Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18
AS YOU LIKE IT.
sszas Stray Leaves From Rspsrssa'a
 Note Book.

The bitulithic pavement on Grand
 street shows up to good advantage, and
 if It wears we'll the city fathers will
 be likely to use more of it. The big
 tree, with its neat little park, which
 looks something like modest necktie
 on a large man, never was in better
 shape to live and be happy than it is
 at the present time. There is some
 doubt in the public mind regarding the
 wisdom of erecting watering tank
 at that point, some taking the ground
 that the trough would be the means of collecting lot of horses there with the result that the street would be
 blocked about half the time clear out
 10 Bank street and the other way as
 Far as the postoffice building. This is
 something worth considering and prob
 ably that is the reason Mayor Elton
 refused to sign the resolution of the
 aldermen instructing the board to in-
 stall watering tank on Grand street
 contiguous to the home of the noble
 elm tree.
 Last week one of the. big clothing
 houses Of this city flooded NIeriden
 Wltn circulars advertising their goods
 and inviting Merdien buyers to pay a
 visit to, this city once in while when
 aiter suitable clorhing. The following
 hignt the Meriden Journal came out
 with a statement saying that it was
 all of no use because the stores Of
 Meriden were every bit as good as
 those of Waterbury and in some ways
 Tar excelled those of the Brass Citu
 It assured the merchants of Meriden that they need not be alarmed as ther
 was no danger of their losing any
 trade by the distribution of the circu-
 lars. One of the clerks ill the house
 which sent out the bills, having for
 merly resided in Meriden. cut out the
 article in the Journal and showed it
 to his employer. Both had good
 laugh over the incident. Now the Wa
 terbury dealers will have to be good or the Meriden papers will say naughty things about 'em.
 The following incident in connec- tion with President Rooseyelt's recent southern trip shows how he made him. self solid down there. One of the chief features of his visit to Charlotte, N. O.. was his meeting with Mrs T. J. Jack son, widow of General "Stonewallr Jackson. Mrs Jackson lives within a stones throw of the station, and when the train pulled in she was present as head of the committee of women ap- pointed by Mayor McNinch to receive Mrs Roosevelt. When the president was introduced, he took her hand and said: Mrs Jackson, you do not know how glad 1 am to meet you. What. the widow of the great Stonewali Jackson! Why, it is worth the whole trip down here to have chance to shake your hand!" He referred to her grandson. Jackson Christian, whom he appointed to a cadetship at West Point. He is a mighty fine fellow. Mrs Jackson, mighty fine fellow, by love" he exclaimed enthusiastically. The citizens committee stood in wait Ing while he escorted Mrs Jackson to Mrs Roosevelt and introduced her. While the president was speaking in the park Mrs Jackson entertained Mrs Roosevelt at her home. aided by a hundred women. After Mrs Roosevelt | had returned to the car she sent a | handsome bouquet of American Beauty roses and a note to Mrs Jack son.
 Some of the local bankers are queer | fellows. to say the. least. Andsit1jbe- hooves people to, think twice before | acting upon their suggestions. When | a person not personally known at a | bank presents a check to be cashed. | it is customary and proper and ne- cessary safeguard to ask the person | who holds the check to bring in some | person to identify him. | but one of the local banks carried | this step farther during the present | week by demanding that the person l who furnished satisfactory identifiea- | tion also become an indorser. and this in face of the fact that the bank had | issued the check in ques- ton to a depositor wno subsequently | indorsed if, and had received It's full value from the one who wanted it cashed and the money deposited in his own name in the same bank. In this particular instance both parties were known to the idenfifier and he wolld | indorse the note of either for the amount of the check. but he didn't go in there for that purpose. and he thought. and 1t would appear so, too. that SO long as the | bank had issued the cheek all It should have exacted from the person it was that he came by itt honestly. An identifier has no right to be made liable for anything beyond the fact that the person who seeks to have n check casheVl Is John Smith or whoever he represents himself to be X check might come here from New Haven or some other town. and while the person to whom 1t was payable would have no trouble in establishing his identity he might find 1t an uphill lob to get anybody willing tO run the risk of guaranteeing that the bank was solvent. to say nothing of the fi- nancial standing of the person tO whom it was issued. The bank is in position to fortify itself with this in- formation. hut wlien the identifier goes beyond the matter of identlfica- ion he lays himself liable for the whole transaction and indOrses note Tor somebody whom he never saw. This Is an obligation which should not be assumed without a full know