Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-20

F When Samuel Gompers stepped be- fore the foot1ights in City hall Thurs
 day night man in a front seat re
 seen the speaker before ssGlad to see
 you," replied Mir Gompers, looking at
 the man; hope we'll meet againt'' No
 one took any particular notice of the little incident until half an hour or so later when Mir Gompers told his audi
 ence that if the laborers did not de- lmand shorter hours and better wages !, they should not expect the corporations
 were going to give them of their own accord. At this juncture the man who
 had seen MT Gompers before sat up. in his seat and blurted out: That's the truest word you ever said" Some peo- !, pie laughed while others appeared ' quite angry and Mir Gompers, "a low sized, stocky built man, paused and I then reminded the man in the audi
 ence that he was not expected to speak there at that time. Someone wanted f the fellow put out but the speaker sob- | jected stating that he desired to give him another chance After this things
 moved along smoothly until the speak- CT got to talking about the serfs of
 olden times when the gentleman in l the front pew thought the audience would prefer to hear word or two
 about the condition of the slaves that
 are working under the Mckinley rule. and said so in bold voice which could
 be heard all over the hall. This was the last straw and the next moment Janitor Loughlan and the man were
 promenading down the middle aisle. MT Gompers is credited with being very patient. but the Waterbury man l was too much for him and when coax king failed to keep him quiet he was
 glad to see him get out of the way.
 It is perhaps strange and remarkable
 in the eyes of many persons. the at tention which master and mistress be stow upon pet animals-dogs, cats, par
 rots. canaries and so on ad infinitum. They receive as much care and atten-
 tion. nourishment and consideration
 as do children of the familys Many
 stories have been told and published
 of the strong effection between a mas ter and his dog. of thegrief causedbv
 dogs death of the grand burial which
 the remains of the dog received. II was only a few days since when there
 was an account in New York paper
 Of New York minister heinz aggra
 yated at being summoned to read tht
 funeral services over the remains of q
 dog which had been the cherished pei of his mistress. One need not go tC
 New York to find instances of this love for pets. There are and have been nll
 marous examples of it in this city. AT
 exceptional case occurred during tho
 past few weeks. A married couple ha( 1 in their possession a number of pets ;including a dog, a cat and n parrot
 The dogs. name was Nugget. About ten days ago, Nugget became i'll an6 rapidly grew worse until there were no hopes of his recovery The dogs
 illness caused great grief to it's own . ers. one of whom met a friend of the As You Like It Man one morning. lHel
 5yes were red and swollen. in q con dition as if little sleep had beenfto tht owner the night before. Tn regard tt a question in regard to her health. shs , replied that Nugget was very i'll tht
 night before and that she and he
 husband had lain awake all the nigh , watching him. They spent during his | illness $10 for medicine. They treat
 ed him as they would a sick child 1 His was a rosy bed and it is no won . der that the dog recovered from hi! : illness to the great ecStaSv of his han