Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-29
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 QUAssAPAUG is notoriously treacherous pond during a storm and the sooner the people hereabouts get this fact impressed upon their gray matter the better. At the first rumble of distant thunder a good plan for those who happen to be out on the lake IS to seek shelter. A peculiarity of the place is that storms at first seem to be trying to avoid it. as if to tempt the unwary to re- main out on the water, and then suddenly, without A moments warning, there is a change. the storm can be seen coming across the lake. the wind blows and the waves are lashed into fury. Last Sundays storm was one of this kind and several boats were almost swamped. The steamer lowed one boat to land and another was run ashore on the west side. Fortunately no accidents occurred.
 THE amount of good which would result to the city from the opening of Jefferson street to South Elm street is the subject now being discussed by the peop'e living in the vicinity of that place. It is a we'll known fact that for years the place has not borne a good reputation and respectable people who live in that locality are anxious to see the proposed changes carried through. Whenever a street is hemmed in as this is, especially in s thickly settled locality. the place is liable to become the resort of lawless element Take for ex. ample Chatheld avenue and a few other such places around the center where there is no outlet to the street and it will be at | once seen that such a state of things tends to afford A sheltering place for the criminal classes. With these streets opened to public travel all this would be removed, the eye of the public being always regarded as the best possible prevention of crime. Hence, it will be seen that apart from the great public benefit which the opening of this street would be to the public community in a business way, | there is also a moral side to the question which is well worthy of little considera- tion on the part of the members of the city government.
 | "Pur this in your paper, it will help to to fill up with" is a request frequently made to newspaper men. accompanied by an | article of no interest except tc the writer, | and, of course, in most cases the proffered communication must be declined, although 1t often involves the loss of the friendship and patronage of the contributor. It is a fact. although people cannot see it in that light that editors are often worried more over what to keep out of their columns than what to publish. Some days the news gatherers go through the town with comb, as they say, looking for the elusive item. but that is the exception. Legitimate news they are always thankful to receive. Editing paper is task in which nice discrimina- tion must be used. and many a good story is consigned to the waste basket because it | would be taking unfair advantage of a vic tim of circumstances to publish it. An Tn. stance of that kind occurred during the present week-two such, in fact, that the writer has iR mind. One has not seen the light, because it was not a subject for an honest meaning paper to expose The other gave the innocent subjects notoriety which they strove to avoid. The full facts were given to the press after the tongus of scan dal had been set waggirg by an item that crept into one of the papers. which the others did not feel justified in pringipg