Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-28
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Some Stray Leaves From Reporters

Some Stray Leaves From Reporters
 Note Book
 That reputation always counts for much is an undeniable fact and the writer was especially impressed with this fact at a lecture the other even ing. The speaker had d reputation for saying funny things, and he was also possessed of a mirth-provoking smile. However, when he did speak seriously, he was taken otherwise by several young ladies in the audience. He was explaining parts of his sub ject in technical terms and of course made use of some rather formidable sounding words Those were the parts that appealed mostly to the risi- bilities of some of the audience, and it is probable that they took it for granted that it was his intention to amuse them since he had a reputation in that line.
 Among the horses of Waterbury there are some pretty fast pacers but it is only recently that .'paster' has been discovered and it was only a combination of circumstances that brought this strange equine to fame. It is owned by Center street meat man, and one day this week was left by it's driver standing on that street. Directly in front of the meat wagon was a paper hangers turnout and in the rear of the latter wagon was q two gallon can of paste. The past err may have mistaken the paste for a can of Trott's cream, but at any rate by the time the driver had re turned the animal was just finishing the concoction which he had devoured with delicious aplomb and Zest. A veterinary surgeon has been working on the animal since But it was so badly sstuck'' that it has been incapacitated from work.
 Coronation time couldn't come and go without Mark Twain adding his mite to it. He tells the following story about a time when lie was in England. and was taxed as gas works" He wrote Queen Victoria q friendly letter of protest, saying: T don't know you. but have nfet your son. He was at the head of q procession on the Strand. and was on top of a bus" Years at- terward he met the Prince of Wales at Homburg They had a long walk and a brief talk. When bidding the humorist goodbye the Prince of Wales N again." The incident troubled Mark Twain, who feared he had, been mis- taken for somebody else. He com municated his suspicion to the prince. who said: 'sWhy. don't you remember the time you met me on the Strand when I was at the head of the process sion and you were on a 'busw
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 A youngster in the southern section of the city recently invented a clever little ruse in his fertile brain which furnished him with pocket money for awhile, even if his game was not along legitimate lines. His mother had been sick and he took advantage of this fact to make a call on all of her acquaintances in the neighborhood. His visiting list included one q day and from each one he borrowed quarter and to each he told the same story. It was to the effect that his mother wished to pay the milkman and that she was short a quarter. He succeeded ill each of his visits until he had made 8 50 worth of calls. and he might have been distributing his visiting cards till now but for the fact that the list of acquaintances began to be exhausted and his mother got well. The fact probably would never have been known only two neighbors began to compare notes over the back yard fence one morning. When both found that two of their items were similar, they began to suspect and re- ported to the enterprising youths mother. When confronted he confess ed and also named the remaining list of creditors.
 Emil Schmidt of Hartford, well known all over the state as manufac- turer and proprietor of horse and cat tie food. was in Waterbury yesterday and appeared more corpulent than ever and yet he mounted his wheel and rushed here and there with an elas- tieity of step that would have done justice to an athlete. He weighs about 250 pounds and declares that the only way he can keep himself from growing fatter is to eat plenty of ev- erything that agrees with him. Some time ago he tried to get rid of some of his flesh and used but little sciid food After month or so he had gained several pounds and in order to save himself from becoming a giant he was obliged to start eating on the old plan. MT Schmidt is sole owner of a horse food which i S said to have no equal on the market. A cupful of it thrown into a couple of quarts of oats makes a better feed than six quarts of grain without this wonderful nerve food. A horse that gets lit tie of this preparation never knows what it is to be sick and the owner has nothing to do but see that the ami nal does not jump out of it's skin.
 "Rats are the worst things that ever got into your house." said James Pres ton of Baldwin street to few friends last night who were discussing the peculiarities of the rodent family. "One got into our attic.'' continued MT Preston, "and came near driving us out. I set trap for him, but all of him I could get hold of was one of his hind legs. He left that ill the trap and you can bet he gave it q wide berth after he got nipped. After that we heard nothing of him for over q month and We made up our minds that he concluded to seek more con- genial quarters. Later on We heard a strange noise on the attic floor It sounded like someone tapping on the boards with a small hammer No