Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-18
HEARD IN PASSING

1 There is undoubtedly cruelty 10 tn,
 cattle ill our stOckyards and on Oul 1 trains. Some base creatures are al
 ways cruel when they know that the.
 cannot be found out. But probably the beating and starving of helpless
 animals in the yards is no worse than
 that of horses in our streets.-Brook 1 lyn Eagle.
 l Seventy Russians arri gel ar Ellis
 Island 'ast week who arc spoken of is 1 Guakcr2, They bclie"c it iS s,intnl tc fieh: ;',d refuse to iAk" uu ":"t> | Tn"i' I,fgion is Sa' 10 Ilcltirll wiill
 that of the American and English 1 Qnakers. They arc well to do and will probably make good colonists. They
 are on their way to California. where
 later they will be joined by others Of their scct.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 A passing comment on our Conncc- tlcut trolley companies points out how these properties have passed out of
 home control. as shown by the non resident ownership Of their stocks. This is interesting, and it seems to Us
 most interesting as Illustrating the
 danger of accepting figures blind. If
 we are not mistaken. most of these
 trolley concerns were built for the
 bonds by outside spectators and the
 stocks represent what they expect to
 make out of the operation. The oWn-
 erShip has not passed away, but rests
 where it always has been and simply
 indicates so fa" as it goes that n;:I v
 crs.-Hai IiOrd Couraut.
 Not alone in Connecticut hut
 throughout New England is there ill creased activity among retail mcr- chants toward combining in associa tions for the purpose of improving To- cal conditions The movement has ti- nally reached New York and it is re- ported that an active movement is be- ing organized in the metropolis look ing to the formation of q business mems association, including in it's membership merchants representa-. every branch of trade in New York and Brooklyn. The stated purpose of the association is to take up and erad- icate various trade evils through logis- lation.-New London Day.
 The individual who can rise superior to the weather is to be envied: he who never allows the weather 10 get on his nerves deserves a credit mark of the highest proportions Such q person eXetts a sort of hypnotic influence OF his fellows and soon the sun is shining ill their imagination, if not in reality. What's the use of grumbling about the weather. anyway: It doesn't make the skies less lowering or the walking less abominable. We're bound to have some sort of weather served up 361 days in the year and might as well ac- ccEt the inevitable gracefully instead tdncss by continually Kicking. .nANlcri. GLn Record. ''-'''- ~>' "''
 Two curious things developed at the investigation in New York last week into the cost of electric lighting. The first was the claim of the attor- hey for the electric light people. who are said to have charged too much. that the court should not examine witnesses not connected with the lighting companies It seems natural to layman that this objection should have been ovcrruled by the court. The other was the evidence that the cost of electric lights in Chicago where the city operates the plant is recloned without making any allowance for the of the plant. or for the taxes that would have been paid hy q private company. This seems to be q common neglect among those who report on public operation of such plants. But it is not universal, and some good records have been urnishcd.-Hartford Times.