Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-07
AS YOU LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves from Reporters
 Note Book.


 while no decision was rendered 1t was
 plain from the tone of the remarks O.
 one of the party that Judge CoWeli is
 side of the case did not appear very
 strongly to him. After a few prellli-
 mary expressions which would hol
 look just right in type he demanded aii
 explanation from his chums as to What
 kind of law we have in Waterbury
 anyway. No one yenturing reply
 he returned to the subject in this
 fashion: "Begob. its quare law ana
 make the best of it. Coweil sint me
 down the road for taking few peers
 and now he wants to do Ed hlldun
 out of an office himself that's worth
 thousands of dollars and l suppose he
 thinks it's all right
 The As You Like It man feels like smiling out loud when he reads about the good people of the capitol clty ol this grand old state protesting about a cruel and brutal prize fight, which continued about four minutes, at the end of which the participants i'll the fistic combat were in about as good q condition as before the bout. Just think how those two little puglllsts, such is the cry of the reformers, were cruelty beaten by each other. 1t is brutal: it is terrible; it should not De permitted But what about the gentle sport of football? Why do not these same reformers cry out against the brutality of the gridiron contests! Who said football was brutal! It IS a gentle sport. for are not the gridlron contests witnessed by many of those reformers? When it is read of q prize fighter being killed about once q year. those reformers throw up their hands in horror at the deed, but what con- trast is their silence when they read that twelve persons were killed on the gridirOp during the past season ana that over 200 persons were more or less seriously injured. The ways. of reformerS are rather queer.
 
 The driver of q coal cart created coll- siderable amusement on Washington street yesterday morning as he walked leisurely along beside his horse singing in q voice that could have been heard from one end of the street to the other. The mercury was pretty low at the time and people en route to work were hurrying onward when the sound 0f music reached their ears, and cold as it was, they stopped to catch the wild refrain. The singer took no notice of the spectators, but kept right on, with a close eye on the movements of his horse and making occasional stops to give the animal q rest. As he passed River street he was Hitting the follow ing from Campbelfs popular ballad: tWhen the road was so dark and the
 night was so cold, And Pat and his dog had grown weary
 and old, How snugly We slept in my old coat of
 gray And he licked me for kindness, my poor
 dog Tray
 The mans hands and face were COW cred with coal dust. but it seems this did not prevent him from being happy, 1 and more than one person who watched this sturdy son of toll lean | against the side of the wagon singing | away. apparently as free from care as | can can be, would give q good deal to get chance to change places with | him.
 Have you ever set an alarm clock? Well, friend of the As You Like 1t | man has tried it. The man | in question lives in the eastern section of the city and he gained his | experience during the mems week of | the mission recently conducted at the | Sacred Heart church. The As You | Like It mans friend is good church | member. and like all good church | members. he wished to perform the | duties of the mission. The services n | the morning started at an early hour, | and in order that the man referred to | in this article might arise on time his | better half bought an alarm clock. But ! neither the man nor his wife were E familiar with the intricacies of the timepiece. Try as they would they | couldn't set it properly. Finally the f master of the house grew tired and set { it in some manner. Early in the morn ing he heard the clock unwinding :t- | self. He thought it about 4:45. Quick 1y he arose, donned his clothes. aroused | his two sons and in q few minutes all | While on their way they heard the | clock on St Johns church striking 3 | o'clock but they thought it was , | o'clock and they ran the rest of the | distance. Imagine their surprise when | they arrived at the church and found | it locked. Imagine their feelings when | they had to stand around on a cold | rainy morning for two long hours be | fore the church was opened. Would | you censure them if they were some what disinterested in the services that | morning?
 The As You Like It man has often | wondered why, in this city. where there are so many friends of the total cause, some notice is not taken. in the way of public exercises, on the anniversaries of the great work CTS in that cause. Tomorrow will be the fOrty-third anniversary of Father Mathew, the man who probably lid more for the cause of temperance than any other who ever engaged in it. Per haps the most remarkable example, says a writer in speaking of Father Mathew. of the respect which people of all creeds and stations of life in America entertained for Father Ma thew was shown at the meeting whien he conducted at the naval backyard at Pensacola. Fla. December 20 1850. The commodore, in full uniform, pre- sided at the reception and introduced Father Mathew to the guests. who were largely naval officers. The naval hospital was extempOrized for q church the following day (Sunday). and the Protestant chaplain. Rev Mir Lewis. held no morning service, so that Father Mathew might celebrate mass. He travelled through the sparsely settled but now pOpulOus middle western