Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-04
AS you LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves from a Reporters
 Note Book.

first opportunity to find out. HOW many do you suppose? Oh you'd ney- CT guess so I might just as well tell you at once. There are 463. This in- cludes school teachers and every per- son who works for the city of Water bury in any capacity.
 The war between the New York Sun and Typographical union No has been resumed, and fresh assessments fhave been levied upon the printers to carry on the fight When the original boycott of the Sun was called off, the printers say William M. H.affan yirtu- ally promised to reinstate them. Time went by and he omitted to do so. committee from Big Six, who called at the Sun office several weeks ago, was informed that Mir Laffan was cruising in J. P. AIorgan's yacht. By and by the yacht came back, MT Nor ran sailed for Europe and Mir Laffan returned to his desk in the Sun office Again the committee called, to be po- lltely told that Mir Laffan had nothing more to say in the matter, but consid- cred the incident closed. This reply exasuerated the printers, who lost no time in calling a meeting and resum- Ing the boycott It is likely that the n tactics will be renewed: that ad-
 Irtisers will be urged not to use the
 ln. and that lists of firms who stay
 hf of thnt newspaper will De publish
 with a recommendation that
 fends of organized labor patronize
 em. These facts are set forth in
 reular sent out broadcast by Big SIX.
 Do horses take any interest in sight eelne? I think they do. Anyone rho would notice the conduct of John .W. Gaffney's carriage horse could not ShelD thinking that the animal reads the papers and knows what is going on about as we'll as the average citizen He is never hitched and while Mir Gafr- ney is engaged at his office or else 4 where the horse appears to take a keen delight in rambling about the center looking ait the display of goods in the show windows. He has a penchant for hanging around millinery stores and often spends hours with his fore feet on the curbing gazing at the rib bons and bonnest in one of the milli- nerv emporiums. Sometimes he gets so faken up with things in the stores he forrets all about time and his master has to look him up, and he never has much trouble finding him, for if he does not see him peeping into the first millinery room he makes tour to the other stores of this class and invaria- bly, catches him at one of them. He is afraid of nothing and actually laughs at the folly of other horses try ing to run away when they see an au- fonobile or other vehicle of that char acfer coming towards them- When he fu in a hurry the animal knows it by fhe way he holds the reins and pushes ahead with all the speed there is in fflim and that is considerably more j than one would think by looking at him. He can make mile in three mn utes if the occasion requires the ef- fort, and on the other hand, he can put in whole day making that distance provided that was the gait that suited hIs master. so that altogether he Is one of the most remarkable horses in Wa terbury, and so far as We know he has no equal in the state.
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 Arbor day brings to mind many things In the way of plants and trees The custom of setting out some grow 5ne plant is a pretty one, and is bound to be Dracticed more and more eacn wear. A useful vine to set out is the American ivy. also popularity known as the Virginia creeper and botanical 1y as Ampelopsis quinquefolia, is hardy ln our woods and meadows, often De coming a pest to the farmers. Ii climbs the fence posts and the dead trees along the way, trailing its grace ful scarlet ribbons in the air late ir faI1. It is often used. like the Japan Ivy. for covering walls and it colors lauife as beautifully. but has the dis Advantage of needing to be trained ant Hot of clInging SO closely. A storn frifI sometimes sweep a wall quit' bare of its American ivy covering Awhile tue Japan ivy clings close, iti koots lmbedded in the stones all alonI fhefr length. Very little trsiDing n needed fs- the Japan ivy. COyer It roots win a winte- mulch until tLe. are a year or two old and tack up tn young tsndriis nnce or twice until tn wines begin to grow well and thel they will chamber to your roof wit no further assistance. The Americal ivy Is hardfer thau the Japanese; wil grow much farther north. Some peo pie. myself among them, consider much more picturesque than the Ja panese. because its festoons are no so evenly laid. but lie in thick, rougl luxuriant wreaths. It Is a prett plant to use for old stumps, dead trees stone walls or any object that we wis to screen. No matter wha plants are to be grown. they dt mand a good preparation of the soi Many think it is only a small matter t s.stick ont vine.'' and it can be don at any old time and in any sort of
 way, and here is where the greates number of failures occur. If the sam vine with the same care for lack c st) had been set in field or along tn fence. it would have been more apt t grow.
 CITY TREASURER SHORT.
 Colorado Springs. Col. May 4.-Th