Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-05
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some Stray Leaves fdom q Reporters
 Note Book.

SeiiliOtS OL ~t1le III tl4S ldSu- ion: Its inventor claims that lie has done the trick We do not say that hc has. We do net even say that we believe he has. Ae do Hot siPy. how ever. that flom such an nvest.gation as We have b, cn able, his battery-and We knew nothing about elecr.cIy oG:Se.yes. really books as if it wer4 worth taking a chance on. 1t costs next to uo~liag to take the chance. IT you lose you won't lose anything iu particular. If you win you can sIm- ply sit back and enjoy yourself. Per haps it will turn out as it promises On the other hand, very likely it won't. But if 1t does 1t will be the biggest thing yet. Il will absolutely revolu tionze the electrical business and stand every electrical concern in the country on it's head" What is it:
 ". F. Mccartney. a member of the English bar and who is now the mem Der for South Antrim. a London paper says, was described by one of the op- posing speakers as "a fish out of water, riding roughshod over the feel ings and wishes of the community and one of his supporters declared that Alr Mccartney was ready to sustain any charge that might be brought against him. Thomas Harrison of the Irish bar. who was defeated in North Belfast by Sir James Iaslett, was de scribed as "a leopard who was contin- ually changing his spots and was ready to sail with any tide" At one of MT Harrison's meetings the canui- date was recountin@ the omissions in his opponents speech. and. wishing to emphasize one omission that he thought especially omin0us. he said inlressively: What does Sir James Taslett say about that? Gentlemen, he says absolutely nothing A man in the crowd ther upon yelled: well, he's a liar, sir-he's q liar.
 
 A deacon in one of the local churches vouches for the truth of the following story: An assistant pastor had been secured. but owing to some misunder- standing on somebody's part no one introduced him to the sexton and the latter was not aware that the new conner had arrived uIftil he had been summarily discharged for insulting the reverend gentleman whom he mis- took for a burglar. It seems that the day the assistant reported for duty he called into the vestry and asked the sexton to show him the combination of the safe stating that he wanted to put some things into it. The man in charge of the place got so angry at the idea of being taken for q chump for he was sure the stranger was q sharper who wanted to know all about the place before commencing opera tions, ordered the man out and the gentleman showing no signs of con- plying with the mandate. the sexton gave him q tongue flashing that ho will not forget as long as he lives using language that made the minister of the gospel feel that Waterbury was q bad spot. When ail the facts he- came known to the church authorities the sexton got the bounce. not because he refused to open the safe but on account of the abusive language he is said to have used inside the walls of the ediHce.
 An old fellow sat on the steps lead ing to one of the Catholic churches after midnight on New Years eve and made q good deal of noise because he failed to secure a seat at three or four churches where he had called during the night He cooled down after q while however, and appeared hap0y listening to the melody of the music that ffoated out on the still night air and could be heard to good advantage for quite a considerable distance from the building. As soon as he got ac- quainted with the crowd he began to moralize upon the condition that sur rounded him in his efforts to get to midnight mass in Waterbury compared with an experience he had in the old world almost half century ago. He said he had been jostling against Protestants all night and found them anxious to direct him to the churches he wanted to find, and on one occasion he got into the wrong place. The doorkeepar informed him of his mis- take and nut him on the road to q Catholic church. Everybody he n1et was irterested in religion, but it mado no difference what creed he professed he manifested no disposition to quar- rel with those who diti not kne"l at the same altar. He contrastod this desirable state of affairs with the order of things in the country hc was born in in his day and time. and was dcserihin@ fierce fight he took part in with the "Protestant boys" nearly fifty years ago while returning from midnight mass in a country district cf the County Longf0rl. where the service came to close and peopIe rushed out so rapidly that the old fellow got lost in the crowd. much to the disappointment of q dozen or moro persons who wanted to hear how the roG ended.
 It WAS amusing to near the gentle mon who own property in the outside districts who appeared Before the al dernen last night to discuss the con- soi.dation bill. apologize for their lack Of ability to speak in public, and wish that q meeting could be held where all these matters could be gone over in a conversational way, 0nething, ii would seem. after the f3Nhion common 10 residents of rural q stricts, many of whom prefer to transact business willie leaning against a rail fence, pro v,Gsd the weather is right than crowd into halls where people who want to be heard hare to stand up and talf out in open meeting MT Tyrrell said something to this effect, so did Ml Carter, and to top it off. Judge Cowel intfmated that he was a little hashfu' about appearing in such role himself These excuses fully verified the state nlent made by Judge Cowell that the farmers are too smart for the city folks and that they had proved it by getting out of paying as much taxes as they ought to. As a matter of fac the. men who represented property o1 z 1hn outside spend more time about thf