Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-22
CITY NEWS


pleted arrangements for entertaining
the gentlemen at B. A. @. hall on Fri
day evening.
Moriarty's undertaking night calls
are answered at the office door, 80
Broadway, up one flight, or telephone
from any part of city, 1903
The Holy Name societies Of this city
will observe Memorial day on next
Sunday. Service will be held in the
Immaculate Conception church at 2
o'clock. Marshal John FL. Moran ex-
poets to see every member at st Pat
rick's hall before 1 :45.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Maher, who
have commenced housekeeping in the
building recently vacated by Father
Curtin, ait the corner of Baldwin and
Washington streets, entertained the
choir Of st Francis Xavier's parish
last night.
List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the postof1ce: Mrs Lue Cage, Mrs
Lottie Grant, r. L. Hatch, B. 9. Hay
den. William Joyce. Mrs Fred King,
Miss Jennie Lewis II. Landers, Pat
rick Morton. Mrs Edith Northrop, Mrs
Cornelia Storrs. Maurice S. Stafford.
There will be special meeting Of,
L'Union Faternelle Franchise Friday
evening at s p. m. at PAT Bank street,
ITO make arrangements for their par
ticipation at the unwilling OF the mon
ument to General Rochambeau and
his army, which will take place at
Middlebury next Monday. All other
Frenchmen are invited to be present.
There was rafting shower this
noon which was very much appreci-
ated by people who were fortunate
enough to be under cover, but proved
quite an Inconvenience for folks who
were out and unprotected even by an
umbrella. It cooled off things con-
siderably and saved many the labor
of getting out with their hose to lay
the dust.
The lawn fete at OakvilIe to-mor-
row night under the auspices OF st
Mary Magdalene's parish promises to
attract large audience Charters is
doing the decorating and when the
lights are turned on the place will daz-
zle with briIliancy, the array of Chi
nese lanterns and bunting being the
finest ever seen in the town. There
will be refreshments. dancing and
other features which will all help to
round out the social amenities Of the
annual lawn fete Of st Mary Magda-
lene's in a very happy manner.
Miss Helen M. Woods and Ray
mond o. Palmer were married yester-
day afternoon at the home of the
brides parents, Mr. and Mrs Albert d
Woods, ITO North Main street. the
Rev DIR Davenport officiating. Miss
May Webster Of Germantown. Pa. Il
n ff9n h|a1f1 n
honor, and Samuel Palmer. the
groom's brother, was best man.
Dorothy Woods, sister of the bride.
was flower bearer, and Alfred Crom.
well Of Meriden was train bearer.
AFTER wedding trip the couple will
reside on North Main street.
"Oy'' Thompson, the baggagemaster
at the Naugatuck station, received such
big surprise last night that he almost
fell on the floor in a faint A few min
utes after 8 O'Clock a wedding party
arrived at the depot and sat in the
waiting room until the 6:15 train for
Bridgeport was ready to start The
bridal pair were the recipients OF
many bouquets from their friends and
rice was shOWered upon them from all
directions. By the time the train ar
rived and the newly wed couple had
boarded it the floor of the waiting
room and the platform was covered
with rice. The surprise came after the
train pulled out. Then two young men
entered the baggagemaster's office and
asked him for two brooms, as they
wished to sweep the rice from the wait
| ing room and the platform. Mr. Thomp-
son almost collapsed and it was several
minutes before he could respond for
the request was so strange and so I'M
usual. The rice throwers, noticing the
surprised look on the bagga gemastel, s
, face, fastened to explain that they had
had a fine time in throwing the rice
and it was only fair that they should
clean it up. "Cy" gave them the
brooms, remarking at the same time
that he would give the story to the
first newspaper man who came alor~.
80 that other rice throwers might profit
by the example.
TO meet the eyes Of those with eye
troubles this advertisement is insert
ed It's our business to make eye
tests, prescribe cure for defective
sight and to provide the necessary
eye glasses and spectacles. Epson
Jewelry Co. opticians 6S Bank street.