The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-18
SOUTH
BRITAIN
BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUs

BY BILL GARRIGUS
Ever hear of Japanese radishesp
They're grown beside South
Britain streams and In bosky dells
Of Flagg Swamp. Epicures the
world over storm the green grocer
counters for them, but they have
only recently been introduced in
Waterbury. We sent O consign-
ment over the other day and from
the acceptance and repeat orders,
We believe that q new crop for
muck land has been discovered.
Unless the government crop ex-
perts butt In, South Britain will
soon scoop the world.
japanese radishes are full Of
vitamlns. They'll change q pimply
complexion TO skin you love TO
touch after the second dose. Folks
with no ambition consume q few
Of these tiny bulbs and immedi-
ately 20 out looking for o Job
moving houses. We've heard Of
one WPAster who ate q handful
and Immediately got of the relief
rolls and turned into q self-sup.
porting citizen. Powdered Jap
radish roots are good for grippe,
pneumonia, and fallen stomach.
A little gees long way.
Coon dogs that won't bark freed
are sometimes given 0 slug Of Jap
radiShes just before they start
running. They immediately start
barking on track and freed, too.
Rabbit dogs fed on Jap radishes
are just too fast for any Dummies
we have In New England, 30 we're
importing q few Texas jacks to
see II we can get faster stock.
Properly handled, that Japanese
radish will prove q boon to sports
everywhere. But we've got to
watch the fish and game depart
ment. Once they hear OF the SUI
perior advantages gained by use
Of the root, they'll frame some
sort OF q new ruling TO make "
illegal.
We've had q lot Of queries as 20
how 10 Identify Japanese radishes.
The best way Ia 70 eat o little, II
you can. II there's an inner urge
70 jump off the first bridge you
come 10 and drink the river dry,
you've eaten Japanese Radlshes.
II goes down easy but II hits like
one Of Hitler's bOmbers after IL Is
consumed.
To date, we feel that our exper-
imentation with this new food has
been almost too satisfactory. Tn
less we get q crop started quickly,
well run out OF roots and the pub
lie will 20 back 10 using red pep
per and ordinary horse radish.
Maybe we'd better write to Wash
ington and get q special Jap rad
ish project started In o scientific
manner and not depend too heavy
on the wild rootl
There's another feature 10 this
discovery. In the spring, o gar
den Of jap radishes makes o bead
tiful sight. The flower is green
and some Of the old-timers call
II Jack-in. the. Pulpit. Nate Evarts,
our mud turtle.catcher and nat
uralist, claims that the Indians
had another name for the plant.
They called II Indian turnip.
Ethnic studies have proven that
the Indians would have lived
longer ana avoided persecution by
the whites II they had donated
some OF that root 10 the first set
tiers and saved their corn and
venlson. Indians might handle the
STUFF without training but o white
man with q slug Of the herb un.
der his belt would swim from our
coast 20 England Just TO find q,
doctor. King Philip would never
have had 70 fight the war II he
had known as much about native
Indian turnip rs we have discOv-
cred about Japanese radishes.
The local children are gather.
Ing Jap radish root for us now.
When we stage that Donkey Base
ball Game next month, every mule
ridden by our visitors will be fed a
ration OF the toothsome dainty
mixed with some OF the best felt
boot cider. II anybody ever rides
one OF those newly-treated don
keys, the v. r. w. will certainly
have to make provision for the
care Of the next-of-kin.
When you're low, when the wife
Is giving you Sam Hill because
Hitler invaded the Low Countries
and you didn't stop him, or when
the next payment on the Ford
comes due, just gnaw q dried
chunk Of Japanese radish root and
think how easy II Is TO forget oil
worries. Gosh, II we could have
found that root earlier, maybe
the Merit System would have
been unnecessary. Fed to state EN-
pIoyes, that would bring efficiency.
GRIFFIN TO FACE