Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-17
AS YOU LIKE IT.
|some Stray Leaves From RepOr ter Note Book.


 streets in Waterbury has been most i Imaginable, to say the least and the ! As You Like It Man wonders if it wouldn't be better and cheaper in the end to spend more money and do q good job. I have in mind the small stretch of North Main street, near the Junction of Cooke, the only bit of, ' that street for mile or more that is } not paved. About ten days ago this patch was covered over with several loads of dirt, so fine and powdery that much of 1t was taken up and spread in the chinks and crevices of the nearby houses. Finally, to hold A 1t down, Blakeslee's water carts were run over 1t several times, giving it good abusing. Then it was raked over with great care and got ready for business, and then-well, the next move was to cart that same dirt out of Exchange place, where good, brisk rain storm had planted 1t. Again the same ceremony was gone over, and the street, apparently, was put in better condition than ever, Iso far as loads of dirt could make it. But. alas and alacki the heaviest storm of the season came Wednesday night and washed not only the new top dressing down the hill, but also some of that which had been the foundation for long time. 1t was, as has been shown, very expensive for the city not to have paved that ! part of the street when the other side was done.
 It is the old music, aster all, that puts \ che Mfe into marching feet, for it carries the traditions of marching in its melo- dies. This White Cockade" is his torical melody to Americans though many Americans may not be aware or the fact, says Boston Transcript. It I was the tune to which the farmers who \ fired the shot heard round the world marched when they determined to force the passage of the bridge at Concord. Possibly 1t wae the only tune which the drummer and flfer of Capt Isaac Davis company knew, but the fact that 1t was played is historical. The popularity of the tune Is proof that 8 melody made for one party is recognized as good by all ! If it has the quality of being singable. ~'The White Cockade'' was originally a Tacobite tune, but 1t made good march for the descendants of the English Puri- tans, April 19, IT'S, when Capt Davis made his musicians strike up. As they were the first American. force that ever advanced to battle as Americans, ''The White Cockade" is the oldest melody of the American 2 Y
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 AS an incent maur1mony the pastor of the church of the village of Dallas. Pa, and Editor Capwell, pub- fisher of the town weekly, the Dallas Post, have entered into an agreement by which marriages among the young people will be encouraged. The fol- lowing appears In recent weeks is- sue of the Post:
 "Here isSa chance that will help you to get the Post a year free, A good { brother duly authorized to say the words that will unite for life, or until the. divorce court cuts the bonds, says he will divy up with us the fees he receives from all couples we send to him to marry. Now we will give a yeAr's subscription to each couple who will get him to tie the knot, and also give nice write-up of the wedding besides"
 Editor Capwell says the offer is no confined exclusiyeiv to young folks
 The frontier between British India and Thibet traverses districts where there are mountain pastures, and the main grievance was that certain Thib- etan goats which were ignorant of the line of demarcation were ia the habit of straying into British territory. What particular harm the goats did by brows- ang occasionally on British grass is not very clear. Tn any case, the dam age could not have been considerable Tn 17S9 England went to war with Spain on account of the ear of certain Jenk. fns, which had been cut of by some Spanish officials, although it was con. tended that the ear was still attached to Jenkins head. It has. however, beer reserved to this century for England 60 engage in war that promises to be extensive, on account. professedly, oi q few wandering ~eats.
 
 large oak tree in forest mile and
 half from human habitation, Mis-
 Claude Elydia Burkhalter, of Peoria
 H., practices daily on grand piano
 Tn an improvised cottage beneath tn
 same tree the young woman lives, full,
 apart from intruding strangers wh,
 might disturb her. Miss Burkhalte
 Is the daughter of MT. and Mrs vii
 liam Burkhalter and Is recognized a
 one of the most accomplished must
 clans in Peoria. She is a teacher il
 the Peoria conservatory of music ant
 her work this summer, she says, Is t
 better fit her for her coming dutie
 this winter.
 The usefulness and faithfulness o
 the St Bernard dog is we'll illustrate
 In the following: Some 200 tourists
 English, French, German and Amer
 can-had very narrow escape O
 the St Bernard on August 80, wher
 they had climbed with the object 0