Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-22
AS you LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves from a Reporters
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Ing with one of his friends during the past week on smallpox and yacclna- ton. During the conversation the As You Like It man was asked ii he could explain why some of the young ladies were not being vaccinated on z the arm, and he protested ignorance of the reason. His friend then replied that, 'tThe young ladies could not go decollete if they were yaccinated on the arm."
 The Catholic Literary association was honored last night by visit from the Rev Father Slocum, who gave the members a short talk on the benefits to be gained by the study of good books and an exchange of views with people who read and keep in touch with things that tend to benefit mankind. Father Slocum also spoke in favor or debating classes and thought the mem- bers could not spend an hour or so more profitably. It gives a man cour- age, equips him for intelligent discus sion, puts him in control of his tenn per and helps him in many other ways.
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 Rich and poor alike abide in flats in New York city. Rather than move to the outskirts the people turn to ho- tel and apartment life. The only citi- zen able to build house for himself on Manhattan Island is the million aire. The decline in the building of individual dwellings has been start ling, This is due to the constantly in- creasing value of real estate. The in- vestor must go up in the air to get his money back. It is estimated that there are at present 1,625,468 fiat dwellers in Manhattan. Thirty-six skyscrapers added to New York's rich est borough in one year presents new Illustration of the manner in which the residential population of New York is being driven from private roofs to semi-public life, not only by giving up it's home for sites for the new hotels, but by finding shelter in them afterward.
 Tie protection due to human life from corporations and individuals was argued to a fine pont in the superior court Friday morning. The arguments concerned the drowning of the little Norton girl, aged , years, in :Scovilrs pond'' Attorney John O'Neill argued thus: Suppose a farmer knows that small boys steal the fruit of certain tree. Of course the boys are trespass- CTS. but, nevertheless, supposing one of the trees is decaying, and the farm CT knows that he is bound to protect the boys from danger of that tree fall ing on. them and perhaps killing them. Supposing the Scovill Manufacturing Co saw a little boy or girl on a rail- road track and an engine was ap- preaching. Is it not the duty of the company to warn the little girl or try to get her off the track and out of the way of the engine? Is not that it's duty to the little girl? And again. Supposing I am reaping corn with scythe or machine and a drunken hobo jumps over the fence and goes to sleep in my corn. I see him, but is it not my duty to that mans life to stop my scythe or turn my reaping machine aside in order to save him? Therefore the Scovill Co knew the ditch was dan- gerous and it was their duty to put up q barrier to keep hcildren out of dan ger
 Ambrose s. Ottey, of Cecil county, yvko is veteran blacksmith, B years ago began systematic reading of the Bible, and has succeeded in arrang- ing an odd classification of it's con- tents, says an Elton (Md.) correspond- ence of the Baltimore American. Aft CT reading through the Holy Book IF times he knows how many times cer- tain words and letters appear; how many chapters and verses there are; names that spell the same both ways; peculiar passages of Scripture; the middle book, chapter, verse and line, and other facts. He says if you want to read the Bible through in year you can do so in an interesting and in- structive manner by reading three chapters every week day and five on Sunday. Or read two in the Old and one in the New Testament every week day and six in the Old and four in the New Testament every Sabbath, and you will then have read the Old Testa- ment once and the New twice in the year. He has computed the number of verses commencing with the various letters of the alphabet, as follows: A, 12,63s: b, 2,2o7; c, 1s3; d, 177; e, POT; f, 1,so7; g, 2o9; Il, 1,164; i, 1,449; i, 158; k, 65; l, All; m, 437; n, 961; O, 592; p, 149; q, 4; r, 127; s, JOSS; t, 5,2s6; u, e3; V, 37; ", 1896; X, none: y, 356; 2, 17. He has ascertained that the Bible con- tains 1,1s9 chapters. 3, ,19s verses, 773,- 697 words and 5. re" '9a letters.
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 A fine bird dog was given to a Rox- borough man one day lately, and the pair went hunting together. The dogs work was wonderful; it flushed bird after bird; it gave it's master the finest shots that could be desired; but the man missed and missed and missed. until small boy who had been trail- ing curiously in the rear was unable to refrain any longer from shouting: i"Say, yer dogs all right, but you're on the bum for fair, mister" After that, having funked 19 good shots, the man went home, reports the Philadelphia Record. The dog, he noticed, was be- having oddly. It kept away from him, avoided looking at him, seemed thor oughly disheartened and ashamed. And that night it hanged itself. There could be but one motive to account for this suicide. The dog could not toler- ate future that consisted of nothing but a daily watching of its masters hopeless shooting, and it had leaped over the wooden fence fromits kennel, and by it's chain. which was too short, had hanged itself few feet above the