The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-05

Spring Is comingl From Whir
poor-will Hill to Raymond ober-
stadt's high pastures, red foxes are
mating, The grays haven't started
running yet, but we'll hear their
mating call within the next month,
The smartest fox In this vicinity
has only three legs. That animal,
0 big red, roarns the ridges near the
old Bund oampsite, and he can
travel. Our three-legged fox can
PUN any four.legged dog bowlegged,
George GrlskFaber, Quartcrmaster
OF Newton Pest, Y. r. W., and an
old resident Of skeleton Hollow,
n seeking advice. One Of Georges
Rhode Island Red pullets has been
laying steadily, eating the eggs, and
has now turned Into Q rooster.
George n thinking OF taking that
rooster. pullet down to Yale's Insti-
tute Of Human Relations for q Sur-
vey and an investigation by ex-
perts. Field men from the Univer-
atty Of Connecticut have seen the
bird but seem 10 have mo explana.
tlon OF the phenomenon. Maybe she
lust wanted 20 wear the pants
around the 0risgFaber hencoop.
Local men, employed In Water
bury factories, report O heavy run
Of bonus payments OF the close Of
the old year. New cars show up,
here and there. South Britain faces
the future with 0 smile.
The children ct che South Bril-
tain sahool may we'll be proud, Lack
lng many educational advantages
enjoyed by their elders, when the
community supported an exclusive
academy, these children have made
che most Of what they had. winning
. prise for the best decorated
schoolh0use doorway was but one Of
their several Accomplishments.
During recent auto crash on the
highway near Bates Rock, the mo-
florists arose from their scrambled
cars and made Q protest about wild
game on the road. II seems that O
jackrahbit crossed ahead Of the
leading car, and sudden application
Of brakes resulted In q pile-up. Jack
Short helped In the rescue work
and, underneath the broken glass
and articles Of wearing apparel, he
found the stubby tail Of o jack rab-
bit, minus an owner.
Saee's Creamery 10 nothing but q
foundation Of red brick to-day, but
hack In the days when the First Sc
lectman was Q retailer 81 wagons,
land supposedly provided road
work for wagon buyeFs), the cream
cry was an institution. They
burned wood under the old boilers
ct the milk plant, sometimes q cord
Q day, ana local wood butchers won
many o hafd-earned dollar furnish
Ing the fuel at $50 q cord. MILK
sold for - low e. I IL cents q
quart, 90 there was almost ~ much
money In furnishing flrewood as
there was In keeping q dairy herd.
MIR. Sage passed beyond che cream
line worries and took mp writing
for . living, when he wasn't dealing
In real estate. The creamery was
sold at the town sign p0st.
About the time 1age's Creamery
was running TO capacity. John Girls
void held sway In the valley. John
was O teamster, but he married
cultured lady who wrote poetry end
tried hard to make John the Prince
she dreamed he might be.
But John cared little for culture,
and he often carried with him the
od0rS Of the stables. Some
people In the village considered Mr..
the fastest man with cards
IN the region, and they finally got
him TO Join q card club and play
polite games Of whist and hearts.
Prince Charming enjoyed himself
no end. He made modest and con-
sistent gains In society. In fact, John
ariswold Is credited with introduce
Ing the invitation system Of card
parties into the Pomperaug Coun-
Try. It seems that some people who
were Jealous Of Johns skill tried TO
rule him off the turf, or the card
tables, by making each and every
card party "by invitation only"
Twas tough on him. until the boys
took hand and provided the nee
essary invitations for John 70 pre-
sent ct the door. After that, card
playing fell into 9 slump. but John
driswold carried his card party In
with him 10 his grave. (The
story is. John couldn't read very
well, and the boys rugged him with
fake invitation. ;. Folks didn't have
the heart 10 tell him that his cTe-
dentiala were screwy)
Texas sohnny walker. ewnsr Of
he Gear Moliow FIlllng Staten,
reports feuF fFozen batteries during
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them eut and cent The swners en-