The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-18
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changed again. This sort Of thing
happens about once In 30 often and
it's Oh exasperatlng as II ID un.
warranted. We hear that some Of
the younger pupils formerly had TO
walt too long, 30 now the buses
make two trips on certain routes,
once for the big kids, and once Tor
the moppets.
y Children, like their elders, have
softened up. There's no longer any
h initiative and endurance In our
4 offspring. To-day, when any child
A. mere than 0 mile from o sch00a"
house, the taxpayers furnish trans.
poEtatlen for that child. Just o few
! years ago, Harvey Booth used 90
walk from RoxbuFy 10 New Haven
= 10 ret o doubtful education 10
Yale College. We bet that no re.
miembeFed what he learned.
A moderate exposure 10 exercise
ineuleates 0 feeling for education
In the mind Of either child or
adult, Bowdagger Harrison fire..
quently walks from the ehepaug
country clear 10 Kettletown TO get
O glasS Of hard cider. Bowdagger
never brags, but he knows that 100
fest make O cord and that o bu"
shel weighs 60 pounds.
A Woodbury. sportsman recently
took his wife ice.elshing ut
CandiewOod. He let hls running
mate ch0p the holes. When O
giant wallsye pike got snagged
on one Of the WoodbuElan's fish
lines, and the hole proved TOO
small % ret the fish cut Of che
pond, he saw the error Of his ways.
:, II you want anything done right,
try doing 10 yourself.
One Of the spooklest things In
the valley 10 the reflection OF the
lights from Trailerville on the pol
iShed surfaces OF the gravestones
In South Britain Cemetery. A
passegby who did not know about
II might start O beautiful ghost
story. or no might break 0 leg rum
ming away over that armor.coated
state highway.
Weather.wise gentry predict
terrific Sreshets next spring when
the Ice breaks ON the P0mperaug
and the H0usat0niC Rivers.
Maquash, lest saohem Of the Poo.
tatucks, who died I'm i7Ss, would
have called this IN old.fashloned
winter.
Some people blame the power
company for freshets, claiming
that II MIR. Roraback's hired help
hadn't put In Stevenson Dam,
we would never have suffered 0
flood on the Housatonic. That's
like blaming the Farmers almanac
for 0 dry spell. Aerial photography
clearly puts the finger on the en-
glneers who constructed the new
bridge between this township and
Sandy Hook. The new bridge abb
utimeYts create narrow place IN
the river, Ice jams Up there and
the water backs up. One Of our
most learned local residents warn
cd the bridge builders about that,
but Il made no difference. They
vert right ahead. pinched the
normal flow Of the Housatonic,
and set I'D o razard that may, one
day. cost several lives. II engia-
GERS and college professors would
listen TO folks with practical ex-
perlence, maybe the taxpayers
wouldn't be bankrupt half the
time.
Local experience rates over
ooIk-IeaFning, every time. That's
why our leading storekeeper,
Henry J. Mccarthy, buys short
axe-handies. Nobody could give
away o inan's-sIxed axe handle In
this valley, and Henry knows u.
Everything runs short, hereabOuts,
especially toward spring. MAYBE
0UE 8NAGC8eVE0 AssSW vAsS v%s~S Va -
50 inch barrel on . shotgun, ana
an axe handle long enough to ges
both hands on, but the present
generation doesn't savvy. Long Bob
Chase got discouraged trying 10
chop wood with 0 sawed-off axe
handle. Bob went away. Foxes in-
crease ana multiply because We
insist on shooting shOrt-barreled
gums. The only thing that's really
long In South Britain Is the time
between drinks -. and sermons.
McCarthyis General store put In
an order for canned dog food the
other day and the jobber deliver
ed canned cat food. II that jobber
had ever lived in the country he
would have known better. Country
sats eat rats during the cold
weather. Only the dogs and hui
mans, live from cans. tEienry sent
the Pussy Pretzels back with q
good, stiff Complaint.)