is liable to create a sensation in the board of edu- cation.
 DEPUTY SHE2IFF CARMoDY, too, will have to go with the other democrats. Sheriff Tomlinson will give way to his re- publican successor. Charles R. Spiegel. on June of next year. It will be just as well for the deputies ot the county to have their resignations prepared before that time. and save Herr Spiegel as much un- necessary trouble as possible. John s. Fay. erstwhile democr"t. would probably take fiendish delight in succeeding Sheriff Carmody, but his chances might be better He was welcomed with open arms By the republicans before election. but the grand old party leaders are apt to forget. We shall see.
 |
 CELLULOlO FASHION PLATES.