Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-06
AS YOU LIKE IT
4 Few Stray Leaves From Report
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TfuTHc on the South Main street Slde- walk, and The AS You Like It Man thinks they certainly had, surely then merchants on Bank street have kick coming. Half of the time either or both of the sidewalks on this street are blockaded and pedestrians have to walk on the street and run their chances of successfully lodging teams. The public in general will be more than pleased for more reasons than one when the burned district is re- built
 The AS You Like It Man listened to an amusing conversation the other evening" In the party was an elderly professional man, q prominent citizen and several others The citizen asked q law school student what profession he was studying. Upon being inform ed he laughed and remarked that there were too many lawyers already. The professional man turned on him somewhat sharply and said: There are too many doctors and clefgymen and every kind of professional men are there not? Don't you think that there are too many people born and don't you think that a bloody war would be handy to kill off some so that those remaining could monopolize it all? About fifty years ago Abraham Lincoln was told that there were too many lawyers then, and the same old argument has been advanced often since and is just as ridiculous to-day at it was at that time
 Stories regarding alleged ssRomishn doings seem tosbe Haunted in the teeth of Waterbury people these days with much more frequency than ever before. Just why this should be so does not appear on the surface, but it looks as if there was method if not malice i'll 1t. Some may inquire why Catholics take offense at this term. but if those who make a practice of using it wanted to be considered gentlemen it would be sufficient for them to know that it is offensive to their neghbors without trying to pry into the cause. The word .Romanist'' has always been used in a disparaging sense with reference to Catholics. and people of that creed, as we'll as all other decent folks. now as in the past take exception to if. It is about time these insulting epithets were relegated to the grave of oblivion from which they never should have emerged. Let us have peace on religious matters, anyway. even though we continue to war over politics.
 
 Allocal young man, who works in a tea store. is being jollied considerably by his friends owing to an experience of his during his annual vacation which lie spent in New York The young man has relatives in the great metro politan city and he determined to visit them, the more so because he had not seen them in some time. Accordingly he packed his baggage and started for New York, which he reached safely. On arriving at his auntvs house he pres sed the door bell and Immediately he heard q window upstairs open and a voice asked who was there Just then the man in the window caught sight of the travelling bag, which the young man was carrying, and the former thinking it was q pie 4 tufe agent, who had defrauded him U9 some money q short time before, was about to make things warm for his nephew when the latter explained who he was and the uncle in turn made an explanation and every thing was amicably explained.
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 The As You Like It man was very much moved by an incident that occur ed in the yard of the Highland Divi- sion of the Consolidated road shortly after the head on collision Thursday morning. c. NJ. Russell fireman on the Hartford freight that demolished the local switcher and tender, approached Democrat reporter and asked if lle. would kindly mail a copy of the paper to his home in Plainville, adding that he wanted to assure his mother that he was not injured in the wreck q sup pose. he continued. .tshe knows of itby this time and won't rest until she hears from me. Even though I should send a dispatch there will be some doubts on her mind unless she sees all about 1t in some paper, for she would be ant to suspect that if 1 were hurt I'd hide It from her Oh account of her recent illness. Russell is good looking young man and won the admiration of all who noticed the interest he took in seeing that his mother was not un- necessarily alarmed. He was full of business but in the midst of the hustle he recoilected his mother and didn't care who heard what he said. If that young man follows railroading he'll be conductor or engineer some day, or better still division master or superin- tendent
 A man entered the office of the board or charities the other day and informed Superintendent Doran that a woman on Cat lane had just been taken serious1v III and needed medical attendance. and not having means to employ a physi- clan Ae thought the authorities should see that she was not neglected. Mi. Doran said he never before had heard of such place and asked the caller if he didn't mean Catherine lane. The messenger got highly indignant at the idea of anybody thinking he could have been mistaken and promptly replied that he knew what he was talking about. Then MT Doran. Clerk Me Mahon and H. ". Atwood formed themselves into committee of three to inquire into the matter, and after looking over the names of all the streets avenues, lanes and alleys in Waterbury they concluded that some one had blundered: but the stranger was still positive that he was right. Finally it was decided to have Mir At wood accompany the man to the place where he claimed the patient lived. The fellow led the way to a tenement