Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-31
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

Mrs Mollie English, of Brooklyn, N. l., who has been visiting Mrs Richard O'Connor, of South Leonard street, has returned home.
 -Dr Russell has increased his office apartments by the addition of several hanGsome furnished rooms, so that now he nas one of the handsomest and best equipped suite of rooms in the city.
 Alderman Mahaney, Superintend- oI Water Works John O'Brien, Rob- ert Madden and Bill Mahaney returned from their fishing tour late Saturday afternoon. They had no long fish yarns to state but quickly and meekIy said that the fish did not bite very fast; their luck was not of the best but yet they had nice little string of fish.
 As the church bells are slowly toll Ing the midnight hour tonight, the nineteenth century will meet the fate oI Us predecessors, and, old and hag-
 gard pale and carcWOrn, weary and
 borne down with the weight of years,
 after hundred years of the most
 marked and wonderful advancement
 and progress in science. invention and
 every other thing. will withdraw from
 the scene of combat in favor of the
 youthful and gay spirited. strong and
 robust twentieth century. As one
 lookS back he can hardly believe that
 1lme could fly so quickly, but it has
 It was only yesterday that we made
 our New Year resolutions. so it seems.
 But let Us Hot sOliloquiZe like that.
 Let us look at the future see what
 1t has in store for us. Forget the past ! with trials and tribulations, and think
 or the future with its joys and pleas ! ureS. Everyone has his or her faults. ana therefore let us again make new ! resolutions. Do not be so cOnceited IS the person who said that his only re- | gret that the new year had come was ! hecaUse he need make no new resoIu- Tl0nS. as he had no faults to correct. AS to your humble servant. he wishes that BrOuNlyn'S S representatives in the aldermanic chamber will see to it that thlS section gets it's share of the i'm 1 pfoEementS during the coming year,
 and that they will continue their good
 work of the past year, that the third ward will become democratic
 some day. that fishermen will hc little more conscientious with | thelr hSh stories. that the St Thomas tauefS will continue to achieve success Ill athletic affairs. that the Brooklyn -N''i''l' NltIp VIII commute to uphold | thelr fine reputation as entertainers, that the rivalry between the young- SterS polo teams will be less intense,
 that the people will be as Iaw-abiding
 as III the past. that those who are fond
 Of giving fake stories to reporters will
 he the victims themselves some day, l that the public will treat the Brooklyn correspondents of the daily papers in
 the sdlne kind spirit as during the past 1 year, ana that all who have been made l the victims of unintentionaI knocks at l the hands of the Democrat reporter l Will forgive him. as he does anyone l Who has knocked him in the past: l hnally, he wishes each and every one | q happy New Year and many of them.
 But We are drifting from our path The | new year and new century will re- 1 ceive welcome and q greeting far ex- ! cCcding those accorded to their prede- 1 ceSsorS. Social gatherings and mid- 1 night watches will greet it's approach. l At St 1atrick's church and also at l St JOseph's, midnight masses will be | celebrated. The services at the for i mer will he unusually impressive. T 1 solemn high mass will be celebrated | an 1 there will be a special musical pro- 1 gram.