The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-13


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 We might arrange . pageant for the dedication. Up on Rattle- snake, we could burn Q fiery cross and have Yappy Dlckenson's live- stock start believing as they be- came entangled in the wire. We could have Thoad Wheeler and Jack WentSch moving to and from York State, and Tip Hall at work at the forge. We might open . refreshment booth at the end of the span, Just as it. was be- fore the repeal of the 18th amendment, and we could wheel the barber out Into the POmper- aug to sober up as of yOrc. Per- haps we could even entice n Bridgeport real estate shark up here to trade business blocks for farms, or we might get Jim Ben- netts ghost to open up another cObblers shop. Free distribution of Grit and The Globe should be arranged and somebody should "take off" Anson Ward with his water gun in pursuit of dogs.
 A lot of folks are interested in that bridge dedication. It's 0 bit late, but the Russians at Churaey. ka never run of Christmas until Twelfth Night.
 Lyme Green has the edge on lots of people. When the Depart ment of Agriculture sent scouts up to Garnet Mines to hunt ID bug. .infested trees, Lyme saw his opportunity. The experts politely asked permission to cut . few trees on the Green farm, and Lyme consented, PROVIDED, they would cut and split the wood ready for domestic use. Uncle Sam'S people agreed; the Lyman Greens have Q w00dpilc, ready-made. Somehow, we're mighty glad t0 sec Lyme get a break. It's tough farming up there on the ridge above Paradise. The Greens can use all the breaks they get.
 Nat Evarts has caught that legged fox. Chickens are safe now on deorge's Hill; safer than motorists who try to nego- tate the slippery roads in that region. Hodges Travelling Store slid off the road there last week.
 One of the movie executives who has established . camp up near Kcttletown Is building q deer park of several acres. We hope he has better luck than Jim Bennett and Skip O'Ncll had. They went hunting with three guns, starting above Bates Rock and working toward East Hill. Entering the woods about ten in the morning, they were unrepOrtcd until about eight at night when they came out of the wilds, winded and w0r- ried. It Is rumored that . buck treed the nlmrods. Bucks are hostile this year.
 souaw Rock Is noted for open- handed, generous inhabitants Sometimes a squaw Rock res- ident gets excited and shoots of a lamp chimney. but as a rule everybody up there displays a high degree of social conscious ness. Years ago, a travelling hat pedler came to Squaw Rock to court a lady fair, parked his Model T sample-car and proceed ed with his love-making. Two To- cal cut-ups borrowed the carload of hats, motored to a tavern and had a few too many. The pair of pleasure came out of the tavern, got into the car filled with hats, and drove to Quaker Farms. A stonewall got in the way and the automobile overturned. When the hat peddler caught up with his outfit, he found the battered Model T on its side and the two volunteer salesmen giving away straw hats to every passerby. Mo- body knows how many eases of sunstroke were prevented by the timely action of these public-spir- ited citizens. Nobody knows how many future orders were clinched by the free distribution of mer- chandise But we wonder how that hat salesman squared things with his employers.
 The longest checker game on record was played between Joe Evarts and George Manville at the c. F. Williams Store about ten years ago. Starting shortly after ch0re-time in the morning, the men played until dark with out moving Q single checker. Jim Cassidy acted as umpire. The game was a draw. Everybody was satisfied and there was no return match.