Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-23
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Interestns Items Boiled Down For the Benefit of cur Busy Read dsrs.

A spray of sweet mignonette was picked yesterday from a bed of that plant growing in the yard at No 109 Jefferson street, Hartford. The plant, while growing in q sheltered location. has not had any artificial protection this fall and yet there are still few blossoms on it. A peculiar fact about the flowers now is that they lack the ragrance which is characteristic of the plant and are nearly without odor.
 The receipt of two letters, one seven years old and one eleven years old, by A. ]. Hobbs, and his son, Charles A. Hobbs. of Bridgeport, each being mere ily an acknowledgement of a letter re- ceived, and there being four years be- tween them, is a coincidence which does not happen often. MT Hobbs aad his son received the delayed letters Monday evening, but fortunately they contained nothing of importance. They were the letters which had been repos- ing under the old postoffice screen for several years, and were unearthed when the screen was removed.
 r. s. Carey of the Hartford Courant, whose pocketbook was stolen at the New Haven depot last Saturday, re ceived it back yesterday with all it's contents which as already explained were papers useful only to himself. It was found ill the toilet room of car on the express Sunday. It Is the GUS tom of pickpockets to shut themselves off after they have put their work in and take an inventory. They scoop out of purses the valuables and throw away the rest. Tn this case they tossed the whole thing one side. The finder explained how he had found it and he identified 1t by the owners name which was on the papers.
 Mrs Lena Dittenhofer of Bridgeport suffered a paralytic stroke at the cor ner of East Main and Stillman streets Monday afternoon. While going home from visit she was waiting for car and fell to the ground. A woman who knew the lady called upon several men who were passing by to give her as- sistance in carrying Mrs Dittenhorer to the home of her sister on Orchard street The men refused to aid the lady in any way. A colored man pass ing in that vicinity saw that the wo- man was suffering from illness and as- sisted Mrs Whitney in carrying Mrs Isittenhofer to the home of her sister, Mrs Louis Hutzel, where a physician was summoned. Mrs Dittnehofer died a few minutes later.
 Mrs Mary Walsh, wife of Judge John Walsh, died suddenly yesterday morning at her home. She was plan ming to go to New Haven to meet her husband, who had left earlier to attend the session of the superior court. A telegram was sent to Judge Walsh and he hastened home. He was met at Berlin by Mayor Bassett of New Brit ain. At the New Britain station he was assisted to cab by the mayor, but insisted on going to his home alone. He was so broken down when he arrived that physician was sent for. Mrs Walsh delayed her trip to New Haven, which she at first planned to take with her husband, on account of an accident whereby her foot was scalded by hot water. She retired to her room. where She was later taken with headache. She was subject to headaches and had taken chloroform to relieve them. She took chloroforin yesterday morning and the report of Medical Examiner D. R. Lyon is that death was caused by an overdose, ta- ken accidentally. She was found dead.