The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-15
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
By BILL GARRIGUs

We're losing ground fast. Twen- ty-one people died in Southbury while eighteen were born in 1889.
 Accuracy in news-gathering is at 8 premium here. According to reports issued by 3 rival corre- spondent, Edward Hveem was fined for running into Leslie Hat stat at BOtsfOrd Corner. Eddie wasn't even there. Les was driv- ing Eddie's car when farmar from the Purchase crowded him into a hank. Les avoided collision by running into the bank and turning over. The car was some. what damaged and the Lone Ranger ordered the Purchase res ident and Les into court. Judge Harold HicOck discharged both of the motorists. The Judge proved more accurate in his dispensation of justice than the local corre- spondent did in covering the case.
 Somebody in Woodbury is ad- vertising that they have found bay horse. Think of 1t, horses on the loose this weather, and no owner arriving to claim the wan dering animal! It wasn't like that in the old days. Folks kept an eye on their stock, and advertisers were more specific in their de- scriptions. "A bay horse" might be anywhere from colthood to honored maturity; 1t might be worth calling for and it might not be. Horses possess more individu- ality than motor cars, and they shouldn't be left to wander around loose or be classified like Ford automobiles.
 A local truckman with twin trucks is reported to have Oper- sted for several days with single marker on each vehicle. Both markers bore the same number. It's . thrifty way to keep two trucks at work but it's . risky procedure just the same.
 George Grisgraber, rural post man, was driving along the Lake- side Road regretting that he didn't have $25 to spend for a ticket to the Jackson Day dinner when five deer hopped out into the road ahead of him. George stepped on the gas but the deer got away. Four of them went up into Nate Evarts' woods. They want to be more careful, or they'll be long gone. The hens are again feeling the urge. Every poultryman in the valley Is smiling these days be- cause chickens realize that Spring is just around the corner. Capa- city egg production Is the order of the day, but prices are so low we wonder where the profit is.
 Any community with Q judge as fair-minded and honest as the Honorable Harold Hicock should consider itself doubly blessed. Judge Hicock is a gentleman who has worked with his hands, he understands the complex prob- lems of making a living, and he
 passes out justice accordingly. If an honest motorist falls af0ul of the law and has to appear before our Judge, he gets square deal and usually keeps his license. Southbury has never suffered from a too strict enforcement of the law and has avoided the crit icism aimed at many rural c0m- munities. We can thank the Hon. Orable Harold Hicock for this en- viable record. If the country had more judges like ours, jails would be lonesome places with thick cob. webs festooning the barred win d0ws.
 If there is any one thing that Constable Michael Klesitz trea- sures above his badge of author ity, it's that new moustache he has recently cultivated. Mike is an enthusiastic worker for better world. We all wish him luck in this latest worthy endeavor.
 Perhaps the saddest thing in this vicinity these days, Is the group of WPA workers at the new hospital. The ground is frozen too hard for effective digging, most of the available firewood was burned last year, and it's not exactly pleasant trying to keep warm in the frigid confines of Pierce H0I- low. When even an old resident like Sam Pierce folds his tent and departs for the South, it's too cold to try to run gang even on made work"
 Deer are yarding and the bucks are growing uglier with every passing day. Somebody recently wept about the increasing slaugh- ter of deer in Conn. If that writer had ever been treed by one of these South Britain bucks, he would probably advocate 6 bounty on deer. Enough is a-plenty and we simply have to teach bucks their place.
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