Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-16
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Some Stray Leaves from a Reporters
 Note Book.

lives as to the total cost or our nln- tary establishment, which, he said, was SIPS, 799, ,76O. To this must be added, he said, $154, ,O52,O94 for the cost of past wars, pensions. etc, brlng- ing the total up to $2S2, 2,S51,So4. The cost of each soldier, not counting pen sions, etc, would, therefore, be $1,2SS; including pensions, $2,S2S. He con- trasted these figures with the cost or military establishments in European armies. The cost of the German sol dier. including pensions and expenses ss past wars, was but $227, and of the French soldiers. also including pen sions and the expense of the Franco Prussian war. was $232. Before the end of the year. he said, our military establishment would cost over S3OO,- 900 GOO. This grand total did not in- clude any of the expense of maintain ing the navy.
 A crowd of jolly young fellows on the outskirts of the city has formed a society known as the Boo club, the object being to have some sport gong about frightening girls, something in the same manner as c. I. Parmelee, of wallingford, is alleged to have almost scared the wits out of his neighbor, Miss Ethel Bartholomew, who is suing the booer for S1O,O0O damages. It is said that there is nothing q man can say which is more likely to completely diSorganiZe q young wOman'S nervous system than To shuttle his feet and holler ..Boo,'' A remark of this kind might bother the belles of Wallingford, hut it is no guess work to state that the man who thinks he can scare the fair sex of Waterbury by shutfiing his feet and shouting '.Boo!" will boo him. self hoarse and wear the SoleS of his shoes out before any one will notice him. But the Poo club has been or ganiZed and perhaps the next thing we'll hear is that it has appointed committee to make arrangements for its first annual hop.
 "Some persons condemned General Harrison when he married the second time,' said q Louisville judge to-day who was associated with General Har rison in legal cases. but this would not have been so had they understood all the circumstances of that mar riage. His second marriage was op- posed by his two children. Colonel Russell B. Harrison and Mrs Mary Harrison Mckee Feeling that their opposition was ill a manner justified, General Harrison turned over to them his whole fortune with the exception of his house ill Indianapolis. and sad with characteristic frmness: I shall now start out again in life and what ever l may make shall belong to my wife and any children God may bless me with. He turned over to his md IL .,l,.. . I.. cumulated ill the practice cf law and saved from his salary as president Since his second marriage he has ac- cumulated about twice that much, and l am told his will will cut off his chil- dren by his first wife with a mere men, tion and has left his second fortune 10 his second wife and his child by her. Since the second marriage his son Russell and his daughter have not visited their fathers home in Indian apoliS.''
 All sorts Of schemes and devices are used to deceive the public. but often times 1t is the schemer that gets fooled. Here is story illustrating to what ex- tent some people go to draw buyers. A lady in New York received the other day square, plain envelope poStmarked Boston. It contained an ordinary printed circular announcing an auction sale of furniture, old china and bric-a-brac in New York. But why did they send that circular from Boston?' asked the lady. Her hus- band stirred his coffee and answered: Tt is hard work to get people to read circulars. and the hope of the adver- tiser resides in an attempt to arouse the readers curiosity. If that circu- lar had come to you in business en- Velope. you would have pitched it un- read into the waste basket. If it had come with city postmark in a plain envelope, you might have glanced at It, but don't believe you would have read it through. But the word Bos- ron made you wonder, and you read the circular from beginning to end for a reason why New York auctioneer reaches you by such a roundabout route. I think I have answered your question" You have" replied the lady, but all the same don't like to be trified with, and I am not going to that auction
 Some of our neighbors who still cling to the hope that Erin's green flag
  ent republic in Ireland, will celebrate the national holiday tonight, others will observe it tomorrow, and on Mon day night the biggest meeting of all will be held. It is good many years ago since Waterbury had an open ail demonstration on St Patrick's day, and it looks af is honoring the festival 1T that way is thing of the past in this town. While there is noth- ing to equal a street parade on an oc cnsion like this, still considering the fact that Waterbury is rarely favored with desirable weather at this season for out door exercise, the doing away with the street parade may have beer a move in the right direction, though 10 be sure. at each recurrence of the day old timers thoughts fly back te She times when the factories used tt close on St Patriek's day and almos1 every man, woman and child in towI crowded into Exchange place to sec the sight, and long for return te that plan of the wearing of the greer