Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-01
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 Did you have turkey for dinner?' asked lady of 4-year-old boy on Thanksgiving night. Yes. ma'am.' replied the youngster: mamma made a turkey out of two chickens
 \ pious old Indian farmer. once on a time, so the story goes, was assigned to the duty of teaming, probably by mistake. The roads were muddy. and the rest of the teamSterS were literal ly bombarding their charges with oaths. It was against the old mans principles to swear, and he held his peace. albeit in impotent rage. At last one of the hind mules baked and re- fused to advance Il step. The old man used every endeavOr to urge the beast along. but to no purpose. At last he roared in d loud and solemn voice: "Oh Lord, you know where this mule ought to be as well as anybody. This whole army knows where he ought to be this minute. He knows where he ought to be. I know where he ought to be. o Lord, and if he doesn't move in a min ute l intend to say so, by gum.'
 
 A Washington street butcher is the LII tHt IollON lHS II . It has always been my luck to lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen. Here l am now almost choked to death with cold all on my own account. 1 went around with an old pair of shoes that were not nt to wear and the first thing 1 knew 1 had a severe cold and was obliged to re- main in bed While l was on my back 1 got my shoes soled and bought a pair of rubbers. but of course this did not amount To anything so far as getting rid of the cold was concerned" The butcher must be something like the man who told few friends i'll one of the local clubs the other evening that he owns hen coop that thief would have to blow up before he could reach the chickens. When asked how many birds he had. lie replied that he hadn' one at all. adding that every one of them was stolen before he invented his coop proof against midnight prowl- CTS.
 Through the whole four days trial of the Parsons case there was only one good laugh. No matter how som- Der or serious q law suit may be. there generally occurs few laughs in 1t. but the Parsons case was singularly
 
 occurred yesterday afternoon when Henry H. Peck was put on the stand. Everybody knows that Mir Peck is one of the richest men in the city. yet. to an extent. he may be said to be with out visible means of support. He Is enjoying q life of ease after youth of labor When Mir D'Neill, counsel for the plaintiff. was croSs-eXamining MT Peck and asked him what his busi- ness was. Nr Peck replied: "Oh. I'm pre sdent of the Dime Savings bank and a-a-a-I have q few other inter ests that I pay little attention to-. This was said so guilelessly and so simply and without any ostentation that even austere Judge Wheeler had to swing round in his chair to conceal his blusheS.
 On leaving their homes for any time. no matter how brief. women should be careful to see that the doors and windows are well secured. for the city is full of fakifs. men. and in some instances women. apparently suffering from almost every kind of ailment which the human system is heir to- burnt hands. crippled arms. paraiyzed fingers and the Lord only knows what else All of them offer something for
 
 things that can be placed ill their pocl- cts. These sharpers. the men especial 1y. force their way into houses Wheth- CT the doors are open or not. and if the housewives happen to be out so much the better for the intruder, for then they have their own time to go through the apartments. A 4 lady friend of the As You Like It man was putting little powder on her face day before Thanksgiving. prior to going out shopping. when she stepped out into the back yard to pick up few ar ticles Of clothing that fell off the line leaving the box of powder on the table. When she returned the powder was gone and the only person in sight was q one-armed man who was am- bling through the gateway in tie di- rection of the next house. 'Nuf sed.'
 Judging from the number of ice plants that is being talked of. natural and artificial. We ought to be able tC keep cool next summer. If we manage to pull through the winter No doubt the high prices and arbitrary rules of the past season had a good deal to dc towards prompting people who use ice In large quantities to make provision to guard against the trusts. It is al
 
 this with. but what about the pool who need the article as badly as oth CTS. but see no way of saving them selves from the eXorbitant rates They must come down with the dus or go without it. After all there was q lot of common sense in the proposi ton of Alderman Cross that the city harvest ice on the East Mountain Prospect and Cooke street reservoirs and sell it to consumers at cost price And. by the way. this brings us to the question what became of that mat ter. any way? Our recollection of il is that it was referred to the board ot public works for Investigation and re port The board may have made some inauiries into the feasibility of this project but unless 1 am in error they have not submitted a report. Alder man Cross should get after the board with a sharp stick. .- s..fsts,5
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