Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-13
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

The politicians arc not saying a
 word.
 I Father Saurusaitis is on the spk list. as Is also Father Sheehan Michael McKenna has accepted Il position with the Adams Express Co.
 The city department has men ell
 gagged on Bank street cleaning the gut l ters.
 The melting of the snow has killed
 number of sleigh parties which were 1 being planned by Brooklyn people. Why certainly the fellows were eager
 to go; they would not care about the
 cost.
 -On Friday evening the Young
 Mems society of the Third Congrega- tional church will give a banquet ill
 honor of their pastor. Rev Benjamin r.
 Root. who will leave shortly for his | new position in Columbus. 0. The so-
 ciety was recently organized by Mir
 Root and it is proving q success ill every way. The members are much attached to the organizer and conse- quently the banquet will be held. Last Sunday the club was photographed
 with Mir Root. On next Sunday morn ing the pastor will give his farewell sermon and it will be the one he gave
 the first Sunday he preached in the Third church. On next Tuesday even- ing the members Of the parish will
 give supper in the church and several
 addresses will be made.
 One more mass meeting will be held ill the Lyceum this evening in connec- tion with the fight that the Brooklyn residents are making for Improvements
 ill general. but at present especially for trolley line through Town Plot. At the first meeting held couple 6 weeks ago there were about 4G0 people present. but the committee hopes to see at least double that number i'll the hall on Porter street this evening. The committee of ten which was appointed i at that meeting has been working very
 hard and it will probably make re port tonight Of what success it has ac- cOmplished. As the matter concerns everyone who owns property or who has residence in this section. every one who possibly can should be pres ent at the meeting. There is much to be told ill regard to what the trolley officials and the members of the city Improvements and all attending are sure to be interested.
 Only for the prompt action on the part of the engineer on work train last evening q peddler who was driv- ing horse would have been in the hos pital or some undertaker's care to-
 day. He was nearing the crossing at Railroad Hill street when an engine was also making bead for the same place. But the collector of rags did
 rot let such little thing as an engine
 keep him from going along. so lie paid
 no attention to the warning of the whistle. The carriage arrived at the crossing just about the moment the engine reached the spot and the occu- pant of the former would have never lived to tell of it only the engineer brought his car to q halt just in the
 nick of time. The carriage was about
 two feet away from the engine when the latter was stopped. The engineer and fireman got off and gave the driver a call. but tho fellow did not mind it
 much and jumped in his wagon. gave
 the hcgc q crack and proceeded home with his load of rags
 Medicine buying is different from
 the buying of other goods-your health
 depends upon what you purchase. You
 get what you ask for in its best q,lali-
 ty at our store. A. c. Walker, tie
 druggist.