Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11
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 Even those who do not buy coal or any winter fuel. and have never been bothered about the cost of it, have been made invoIuntarily interested. Landlords and ladies who rent rooms, at least some of those in the north end, have raised their rents g a month on account of the inability to procure coal at any price. Even this increase in rent will hardly pay the landlord who heats half dozen rooms from which he receives week ly rental of g each. Thus it is that one touch of the coal trust makes the whole country kin.
 Bricks, the kind that are said to serve for fuel when saturated with kerosene oil. are now selling four for a quarter. One of the builders em- plOyed on Bank street was survey ing his pile of bricks this morning wondering if the morning dew had ab- sorbed them, the pile had been so de pleted during tn night, when along came a man that looked cold. Say, Mister, suppose you own these bricks" said he to the builder. Yes sir, I do,'' was the answer. I'll give you quarter for four of them, 7 {. said the man. He dropped the coin into the builders hand and walked away with four of the bricks. The presumption is that now bricks will go up like everything else
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 The entertainment committee of the Hammer club held a meeting last night and decided to hold their annual cross country run to Cheshire some day within the next two weeks. No vehicles of any description will be al lowed and any member caught in a team or awheeI will be fined $5 and reduced to the ranks of an ordinary member and cannot be reinstated un- til the next annual outing. The trip will be made through the brushwood and will be attended by all the mem bers It would have taken place be fore now only two prominent mem bers of the club happened to be lald up with an attack of rheumatism ana the rest didn't want to go without them
 A prominent Waterbury shoe dealer had a peculiar experience with fair
 
 in the forenoon a very respectable ap- bearing woman, accompanied by a bull terrier, entered the store. The lady called for a pair of baby's slippers, stating that she wanted the softest the dealer had in stock and that she de- sired him to remove the buttons or strings, whichever were used for fas- tenings. She was shown a neat pair of little shoes and after satisfying herself that they were the kind that suited inquired about the price. This was all right Then she opened her pocketbook to pay for them, remark ing as she fumbled with roll of bills that she wanted the soft shoes for her dog. She said the canine had not been in good health for some time past and that when he is out of sorts he refuses to eat anything but children's shoes. At this juncture the dealer reached for the shoes, which were done up in a piece of paper, and promptly in- formed the lady that she couldn't have them for that purpose at any price. He told her he should cOnSide it grievous sin to feed such things to dog while so many little tots stood in need of them. The woman felt high ly indignant at the conduct of the shoeman and left the place, vowing as she went, that if she couldn't get what she wanted there she knew where she would be accommodated. The shoe dealer pronounces this the strangest thing that happened in his store dur ing his twenty-one years ill the busi- ness and says that one of the amusing features of it was that while he was doing the shoes up the dog was prancing about and licking his lips just the same as hungry cur does at sight of a bone. but he had no idea of what interested him so much until the woman told him of his fondness for children's footwear.