Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-22
THE CHRISTnAS DAYS.
Business Will bs AlmOst Entirely
 Spspsnded on Monday.

Next Sunday will be Christmas day. and this fact has set many to w0nder- ing if Monday will be | holiday So far as a Democrat reporter has been able to learn prdctically all the stores and factories will be closed; there will be nothing doing in the City hall ex- cept between the hours of 10 and F in the forenoon when you can get a marriage license at the town cIerkss ofice;s the banks and the Bronson Ii,ss brary will be closed, so that 1t is safe to predict that Monday will be real holiday in Waterbury, Some of the shops will not resume operations until the opening of the new year, but cer. tain number of hands will be occupied assisting i'll taking inventory. Business is fair ins the. stores, but in a general way#it is far below what it Was q year ago at this time, and while merchants hope to reap big harvest during thes balance of the season the ones now be- hind say that it would be impossible to bring; the sum total of their receipts up to that ofslast year. A few merchants claim that they are doing better this ChFiStmas than ever .before Tho post office Is full of business and the clerks are on the go all the time. There is a.. great deal going out afid Some coming in and between the outs and ins the5 help haven much time to decide what they should like to have Santa Claus put in their own stockings and they'll be lucky if the gfay bea ftIed old trav- 1eler doesn't get out of town without refnenbe berfnR them dt all
 There Is a very nne stock Of Christ mas toys for children in the different stores, and # they fail to tall into the hands of the little ones it will not be the fault of the retailers, for they have them where everybody can see them, and the prices are light, too. Every body should do something at Christ
 mas and if le has nobody In the world whom he thinks enough of to give a present. he must De woTse than any thing Dickens ever thought of, for Waterbury has many things to be thankful for just now, not the least, of which are fair volume of business in the shops and the absence Of any seri- oug malady among the people. It is folly for people 10 be HteWiTg about the republican boards cornering all the offices. Let them have them. A thrifty young man is a fool to look to ' politics as a means of earning asliveli- hood. He can do better in other fields from a monetary standpoint and avoid the constant grind that men in public places have to put up with. no matter how well they perform their duties. Waterbury is enjoying fair measure of prosperity and the outlook for the future is bright. so that there is no reason why the wholesofaus should not be happy True there are number of poor families in need Of assistance, but the department of charities and the good ofieas Of private individuals ought to be al5aea to meet avery one of these cases and render their homes cheerful on Christmas morning The rate payers win not Erumble about what goes to the deserving poor. Nc matter how much people may say about. the high rate of taxatiOn, nobody wants to see his neighbor cold or hun, Rry. ana 1t is no boast to say that Wa terbury is well .able to take care of every needy person within it's gates