Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-01
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Some Stray Leaves from a Reporters
 Note Book

eddress on which was the picture of a rooster which had been clipped from an advertisement in one or the ioeal papers. Of course the clerks al tne pcstoffica knew for whom the letler was intended, as Kelly's rooster IS known far and wide.
 The Bucks Hill people want to know what became of IA. O." of Waterviile, the correspondent who cut sucn swath in the Democrat the past few weeks. They suspect that he was one of the red-faced fellows seen in the vi- cinfty of the assault on Sam Miller above Waterville last Sunday. and Is now devoting his time to lodging the officers and has no time to give to the writing of letters to the papers. This is not so. ssA. O." is about his business as usual, but judging by what he said in his fast squib he does not intend to continue the war with his Bucks Hill neighbors.
 The Springside house is a nice name for an almshouse. The Waterbury board of charities should take an eX- ample from it's neighbors and call the big building on the town farm by some other name than that of the poor house. It would remove good share of the melancholy feeling that comes over a man who has seen better days when he learns that he has to don the livery of q public pauper. At the sug- gestion of Mayor Kilduff the name of the pest house was changed to that of the conta gious disease hospital be- cause he thought pest house had for bidfien sound. His honor was right about the pest house. and if he can perform a similar service regarding the almshouse the public would appre- ciate 1t.
 The girls who quit work at the Sco- will Manufacturing Co.'S yesterday say that all they could make was so cents a day. If this be true it is a wonder that they did not go out long ago. They have to pay about S3.50 a week for beard and have their washing done besides. Allowing that they worked six days per week, this would leave each girl so cents a week to buy wear ing apparel and supply other needs There must be some mistake about this. The Scovill Manufacturing Go has always borne the reputation of paying fair wages, but if the state ment made by the girls be correct, and the company has not denied it, then the company has reached a point where starvation wages obtain No girl can live decently on less than dollar day, and even at that she can not Inv by much for the time when she will not be able to live by the sweat of her brow.
 4 resident of Franklin street. near Union square. had q rather exciting adventure the other evening. Some young ladies who live in a house near the rome of the above resident. thought that some person was trying to enter their house and they commenced to scream. This man heard the screams or the young ladies and hastened fo their assistance, as did a young man who lived in another part of the house which the young ladies occupied. The former rushed to the rear door and urea to effect an entrance and the young man attacked the front door. Neilhef knew that the other was at tempting to assist the young ladies. me young man was unable to gain an entrance in the front part of the house anu s. he rushed around to the reor mere he saw his neighbor trying to open the door. but mistaking him for burglar he seized large clothes nela ana s paneed him across the head before .ne nelghbor could shout who he was He man had to have several stitches paced in a gash on his forehead. Tho .ialter .l was somewhat hushed LID. but quiet. eiy kept . Fouitney Bigelow, who Iectured hare tne otner evening before the Woman,s clup on Colonial Policies,y is consid. eieu fival of George Francis Train III me way of eccentricity. Bigalow was ciassmate of Colonel Burpee and even oefore his school days were oyer had travelled half the world. Fortnn- ate in having an unlimited supnlv of money, he was enabled to satisfv ev- cry longing of an cratic fancy, Fla mas the remarkable distinction of hn- Ing practically kicked out of two em- pres. When the Emperor of Ger many. not the present one. ordered American insurance companies to steor thelr enterprising barques away iron, Gefman soil there was quite huh ndp. ne companies knowino +hat Bigelow was. or at least had bann quite chummy with the emperorthonpht he would have q quieting effect on his nerves and accordingly sent him to see the crowned head with the price or few bottles of champagne in his inside pocket. Bigelow imnediatelv started the country on fire with the news of his pending mission. so that before he had set sail the emperor had repeated his orders regarding the ip- surance companies. Bigelow's visit was frnitless. A wiser delegate would nave kept his mouth closed. He had run-in with the great despotic civil ized ruler. the Emperor of Russia. He seemed to be fond of making disturb anees of this kind. for he also had q row with potentate in southern Eu- rope. He frequently appears in the guise of prophet on European affairs and predicts wars and such rows as easily as he smokes cigarettes. Oc- casinnally he dys away to Che old world. loses himself to civilization as much as one can do that nowadays. and re-appears with a story of some thing startling. Regarding colonial r1oIscfac 1.a a1k