Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-31
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some Stray Leaves From Reporters
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restless energy and push or AneFlcan business men of to-day, and one Wnlch takes cognizance of naught but busl- ness progress, is the seemingly ever present advertising sign throughout the country districts. They appear mon fences. barns and other outbulld- ings. and are even nailed upon the trees by the roadside, often spolnng what would otherwise be scenes or rural beauty. Doubtless nothing put education to the fitness of things can nersuade many of the country farn- CTS that glaring advertising signs on buildings and fences are more or an injury to their property than the benefit from the small monetary con- Sideration received from them.
 Tha largest pie ever baken in Brook lyn. and, it is believed, in the country, was exhibited and eaten at the annual ball of the employees of pie baking company of that borough last week i'll Sangerbund hall. It was seven feet long and three feet wide, with depth of four inches. 1t weighed no pounds. 1t took six men fifteen hours to build it and one and a half hours and halI a ton of coal to bake it. A special plate on which it was baked was made or sheet steel at a cost of SIS. The pie was made in sections, the component parts consisting of six pounds each or cranb erries, peaches, pineapple, cocoa nut 1nince and plum, besides twelve noalnds of lemons. Two hundred eggs and fifty pounds of sugar were used. Promptly at 12 o'clock the knife was put into the pie by the chairman or the floor committee, and each of the guests was presented with small DOT kion.
 A man who has not ridden on the trolley cars since the strike started says he hopes the trouble will be ad- iusted soon so that he may be relieved from the unpleasant job of cooking an early breakfast for himself. He pre- tends to be something of a chef and all ways claimed that he never could get anybody to boil eggs to suit him, and for this reason his wife usually had. him attend to that work himself. lie says it takes two minutes and forty five seconds to cook an egg right; put if seems this way of doing business does not work with all kinds of eggs. Yesterday morning he got hold of
  boiled it the regulation time it was as hard when he took it out as it was when he put it in and not being able to unravel the mystery he explained the situation to his wife, who quickly noticed the blunder and has since been poking fun at him about it. He thinks his wife put mp joke on him and has made up his mind to let her do all the -N0kinp from now on
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 What a selfish world this is, any way! I talked with man to-day about the running down of MT Benja- min by trolley car on the WatertoWn road and it was caution the way he pitched into the fellow in charge of the car. He said that if the farmer had been crossing the tracks or meeting the trolley and refused to get out of the way there might be some excuse for the amix-up, but the idea of the motor man admitting that he came up behind ' the team, rang his bell and then butted his car into the wagon, was too much for my friend and he hoped to see the rascal arrested and sent to Jail. Dis cussing the question further, learned that MT Benjamin has been in the habit of making regular visits to the gentle mans house to deliver eggs and other things and that the upset knocked him out of a dinner of ham and eggs, such as he, and his family usually partake or every Thursday. I didn't take sldes on the matter, but after nearing nm through had notion that the loss or his good dinner had something to do with forcing the tears he shed for the injury to the farmer and his wagon load of produce.
 Many complaints are heard regarding Senator Tracy's bill regulating the du- ties of the board of assessors. So far as can ba learned the end in view IS not criticized to any extent the fault finders condining their kicks to the nerve" as one man termed it. of any body presenting measures to the Iegls- lature without consulting the board of aldermen. as has been done in the case of the bill offered by Mir Cross with reference to the constitutional amend ment and the change of the local cleo tion law. Of course it is the privilege of any member to introduce bills be. < fore the Legislature; as a matter of faci that is what senators and representa- tives are for, but even so there is strong feeling on the part of large number of citizens, republicans as well as democrats, against the practice of railroading measures through the leg islature affecting municipalities with out first b. inging them to the attention of the city government and giving meT who are lon the ground an opportuni ty to say whether they consider sucE action wise or not. To be sure, it can not be claimed that MT Tracy's resolu tion. if passed and no doubt it will be is intended to favor any particular class, but the route by which it reached our law makers at the Capitol is tht same old way that many other innocent appearing instruments travele6 through and which ultimately became laws without regard to what effecf they might have upon public interests Waterbury has a republican board o aldermen, with a representative of ont of the most prosperous manufacturing concerns in the world at its head, ant several men of his class on the board and as matter of courtesy, if for nt other reason, it would seem that thu opinion of that body would be sough upon all matters pertaining to pro