Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-30
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Some Stray Leaves From Reporter
 Note Book.

Some Stray Leaves From a Reporter .
 Note Book.
 A woman walked into one of the local bakeres a few nights ago and asked the clerk what kind of pies she had. The clerk jokfngly replied: 'We have only two kinds, pie plant and rhubarb." The customer thought fo1 a moment or two and then astounded the clerk by stating that she would take tue pie plant, for she never did care for rhubarb.
 Parents of children would do well to bestow more than a passing notice upon what has happened in the City court during the present week and see if they cannot do something towards keeping their boys from getting into trouble over the lighting of fires in the lots. It is serious offense and young tsers who make practice of it are sure to be caught in the end This would make good subject for short talk in the schools and other places where large numbers of thoughtless youth come together.
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 Tn public school in one of the out lying districts of Waterbury, which was known before the consolidation or the city and town as town school, il teacher recently asked her pupils what was the meaning of the word husband. One child readily replied, "A dead man." The teacher smiled and said: "You are not exactly right, although some husbands are dead ones.' In the same school the teacher asked the scholars for the meaning of the word bachelor. Une of the children sur prised the teacher by replying An ltal- ian." The child, when asked to ex- plain, stated that he was going down the street one day and baker asked an Italian if he wanted to buy some bread. The Italian replied, NO; am bachelor"
 What holy horror some folks have of the almshouse. This was exem- plified i'll a very forcible manner i'll the office of the department of chart- ties this week when an old lady turn ed from the little window and hurried toward the doorway, remarking to Superintendent Doran as she went that he needn't trouble himself getting place for her up there because she would rather die on the streets than put her foot under the roof of town house. The rising generation do not look at the work house i'll that light at all, many of them being but 100 anxious to get chance to spend va cation in the institution. But if the business of digging ditches and other laborious work is kept up at the Brookside home able bodied men will 1la 4 fr there and toll ten hours day under a place to sleep.
 If the city fathers were through with the petition of the Southern New Eng land Telephone Go for permission to construct conduits ill the public streets, Waterbury would be in fair way to enjoy peace for many years. his would put private corporations in possession of everything the city formerly owned that dollar can be made out of, and then there will be nothing left to quar- rel about There are millions ill the public streets of a growing New Eng land town like Waterbury, and the idea of anything like peace was out of the question while such valuable interests were at stake. A local broker says the commercial value of what the troi- lev company has received from the city of Waterbury the past few weens is worth a million before rail is lald, and that there Is not speculation llV- ing at the present time who pretends to know what 1t would bring twenty five or thirty years from now. Ana then you will hear people blaming the trolley people for making fight to get hold of these franchises. To be sure some of the wise heads claim the pres en+ board of aldermen exceeded it's au- thority in approving plans for double tracks in any street, because the com many has no charter rights to that ef- feet but this is a small matter to KICK about and if t-ere are any kinks -n what has been done they will De strengthened out.
 N. J. Welton is a modest man, put just the same he can't help feeIlng all inch or two taller and score or more years younger since he saw nls faVor- ite child, the East Mountain reservoir supplying water to city Of about oO'- GOO souls When Mir Weiton brought the East Mountain water into the city in 1868 Waterbury had a populat.on or less tndn 1U,OVV. A1 SoA ~ 'A0 ' well for twenty-nine or thirty yeafs when it was given chance to rest and the Branch put in commission in 1896. At that time the population or the city was ill the neighborhood of 10000. The other day when the branch got knockout blow and was laid up for repairs all, eyes turned to- ward East mountain and 1t rose to the NccasiOn in q manner that pleased everybody and surprised many. Whether MT Welton builded better than he knew when he located the East mountain water source is some thing not generally known, but 1t is nortairn that tha money uRnd thnrA was