Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-29
As YOU LIKE n.
Some Stray Leaves from Reporters
Note Book.


Note Book.
A man greatly excited rushed into
Mulville's undertaking rooms on
East Main street during the week.
mickey" Delaney was the first one
he met inside the door. Mike" he
declared, Mike, 1t is sure sign of
DEATH" Mike in a moment was as
agitated and as excited as the other
fellow. Whats sure sign Of
death?" he almost whispered.
Grape on door," said the joker,
who slipped out the rear door as
Delaney threw something at him
which looked like an arm of chair.
The man at the observatory in
Greenwich was asked the time.
Well" he replied, ut depends upon
whether you want solar time, sid
ereal time, local time, standard
time, apparent time or mean time
and he looked like the draper who
has several other desirable lines I'M
der the counter. He admitted that
the Greenwich moon does not cor
respond exactly with the sun or the
stars, the heavens or the earth, and
that Greenwich time is merely hui
man compromise with the clock, the
spangled heavens and the wabble of
the earth's axle. This awful con-
fession from an eminent astronomer
was rather startling. For, glancing
around to make sure that no one
was listening to the admission, he
whispered: There's no such thing
as the right time-we fake it,"
1t was beautiful night. The
gentle zephyrs of the evening played
unsteady amid the silky leaves OF
the turnip trees and onion bushes
and waited from across the distant
fields the delicate fragrance of the
growing cabbages and the far of
odor of the bean trees. Betsy" he
cooed, as they sat on the rickety
wooden fence not far from Squire
Haskell's farm yard, how beautiful
is love! Jes' think of it, Betsy
when we are married we'll have a
COW all to ourselves" "Aragowan,
she whispered resentfully, why
should we want to buy COW?
will not want to buy a COW when
get YOU" Then all was silent once
more, except that the gentle zephyrs
still played amid the fronds of the
cabbage bushes and the silver
throated frog still sang from the
| roof.
The Dundreary puzzle (If four
teen dogs with three legs each can
catch 'forty-eight rabbits with seven
ty-six legs in twenty-four minutes,
how many legs must eighty-nine
rabbits have to get away from 5000
dogs with no legs?) must remind
many persons in this city of the time
when Judge Cowell used to make mis-
weekly visits to the schools. The
judge would often ask what was the
sum of four chickens and three
eggs, or similar questions which the
scholars would think most easy
Seven the reply would come to
the judge. Seven what?" he would
ask, without the semblanee of a
smile. Then the scholar would
ponder. 1T is about time you
learned that you cannot add chick.
ems and eggs" the Judge would say
while the teachers face would be a
study in colors. ...-..
The human system requires a
large quantity of fluids, and If you
dislike to drink water, make 1t a
habit to eat plenty of ripe, juicy
fruits. Exercise out of doors will
make you thirsty, and then you will
crave good cold water, for there Is
nothing that quite takes its place
Children and animals live more nor.
NAL lives than do men and women
and they drink a great deal of water
Many girl suffering from an ugly
blotched, unhealthy complexion