The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-22
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
By BILL GARRIGUS

Wlettl1S Gllelr war arrows ana stoning up the squaw knives. It's all on account of propaganda, too. If we could silence these radio speakers there would be only half as much trouble because not so many people read these days, and many of those who do read cannot figure out the meaning of the printed word. Smoky Jenson, with Norwegian blood and sandy hair, tangled with one of the Pur- chase Hill Germans after one of the foreign" radio broadcasts. The German threatened Smoky with corn knife; Smoky just grinned and tried the edge of his axe with that forefinger that isn't all there. The German boy tucked in his horns. Norwegian, German, or pale British blood, it's all the same. Here, we've got more than we can do trying to keep the re- liefers in rations while the pro- ductive portion of the population argues about who's wrong in this War.)
 After Sunday services at the Congregational Church, rumor had it that an organ sale would be conducted. Hopeful folks figured we may get a bid from the State. The State School piggery has about every modern improvement except an organ.
 Here's an item for researchers. When Charley Smith, George Manville, or Ed Scovill dig for Indian artifacts, they usually take special care to save all stone chips and debris in the event that it will be useful in restoration. George Manville found three pieces of finished soapstone, fitted them to- gether, puzzled over them for awhile, and finally found that he had pewter button mould. AS Injuns never had much use for buttons, George figures that mould was loot from some lonely Colonial cabin. Anyway, it's a beautifully wrought relic.
 Spring has arrived. We can be sure of it because the dogs are busy with their quarrels and their rOmances. Hounds from the Pur- chase, shaggy wOods-dogs from Paradise and the garnet mines, pOOches from the summer camps that are now year-round settle ments, and the more genteel yap- pers from town homes are all rubbing elbows and seeking what dogs look for. Hardly a day passes without at least one good dog fight. It has to be spring that generates this extra hostility be- cause dogs have no radios nor do they argue about which prOpa- ganda is the more truthful. Dogs don't care who wins the European War, as long as it's spring.
 Children are full of energy, too. Those Bullet Hill kids made so much money at their two-night minstrel show in Southbury that they are now worrying about in- come taxes. The next thing they will worry about is where and how to spend it. That's the way with money; it has to be employed or it deteriorates and loses its punch.
 Skeptical farmers who work for a living and who haven't any fancy barns for livestock have been inspecting the new barns at the State Training School for Mental Detectives and making their reports. It seems that hay storage space has been provided over the young stock, while the milk producers quarters where most hay is consumed has no hay-mow space in the attic. To lot of practical farm operators who never enjoyed COW college education, that looks like poor planning. Smoky Jenson claims that it's all right; he says the State COWS are to be fed packaged foods and only the calves and heifers will be fed roughage. You can never tell. Perhaps SmOlSy's right, or maybe the architect just got tangled-up.
 Under the Merit System, ar architect who planned a barr that way should be investigated Perhaps it's too late now but ii somebody would get out an in- junction against the Merit System Brain Trust the next barn might be practically planned. '. fl the State ever has any money for an- other barn.