The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-07
SOUTH
BRITAIN
BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUs


Hit the deck early, II you want
to see what really goes on In
ono OF our tiny country towns,
Country people are stirring their
stumps about the time when some
city people hit the hay, and
they're out 10 make O profit, too,
At dawn, ~ Joe Cunningham's
Triangle, where the fastest pie
and the best hamburg sandwiches
on earth are served, we saw Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Perry driving
Southbury's best flock Of sheep
along the road. Mutton on the
hoOf moves best In the cool Of the
dawn, and this flock Of w0olies
gali0ped along Y. y. Q like o
Republican town official seeking
votes. Charley Perry needs o
dog 10 drive those sheep. ,Any-
body got n top-ilight sheep dog?)
The bakery deliveryman who
was unloading bread at South
bury Market took ono look at
that flock OF sheep and rubbed
his eyes. From the expression
on his face, one would have sup
posed that he thought the evac.
uation OF England had started
and that the flrst British NUT.
ton had arrived, What he didn't
know Is, all Connecticut Yankees
used TO raise sheep, fair weather
and foul, and ohalked up tidy
profit In so doing.
Artists travel miles 70 sketch
less beautiful sights than Char.
Icy Perry's sheep. Old Lyme,
slmpering and upstage, claims 10
have the toeh0ld on scenery In
Nutmegla because Guy Virgins
and q lot Of ether painters re-
side near there. When an Old
Lyme painter runs out Of all
colors but black, he paints Hol-
stein cows. II they'd transfer
10 Southbury, they could do
black and-white cows, calves,
and bulls. We've got II on Old
Lyme three ways without count
Ing sheep atall.
Now Hitler Is moving again,
we'll probably witness q new
westward flow OF royal refugees,
plutocratlc runners-away, and
Just ordinary rich Europeans
seeking a safe place 10 invest their
gold. We have stone castle here,
broad acreage In which to estab-
fish a cache, cool wells hidden In
the lilacs. and about everything
anybody needs who wants TO get
away from II all. We have low
taxes, schools that are paid for,
good roads, and a zoning law
Long ago, these citizens learned
how TO erect safeguards and Ge-
velop hideaways. Almost every
fireplace In the town has secret
brick cubbyhole where you can
hide crown jewels, or keep next
years seed corn.
The local board Of real estate
agents are thinking about pool
ing all advertising and short
waving an invitation to European
ROYALTY. We coud use some Of that
gold they're trying to hide. The
Lone Ranger would furnish
night guard, II necessary, and
any new resident who was inter-
ested In safety could have SO
much Of u that he wouldn't
trade for even o castle on the
Rhine.
South Britain Is admirably o.
Gated for defense. Rattlesnake 70
the eastward offers ample ulace-
ment for anti-aircraft artillery.
Flat Hill behind the village is
likewise safe high ground, ex-
cept when that farmer starts
moving cedar trees with that
new observation-disclosures
tor rig. The Purchase Is pop
ulated by a group OF rustic phil
osophers who never gave up tneir
arms 10 even a game warden and
the best rife shots on earth i've
under Squaw Rock. Great Bri-
tain seems doomed TO a wash
out, France is groggy and hold
ing In every clinch, but the
Kingdom OF South Britain stands
like q stonewall 10 defend civil