Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-20
AS YOU LIKE IT.
selne Stray Leaves From Reporters
 Note Book.

oA6SA ANoUou0s AS SINlug her, aI dll
 times, and under all circumstances, any silly thing she wanted, did just , the right thing, arguing that man or
 that character must be an awful bore, ( and enforcing it by the assertion that the happiest couple she ever knew had lots of spats for the fun of making
 up. Now, what do you think of that? , The evils of the spells system, says
 friend of the As You Like 1t Man,
 bring to mind story in which well
 known governor of one of the west
 ern states had an interview with am
 Ottice seeker. The governor was sU annoyed by office seekers that shortly
 after hts inauguration he was com .pelled to make public announcement
 in the press of the state that in view
 of the numerous applications to him for office, he would be unable to give
 consideration to them all. A snort
 time after this the governor received
 letter reading as follows: Dear MT
 Governor-I see by the papers that
 you are going to take a month off to
 destroy the thousands of applications
 for jobs. Now, my dear sir, If every
 thing else is gone, should like to be E engaged to tear up the letters"
 
 To show just how hard up newspa-
 pers are for facts, read this little tale
 as told in two parts by New York
 writer. Part I. A lady on an Orient
 al hotel train, threw, as she supposed,
 an empty envelope at little boy on
 the car. The little boy threw the en-
 velope away; later, 1t being recovered,
 1t was found, according to the Herald,
 that $500 worth of diamonds were left
 therein. The lady was delighted and
 gave the boy twenty cents. Part II.
 According to the Sun, the same lady
 dropped the same envelope in front
 of the same boy, who was reJoiced to
 find therein five $100 bills, for the re-
 covery of which the same lady gave
 the same boy 20 cents. Other papers
 told the same story, but in a different
 way. The chief point being that the little lad received twenty cents. No wonder journalism is cheap.
 When the As You Like It Man was
 A boy the youngster who could claim
 possession of sled or go-cart with
 the name Ethan Allen on 1t was con
 sidered the boss of the group and the
 winner of all the races. The name |l had a great charm for boys in those # J 1t, as the years roll by, or maybe it is because the As You Like It Man is no longer boy, and he doesn't know the | feelings of the youngsters of the pres ent day. The remains of Allen lie in the historic old town of BurIing. ton. A round shaft. about 35 feet high, stands near the grave, and this shaftis surmounted by Hfelike figure of Allen. 1t weighs two tons and was carved in Italy out of a solid block of marble. The monument has been erected for many years, but the figure
 of Allen has only been placed in posi-
 ton within the last score of years.
 The plot on which the shaft stands
 is surrounded by a fence of unique design. For posts at the four corners
 cannon are used, and twisted rifles
 with sabers attached answer for pick
 cts. The grave of Ethan Allen is | one of the sights that visitor to Bur ! ungton is sure to visit.
 R eff we would only learn to make \ use of the food nature provides us free of cost" said the scientific man, s4we shouldn't need to bother what the price of beef is. took a, walk in the fields one day not long ago." he says, "and I came back with someN thing you would dine on, and never dream 1t was not the finest kind Of beefsteak. It was a beefsteak mush- room. There are more beefsteak mushrooms growing about Washing ton than in any other part of the coun- try have ever visited They grow on old wood. The one I found lasr grew on the edge of an old bridge. have found several on rail fences a h. room, you could not possibly mistake it for anything else. 1t is the easiest kind of mushroom to distinguish, and A while not the most plentiful variety
 is by no means rare if you know how
 to look for it. When broiled 1t gives
 off an odor exactly like beef, and IL < tastes like the steak you have always
 dreamed of having and never get It 7 fairly melts in your mouth. fear no beef trust while know where the mushroom grows, and 1t would be money in any mans pocket if he would set himself to work to learn mushrooms"
 The As You Like It Man supposed the life of a soldier of the regular army was one of considerable hard 2 ship, great deal of drudgery and E much preparation in the way of marching and practice with firearms, z That it is not all hard work, at least I with some soldiers, was brought to ray attention the past week during a T visit to Plattsburg in New York state. 4 Here the Fifth regiment is located on z the banks of the Champlain river Sol ldiers can be seen everywhere, roofing 2 Eat the ball games, strolling through
 by-ways and highways, and Sunday
 evenings arm in arm with sweethearts E and wives. 1t Is not all sunshine # however, for occasionally one is no ticed digging in trench, with fel A low soldier, rifle in hand, standing guard over him, while another is driv- ing horse hitcled to a wagon fn which the sods upturned by the first man are being transported to place where they can be put to service. This | latter soldier also has an armed | brother soldier to guard him. The members of this regiment, which have