Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-18
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 Governor Woodruff, Speaker Till sor and several other state officials passed through Waterbury yesterday afternoon on the way to Litchfield. The governor and party had to wait an hour in this city owing to the freight Wreck near East Litchfield. The train due here at 3.53 came in on time, and the passengers were hustled out on the platform, and told that the train to Winsted and way stations would be along in ten or fifteen minutes. It came in just six ty minutes, and to say that the be- lated passengers were angry would be putting it mildly. The governor and party attended a Masonic meet ing in Litchfield last evening and went up for the express purpose of assisting in putting Jim" Woodruff through the third degree. Those who were on the inside say that he rode the goat without once falling off. It was great nigt for the old town.
 With the advent of the warm weather, the Sunday afternoon mem- bers of the curiosity society are once more attending to business and may be found at the Naugatuck station endeavoring to get place on the platform to welcome all visitors into the city. Though there are couple of officers on duty endeayoring to prevent those without, tickets from taking up room on the spacious and slightly" platform, yet the members of the curio society are rather elusive creatures and do not mind being pushed back once or twice, if at length they are able to reach the coveted spot. Though 1t is little early to sport the gladdest of the glad in regard to the wearing ap- parel, yet some striking costumes were noticeable last Sunday. If the weather tomorrow is fair, the mem- bers will without doubt be out in force and the latest in fashion will be seen at the station.
 The As You Like man was of the opinion that teachers in the same school in the city seldom had any differences. He always thought that everything was done for harmony, and no such thing as misunderstand- ing occurred. But during the week a story came to his ears~aDout couple of school marms> >>who barely speak now as they pass in the halls or on the streets. One day pupil of Miss First Iacted in manner which was not<at all pleasing to Miss Second. 80 Miss Second took 1t upon herself to chastise the scholar for his wrong doing and also wrote note to Miss First informing her of the boys ac- tion. But Miss First was highly in- dignant at what had happened and immediately wrote back note which told Miss Second in roundabout way to mind her own Business. Of course the teachers would not talk about such a matter and as the pupil who carried the note is said to be all that a good scholar should be, the As You
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 More than ten thousand men have deserted from Uncle Sam's military and naval service in the past year. That is nearly 10 per cent of the whole number of enlisted men in the army and navy. In the opinion of officers of both services who have in- vestigated the subject. the situation Is growing worse rather than bet ter. Both Secretary Taft, in the war department, and Secretary Met calf, in the navy department, have given careful consideration to the matter of assertions from the service, as have the various executive officers of the two departments. The causes are somewhat difficult to trace. Tn a general way, it is supposed that many of the enlisted men become dis satisfied after they enter the service, because they do not make enough money. Throughout the country, times are good and the people are prosperous. Men who are willing to work have no difficulty in obtaining and holding employment at good wages. This is noted by the men in the military branches of the govern ment service and they feel, not un- naturally, perhaps, that they ought to be better paid than they are by the 
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