Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-20
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Stray Leaves From Reporters Note THE consumption of water in Waterbury just at present is probably considerably less than the average, due to the fact that people are afraid to use the city water. There is no better or simpler way of testing suspected water than the following: Fill clean pint bottle with the water to be tested, and dissolve in it half a teaspoonful of granulated sugar. Cork the bottle and keep in a warm place two days. If the water becomes cloudy or milky within forty eight hours it is unfit for domestic use. r.
 A SERMON on Mixed Marriages" deliv- cred recently in one of our local Catholic churches, has been made the subject of much discussion among people of different creeds in the city. A prominent lawyer expressed himself freely on the subject the other day. He said: ssWithout sitting in l judgment on the merits or demerits of 1 any particular form of religion there are 1 various reasons which could be advanced | to show that unions of this kind should be | discouraged. For example, there is that | great landmark--nationality, which is sure to remain forever. It seems to be the stamp of Coda hand, and the man who tries to obliterate it. is playing a losing game. A Protestant might marry Catho- lie woman and change his religion and be- come a devoted adherent of that faith and still hold the goodwill of his fellowmen. but if he attempts to deny his nationality he at once forfeits the respect of all decent men. Even those whom he wishes to be- come affiliated with look upon hls actions as those of an inferior being, 50 that IT don't see how couple of different creeds l and races wbo marry can avoid con- I cI6aPoh1n friokinn fhosn khinnc Our characteristics will crop out now and then in spite of us. I think the preacher l who advised his people to select wives and husbands from among their own race ! is no false prophet. don't believe an Irish woman or an Englishman could ever be happy ss husband and wife. even though both were born and reared in the same faith, no matter whether that faith was Catholic or Protestant. The same thing is true of people of other na- Nonalities. Of course there are exceptions to this rule. had an old Frenchman work for me once aud he used to say that al- though his wife was an Irish woman he had the happiest home in the world, but in telling this he never omitted to remark You see, I give my wife her own way about everything And I suppose If every man should act in like manner a good deal of the family jars we hear of would be avoided, for I am firmly persuaded that in nine cases out of ten where you know of a man and woman fighting the fault rests 1 with the husband.
 The condition of the sidewalk from Dexter's corner to the new postofice is far from what the public have a right to expect, especially as the number of people having occasion to use this walk now is
 much greater than it ever has been before In front of the Ojdfellows, block the walk
 has been brought to the established grade,
 which is several inches above what it used
 to be, and as nothing has been done with the rest of the place the change has con.
 verted the place into a ventab1e man trap and people on their way to the postoffice are stumbling over it at fall hours of the day. Steps should be taken to have the
 matter remedied at once.
 THE weather is little too hot to dc much work in the line of politics-as a rule politicians are a cold d-blooded set-and yet the leaders or both parties have been look ing over the field for available candidates
 for mayor. Mayor Kilddff is not in tbe
 race. In fact, he has said, and meant it,
 that under no consid ration would he con. sent to run ag4iu Judge EllisPhelan has been suggested ss democratic candidate who is free from factinnAl entanslements Moritz Grelle's name has also been men
 tioned. ard Johu Moriarty has
 been suggested as man in whose
 hands the city's interests would
 be conducted on business principles. Then
 there are those who think F B. Rice
 would be good standard bearer, although , admitting that he is not practical dem
 ocrat. These are merely informal expres
 sions of opinion heard on the rialto and without a doubt there will be others. Or
 the republican side of the house those "ir the know say that the canvass has mar
 rowed down to three candidates Mayor Webster, Alderman F. E. Gross and Alder
 man T. D. Barlow. The former. it is
 understood, doesn't want to run. Alder
 man Cross is the spokesman of the party
 in the city council, while Tom" Barlow is
 said to be the real engineer of the republi can party locally. The mayor, under the
 new charter, will be a big man whoever , he is.