Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-16

The department of education will hold a meeting at 7:30 o'clock this evening.
 On Wednesday evening at the A. M. F. Zion church on Pearl street an edu- actional rally will be held, to which all are invited to attend.
 Mrs William O'Leary of East Main street and, John Lynch were injured ill q trolley collision on East Main street, near Cherry street, last night, the lat ter receiving sprained ankle.
 Every subscriber to the Evening Democrat can have the WOmans Home Companion free. The way to get the magaizne is to pay in advance for the Democrat. The November list will close Wednesday.
 The failure of the potato crop in Waterbury was God-send to farmers in neighboring towns who are now getting more orders than they can fill at prices to suit themselves. Some are charging $1 bushel and others are getting more than that and claim that the price will be much higher after the hard weather sets in. This may be true and on the other hand it may not. so that probably those who wait will do as well as they would if they needed the counsel of the farmer and put in the winters supply now. A man who knows something about raising potatoes in Connecticut says the crop promised to be good this sea- son, but lightning put them out of business just as they were beginning to make a good showing. When you see the vines wither quickly you may make up your mind that it is not from natural causes and look for poor results not only with potato crop but everything else as well.
 If you observe these people who are excavating for the conduits in the pub lie streets the chances are you will find that they are not half as bad as they have been painted. To-day a sewer in business block got out of order and the proprietor wanted to use plunger in the box in the sidewalk, but it was covered with paving blocks and dirt. He thought he would ex- perience some trouble in getting the material removed, but before making any fuss over it he informed the fore man of the trouble and the man got to work at once clearing things off, so that the property owner could fix his sewer. Of course it was nothing but what the parties would be obliged to do anyway, but it was much easier and cheaper to adopt peaceful measures than show fight without first finding out if it were necessary. Nobody cares to be bullied and as a consequence of the pugnacious tendencies of some citi zens many cases go into the courts which could be adjusted if the az grieved parties would try the golden rule before coming along in fighting attitude. To be sure the public is very much annoyed over the present condi ton of the streets, but everybody wants the deadly wires buried, and in- asmuch as this cannot be done until after the conduits have been completed. what is the use finding fault about the work. Some say the company should be obliged to finish one street before opening another, but that would great ly retard the progress of the work and the job would be in hand so long few now in the flesh would live to see all the wires laid in their graves.
 Have you ever noticed how clear and sparkling the soda water is at Lakes new fountain? The water is forced through a compressed stone fil. ter and every atom of impurity taken out It is then charged in their auto matic electrical carbonator, and serveii from an absolutely sanitary fountain. Try It.