Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-09

ton bet by wearing his coat and a
 cap inside out all day. The bet was
 that he wear his coat inside out all
 day and that he would go out and
 walk around the town. No special
 streets were specified and the fellow
 walked around his own yard and also
 upi on Derby Hill, but more than one
 person caught q feeting glimpse of
 hi:c-
 William Cauldwell, a resident of
 SuSquehanna county, Pa, as a repre-
 sentative of democracy was buried
 formally in liquidation of m election
 bet Wednesday night. All the ar
 engagements for the funeral were con-
 pleted before election, it being under
 stood that the loser would pay all
 bills. Two score republican friends
 gathered in the CauIdwell house There
 was crape on the door and 2 caGket
 stood in the front room. Black cam
 bric garments had been provided for
 each guest and when Cauldwell was
 placed in the coffin each man present
 was given candle and the process
 sion started fer grave short dis
 tance away. A drizzling rain was fall
 ing at the time and the tlickering light
 made most ghaGtly scene. Arriving
 beside grave dug in the woods the
 caSket containing Cauldwell was low cred in the hole and the party dis
 perSed. Cauldwell was permitted to
 regain the surface as best he could He said the feeling was not exception
 ally pleasant, but it coipcided with the
 frame of mind in which he had exist
 ed during the last twenty four hours.
 4 novel election be. was paid in Derby at about o'clock Wednesday
 evening, when one of the daughters of Manager Brooks, of the Huntington
 Piano company, wheeled one of her
 sisters around city block in q small
 wagon. The two girls had diff ferent views as to just what q candi-
 date for the presidency should be. One favored Mckinley, while the other had Bryan for her ideal. They made
 bet which involved free ride around
 the block bounded by Minerva street
 on the west. Fifth street on the south, Elizabeth street on the east and Cot tage street on the north. The con veyance was to be q child's express wagon and the loser was to ride while the winner was to pull the wagon. The loser was also to wave Q flag
 It was a few minutes after o'clock when the girls started from their home on Cottage street for the tour of the block. A number of their girl friends
 knew of the bet and gathered to see | it paid. They were in no respect dis appointed, for both girls were game, and while one rode in the little wagon 1 the other supplied the power and they were around the block in very few minutes time. followed all the way by their friends and others who were at tracted out of curiosity.
 In a sparse1y settled neighborhood in Camden, N. J., early Wednesday
 morning, a policeman saw leaning
 against a tree what he supposed was
 man who had been celebrating the republican victory overmuch. Grasp ing the stranger by the arm the police
 man was astonished to hear the re quest, uttered in Il womun's voice,
 Please don't hurt me" He then saw that the person whom he ordered to
 "Nove on'' was woman in mans clothing Releasing his grip, the po- Hceman asked, ''Whac are you doing hero in those clothes and who are you?' The woman refused to give any information about herself and the policeman took her to the city prison. where she was locked up. She changed 1 her mind, however, for when the prls- on keeper spoke to her shortly after ward she said she was the wife of the Rev Lee Martin, a minister of the | Universalist church. and that her home was on the east side. Asked why she was wearing male attire, she said she wanted to hear the election returns and. having no escort. sine concluded l to don her husbands clothing in order to protect her from possible insult.
 She added that her husband did not know of her escapade and that was I the reason for her desire to remain
 unknown, She said her husband was
 not in charge of any church at present. and that they had recently moved from Philadelphia to Pensauken. The po- 1 lice soon learned that her story was | true. The Rev MT Martin. appeared at the prison, Wednesday night and escorted his wife home. He offered no explanation of her conduct. Mrs Martin smiled as she was liberated, and appeared to enjoy her adventure