The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
South Britain
Carp for Hester st. - Ludorf's Side
hill Farm $500 Dell Chandler Keeps
Water Flume Functioning

Only a few exceptionally well-in-
formed people know that this par
ish Is the center Of thriving COM
mercial fishery, busy the year
around, with an annual haul that
bulks heavy In tonnage and value.
Charley the Fisherman, operating
from his patch at the confluence Of
the Housatonic and the Pomperpaug,
takes the credit for making local
German carp popular In the Jewish
markets Of New York city. Charley's
nets, drying In the sun, make the
banks Of the Housatonic not unlike
more highly publicized Cape Cod.
Tank trucks from Gotham wheel
In and load chunky bull carp from
the several tanks and fish pounds,
roar away to distribute their loads
among the merchants on Hester
street, and leave Charley and where
withal TO keep his gear In trim.
Charley also enjoys q lively trade
In eels and suckers. Eels are ia
vored by the italians for their
Christmas feast; suckers are pur-
chased by the Jewish gentry, who
have never known the thrill Of a
meal of fried brook trout, fresh from
mountain stream.
Freckles Molumphy, the South
Britain lad who got lost at the
Worlds Fair, rode his bicycle into
town Sunday and called on old
friends. Molumphy went to the fair
with a bevy Of school-children,
strayed off by himself to watch the
bathing beauties or the trained bal
let dancers, failed to report when
the bus was ready to leave for home.
They found Molumphy In what he
says was "a cage. Rumor has 1t
that he bit two policemen and kicked
third In the shins.
The eel run In both the Housa-
tonic and Pomperpaug rivers was
limited and Of poor quality this sea-
son. Old-timers blame 1t on the
several dams downstream.
The most conservative shopper In
South Britain Is the man who only
buys his molasses locally. Always
bringing q two-quart glass jug to
the store, this thrifty individual
never fails TO complain that he has
been given short measure. He pur-
chases a quart at a time and wants
his jug two-thirds full.
mike" Coer, South Britain salt
and rural mailman, has delivered
his quarterly lecture on the U. s.
Navy TO the pupils at Bullet Hill
school. Mike makes up In enthusi-
asin what he lacks In marine vocab-
ulary but, as far back as we can
remember, no other South Britain
youth has joined the navy or the
merchant marine.
When the saga OF sidehill agricul-
ture Is written, the name OF John
Ludorf will appear In golden let
tiers on the scroll. John operates
warm on the western rim Of the
Purchase, makes milk, raises colts,
has shipshape stonewalls and q fine
woodpile. Tilling acreage many
men would shy away from, this ac-
complished farmer makes a crop and
fair livelihood where q graduate OF
an agricultural college would starve
Best Of all, John lives at the end of
the road, far from motor traffic, and
he has view from his front porch
that would send an artist on the run
for his canvass and tools. Rolling
uplands stretch away to the east
ward and slip of toward the Shep-
aug and the Housatonic, where the
morning mists rise like froth on a
milkpail. John never speaks about
the beauty Of his farm but he has