The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13
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Erbert Norton Of Todd Hollow was
seen driving q pair OF spotted red
and white oxen through town the
other day. Egbert is taking a po-
sition on q logging Job in Roxbury.
The POmperaug valley fairly
irips culture these days. We have
an artist and writer's club, q lit
erary club, several discussion
groups, some antiquarlans, and o
few people who will still pay $35
70 have their picture printed In q
book. But things aren't like they
used TO be. In the old days, when
Nom Harrison went to dances and
Oakie and Grover fiddled, then
folks knew how to work at their
culture. From Che Purchase TO
Raglands, almost every family be-
lieved In holding kitchen dances
regularly, every time o couple got
married there was q callithump,
the village had cornet band, and
the pool room up over williams
store resOunded to the click Of the
ivory. Something went out Of rural
life when the motor car replaced
the horse and buggy, and the
women went in for permanent
waves.
Those days, anybody with an
ounce Of energy and decent net
could get good haul OF shad out
Of the Housatonic; anybody with a
spear and birch torch could snag
mess Of cells. Today, the shad have
all turned up their noses at the
Housatonic, the cells aren't very
plentiful, and Nate Evarts Is the
only man who can trap foxes.
The Pierce Hollow road Is open
aagin, without detours, but the
strings of red lanterns along the
way remind one Of Broadway
Xmas decorations. From the
graveyard TO the cafeteria, red
lights form a continuous line Of
warning.
Thrifty local people are driving
over Bristol way these days. High
test gas sells for 1910 in the Bell
Town. o Louis station has become
the rendezvous Of state troopers
watching for motorists who pass the
stop" sign. Lou expects better
patronage after the turn OF the year.
First Selectman J. Edward C0er
HIS truck delivered q fine load
Of hardwood to the town hall the
other day. Perhaps there will soon
be @ special town meeting for
something.
Rural mailmen and the party line
are still the best sources for news
In this community. The postal fell
lows get around every day, rain or
shine, and the telephones Jingle Of
ten enough to keep the canary
awake.
Mrs. Samuel Hart has been in
New York attending the opera.
We found a fellow who doesn't
subscribe to The Democrat Motor.
Ing through Todd Hollow recently
we saw q farmer chopping down ap.
ple-trees because he was tired o.
trying to sell the fruit. When HI
heard that Democrat recipe for felt.
boot cider, he certainly was down.
cast, but he said he could graft some
old trees and get q fair crop of fruit
next year. Appletree wood Is gooe
timber for saw handles, flutes and
firewood, but feltboot cider keeps q
man warm and happy, regardless.
George Holmes has o trained
fox-terrler that knows more than
most men. That dog has o pack Of
tricks for every occasion, he Il al
ways friendly to visitors and kit
tens, and when two Communist
ladies came 10 call on George and
started screaming and carrying
on against the United Americans
drive against Uncle Joe Stains
folks, the dog just sat down and
h0wled like real American.
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