Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-25
IS you LIKE IT.
Some Stray Leaves from . Reporters
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Note Book.
 Wilson street people had some very forcIble reminders of death and part ing to-day. At II o'clock the body of little Gordon Miellez was removed from the family residence to sleep beside
 the ashes of his brother in the family
 plot In Cromwell and few hours
 later the remains of William NJ. Cot
 tie were borne to their last resting place i'll Riverside cemetery. Both were victims of q railroad accident at the crossing opposite tho Brookside
 home. TAey were neighbors and warm
 friends, notwithstanding the great diff
 ference in their years, Gordon Miellez
 not being four years Of age while Mir Cottle was almost 66.
 This afternoon dog stepped into the municipal beauty spot at the
 junction of Bank and Grand streets ard commenced to amuse himself !, airing up the flowers. The man lho sweeps the streets in that neigh ,orhood saw the cur and made an eff
 ,ort to give the intruder knockout
 blow with long piece of rubber
 hose. Just as he was coming down
 with all his might the dog ducked
 and got out of the way, but the piece of hose had gained too much momen- tum to be controlled and 1t cut
 through the flowers like a scythe in the hands of a skilled mower. The { man meant all right, but he was a l poor shot. The next time he notices dog there he had better let him alone unless he wants to cut the i heads of the few remaining flowers. The members of Wadhan1s post,
 G. A. R. feel jubilant over their vic l tory at the annual meeting of the state association in New Haven yes- terday. We went down there to make fight for George Robbins as senior vice commander" said one of them to Democrat reporter, "and in addition to winning our point we
 went one better and elected William Milton to the national convention.
 Wasn't that doing well? It was a
 tough battle, but now that 1t is over we have reason to be thankful for how we were used. We stood shoulder to shoulder and the boys from all over the state fell into line with us, Say, that's just the kind of tactics tbat won the war of the { rebellion; concerted action on the part of the people. Nothing else could have saved the union. But never mind about that. Robbins and
 Milton are first rate fellows and it was great pleasure to the whole of l us to go down there and talk and vote for them. We buttonholed ev-
 erybody we knew and some of us never slept wink that night"
 During the civil war the command CT of a marching detachment looked
 along his line, scowled at it's ir- regularity, then shouted aloud: Close up! Close up, you fellows! 1 Why, If the enemy were to fire on us
 now they couldn't hit d. one of
 you" Another commander. while a
 battle was in progress, came upon
 straggler, who was running away with tears streaming down his cheeks. 1 My man, don't be baby!" the gen. eral remonstrated, thinking to shame
 the renegade. 'Boo-hoot Wisht 1
 was baby--and gal-baby at that"
 was the answer that showed him the
 case was hopeless. That is less hu-
 manly amusing than the answer of a guileless lieutenant, who. with half Ia company, had been captured and
 paroled by the ubiquitous John Nor gan. Upon reaching federal terri
 tory, the lieutenant made haste to report to the nearest post commander,
 who after duly welcoming the new
 conner. said: "Tell me how all this
 happened. Were you surprised 2" l"Surprised! Asheap worse'n that. I
 tell you. was plum astonished to see
 them gray fellers. was, fer fact,
 colonel" the lieutenant answered,
 with the air of one who fully covers
 the case.