Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-30
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A Few Stray Leaves From Report
er's Note Book.

A Few Stray Leaves From Report
er's Note Book.
Several friends of the AS You Like
1t man registered a complaint with
him during the past week. The
cause of the complaint was the fact
that their names had been used on
primary tickets without their permits
sion. They thought that it was only
fair that a mans permission should
1T least be asked before his name
should be printed on primary ticket,
and on ticket, perhaps, with which
he had no sympathy at all. The AS
You Like 1t Man agrees with his
friend in question in regard 70 the in
discriminate use of names on primary
tickets but he does not know OF any
remedy for it.
The As You Like It Man thought
that the heavy rain storm last Sunday
afternoon was one of the most freak
ish that Waterbury has experienced
in some time. The drops came down
almost as large as a bucket and the
clouds scampered across the sky ana
back again at a furious pace. But the
which the clouds scattered their drops.
At one instant a space about one hum
bred feet in diameter would be COM
pIetely submerged and the surround
ing territory would be as dry as pro-
hibitionist camp meeting. Then the
clouds would shift and while Old Sol
shone on the territory that had been
recently ducked, the clouds would dis
pense their contents ON another limited
space. This continued at intervals all
the afternoon and was, watched with
interest by those fortunate enough to
be under cover
The AS You Like 1t man is pleased TO
see that preparations are being made
to celebrate Labor day on a far more
extensive scale In this city than ever
before. More interest is being mani
tested in Labor Day in this city than
in years past not only by laboring
men but professional men and merch-
ants as evidenced by the many places
of business, which have been decora-
ted for the occasion. Labor men in
this city may well rejoice on next
Monday for have they not won the
Saturday half holiday and the nine
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which consists of laboring men won a
grand victory by capturing the demo-
cratic primaries on last Monday? All
that is needed to completet grand and
fitting celebration of Labor Day is
beautiful weather on next Monday and
a large turning out OF union men in the
big parade on that day
'gThe melancholy days have come,
the saddest of the year, and as soon
as the leaves begin TO be tinted with
yellow and gold and the air takes on
that hazy appearance, the disconso-
late youngster knows that the time
has come to return to his books. The
As You Like 1t Man, when he was
boy, always had prediction for arl-
tumn and he recalls the sense of detes-
tation of books and education and the
awe-inspiring pedagogue or pedagog-
uers, ad nauseum, that used to come
over him when he was mewed up
within four narrow walls and prefer
red to be emulating Robinson Crusoe
or sea1ping dead Indians out on the
plains of Texas. Even to this day ali-
tumn. while it is his favored season,
has a way of recalling old memories
of his school days to him, and the air
seems to be perIneated with the classic
light which has tendency to
create a dreamy spirit. So the boys
and girls who have been experiencing
the BLESSINGS of liberty for the past
ten weeks must again answer the call
of old autumn and attempt to climb.
the heights of education with a sigh
now and then that there is no royal
road and no possible escape from the
eternally yigilant teacher.
The AS You Like It Man has heard
Of a trick a couple Of worthless fell
lows with bibulous tendencies recently
played on well known truckman
In this city recently. It was a rather
warm day and the wet goods men had
a great and Unsuitable longing for a
drink, but the wherewithal was Lack
ing and after some deep thought they
hit on a clever scheme which, though
somewhat reprehensible, did not very,
deeply affect their callous consciences.y
The aforesaid truckman was doing a
job in the eastern section Of the city
and he had the reputation of treating
his help pretty well. So the fellows
In quest of drink took walk out
that way and located a saloon near
est the house that the trilckInan was
working in. Taking off their coats
they hung them on nearby fence and
went into the bar room in their shirt
sleeves, at the same time hopping
their brows to emphasize the fact that
they were working. They ordered the
best in the house and drank until they
were full of it and then had the bill
charged up to the truckman. who they
said, would be in shortly to settle for
1t. As a matter of fact the latter did
visit the place a short time after the
spongers had departed and when APP
prised of the fact that he was indebt-
ed to the saloonkeeper to the extent of
a greenback, he rather forcibly denied
it and as he refused to settle and tue
saloonkeeper refused to accept any
explanations, it looks at present like
a lawsuit.
The AS You Like 1T Man has heard
a new name for trolley car transfers.
It is receipts and he was on
car the other evening when one of
them was useN as documentary eyi-
dence. to the chagrin and confusion
of a very consequential conductor
The car was well filed and the con-