Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-25
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Some Stray Leaves From a Reporters
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ship on a run of such distance. Gap tain Hemphill says that the kearsarge made the run from New York to the Needles, 3,245 miles, without stop, and at an average speed of 12.62 knots an hour. During several days the weather was misty, causing slow speed, which, however. was made up during the last two days, when the ship forged ahead at the speed of from 1455 to 15 knots. Naval officers are Rratified over the record run of the Kearsarge, for it demonstrates the su- periority Of the American battleship for cruising purposes over any battle ship in the world.
 "Ben" Sedgwick. who cut such a swath in reform circles 8 short time ago has troubles of his own now. The shop fire department was out for prac- dce and having an abundance of water they took delight in seeing how high they could throw it. MT Sedgwick lives directly beside the factory and being an ardent admirer of nature al- ways keeps a very neat yard. The a stream from the nozzle in the direc-
 
 beds of roses te pieces. MT Sedgwick tried to call their attention to the dam age they were doing and in the excite ment he came within range of the hose and was drenched from head to foot. He charged Foreman Wood. and his band of fire fighters with acting ad- visedly and threatened to have his revenge. Nothing else has been talked of among the hands since it. happened It was said that James Miller and 'Ben" clinched and tugged so hard on the hose that it gave out and threw water upon everybody in the crowd, but this could not be verified.
 sSay," remarked private citizen to reporter this morning in quizzical tone, "how Is it that the papers tnvari- ably get hold of what certain officers of the police department do and give them big spread and appear blind to the good deeds of others. If some officers stop a runaway horse or tell a stranger where he wants to go the re- porters hear it and tell their readers all about 1t, but they rarely get onto what others accomplish. Who is re- sponsible for this, the men themselves or the newsgatherers? There's Off, cer Martin Moore, for example. It was he who cornered the gang of sneak thieves at Spencer & Pierpont's store, the cleverest piece of work performed by Waterbury policeman in years, and yet his name didn't appear very conspicuous in connection with it. If some other officer had done that his picture would be in the papers and he wouldn't hear the last>of it for the next six months."The reporter got out of 1t by stating that many of the officers are too bashful to publish their good deeds and on. this account they often miss little notoriety. There are men on the force who object to seeing their names in the papers and when they give you an item they do so with the understanding that their names shall not be mentioned in connection with it.
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 A slight mistake caused whole lot of trouble for a couple of citizens yes terday. One was on his way home with can of paint and dropped into a grocery to order some things for the house. He put his paint down on the counter and talked for some time with the proprietor. When he got through he walked off with a can of tomatoes under his arm instead of his paint and never knew the difference until the grocer called upon him a few hours later and asked him if he would please exchange cans with him. Tn exnlain- ing the matter the grocer said that he knew nothing about the thing until one of his customers brought back the can Of paint and informed him that if was tomatoes she had ordered. This set the grocer man thinking and after some reflection he concluded that the fellow with whom he had chatted must have got his cans mixed and a little investigation proved that he was right The man who was responsible TOT the trouble says there were three or four cans and several parcels on the counter when he went in and the storekeeper kept shuf1ing them about all the while. When he was going out ne took with him what he believed to be his own can and he thinks he would nave made no mistake were it not for the storekeeper whom he suspects of putting up 8 job on him and then got caught at his own game.
 
 to have nothing to do with the mad scramble now on for the mayoralty nomdna ton. Perhaps the judge is wise in deciding to bake things easy and content himself by looking on from distance It is said that when Lowe retires from the office of judge of pro- bate he will devote the balance of his time to literature and will give the public the benefit of many years of ex- perience in the school of nature. Al though one might not think so, Judge Lowe is a close student of men and things and if he ever gets time he will make his mark in the republic of let ters. He devotes a good deal of thought to the study of human nature and can talk Interestingly upon the vanity of human ambitions, and tudg- ing by his remarks at times one would think he felt like saying that all this striving after the worlds goods is a waste of energy and don't pay in the