The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08

NUoIG8 uUtkllllb oRtCAAA AZ SAOoA~
lines IN that tough old black-and-
white hide, but there's special-ex.
ira brains between Tommy's
slightly-clawed ears. George has
an Cld-fashioned latch on his door
and Tommy has made the discov-
cry that the latch jingles. When
Tommy wants to come in or 60
out, he saunters up to that door,
stands on his hind legs, and paws
that latch until It rattles. George
does the rest.
\ During the recent zero weather,
Villagers wFestIed with stalled cars
and frozen water pipes. Lower
Main street sounds like the north
slope Of HiIl $40 during the Verdun
offensive when the mercury settles
down around the minus mark.
Cars backflre, motors roar, and
townseOlk speculate on the prob
able strength Of anti-freeze mix
} lures. Only the very young and the
!. extremely old residents really en-
10y cold weather. The kids know
that it's safe skating; the old folks
scan stay abed until noon.
There's q difference in anti
freeze mixtures. Some are efhcient
and others are dynamite. Harold
Miller found out about the latter,
! during q chilly spell in 1899. He
loaded his car with kerosene. 1t
didn't freeze, but 1t caught fire
and burned to the ground.
We need O court house. When,
as, and II the Public Works Ad-
ministratiOn starts putting out
again, the town should file . bid
I for sufficient easy money TO build
. proper place for Judge Harold
flicOck TO hold court. Il il neither
efficient nor dlgnlfled to have our
Judge forced 10 try cases In the
town hall. Sometimes the town
hall Is warm but more often It's as
chilly as . tomb. Prisoners SILVER
pand we can never tell whether it's
from fear Of the law or approach
ding pneumonia. II wouldn't be SO
bad u all the cases were Of local
aorigin but we sometimes have TO
Restrain the city folks who are
used 20 steam heated quarters and
they suffer. HometOwners can
stand the cold, until the Judge
turns on the heat.
. Probably the earliest rising
woman in South Britain Is Alice
Stannard. No matter how cold 1t
Is, the first car to start down Main
street these days Is the sturdy
coupe driven by this attractive
young business woman. Alice
works In Sandy Hook and she
starts her day while most people
are still between the blankets.
IT'S funny about women. They
,ges mixed up with grub. Alice
.Stannard used 20 make the best
hamburger sandwiches In Amer
Ice, when she worked ut The Tri-
angle, and she stlll handles rations
nc her new stand In Sandy Hook.
She gets more pleasure from
watching q hungry man wrap HIM
self around q mess Of vittles than
most people get from o trip Is the
Worlds Fair. We would like TO sec
Alice open o sandwich shop In
Britain.
Frank Bowers has q way with
children and COWS. Every young
ster greets Frank with a smile.
whether he Is dressed up or In
overalls. His Jersey COW was the
best kept bossy In town, and we
always knew when Frank was away
because that COW beloved and
moped until he returned. She
knew that he was just off looking
for o better patch Of clover, but
she sure missed him and she was
happily only when he came back to
pet her and to talk to her. When
cows and kids take naturally to q
man, you can most usually bet
heavy on him. The livestock and
the moppets are hard to fool.
Trailervllle has tucked In for the
winter and bears q strong resem-
blance TO one Of Byrd's camps ne
the South Pole. Most trailer folks
burn oil 80 there IL no spiral Of
wood smoke form their Stubby
chlmneys. The snow drifts in
around those wheels that have
rolled 20 many miles, the frost
etches o design on the many win
dows, and these houses on wheels
have Q f0rlorn appearance this
time Of year. Why doesn't sOme-
body invent . practical fireplace
for trailers? Fireplaces are more
homellke than an oil heater.
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