Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-22
HEARD IN PASSING

Ex-MayOr Thomas F. Taylor of Bridgeport, who bolted the republican nominee for mayor at the last muni- ctpal election is now suffering from an. attack of dropsy ill his regret depart ment. Hartford Post.
 It is said that the. real reason why, President Hadley hesitates to give in to the New Haven Tfuckmen's union has to do with the athletic interests of Yale university What is feared is that the nine will next be unionized and forced to adopt the rule that one strike is out, while the crew would have to stop rowing in the Harvard race if the 3 o'clock whistle should blow when they were only half way down the course. " "N New Y ork Evening Post.
 A winter ending with no case of smallpox in the hospitals is a novelty in New York city health records. It speaks we'll for the vigor with which the disease has been fought by the health department and incidentally bears tribute to the virtue of vaecina- ton, which preventative the officers are very insistant on. Considering that it is only two years since the timid looked with alarmed apprehen- sion for an epidemic of the disease, the present entire quiseence is most grati- flying. Norwich Record.
 A professor in the scientific school of one of the prominent eastern univer- sites recently. told story of New Hampshire man whose legs were of unequal lengths. "A Christian Scien- tist," he said. t'began treating the man from distance. Sure enough, the short leg grew longer, abo1it quarter of an inch a week. In three months they were the same length. But the growing wouldn't stop. The healer's address had been lost, and there seemed no way of stopping it. And the last heard it.was still growing. ."- Exchange.
 The best service the committee on cities and boroughs can perform for Bridgeport is the service it performed for Norwa1k It reported adversely upon. the local petition of the latter be- cause the residents are in no mood to alter their government It should de- cline to accede to the petition of the representatives of a part of Bridge ports population on the ground that
 
 in the premises, and because the tenn per of that community is not such as to make the proposed changes either helpful or safe.-New Haven Union.
 There were no Boers present at the meeting of the first British Transvaal parliament in Pretoria yesterday. This parliament consists of persons selected by the British authorities, because If an election had been held the majority would have been Boers and a deadlock would have resulted at once. The Boers seem to have about as much Of l hand in their own government as they | formerly allowed to the Outlanders' but it must be admitted that they will l be good deal more fairly treated l than British and Americans in their country were treated before the recent war.-Hartford Times.
 | At the Lotos club. Charles w. Price 1 told this story about T. Pierpont Mor- gan: 4 young reporter was sent to MT Morgan's residence to ask an i'm l portant question. "Mr Morgan is out, " said the butler. The reporter, noticing l carriage in waiting, fingered near the entrance to the Madison avenue resi- l dence and in a few moments was not exactly astonished to see Mir Morgan come out and start for the carriage He dared approach and ask the ques. tion as he had been instructed, "Youne
 man." said MT Morgan. didn't my but
 Ter tell you was out? ?" "Yes, but you
 should change your butler for one who l can speak the truth" Mir Morgan turned his penetrating eyes on the dues 1 tioner for moment and then said. as ] he entered his carriage. "Call at my
 office in the morning and suggest any other changes in my establishment yot l deem advisable The reDorter did
 call. and has possessed fairly nleasant relations with the eminent fnanciel < Avar sinca--Naw York Latkar-