The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-29
 By BILL GARRlGUS

had much formal education but they can lay out Q gear, Ale a cam, or pour 0 casting with the best Of them. Grover made a bicycle boat that he pedaled around the Shepaug River with. Oakie made Q fiddle that scared every hoot- owl within fifty miles. Both boys were very accomplished musicians and their tunes were popular long before the days of swing, Tho Harrisons learned the hard way, and they never forgot,
 Only . few people realize that many Ssuth Britain roads are paved with jewels. Back In the country, where the state Highway engineers haven't taken the kinks out of road.buildlng, we have many miles of thoroughfarcs tOp- dressed with material from the dump at the old garnet mine. There, In the ruts and between the wheeltracks, one may find perfect crystals of almost gem quality garnets. Natives seldom notice these garnets, but we know Q New York lady who wears one In her bracelet.
 Advertising pays. old Hundred, on eating place on Southbury Main Street has an advertisement in the Connecticut State Register and Manual. and the patronage Is encouraging. Ono local man. ufacturer has declared that adver- Using iS not profitable but we heard about @ new outfit in Con- necticut that plans to spend sie,- 900 in LIFE for a two.page spread boosting Q gadgct to make autono- piles run quieter.
 The best advertisement we ever heard about here was q demon. stration of . simple home cure for blood. poisoning. It happened years ago. up ln the Purchase Dis. trlct. A boy cut hls fo:t with an axe and the wound became In. fccted. Nowadays, folks would have hurried that boy to the hos- pital and the foot would have been amputatcd, but then an old lady was called In to save . life. According Co rumor. thls woman ordered . chicken killed, split the bird through the middle and put the warm flesh on the infected wound. The swelling went down and the pain was less acute. Next treatment was . water pail Of w0od.ashes, mixed Co ' mud, and the foot was soaked In the mix. That boy recovered the full use of hIs limb, and the simple rem. edy became popular out there at the end of the road where doctors seldom venture.
 Years back, before the era of face creams and fancy hair oils, buxon country wenches knew how to get the most out of life with the lowest expenditure. Perhaps the PootatuckS taught them, or they may have made their own discoveries, but If ono can judge by the old daguerreotypes. women knew how to make themselves easy to look at. The most popular hair treatment was e bath of grapevine juice; tho best facial was q straight rubdown Of cold spring water, South Britain never had q regular commercial beauty parlor. Charles BAdgewater Thompson sold gallons of his American Perfume" nere in the old days, but that was used only on choir rehearsal nights and hol- idays.
 Charley WoolsOn has found . hired man who will stick. Char. ley's farm is at the end of the traveied read In the Flag swamp country, and most of it stands on edge. Hired men are hard t3 keep because they get warped ell out of shape working on the sldehlll and leaning in to keep from failing off into the valley. Charley has found . young Frenchman with moun. tain experience, the lad owns . car, keeps in good humor ell the time, and hopes to make . crop. Warming up there ls . continual battle with the wilderness. The deer eat ID the garden, the coons gct into the corn, and the wood. chucks wax fat fin the cIovel patch, but Charley manages td keep cheerful and weil.neurished It will Dc many gears before ths Woois0n farm is abandoned, .un. less . tree falls on Charley.
 The crest Of East Hill was once kIha bARi farfninad in tiala s,ax,laia