Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-18
as YOU LIKE IT

me Stray Leaves From Reporters
 Note Book.
 T,he tomb of Washington at Mount
 rncn is q spot dear to the heart of
 ery true American, says a writer
 Our Dumb Animals, but nothing
 bout it is more touching than to hear
 e bell of some passing steamer toll
 g as 1t passes, and to be told that
 ery steamer which ploughs the wa
 rs of the Potomac when passing
 e tomb of Washington tolls a requi- n to his memory.
 I was quite amused the other day in
 ading that letter signed by "Cap" hrter. Listen to this: "There has not Den, nor will there be, any trouble in
 y organization that I command Hst look at the egotism sticking out all
 ep that expression. Guess the Gap"
 lust think that he is the whole shoot
 Is match, target and all, in the state buge on Phoenix avenue. Methinks I
 n see his 941a bosom swell out until bt wrinkle was left .in the 36N
 aistcoat, as he boldly penned that T Pmmand."
 Dr Anderson said the other day that he longer we live the more we become bnvinced of the truth of Mark Twaln's Amark { 'That Connecticut has
 bore weather to the square inch than Il the rest of the world" There was
 Dts of e-idence during the present
 eek to prove that Mark must have nown what he was talking about
 linen he made that statement, for peo- Ie who were out had their hands full
 eerinr umbrellas, chasing their hats nd keeping the sand out of their eyes. ome folks think March and April got twisted this year, but perhaps the teakish weather is due to the unusual
 mes we are having in Waterbury, ather than to any mistake in the ar Engagement of the calendar.
 An amusing incident occurred in pcal cafe during the week. Two #trike breakers were out for good
 me and were spending money right nd left. On their rounds they hap kened to meet City Clerk Ryan and in i $ited him to nave something. Mir Ryan Reclined with thanks and thereupon The of them asked what was the mat Fer, adding that he was aware that he &idn't approve of the kind of work They were engaged in and stating that De didn't see as that should make any difference. We all know, MT Ryan, Y be exclaimed in hilarious manner, land have damned sight more respect For him than for people who refused to fide on the cars at first, but hadn't sand enough to keep up walking" OnIook- bra thought that the clerk would yield To the oily-tongued strike breaker, who Appeared to be hail fellow. well met. bort Of a chap, but he didn't and seeing that be was immutable the fellow took |uis chum by the arm and passed out. Two old employees of the Waterbury Buckle Co were spinning yarns during ne noon hour, when one of them took serious streak and remarked that it was surprising how many employees of that concern had died since be went 10 work there tniIty-two years ago. Then the men commenced to call the roll of the dead, and by the time the ~~~<<eC names of 101 anen and boys, shop mates, who had been called to their re. |ward since '71. Some other day they Intend to get their thoughts together and see how many girls died there within that period and then add them mp and see what the sum total will make. The first, and, in fact, the only death they could recollect among those at the head Of affairs was that of Pat rick Brett, father of Attorney F. F Brett, which dates back to April, 1871 Afr Brett was secretary of the com pany and was held in the highest es teen by the help. The other bosses B. 4. and D. L. Smith have been al the helm during all that time, and be fore and under their judicioLs manage ment the plant has grown from very modest concern to one of the largest o1 the kind in the country. How many of the men folks are there now wht were on the payroll in MT Brett's time Not over half dozen perhaps, ant some day the number will be less, ant so on until all the old stock have paic the debt of nature and passed over t, the world beyond the great divide.