The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-29
South Britain Briefs

Church and a few old Standbys
attended regularly. Lloyd Fowler
presided at the bell rope in his
usual efficient manner.
Years ago, farmer we know
bought an imported ram. The
animal arrived in a heavy crate
and we loaded the crate onto a
wagon and drove down to the
sheep lot. A greenhorn hired man
volunteered to pry the boards off
the end of that crate and let the
ram loose. He was very success
full. Hardly had the last board
dropped when that buck sheep
erupted. The hired man took
that ram square in his mid-section
and he was f1attened out so thor
oughly that he didn't drink any
hard cider for a week. No suits
resulted. The gam lived to chase
several city visitors up trees and
to become the father of lambs
that took premiums at Wolcott
Fair. If anybody had sued for
$500 as result of damages sus-
tanned in collision with that
creature, we would have given
them the farm and thrown in the
ram for playmate. (Times, and
values, have changed)
Speaking of Fowler reminds us
of eight-sided houses. Years ago,
one Doctor Fowler started a new
architectural craze for houses
built on Octagonal lines. Danbury
had such a house, Portland had
two, and the Doctor built a mas
terpiece at Sharon Station. When
Carl GARNER wrote a book about
the Hudson River, he found traces
of this method of construction
and devoted considerable space to
these unusual houses. A Bridge
port feature writer copied Car
mer and added a few extra lines
of her own.
Both Mr.. GARNER and the
Bridgeport lady missed one of
the finest eight-sided houses in
existence, the one in Nettleton
Hollow, up Sprain Brook way.
Where Carmel Hill eases off into
the valley to the westward, some
artistic carpenter and joiner
whacked up such an eight-sided
house as one seldom sees. It
nestles under the hill like a par
fridge bashfully cuddling on her
nest. A country lane leads from
the main road over to this home
stead and dead-ends in the door,
yard. In the summer, century-old
shade trees shield the house from
view and, during the autumn and
winter months, the brown paint
provides protective coloring a.
gainst a background of frosted
foliage.
Ken Walton, cO-manager at j.,
c. Bache Company of New York,
spent the weekend rounding up
voters and spreading the gospel
Of good, clean government. On
Election day, ken votes in New
Canaan, and then plans to hurry
to Southbury to render all possible
assistance to the Overworked town
officials. Ken has the largest col
lection Of campaign buttons in
town. He also has more friends
than anyone we have seen arrive
here in the last score of years.
It's too bad we cannot run him
for office. He would carry ROx-
bury, Paradise, and run ahead of
the ticket in the Purchase Hill
country.
People who get around know
Ken Walton. He is always found
where the ordinary man hestitates
to venture. Last time the v. F. w.
gave dance, Ken spent the en-
tire evening cooking hot dogs and
treating the youngsters who came
to the canteen. Chats the kind
of a man to get votes. Ken is
getting them this year as never
before.)
HarpO, Pierce Hollow COW pun
cher, claims that bulls are just
like every other animal. If you
don't let them BLUM you, they'll