Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-14
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

t-a .r,a 7as4. Devotions in honor of the Sacred Heart will be held at St PatrIck's church tonight at 7:30.
 William Litchburg of South Nor-
 walk spent yesterday with Henry Ramp of Washington avenue. The funeral of Mrs Thomas French will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late home on Town Plot.
 John Gramberge of John street left town to-day for the home of his parents in Montana where he will make his home in the future.
 Flags are floating to the breeze from the flagstaffs of the Holmes, Booth and Hayden concern and the
 Bank street school to-day in honor of the adoption by congress on June 14, 1777 of the national flag.
 Phil Hassel, who sold his barber
 shop to Fred Schmidt, yesterday, is said to be contemplating trip to the land of his birth, Germany, and also to England and Ireland. He will start on his trip early in July and will be ab- sent about three months.
 Martin Dumphy headed party ysf six fishermen who journeyed to Lake Compounce yesterday Martin and his associates had such luck in catching the fish that they were unable to carry it all home with them, so they regret
 fully left a portion of it behind.
 The bureau of assessment visited
 Edward street yesterday afternoon and
 looked over the ground thoroughly.
 While the street is not long one, still
 1t is a pretty big job and the city will
 find it difficult to do it in a proper
 manner without grading a portion of
 Alder street. The place is in bad
 shape at the present time, and even
 though the work of making the pro- posed Improvements there should entail
 considerable expense, it is something
 that should be attended to as soon as
 possible
 Miss Daisy Lord, teacher at the Barnard stret school, was treated to
 surprise party by her pupils yester- day afternoon at the close of the school sessions. After the close of school, the pupils congregated in Miss Lords room and told their arniable teacher their purpose. Miss Lord was indeed sur
 prised but after the feelings of surprise had passed away, she entered heartily
 into the spirit of the occasion. The other teachers of the school were
 guests of honor. After short enter tainment, refreshments were served.
 Miss Lord was the recipient of several
 pretty tokens of esteem from her pu- pills.
 "A letter has been received from Jos
 eph Phelan, who is travelling as an agent for the Magic Yeast company, by one of his friends in this section. When
 the letter was written Joe's abode was .
 at Tarrytown, N. J. Tn the letter he states that although his duties demand
 a considerable portion, still he has plen- ty of time for enjoying the many things
 of interest in the places which he vis- it's. While fin Pennsylvania, he was
 shown through number of mines. He was we'll pleased with their workings
 and the visit was delightful one.
 The funeral of Louis Glastre took place yesterday afternoon from the residence of Mr and Mrs John Mraz on South Leonard street Rev Dr
 Rowland of St Johns church con chinists at the Scoyill Manufacturing Co attended the funeral in a. body
 The bearers were Charles Boy1an
 Robert Williams, Thomas Conlon and
 Charles Bogart, representing White
 Oak camp, WoOdmen of the World.
 Fred Schnier and Fred Grohs from the
 Scovill Manufacturing Go. The floral
 offerings included wreath lettered Louis from the widow of the de
 ceased, wreath from his parents wreath marked "Papa" from his chil-
 dren and one inscribed Brother from his brothers; wreath, Woodmen; wreath Scovilrs machinists; wreath, Otto Book; bouquets Mrs John Mraz, Mrs Linderman. Miss Flora Stein, Miss Mraz and Philip Bogenhouse. The interment was in Riverside cemetery. I'M. c, Benson, resident of the Sol- diers' home in Noroton. is enjoying a short visit with Sumner Holt of 61 West Porter street. Incidentally he Is renewing old acquaintances in town. MT Benson is a veteran of the civil war. He appears to be in the best of health and could muster gun to good advantage in Uncle Sam's service to- morrow if his services were required. MT Benson was resident of Water
 bury for about twenty years. He has been a resident of the Soldiers home since September 1899. He is loud in his praise of the treatment received by the soldiers at the home. He denies the stories of hard treatment, which have been reported by some persons who have seen the home. The report that a man cannot go outside the grounds without pass is absolutely false, SO the old war veteran states. He is en- toying life in the best manner possible.