Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-13
AS YOU LIKE IT.
Some Stray Leaves from Reporters
 NOto Book.

Some Stray Leaves from Reporters
 NOto Book.
 Wonder when the legislators Of Connecticut will decide to abolish straps in trolley cars! Fame Is await ing the legislator who introduces such | bill.
 The weather during the past week should make the early planters realize how foolish 1t is to place the seeds i'll the ground before they are convinced that the warm weather has came
 If any of your friends should ap- proach you and in an appealing man. ner ask you for dime, refuse to ante up. If you come good he will inform you that you have become member of the Lemon" club. \ friend of the "As You Like It Man" worked bis friends for couple of dollars dur ing the past week with the trick.
 It is doubtful If the majority of the citizens of this town realize the amount of dental work done in this city. The number of dentists has in creased most rapidly and at the pres ent time there are about thirty-five practiclng in Waterbury. And the fad of going to the dentist" is still growing. Good teeth are valuable asset and even though 1t is hobby for some to visit dental office, if Il person looks after the teeth in time, 1t will save him much worry and ex- pense.
 At least one of the New York dai- lies, supposed to be published Ill the afternoon, was taking 10 chances Thursday of getting ''scoOped on the Thaw trial The afternoon edition which arrived in Waterbury had the startling scarehead "Verdict Reached' while underneath in small type was the information that the jury had agreed and would make It's finding in d short time. Only another eye open CT for Waterburians, who eagerly de- your papers of this kind which come from New York and are thought. by those who read them, to be printed late in the afternoon.
 Everybody is talking about the result of the Thaw trial and while some claim that nobody should be killed for anything he does, the great mass of people are shocked over 1t and wonder what will come next. One man said he thinks he will adopt the hint in Jerome's remarks and make it point to get on good brain storm in case he hears anybody intends to meddle with him. An other thought we are back to the primitive method of dealing with offenders and that those who don't think so are apt to go un- avenged.
 It is years since bought a. box of matches,'' said married man to the "As You Like It Man one day during the week. Ie receive so many small boxes of the lighters in the places where 1 buy my smokeables that long since found out that could without making an effort receive free all the matches 1 needed" The As You Like It Man knew that it was no ..phoney" store either for recently he has noticed the number of places that pass out small box of matches as a person buys cigars or tobacco. In some cigar stores buyer is seldom allowed to leave the place without being hand- ed box. while in others. although the proprietor does not go out of the way to supply the purchases with matches, he willingly supplies them if asked to, although the matches do not cost much a box, the best of them only about quarter of cent. yet because of the number given away yearly, it must take many dollars oil the profits during the year.
 Compared with the modern type writer. there is something ludicrous about the first typewritiHg machine. This particular machine is in the pat ent office at Washington. D. C.. where it is carefully preserved and pointed out to visitors as the first typewrlting machine ever made. R. T. F. Allen, of Kentucky. was the in- ventor of the typewriter. and he constructed the first machine. It was very crude affair. as may he imagined. The keys were not very responsive to the touch and the car riage did not work smoothly. No such thing as speed was to be thought of. but the inventor was perfectly satisfied, and he went on correcting defects and adding Improvements un- til the value and utility of his inven- tion became evident. This typewrit- ing machine was first used about the year 1S63. Although it Is no longer in first-class condition. 1t is still pos sihle to write on 1t. The types were originally made from hard wood by a wood engraver. but one of the invcn- tors first improvements on the origi- nal model was to have them recast In metal so as to give a clearer impress sion.
 According to the bureau of the cen sus. the true value of all our real property and improvements. live stock. farm implements and machin- cry. tools and implements. gold and silver coin and bullion. railroads and their equipment. street railways, ship ping. water works. etc, Is SiOI. .iOI.- 21i.D1I. Quoting millions only. for easy reading the record for each state worth s1.0O0Oo0.OD ar more is: New York. SiI.I89Go.G0: Pennsylvania, sll.413.00.OO: Illinois. Ss.sl6.U00OOO: Ohio. s5.O46.OOo.00: Massachusetts. <i.nJ6.O0O0; California. si.115spu.- 00: Iowa. s4.04sW0Oo: Missouri. E,.1JauOoOOO: Minnesota. s3.343, ,OOO,- oe; Michigan. xa.2s2.O0.0O; New Jersey. 223s.00.OU: Indiana. s. 1nJ.u0l0D: Wisconsin. s2.Sss.O0GD. Texas. g S3sOpnU0. Kansas Ss