Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-09
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Some Stray Leaves from q Reporters
 Note Book.

SlittIh -hc1OnaIu out for the boys and girls at the sledding season. and the sheriff has always attended strictly to business until the present year, when. for some unknown reason, he neglected to ask the aldermen to designate streets Cn which the yOuugs- terS might coast without fear of run ming counter with the law, and as a result the sledders and police officers are. ill q quandary to know what to do about the matter Some say that the sheriff performed his duty at tine proper time, but this is being denied. and in order to make sure that no arrests shall be made, the youth of the city are keeping :. sharp lockout for the hluccoatS and in the meantime they have put themselves in commit nication With the sheriff and request ed him to attend to this littlv affair at the next meeting of the city fathers. if he has not already done so. If the slerih does not do this "Old SantE' will be petitiorta to name another agent for the Brass city. In case Jack should be fired it is thought that Alderman Biakeslee will succeed him.
 The defeat of Hart D. Nunscn i'll th,, race 10 succeed himself as county commissioner ought u be Il lesson ID people who mako q iractlrr ot SH' CT ing 1T tho influence of miniSt Is "t th" gospel. Is T ruit. these good I'll, Il a3F right. though ;tI times iht.r lEsi oA may appear somewhat arbitrary: but in lle long run experience t'ic Lest teacher nj all. proves tAAt they are rarely wide uf tine marx. and III FoH- se!Irienc,, the great majority Of peopi" I,.-I, bf TiIiFI.!llH. even when there ara lingering i"ni't> i'll iil.ir minds, IS 10 which side they ought to take. Every minister III N't- tcrhUry Was opposed t3 tEe c1hnuIt of the b0n!'l of county conlnisS!onefS regarding it.; action With reference U the issuing of liquor licenses III ctfi3lA districts of tl,is; town, and Wh!i' IL T. said that Mir MunSOAS defeat Was due TO other cauSe>S than the fight that N;.H made against him i'll this 'iiH. S'iii IL is pretty safe to state that Father Cur 1iu'e hand and that of these WIo were behind Ilimmalr uD one "t th,' StfaNS and q heavy one. tno. It W;1S M. than T straw. It WaS q "i'3t h!- beam. though some folks didn't thlHk so. X movement that gathers around if the backing of the clergy cf all h'- nominations in any colilmunlly h;tS powerful ally and is not likely to 9 to the wall. No doubt it l" well tnat this is so. for with the influence or me churches removed then aH reSIra'n. would h. gone and in q Shor' tune "eu u ba wondering where We were a'.
 
 Talkinc about Sleighin@ parties r1- minds me of an incident that occurred wears ago when Matt lynch was i'll his glory as q liVcrynan amt no sleighing party was considered up 10 date without him. although he was not the only man i'll the business In W q terhurv in those days. The e1npio!'S of the Waterbury Buckle colnIanN nad arranged for their annual SlclGillh% narty. and in accordance with the cttS- 1om in vogue i'll the factory at that time. a committee waited upon F. A Smith to get permission for the outing Of course it was granted With the usual condition. that Matt Lynch should be in charge. the Genal man ager of the concern rIlnarhlnG that ne wouldn't trust his girls to the care o1 anybody else. Matt was hired and the party. numbering some tWelltE-!i!" rirls and three fellows. started off in high glee. Dermodys. at Ansonia. was the objective point. Everything moved splendidiy until they reached about q mile this side of seymour when one of NIatt'S horses got SICK and lay down on the road and III q iiffy the whole crowd was rushing here and there through the snow. After il good deal of cOaNin". Matt pacified all hands and got the horses to move about d hundred yards from the spot where the mislap occurred. This put q deep pool of SluSh between tine party and the sleigh and how 10 get across it was more than anyone could tell. Even Matt himself was puzzled and shook his head as he sat on the seat and looked back at his precious freight. Finally some of the girlS reached the sleigh by walking into the lots on. either side of the road and in half an hour or so all were tucked away in their seats with the exception of three tilnid ones who stood Where they had jumped out and refused to move an inch. After q long wait. one of the fellows. who was provided with a pair of rubber boots, volunteered to carry them across the pool on his back and in the absence of any other alternative the girls consented and ill less time than it takes 10 tell it lie had performed the feat of taking two over in safety amid great cheering from those in the sleigh. The third one proved too much for him. how ever She weighed more than tine other two and when he got about mid WHY III tue Ioti Ilc tblIi'tt,i anu Itlt face downward forming a bridge from which the girl bounded to the other side without wetting her shoes. Cheers, Don't mention it. No SIyh excitement ever occurred on the turn pike between here and New Haven, not even in the time of the old stage coach. The fellow was game and pull ed himself ont of the slough and step ped into the sleigh as though nothing had happened. Dermody's was reach ed in due time and once there all thought of the little incident on the way down was lost sight of for the time being. but those who figured in 1t often talked of it since and invaria bly referred to it as the best Sleighing party they ever took part in. 1 came near forgetting to mention that AIatt's horse died in ARsGnia. or was so badly ESed up that it was not able to come home in the morning and he had to borrow another for the hOmeward trip. l have q good mind to tell the name of the fellow that piioted the girls across the pool of water. But I don't think shall. He-is now one of Chief E@an's