Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
BE NAMED THE GREA,
PEACE MAKER.

torney. Fathers do not generally pick
up their children's quarrels, but the
mothers rush to the prosecutor the mo-
ment the neighbor next door or in the
same house who seems to think a great
deal Of herself touches them. Then an
onslaught is made upon the prosecutor
by the irate mother, whose feelings
have been outraged by the "upstart."
Shes wants all the Iatter's children sent
to jail Immediately; they are a disgrace
to the neighborhood and source OF
disturbance that should be quelled with
clubs.
Husbands and wives of incompatible
temper are the greatest bother the
prosecutor has to contend with. When
the prosecutor had his office in the Platt
building he was greatly annoyed by q
couple Of this kind. Every day one
wanted the other arrested for assault
or one thing or another. One day they
happened to meet on the landing and
they flew at each other. They fought
for ten minutes and then both fell
down the stairs. When they got up
they went at it again and at last they
both had to be locked up, and without
warrant, either. They confronted
each other next morning in the city
court and were let off on them promise
to keep the peace. That was the last
of them seen around the prosecutors
office.
A man employed on the CONSOLIDATE
ed railroad wrote the prosecutor last
week that he wanted a warrant for
the arrest of woman neighbor be-
cause every time he passed her door
| her children called him names. He
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prosecutor wrote him that the best
thing he could do would be to move.
Somehow the letter did not reach him.
1t went to Waterville instead of Oak
vile, and the man. thinking his COM
plant had been ignored, wrote again
| that if the matter was not attended to
/ at once he would not vote for the
| prosecutor Sthe next time he was run
ming" This man evidently thinks the
prosecutor is elected.
Disputes about real estate, differ
ences between store keepers and their
customers, bad sidewalks, electric
/ lights out, troubles between landlords
and tenants and a hundred other mat
tiers all bring complaints to the prose
cutor's office. Things that appear to
| be too trivial, too ridiculous for men
/ ton as news, all find their way to the
| prosecutors ear that must always be
open to all. Like everything else there
seems to be a season Of trouble and q
season of peace. Sometimes day in
/ the prosecutors office would incline
one to think that all the town is in.
/ yolyed in .unneighborly strife. People
with grievances, fancied or real, fol
low the prosecutor even to his home
They take possession of his parlor. sit
on the steps, lounge around the side
walk, follow him even in his dreams
i Not long ago a fractions woman
wanted warrant issued for her gro
Ger because he did not give her right
measure in a quantity of meat. This
man, according to the Woman's story
was the biggest scoundrel living to
i day. But investigation showed she
I had been refused credit by the grocer
Spite is the motive for many requests
for warrants. but to ascertain this re
i quires investigation. Letters, as many
/ as fifty a week, are written by thu
1 prosecutor in the interests Of harmony
in neighborhoods where strife has
gained strong foothold. He is thu
i great peacemalSer of the town, ant
| when letters prove Of no avail. Tho
final recourse is adopted, Warrant
and tho cjty coI1Pt