Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-02
HEARD IN PASSING.

A BrlStol man IS DrdSBlng because he has cornstalks on his place 15 feet tall. For fodder that is all right but most persons would prefer more ears and less stalks if they were rais- ing corn.-New London Day.
 Pity poor Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, suffering from collapse, caused no doubt in trying to spend her income of several thousand year In living anything but natural way. Next thing, no doubt, we shall hear that she is suffering from overwork.- Middletown Press.
 The apparently unanimous repub- lican consent that Congressman Sperry succeed himself again may be said to contribute in no small degree to the general backwardness of ambi- tious democrats in coming forward for candidates which the party is under necessity of filling.-New Ha- ven Register.
 If Affinity Earle and his wife have really made up 1t only goes to show how much sympathy has been wasted on the. wife. As a respect able newspaper we cannot recom- mend the use of tar and feathers for | the man, but we'd never telephone for the police if we saw anything of the kind going on.-Bridgeport Post.
 The name of Admiral George Dewey has once more sprung into fame. After having been a Q, strict "land-lubber" for some years, he has been to sea in the despatch boat, Dolphin, and caught in a heavy storm. We wonder if the admiral was seasick after such a period of unfamiliarity with the water. - Morning Journal-Courier.
 Some of the state papers are print ing communications from anonymous individuals who give their reasons why they will or will not vote for certain of the gubernatorial candi- | dates. Unless such communications are signed, or unless the person who gives these reasons permits his name to be used with them, they are worth less and should be committed to the waste basket, unpublished. It is strange that so many men seek to hide behind Pro Bono Publico" when their own names would carry far more weight. Besides Pro Bono" is overlooked. Sentinel.
 The investigators are still investi- gating to locate the responsibility for the collapse of the wall in Chel- sea, which proved so disastrous. In the meantime the building inspector has stopped work on five buildings in order that he may determine whether proper precautions have been taken to insure safety. This eleventh day consideration is absolutely ludicrous There is absolutely no excuse for the conditions which are said to have ex- isted. Talk is cheap, but allowing for all exaggeration there must be something rotten in Denmark" to have permitted the things which re- suited in such tragedy.-Meriden Record. 'TT, ,'. ''.,. "Mr Bryan upon acquaintance proved different from my precon- ception of him. I met not a visionary orator, but man of sense, in deadly earnest. direct and reasonable. Com ing to know him better, seeing him in his home, I found man able and sincere, devoted and devout, having a childlike faith in the people, in God and truth. changed my opinion al- together. l felt that had done him signal injustice. l would as soon trust him in the White House as George Gray or Richard Olney; and l believe that when he gets there militant democracy of the school of Jefferson and Jackson and ,Tilden will renew its youth and vigor. leading the way to such changes in the na- tional house and senate as will re- store them their legislative functions and give the people assurance of real and lasting reforms. ."-Editor Henry Watterson.