Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-27
CITY NEWS

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Mrs John Sullivan Of 384 North Main
street.
Gambling with Fate" our next
serial will be commenced in a few
days. Watch for it.
Concordia hall will be the scene Of
a merry gathering this evening, when
the Ideal Social club and friends will
enjoy concert and promenade.
Twenty-Five pounds Of granulated
sugar 81 Thursday and Friday lie you
buy one pound of tea, so cents, Or two
bottles Of favoring extract, or Il can
of baking powder. The Great A. &
p. Tea Co.
At meeting of Co G., @. N. G., last
night it was voted to give another barn
dance some night next week. The barn
dance last week was such a success
and there have been so many requests
that another one should be given that
the company decided to satisfy the
public by giving another barn Dance
which will even excel the one given
last week. Edward f. Callahan was
authorized to organize glee club. J.
Albert Browne will be the musical di-
rector.
People were made sensible of the
value of good wells yesterday when
the city water failed to show up in
the faucets and housekeepers set
themselves TO- thinking how they could
manage to prepare breakfast After
giving the matter a little thought all
turned toward the wells and for an
hour or so the buckets made many
trips up and down and hundreds went
away happy. The experience may
prompt owners of wells to get them
1In nd 4oI ~
them from now on, for nobody knows
when he may find it convenient to use
them.
The high price of farm produce has
had a good effect upon residents Of
Waterbury. 1T has taught them the
folly of the. modern ideas which leads
one to conclude that you can buy what
you want cheaper than you can raise
1T and as result everybody who has d
patch of ground is preparing to make
it yield something. Potatoes are in
big demand now and people who have
good seed are getting nice prices for
them, but they say it pays to plant
and have your own potatoes, turnips,
cabbages and other things in that line
instead of going to the store for them,
or worse still dealing with some ped
dler and not getting half the worth of
your money.
The board Of public safety held a
special meeting yesterday afternoon
for the purpose of deciding upon date
for the regular monthly meeting. At
present it is held on the first Tuesday
following the first Thursday of the
month. This arrangement made 1t
very announcement for the mayor to
attend the meeting and sometimes
quite impossible, as other boards meet
on that date. It was voted at the
meeting yesterday to recommend to
the board of aldermen that the date
for meeting be changed to the first
Wednesday, following the first Thurs
day of the month. Tt was necessary
to take this step to make the meetings
legal unless by adjourning from Tues
day to Wednesday.
"A very pretty wedding took place
at the church of the Immaculate Con
ception at 6:15 this morning when
Miss Sadie Clementine Gleason,
daughter of William Gleeson of East
Main street, and Patrick Franklin
Madigan, a popular employee of the
Woodruff Grocery Co, were united in
the holy bonds of matr1mony by the
Rev Father Slocum. Miss Anna
Preston, an intimate friend Of the
Madigan, brother Of the groom, was
best man. The bride was attired in
steel color silk with pearl and lace
trimmings and wore large white pic
ture hat and carried an armful of bril-
dial roses. The bridesmaids dress
was white silk lawn. She wore a
white picture hat and carried pink
roses. Mr. and Mrs Madigan left on
the 6:35 train for an extended trip
through Buffalo and New York and on
their return a reception will be ten
dered to them at their home on Ken
yon place. The popular couple re-
ceived many valuable presents from
their numerous friends The groom's
gift to the bride was a diamond
brooch.
It's changed world to old folks,
folks whose time-dimmed. eyes are
made young again through the magic
Of right fitting glasses. And this pleas
ure and comfort costs so little meas
ured by it's value there should be none
who NAV saw sfthey can't see as they