The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS


 waiter Travis comes down from East Hill moro frequently these days. He usually brings his dog along for company, and the pup enjoys the exercise, too. When the Oak Tree crowd asked Walt if he was working, he replied truth fully; "No I'm on W.P.A,"
 Almost as soon as the roads opened, after the recent ice-stOrm, two delivery trucks arrived at Me- Carthy's store. One brought a consignment of pneumonia Salve, along with other patent cure-alls; j the other delivered an order of patent tea balls. That's service, plus.
 That Strongtown boy who park ed his car in the driveway and got . ticket for supposedly try ing to fiirt with nurses at the Waterbury hospital claims that he had 8 definite appointment with a girl whom he knew. Nurses are usually dressed alike and it's hard to pick the right one after dark Anyway, the lad wasn't to blame and he won a discharge in court. If anybody could get out of Strongtown this winter, and still retain his mental balance, a clear head, and good eyesight, he would have to have exceptional endurance.
 Mistaken identity and flash Judgment account for more trou- ble than politics. The last In- dian killel in this region was bumped off down near Seymour by a white man who mist0ok him for a deer. When 8 man from Massachusetts rammed a willow tree over on U. s. 6 and got tan gled in barbed wire, reports around the village were that the victim was a well-knOwn man. ab0ut-tOwn who has a reputation for sintemperance. It's safer and surer to talk carefully and to look twice before making a report.
 Kenneth Hatstat, one of our yoringsters who suffered & dislo- catiDn of the hip while coasting, is repoted to be resting more com- fortably. Ken was gravely injur- ed but not as badly as reported. Gossips had the little boys leg broken in several places, with the bor1e piercing the flesh. It's bad enough as it is. It's lucky the gosSips were so completely wrong.
 SDme day, New Workers will dis cover Quaker Farms, and when they do, watch the papers for re- ports of a real estate boom. Quaker Farms lies between South foI1 and Rockhouse Hill. little settlement that dates from 1880. Gasnbrel group cottages salt box hohses, dwellings with an over hanging cornice that forms pOfth, are plentiful on the Inain street and in the back coEhtry. The Episcopal Church wag built in 1872, and it still st8kds. Over this village next door hovSrs an atmosphere of peace and qulSt dignity, seldom shattered by the strife of political contests or bya the instrusiOn of city folks. Yoq can travel the world over and not find a more peaceful valley than Quaker Farms, where South BrHain folks sometimes go for a rests cure
 When the silica craze had the PoElperaug Country digging and blaSting. Quaker Farms escaped much of the excitement. However. copper was supposedly discovered in sthe ridges there and a New Haven manufacturer made an in vestment in lands that might have been highly profitable. Nothing .came of the copper mining efforts The old test holes are now fox dens, cozy places where trappers seldom disturb the whelps. And al6ng the walks in Quaker Farms orthe trim porches, and bordering the flower beds, are chunks of pufest rose quartz. People down that way got the decorative stone froln a digging near Hull's Hill, inE Southbury township, not far from the farm of J. Edward Coer, The IIIrd.
 Dur folks have always been friendly with the Quaker Farmers. Many of the younger men belong t0.Newton Post, No. 1907, Veter- ans of Foreign Wars, and we get the news from their valley when tli&y attend meetings. Clarence Roberts, OXford's First Selectman, lives in Quaker Farms and serves asjSenior Vice. Commander of our Newton Post Bob Johnson, veteran of the Fifth division, lives inQuaker Farms, and young Punk Merton, the lad who whipped Hor- ace Green, resides at Southford Falls at the head of the valley, PGhaps we could arrange some sort of a reorganization of town ships and annex Quaker Farms. We could use the extra tax re- celpts. and ease off on local prop erty owners.
 
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