Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-16
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Some Stray Leaves From Reporters
Note Book.

Some Stray Leaves From Reporters
Note Book.
1t is the drug shop from which one
of the good things for this time of
year comes, and it is really worth
while, for the odor is refreshing In it
self and it is also thoroughly disagree
able to flies. Get small bottle of al
cohol and lavender, and just before the
dinner hour wet one or two sponges
with the mixture, and should there be
a fly in the dining room he will speed
lily take his departure. Just try it
and see, and the slight odor left in
the room when the family enter will
be cool and refreshing. Ten cents,
worth of oil Of lavender and Is of al
cohol viii make good proportion.
$50
The editor of Our Dumb Animals
tells the following story: At the hotel
where we are temporarily stopping. our
waiter puts before us this mornings
paper with an article announcing the
death Of Archbishop Croke of Ireland,
and adds that the archbishop was his
uncle. We reply that he should be very
proud to be the nephew of so distin-
guished a man. Our waiter then said:
IF 1 had taken his advice would not
be here to-day" 9sWell," we reply, 'sif
we had taken the advice of a good
friend we would not be here to-day,
We should probably have made from
half a million to a million OF dollars
and, like other people hurrying to get
rich, would probably have been dead
and buried long ago"
50
1t is told Of the late, much lamented
DR. Parry of the Baptist church that he
was accustomed to arise every morning
before 8 O'Clock during the mission at
the Immaculate Conception church last
spring and stand in Exchange place to
note the hundreds of men who Wero
astir at that early hour to attend SER
vices. He told q friend of his that it
was an inspiration to him and pleas
ure to simply stand and watch the
scene and suggested that 1t might be
an effective cure for an atheist to do
the same. He thought that 1t was q
positive proof of the devOutedness of q
man to his religion when he would
make such a sacrifice and especially
since the majority of the worshippers
were obliged to labor ten hard hours
afterwards This was only an instance
which went to show DR. Parry's deep
interest in religious affairs, Catholic
or Protestant, and the sincerity with
which he labored to attain the best
results for the flock under his charge.
The AS You Like It man heard
prominent citizen discussing Teddy
Biggerstaff's recent arraignment OF the
city officials for allowing the Connect.
icut Railway and Lighting company to
dominate the municipality. Inciden-
tally he referred to the interviews
which appeared in local paper and In
which without exception Teddy was
severely condemned for speaking so
rudely of the munificent company He
llkened these who criticized Teddy for
expressing himself honestly to men
"who having eyes see not, and having
ears hear not the things which so
closely concern their temporal saliva
ton" Perhaps he said. f'they hon
estly meant what they said, for I hest
tate to regard them as hypocrites and
would rather consider them as labor
| ing under a delusion They remind me
of the story Of the man and the cow.
which you have undoubtedly heard be-
| fore. At any rate it was a time of the
were high. So the farmer put green
| spectacles on the cow and fed her
shavings for hay and the cow never
| knew the difference. Like the cow, It
would be a very profitable thing IL
some of those city officials would get
their goggles removed"