Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-08

month later, nevertheless there are many mushroom seekers out in the meadows these mornings. The edi- ble fungus is difficult to find and those knowing good spots are not over anxious to inform even their friends, During the past few sea- sons the number of persons that go picking mushrooms in the early morn has materially increased.
 There was a sudden change in the wind, and the pastor of the Mount Zion chapel saw that some of his practitioners drew their Wraps about their shoulders. He paused in his sermon, "Brudder Wilding." he said, raising his voice and waking the old sexton from peaceful slum, bers in the rear pew, "Bruddef Wilding, be kind enough to close all de winders on de cas- side ob de church. De wind has come round, an we cyan't afford to lose a single lamb from dis fold by. carelessness, wid an outstanding debt on dis chapel, an two families moved out ob town"
 
 Where have all the beetles gone to? There is scarcely a word heard about them now while only short time back. the dailies were full of beetle stories. A man who pretends to know while speaking on the beetle question yesterday said the rain had driven the bugs from the trees. He claims that the beetles are never in evidence except during dry sum- mers and that once heavy rain comes, the pests are practically ex- terminated. Moreover he stated that the beetles will not come upon the trees the following summer un- less there is a prolonged drought. According to him trees infested by beetles will bear leaves the follow ing year but after the beetles have fed upon tree for two or three sue cessive years they practically kill the tree.
 The little tot was tb be a flower girl at her sisters wedding which was only a few days distant. The grille had been accustomed to wear ing half hose, but the week before her sister was to be welded, she started to wear long stockings, al- though the weather was very warm. One of her uncles noticing the change asked her what brought It about, since he knew she was going to wear half hose when she was playing the part of a flower girl. You see, I am saving my legs for the wedding" she replied. And she protected them well for the day of the ceremony there was not the sign of a scratch on her snow white legs.
 The As You Like It Man Is glad to see the trolley company running its Thomaston cars "express" as far as the boulevard. It is an excellent plan and should apply to at least one more line in this city, the Cheshire. There is no doubt but what many persons who now use the Waterville and Boulevard cars would pile On 10 the Thomaston cars only they realize there is no chance of getting off until the boulevard is reached. And on the East Main and Cheshire line the passengers are equally as bad. They will allow half dozen East Main street cars go by but are sure to hail one marked New Haven" After rid | ing a few blocks they are generally falling all over themselves to in- form the conductor they wish to alight at the next pole.
 It seems 10 be much the same in every city in the country judging from the following clipping from a western paper, Waterbury not ex- cepted: Society is in fearful fever over the recent reports of the sug- gestion by certain women's club sermonizers at the Boston conven- tion that a years trial engagement should precede marriage. The aver age girl on husband hunt thinks it hard enough to catch the man without having to worry about his getting away during the long twelvemonth that the club ladies suggest. Miss Ethel Barrymore's many broken engagements are what trouble the men when the subject Is given them to render an opinion. When they think of how many times that we'll known actress has prom ised to wed and broken the engage ment on the very eve of the we'd ding they won't hear of a years trial when a coquettish little society girl is their fianeee. No, indeed, not when girls are getting these strong minded ideas of careers and all that sort of thing. There was the engagement of Miss Mary GreenIeaf and the rector of Christ church. Sausalito, they say, which was broken on because Miss Green leaf said she loved her art better than she loved the thought of do- mesticity. Then there was the Banding Maddox engagement, and that of Miss Bessie Bates and Char He Tripler. when both the flaneees changed their minds. The swift eourtship and marriage of Miss En- gracia CTstcher and Lieutenant Freyer is the proper solution of this ancient problem, say the wise ones. Years trial engagements might suit the slow. but they would never ap- peal to a fast little town like San, Francisco. where we have an earth quake one day and build a 30 story building the next.-Call. '.