The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-02

gathers dust in the hope chest of some trustful local rustic who loos- ened his purse-strings and came across with his life's savings, (not without serious mental anguish) The cooperative peach orchard boom has flzzled and local investors no longer put their funds into New Haven road. But there is still a chance in biographical histories Glancing through the pages of the last 4-volune job to be prepared in Nutmegia, we find many old and new faces, among them the likeness of our first selectman, J. Edward Coer III. According to rumor, it costs $35 to be listed in one of these monumental tonnes, but maybe the grandchildren would appreciate it. If the average I. o. continues to slip, maybe these works will even- tually be classified as art.
 Stranger things continue Co
 happen. As one worthy matron
 recently said: "There must be
 lot of new families in town.
 never heard so many strange voices on my telephone"
 Ed Warner, foreman at the Hor- ton Farm, travels the Flood Bridge road without a lantern or 8 tail light. Perhaps Ed is afraid some- body will shoot him for a deer.
 A cord of wood should aver
 age 128 cubic feet but sometimes
 the loads scale short. Shortly
 after the delivery of one short
 load, a local farmer asked his
 customer: How'd you like that
 wood?". The reply came quick
 ly.. 'Tt was good wood, and
 dry both pieces!"
 Cider varies with the season. When fruit ripens during a wet spell, the juice is thin and lacks muzzle velocity but when there is but little rain, the amber fluid has wham, color, and everything. Up on Purchase Hill, they've found a way to normalize cider, no matter what the weather may have been. If the apples have matured during rainy weather, and the cider is thin and pale, they always filter the fluid through an old felt-boot. Felt boot cider retains its kick, packs a wallop that will loosen your teeth, and leaves lingering after-effect that makes well-water taste twice as sweet. There's no extra charge for felt-boot cider, except to the city folks.
 The first week in December
 will see South Britain i'm the
 spotlight. Missions will be held
 in the Congregational church,
 wandering seekers of The Light
 will congregate in the valley
 where visiting preachers are ex-
 pected to share the work with
 our local padre. Housewives ex-
 pect heavy demands on the
 pantry, because religious fervor
 works best on fairly full stom-
 ach.
 South Britain has no railroad but 1t operates on railroad time brought over from Newtown py Station Agent Tarbox and translated into local time by Lloyd Fowler. Lloyd Is chief clerk in McCarthy's store and one of his many chores Is set- ting the clock right.
 Virginia Sc0vill, local song
 writer, is busy on new tune.
 Virginia writes the words and
 Warren Pratt fits the words to
 music.
 Gregory Cassidy, Democratic town chairman. was seen coming out of the Federal building in Hart ford on Wednesday forenoon. Judg- ing by the confident swing in Greg's walk, our man made his objective and we can expect action along the local political front very soon.
 Newton post, No. 1897, veter-
 ans of Foreign Wars, held a
 regular meeting at their club
 rooms in Southbury on Monday
 evening. Very lively discussion
 of the dangers of Communism
 to0k place from the floor. Com
 mander Charley Weiss, the only
 member to wear both the army
 and navy uniform during the
 World War. reported that meme
 of his chickens were laying, so
 he had to leave early. After an
 unsuccessful attempt to organ
 ize deer hunt. the other mem
 bers departed fer home under c
 moon brighter than . spotlight.
 Ernest Roselle, the new superin-