Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-18
CITY NEWS.

o'clock tonight.
 A son was born this morning to MT. and Mrs. :. Rosenberg.
 Superintendent Moran of the town farm commenced operations for the spring crops to-day.
 Don't forget the sociable given by Nutmeg Athletic club at Leavenworth hall, Thursday evening, April IS, 1901.
 George Robbins, student of the Columbia Medical school, is enjoying a short vacation at his home on Grand street.
 Lecture tonight at the Friendly league by Miss Anna l.. Ward on un- travelled Labrador and the Esqui- maux.
 All members of Washington Camp. ] No 10, F. o. s. of A, are requested to attend the meeting tomorrow evening at Mechanics hall.
 The quarterly meeting of the Water bury Indian association was held yes l terday afternoon at the residence or Mrs S. W. Kellogg.
 Every member of the nights of Co lumbus in Waterbury Is earnestly re- quested to attend the meeting to De held in K. of c. hall tonight. Large writing tablets for cents at the Democrat. In convenient form for writing letters, making memorandum, or for your ad for the Democrat. This week only, all purchasers of 75c. worth of tea. coffee, etc, art screen 35 inches high and B wide. Fancy Elgin creamery butter 24c. A. x F.. Tea Go.
 Owing to the non-arrival of some necessary pictures, the meeting of the Century Art club, which was to have been held this afternoon, was post poned for a week.
 c. D. Sargent, of the Nepera Chemi- cal Co, will give free demonstration of Velox papers at the rooms of the Waterbury Scientific society, Friday evening. April 19 and at the store of The ZiglatZki-AIarks Co, the following day.
 The preparations for the observance of the fourteenth anniversary of Court Wolf Tone. No 2S, F. of A., which takes place April %, is about completed. The entertainment part of program as ar ranged by committee will be of high order.
 The condition of John Thompson of Dublin street, who was seriously Ill on Sunday, is considerably improved. Mir Thompson. who had just recovered from severe illness, was vending his way to church On Sunday when he suffered relapse and his condition be- came serious.
 Richard Upson, a student of the Co- lumbia Medical school, is recovering from an attack of tonsilitis at his home on North Willow street He will re- turn to college at the beginning of next week. Mir Upson has been rather un- fortunate since entering Columbia. Several months ago, he was detained from his studies for few weeks ow- ing to an attack of la grippe.
 Attorney Charles A. Colley began to burnish up lNs fishing tackle to-day for trout fislnng. MT. Colley has hit upon moved scheme by which it will be almost impossible for fishermen to tell otherwise than the truth. His method is to first catch the fish, get careful measurements of the longest and stoutest parts and multiply them by 300. The fishermen who board at the Scoyille house agree this Is quite a scheme and have advised MT. HoIley to have it copyrighted.
 R. N. Blakeslee has just put two l horses on the road which are attract ing considerable attention. They are made up of so many colors That he is confused to know how to distinguish them from the ordinary run of animals of their kind. The boys call them '.cir- GUS horses" and then they are referred to as "calico horses" crazy quilt horses and the Lord knows what else. These make very fine pair, so much so that many think that Mir Blakeslee will not have them long because some private family will take liking to them and offer him big sum for them. It would take sharp eye to tell them apart. The animals were bought of Seth Pratt of Litchfeld.
 Miss Lillie c. Waggoner addressed several Sunday schools and young peoples meetings last Sunday. pre- senting new plan of missionary work for the relief of the famine orphans and child widows of India. Philip Bacon of Springfield, Mass, has 10000 packages each containing 10 papers of seeds, which are given out to the chil- dren and young people to sell, and when a school sells 50 packages it has a third interest in the support of an Indian girl. The sale of 100 packages 1 gives the school a two-thirds interest in child, and the sale of 150 pack ages entities the school to support the child and receive reports of its pro- gross. A lively interest is manifested in this work.
 | A bridal couple drove through Ex- change place about o'clock yesterday and every eye that could see looked after the hack that bore them to the l Naugatuck depot. Trailing in the rear | of the hack was a string of old shoes I that made chatter which attracted the attention of everyone. Passing by Strobel's corner, the bride was pinning half dozen handsome roses in her corsage, apparently unmlndful of the tell-tale trail on their conveyance | Down Bank street the hack went, the | queerest sight that has been seen there this many a day. Arriving at 1 the depot the pair were informed by a happy group of friends of the trick l they were the victims of but instead of escaping from the confusion of such a disclosure, showers of rice were poured in on them. obliging them to seek refuge in the train. unraaa A Na%fIafnn nnad 70 x-anrc