Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-13
AS YOU LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves from Reporters
 Note Book.


 \ man who wanted to get rid of cat, but was loath to kill it, says ne put the feline in a bag and took 1t about five miles into the country and then let it out and drove home at pretty good clip After unhitching the horse he sat down on the veranda to tell his wife how nicely he got rid of pussy and while telling the story he heard something behind him and, look ing around, he saw the cat licking It's paws on the doorstep. He declares that it must have jumped into the team while he was turning around and rode home with him, for he can not believe that it could have made such time on foot. 1t is surprising how much the average mouSer knows. During the past week Woodbury farmer took one home with him from this city and did all in his power to keep it. but as soon as it got q chance to make its escape it was off and showed up at it's former home two days after it had been taken away
 At last the mouse has received the recognition which it is entitled to from the fair sex. The society women of Washington and New York have
  for the little fellow has become so great that dealers are not able to meet it. This means that every lady who wants to be up to date must be the owner of a mouse or two. the more the better. It is said that with proper treatment an ordinary mouse makes very desirable pet and can be trained to perform a whole lot of tricks after a couple of weeks coaching. For ages women have looked upon the innocent mouse as their natural enemy, but now that q reconciliation has been effected between them we may expect to see the mouse occupy q prominent place in the family circle Whoever convinced the women folks that they had been making a mistake in regard ing the mouse as an enemy did a good thing for mice in general, but look at what it means to the members of the feline family! Why. the eat will have to step down and out as soon as the mouse is installed as the pet of the house. White ones are the favoriteS at present. but if you can't secure one of that color, the good old-fashioned grays that operate in the pantry will do.
 "More and more each year." says an editor and publisher. editors are com ing to. understand that news, strictly speaking. is hard to digest without proper and plenteous condiments. Hu- morous and human interest stories, called birds i'll some offices are now occupying the space that used to be filled with hard facts. The fact that New York man. in his insanity. be- 1ieyed himself to be poached egg and feared hn hTna never have seen daylight in a New York newspaper few years ago. Re gently such an item was telegraphed the country over and was printed ev- erywhere. The story of q man whose Insane hallucination was that he was battleship. and would sit on q fuel box in saloon every day to 'coal.' found prominent space in many papers Tn the east and west. Other good sea soning stories of this sort published recently were of the man who commit led suicide because he could not find good boarding house; the man and woman who went to court over. the ownership of a pig and there fell in love and were married: the Pennsyl vania chicken with human feet: the German who was found swimming up the Hudson river on an exploring ex- peultlon to the North Pole; the man who forgot his wedding day and went nshing- and others too numerous to repeat"
 It Is said that some of the striking machlnists and toolmakers have been blackiisted in the local factories and that an organized scheme has been set on foot with view to driving them out of the city. We shall refuse to be- leye this until We see the proof. for our impressions of the general character of the manufacturers of this town war rant us In leaning to the opinion that 1t Is not true. If it were it would he a great reflection upon the heads of the different concerns of Waterbury and a gross injustice to the toolmakers an; machinists who sought to improve their condition by legitimate means. All things considered, the strikers be- haved themselves very creditably and If they failed to accomplish their point 1t would be manifestiy unfair to dis. criminate against any particular set of men who were identified with the movement While such q course womb prove temporary embarrassment to the men. it would also tend to continue -hc bad feeling indefinitely and in the lcEg run the shops would suffer by such tactics When asked about this matter, the head of one of the largest factories in the city said he had heard nothing Of it. But" he added. as nc walked away. Some of the striI- CTS have real grievance now and I hope they appreciate it."
 A man sat down on the City hall steps tLe other day and looking at a few bystanders remarked that he was fired and hungry, adding as he leansd back against one of the great brown stone pillars. What do you fellows think of that?v 1.-TWO. of the best things that could happen to man who knows where he can find all he wants to eat end good bed to lie down on," rv- pied one of the group" I'd give all i earned the past month if I could say that had an appetite to eat and a de si-e tc sleep. I can't eat or sleep. Tn troubled with dyspepsia and the sight Of food sickens me md as for sleep ] get but mighty little of it." The re marks seemed to have a qtlfckenIua effsef upon the tired and hungry snal and after a moments hesitation ne jumped to his feet. cast a compassion-