Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
AS YOU LIKE II

AS 4UU L1AE IL
 Some Stray Leaves From a Reporters
 Note Book.
 "Whats the meaning of 16 to |, nnyway?' said an orG.hary mortal the other evening to a prominent physi- elan. Ut means,' said the soother of woes, without a moments hesitation, "16 votes for Bryan and 1 for M- Kinley all over the country
 A prominent Waterbury woman is authority for the statement that W% Il have very little snow this winter. She reasons this way, because, so she states, the parings on potatoes are thinner this season than they have 9een for several years past, .cn unfall- Ing sign that we won't have much sleighing during the cold weather.
 A boarder at one of the local hotels els of q lucky chair at the dinner ta- ole, and states that three gentlemen Xho used it got married during the past year, the last stepping off quite Lecently The boarder who talked on the matter with the As You Like It man is a bachelor. handsome, has good position and is well liked among he men folks, but for some unaccount- able reason the ladies do not take kind- ly to him and he was about to ask the proprietor of the hotel to allow him to move onto that lucky chair when d new boarder came along and got in It. He said that this makes the sec ond unsuccessful attempt he has made to capture that seat at the table, and the next time it is vacant. and ne knows that it will be soon, he intends to take possession of it without wait Ing to consult the landlord or anybody else.
 Good old Ned Harrigan was given the glad hand at Polls theater We'd nesday evening and he deserved every handclap and curtain call that he re- reived. He is the same old Ned, graceful and polished. even as the broken down and whiskey loving champion of the dock rat. Harrigan sings and acts about as well as he did in his palmiest days. But he, like q number of the old school of artists, is passing on. and the remarkable thing about it all is that there seems to be no one to take their places. Harrigan In Reilly and the 40O.' Joe Murphy .n the Kerry Cow" Fritz Emmett in his sweet yOddles and James O'Neill in "MOnte ChriStO." seem to have no successors able to exactly take their places and these artists will live a long time in the memory of the show going pnblic. It is too bad that Har- rigan did not have a larger crowd to see and hear him. It must have hean somewhat of a discoura cement to him fo see the small crowd who went to see T man that in his day has amused and entertained larger crowds nightly than any actor in the country.
 George l.. Lilley has said good deal about Perry Morris, Hen" Bough- ion and the DOrans, but those who have read his attacks. for such they might rightfull!. be termed, fail to see where he has proved anything. He alleges great deaf. quite an easy thing to do. but that's all. Evidently Mir Lilley believes that it devolves up on the accused to furnish proof of their own guilt, but in this he comes
 
 knows, the burden of proof rests upon shc man who prefers the charges Why 3ocSnt he furnish some tangible evi ience of the truth of his allegations and then the public will take some stcck in him. Many believe that City Officiaf' is Mir Lilley in disguise building up stray men for the purpose of kicking them to pieces. There is some ground for thinking that way too. for if City Otf1c1aI' really mean 10 defend anyone he would have heI( MT Lilley down to the point. proof o1 his char"eS. instead of wasting time in fruitleSs effort to explain away lnSinuatiOnS that could be kept un un Til the crack of doom. Public official: have always been an easy mark fol men who like to pose as refOrmer: and for that reason people are vc--' slow to believe what they read aboH them unless it is well snbStantiated An emplove of Lilley. Swift & C might snend the summer dieeine unor MT T.illev'S private property. but tha wouldn't he sufficient proof that h, got paid ont of the funds of the com Dany. though the evil minded mi~h be willing to make affidavit to tha effect
 had a chat with suburban resi- f1ent to-day and during the converSa ion the subject drifted onto thievin. rows. The mention of the wort "thieving" caused my rural friend t, grind his teeth with rage and when h. coOled down he remarked that he i the owner of COW that ought to h. In states prison. "She was raised o1 Dublin street." he said. and the com bined devilment of every mortal tha pver lived in that part of the towl wouldn't make another like her. Sh mas chewed up about evervthin, Dn the Dlace now exceDt the children md I don't know what day she'l swallow them. One day last summe left my vest on the fence whi1e wa milking her and when I got through rarried the pail into the house with Dnt reaching for my vest. missed i right off and went after it. but wa