Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-11
AS YOU LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves From l;cporter's
 Note Book.


 vendiona ktties and go about their busi' ness without their coats had any in fiuence or not is something which il would be hard to tell, but, in any case
 since 1t appeared, several prominent citizens have been noticed on the streets in their shirt sleeves and some of them claim that they are not go ing to don their coats until the wealth CT grows cooker, no matter what may be said of tbeir conduct As the old saw says. this is move in the right direction, and after it is practiced for time the man who wears coat on a Scorching day like this will be a curl osity. No man should be slave to q custom which renders his own exist ence miserable and confers no benedt upon his naighbor. ..t
 A little, chap of was holding a struggling rabbit by the ears, now and then giving the little creature an inn patient tap. as he repeated. 1.-TWO and two!' On hearing this from the next room one of his fond parents hastened to ascertain the cause of the boys in- patient repetitions. ''What on earth are you doing, Johnny?' asked his father. '@Two and twoP' reiterated Johnny, paying no attention to his fathers question, who began to think the child's hitherto bright brain was be- coming affected. '"Two and two, you ignorant little thingv' exclaimed John ny, angrily shaking the little white anil nal At this strange demonstration the father rescued it from the hands of the youmgster. who exclaimed: Say, pop. that little beast is a fraud. l heard the other day that rabbits multi piled very rapidly, and this one can't even add"
 The death of Henry Church at Mfl- ford removes almost the last survivor of family which for many years was prominent in Waterbury. He was a yon of William Church who made spop' and root beer in the store now occupied by MT Lewis on lower South Main street and had the biggest trade of any man in town in that line of business, many believing that the bev- craze prepared by MT Church and sold out of stone bottles contained some curative qualities which were worth more than all the patent medicines in the market He was an honest indus trious old fellow and tried hard to do the right thing by everybody, but often found this a pretty uphill job, the girls at the Waterbury Buckle and Button companies being so neglectfuI about returning bottles that he used to lose his patience with them and finally as matter of protection he positively refused to allow anybody to take bottle out of his place without leaving a five-cent forfeit therefor, which was invariably returned upon presentation of the bottle.
 Mrs Hannah Bagley, who died last night at the home of her daughter on Liberty street frequently furnished her family very forcible illustration of the truth of Father Ryan's beautiful poem regarding the comfort devout Catholics receive from telling their beads. One of her priceless treasures was rosary which she had since the first mission held at the Imm lcuIate Conception church and from that time until she was called to her reward she never allowed day to go by without using It. The number of Sweet Hail Mary'sS as the poet priest puts 1t, which Mrs BagIey repeated on her rcsary during the past half century and the consolation she derived from the exercise are things now known only to her Maker,but the Christian reader, no matter what his creed, will cheerfuIly admit that the hours this pi0us woman devoted to telling her beads in the quiet of her bed chamber, at church or on the street for it is not necessary to retire to seclusion for prayer-were among the most profit ably spent moments of her life. It is a good thing to acquire the habit of praying regularly and with attention and the rosary is an excellent aid to- wards that end. No doubt this is why 1t Is so strongly recommended.
 A'H. E. l.. Met" who wrote the little eqmb in the Democrat regarding Prose cutting Attorney Durant's uncouth mode of expression. didn't appear to know why the prosecutor got his back up and concluded to have a "go'' with the officer. If he had perhaps he wouldn't have blamed Harry for losing his head. Somebody testified in court that Officer Halpin had said that Durant didn't know everything. What does ~H. E l.. Met'' think of that? It was enough to cut the eminent pToeecutnr to the quick, and the off Ger who made the mistake will be 1ut to be handled without gloves by the board of public safety. HI. E. l.. Met" may not like Mir Durant's method of speech and probably thinks that it eX plains why the prosecutor gets his hat broken on his way home once in while and hears the sharp report of revolver now and then when reclining on his couch. but that is nothing more than conjecture. The question before us is, has a man a right to charge Wa terbury's public prosecutor with not knowing everything? If so surely we have reached the limit and pretty soon people will be saying what they please to everybody that crosses their path The fact that 'SH. E. L. Met" charges the prosecutor with using language un- becoming an officer has nothing to do with the case. If the prosecutor en- joys immunity among his fellows, does hT7 E L. Met'' want to faka fhn