Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-08
AS YOU LIKE IT.

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 Note Book.
 The As You Like It Man feels somewhat pleased because of the an- nouncement that tho next circus to appear here will give parade. IL will once more seem like a real cir GUS day with the big parade which from all accounts is one of the best ever given.
 The As You Like Man is not in- clined to believe that four Sundays of this month will be rainy notwith- standing the fact that the month of roses was ushered in by rainy Sab- bath. It Is an old saying that if the first Sunday of month is rainy, there'll be only one pleasant Sunday during the thirty or thirty-one days A new moon will appear next week and with 1t some good weather is undoubtedly coming.
 The As You Like Man was not sur prised much at the accident at the Naugatuck crossing during the past week when trolley car crashed into. a switcher. He expected 1t. Often he has seen cars go down the grade to the crossing at speed which was dangerous. On several occasions he has noticed that the brakes did not have the required effect and were practically useless when applied. Cars should go very slowly along the low CT part of Bank street and perhaps a little more care will be exercised in the future.
 One of the studious pupils of the high school was being piled with questions just before closing time the other day. The we'll known poets were being quoted. At just three and one half minutes to one the teacher asked the following question: | "Now please give me quotation from l Longfellow "The day is done," was the quick response and the smiles that beamed over the face of the teacher and pupils prevented fur ther questioning for few moments. and the school day was indeed done before they recovered their compos- ure.
 The terms .'sharpshooter, "expert marksman," etc, which distinguish the classes of military rifiemen are often puzzling to those not familiar with rife practice. To become a marksman one must make 98 out of a possible 150 at 200. 800 and 500 yards. The sharpshooter must get 160 out of 200 at two, three, five and six hundred yards besides doing well enough in skirmish to bring his total to 225 or two thirds of the possible score. An expert must do all this and also score 40 out of 50 at 300 yards and 35 out of 50 at 1000 yards, The latter distance is more than half a mile and the bulls eye looks mighty small.
 The Benedict & Burnham Manu- featuring company has keen con- ception of civic pride and always made an effort to live up to 1t. The yard is kept neat and clean and the interior is model from a sanitary standpoint. At the present time they are engaged in setting hand. l some cement curbing alongside the walks in front of the office on South Main street and when the job 2 fl finished 1t will add considerably te Il the looks of the whole place. Priol to undertaking this the grass patel directly north of the office was dug up and seeded down anew and soor 1t will look better than ever before This was done about the time Super intendent Walker was subjecting the green to similar treatment, but somehow the grass is not yet as fal advanced at the factory lawn as Il Is in the public park, but 1t is doing we'll and will be all right in time. | Every lawyer who attended bal meeting in the district court to-day had his face chock full of cigars The moment he stepped inside the outer door Jahitor Magraw jabbet a good cigar into that part of tht face which smokers occasionall, turn into a chimney pot. and wher he got inside Clerk Roots office dool City Sheriff Matthew J. Smith jabbe( another cigar into 1t. It was cigars all round and smoke everywhere ana the donor was Attorney John F. Mo Grath who thus treated his breth ren on his appointment as assistant prosecutor in the city court. Clerl Roots small dog "Nipper" saw st much smoke and fire that he go scared and tripped up Attorney Por ter L. Wood. The lawyer who dit not smoke gave his cigars to law yer who did and thus some lawyerl went back / to their offices witi enough cigars in their pockets to las them c week. E
 The meat question is getting seri ous in Waterbury. A man who mad tour through three of the largl