The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-04
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUs

BY BILL GARRlGUS
 Harry s. Hicock, boss of the Southbury garage, owner of twin heifer calves and the ball-playing dog, "Ikey" is one-up on most of us. MT. Hicock went to Water bury to enjoy a Dutch Thanks giving.
 Master John COndon celebrated Connecticut's Thanksgiving by coming down with an attack of the humps.
 All Americans are invited to att tend @ very important meeting of the United Americans at Commun- ity hall, Southbury, on Monday, De- cember 4th. President George Holmes will report progress.
 Contractor Munson has ordered Lloyd Fowler to reclaim Q wheel barrow abandoned at d Woodbury job earlier in the season. Mir. Munson has been pricing rubber tired wheelbarrOws but the best price he can get Is around ten dollars. Streamlined, rubber tired wheelbarr0ws are too expensive expensive for ordinary use.
 Ernie Beardsley is busy organiz- ing a posse to capture wild calf Ernie turned the creature loose and 1t took to running around with the deer, got so hawky nobody can get within gunshot of 1t. Even the calves go back to nature here in the Pona- peraug valley.
 Henry Mccarthy sold the last gallon of white paint In the store on Thanksgiving day. Somebody will be thankful for newly dec- orated walls. The paint peddler will likewise be thankful for a re- peat Crder from MT. Mccarthy.
 Rumor has 1t that town truck dumped a few loads of gravel on the Squaw Rock road the other day, but Joe Evarts hasn't been seen in the village for several weeks. Per- haps Joe hasn't heard about the Improvements yet
 A customer came to McCarthy's store, went to the refrigerat2rs, took out . hunk of cheese, sliced off a piece that he weighed him. self, counted out the change, and went his way. Henry Mccarthy never batted an eye. "Say," chairman asked, "How do you know he paid for what he took?" Honest Henry smiled. 'I weighed the cheese before he cut it," he explained.
 Horace Green came to town with a carload of younger boys, each with a we'll seasoned corncob pipe. Hor- ace climbed down from his chariot and ran into the store, "Got anly fresh eggs?" he demanded. Nope" the clerk replied. "Mighta knowed It." Horace growled as he went out of the door. "A man drives ten miles to patronize hometown merchants an then he can't get what he cum for!"
 Sam Pierce has the liveliest Guinea hens ever matched. Years ago, when only an occasional car passed the Pierce farm, Sam's Guineas never failed to commit suicide everytime motor ap- preached. Those old-time Guineas would wait to cross the read until an automobile came along. and then they would line up single file and lay bets as to which one would get killed. Sam enjoyed that. Sometimes, real con- scientious motorist would stop and offer to pay up, but since the truck traffic increased this new crop of Guineas never suffer . casualty. The dust Is so thick In the valley that Sam's house Is Oiten 0bscured, but the Guinea hens have developed such agility that not a feather has been bruised since midsummer. Sam Pierce Is going to Florida, to re- cuperate and to forget the trials of a country gentleman with no land to work. Chicken raising isn't farming.