The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-22

-" N~asevS luAt week,
Rumor has u that q well.kn0wn
New York broker win soon start
the recruitment OF o company OF
sharpsho0ters right here In South
Britain. This gentleman has trav-
eled the world around seeking an
Ideal group OF marksmen who can
be depended upon 70 slaughter nm
army In parachutes or perforate q
bktEkrleg tank on the gallop. He
claims 10 have found the people
he wants right here. OF course,
everybody wants to name this
outfit and this column offers It's
facilities.
Perhaps we could call the troop
1.-THE Squaw Rock Riiemen,"
',t'he Little York Skirmishers," or
"The Battle Axe Brook Sharp
shooters2" There's mighty little
In q name, anyway, but we'll
gamble that any outfit that chal-
lenges our boys 10 O contest Will
will have 10 hold close to excel
their record.
The Pierce boys, equipped with
O home made tractor and q now
Ing machine In tow, have been
trimming the grass along widows
Lane. We have not found out
whether this 10 o town project, Q
church.sponsored affair, or just
plan public-splrlted action by two
OF the towns most promising
young men.
Ernie Boardsley, the Democrat
delivery boy In this village, has
at last learned how TO ride.
Ernie grasps those rope relns like
O real coW-puncher, ylps TO his
mount, and gallops down the
sidewalk TO the dismay Of oil cats,
dogs, and old ladies In town. He
wears glasses to protect his eyes,
dispenses with the use Of 0 saddle
for greater economy and EN-.
cheney, and generally turns IN O
pretty COCO JOB
Like Che Spanish girls who walk
along the Luneta In Manila on
band concerts nights, many Of our
fair ladies stroll up and down the
street here. Mail cell brings out
many Of them. Closing time ~ the
trap shop Ii featured by another
group Of rather hurried strOllers.
And SWIMMING time certainly
brings additional wear on our
rather rough sidewalks, ~ young
ladies' Of assorted ages scoot
down street for . plunge and q
frolic.
Same Pierce was seen In Water
bury on Circus Day and We have
MT seen him since. One resident
OF Pierce Hollow said that Sam
was staying away until such time
as the new boiler ut the defective
hospital was tested. Clouds OF
black smoke pour from the stack,
men scurry about like rabbits,
oven the w. p. A. 10 working over
time on the Job, but we have no
reports OF progress In getting that
boiler 10 pushing steam TO the
hilltop.
Henry Mccarthy, sensing the
swing toward Dictatorship, has
tried out o new hat that 10
dead ringer for the headgear OF
II Duce. Lloyd Fowler, Registrar
Of voters, and Henry's assistant,
sticks 10 his broad brimmed sky.
piece modelled on Spanish Amer
lean War type lines.
The moon was 30 big on We'd
nesday night that many people
failed TO 60 10 bed at oil. One
farmer gave his hired man leave
70 90 over 10 eouthbury for 0
glass OF Creamy Ale, and when
the moon rose, regretted his gem
crosby. He spent tho rest OF the
evening trying TO locate the miss
Ing farmland, and lost out on
some darned good moonlight
moving. Hay cut In the full OF
the moon IL repeatedly Of Amer
texture and heavier nourighment
than forage harvested while the
moon "a smaller. John 1chielke
claims that cider drunk under q
full moon IN also more satisfac.
tory, but John seldom waits Tor
lnoon-rise before he starts work
on the pitcher.