The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
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q keen eye just the same and we
know he appreciates that view.

| keSIl eye JuSU VIC SHEtIS uIlQ We
know he appreciates that view.
John Armour, the Beeman, Is an
other little-know1a resident Of that
rough hill country at the rim Of
Paradise. John keeps bees and the
bees keep him. He has modern
equipment and old box hives. He
sells white clover honey, buckwheat
honey, and the amber stimach honey
of later season harvest. John knows
bee products from wax to metheglin,
Metheslin Is just another name for
liquid lightning, fighting beverage,
OF high velocity.
When the hugles sound again and
the draft boards rally to escort some
four million youths to service with
The Colors, this valley will furnish
some rlarksrnen extraordinary. AL
most every boy In the parish Is
"heavy on the shoot" but the heavi.
est Is Ernie Beardsley. Ernie weighs
about ninety pounds and Is q most
enthusiastic huntsman. He carries
double-barreled shotgun with o
bore slightly smaller than the OPEN
ing In O nail keg. When Ernie braces
his feet and touches on that fusee,
conservationists shudder, game with
In hearing distance takes t. the tall
timber, and the rocks rattle on
Cannon Hill. II Ernie ever fires that
gun In battle, peace will be Just
around the corner and me Of the
provisions Of the treaty will be limi.
tation In the size and muzzle veloc.
ity Of shotguns.
pootatuck residents WILL we hear,
feast on venison on Connecticuts
Thanksgiving day, November 30.
AS the politicians scurry about
the hills and the back country,
checking up on voters-to-be made,
We recall the story Of two lads who
were made" over here In the Town
Hall some years ago. Those days,
politics was catch-as- catch- can
game, winner akes-all, and no holds
were barred. According to eye-wit-
ness accounts, these young men
passed all tetsts and were almost
ready to be franchised when
learned local gentleman looked over
the top Of his eye glasses and asked:
Have you boys any political prefer
ence?" The newiy-inade voters
blushed and looked at each other
for moment, and then the holder
Of the two cleared his throat and
said: I'VE amt sure, but pa said we
could usually expect two dollars"
Ernest Roselle head Of the new
State Training School for Mental
Detectives, iiiotored through the vii
lage this week end, inspected his
new house opposite Sid Platt's, and
returned to New Haven.
Charles Roselle, organizer for the
United Americans, stopped over and
expressed satisfaction with the en-
thusiasrn In the village for the as
ISOLATION. The New York Times and
the Hartford Courant nave sent men
into Southbury to get the story and
to take pictures.
George Holmes, head OF the United
Americans, has registered O most
vigorous protest about the proposed
lecture by Communist Leader Earl
Browder at Yale university.
South Britain people are slow to
accept change and to adopt new ia
cilities. The lines Of the electric
light company threaded their way
through the valley many years ago,
and the hated extension charges
have largely been eliminated In this
area. but one Main street burgher
continues to use his own generating
plant usually without q proper muf-
fer for the gas engine.
'Dell" Chandler. maintenance
man at the Hawkins factory, is re-
sponsible for the proper functioning
OF the water power at the plant.
Early every morning, MIR. Chandler
walks from the dam to the plant,
seeking Instructions in the fiune,
keeping an eye on the canal banks.
and making sure that everything Is
in order for the days fiowage. Fair
weather and foul, this conscientious
gentleman makes his rounds and,
except when the run Of cells has
clogged the turbine, the trapshop
weels are turning on schedule.
The Young Ladies Guild met Sat-
urday at Judith Mitchell'S.
Charley the Fisherman reports q
heavy run Of over-size bullheads IN
the Housatonic river. Charley Is
preparing his fish traps for the APP
groachiun winter and anticipates 4