The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-26

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started late and planting was
delayed by heavy spring rains.
Two South Britain boys are drlv-
Ing that truck and we expect many
tales from them when they return
Mr.. Metcalf expects o profit, and
he will probably not be disap-
pointed.
When New York advertising
man bottled some private stock
as % gift 10 Nate and Percy
Bcardslcy. he dipped down into
his personal experience and
framed-up % label That label
bears the picture Of % Devon bull,
and the text Ia most appealing.
10 reads ~ follows: "Dr Boards.
ley's Remedy. 10 be taken be-
fore, after, and with meals"
Names are curious things,
whether they identify medical
stores, laughing water, or O stretch
OF woodland. We heard u new one
Just the other day, II seems that
the region behind the old Sandy
Hook Station was once known aS
"Black North" maybe II was O
station on the underground rail-
road, q transportation system that
carried black ivory from the
slave states 10 Canada. who
knowsO There's chance for
somebody 10 turn @ penny COM
merclalizing that name. "Black
North Corn Salve," BLACK North
Charcoal" or "Black North Dia-
monds" might find o ready mar
kGt almost anywhere. A Black
North Cafeteria with special
trimmings, o Black North Dance
Hall with q Jazz band, or Just q
Black North Beauty Parlor might
ring the bell.
Smoky Jensen ambled Into tell
NV that he had decided 10 come
out for % reduction In social se-
Curlty In favor Of % greater mn
tI0nal security. lie wants more
folks waiting for draft numbers
and fewer anticipating old age
pension chits. Smoky claims we
should investigate this rumOr that
% Jewish Border Regiment IN be-
Ing formed down Oxford way; says
its no time 10 form either Jewish
or Gentle outfits, but that II GER
taInly IN time 10 lean heavy on
AMERICAN organization. Less
emphasis on Jewish. Jewish. AM
erican, Polish. American, and oil
hyphens or slightly allen sound
Ing specifications will register In
the upper brackets Of patriotism.
smoky suggests that we park
some of our watery- eyed social
consciousness and Introduce % few
twelvc.hO days until after the
haying IN done, anyway. :
That Jensen guy might have an
idea. Look over that map on the
barn door where we have gcratCh-
cd of the countries that didn't
make good at the showdown, II
appears that oil OF them were first
struck with o wave OF Aunt Nell
lies who started 10 uplift the I'M
der-privlleged masses and next
submerged by some husky chaps
who claimed afiiliatlon with the
sun-to-sun school OF thought. us
Just like burning charcoal pit;
once you start II, time continues
on clock -around basis.
Laziness and Jealousy have
caused o lot Of trouble. Some Of
our other cOnstables are jealous Of
Mike Klositz because Mike owns q
new car. That's unfair. II q man
n lucky enough 20 drive something
with less than three or four years
wear on II, that fellow should be
congratulated for his thrift and
foresight.
We knew @ musician who was
supposedly jealous OF Cowboy
Pickett, the bull-fiddler In Swedi
Stolt's Haymaker Dance Band
He saw Pickett's roony auiomo-
bile and growled under his breath
everytime the Cowboy passed.
And then. one night. he saw
Pickett lug that dog-house violin
out and tuck II between the
blankets In the back OF the sedan.
After that he stopped being jeal.
0sn.