The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-12
SOUTH
BRITAIN
BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUS

The Connecticut Artists and
Writers club will meet at Old
Hundred on Saturday evening,
April Is. In case you've forgot
ten, Drover Brown, the original
COW jockey of Southbury, once
lived at Old Hundred and, accord
ing to legend, took P. T. Barnum
on his first trip to New York.
Young Barnum probably forgot
the favor because, as near as we
can learn, he never bought sin
gle pair of cattle from Mr.. Brown.
Kids are that way, forgetful. They
mean we'll enough but they just
take what's offered them and
sometimes forget to repay it.
Anticipating the Saturday rush
of fishermen, the town road gangs
are busy filling mudhOles along
the River road. Other roads need
attention, too. Some of our best
taxpayers are practically cut off
from their homes during several
months of the year.
The tin water bucket at Bullet
Hill school has developed leak,
but it will not be replaced this
school season. Budgets are
scraping bottom and, anyway, it
adds to the romantic colonial at
phere at Bullet Hill to have a
leaky water pail.
Anyone interested in "The Dis
tribution of Ethnic Groups in
Trade Unions" or Social Malad-
justment in Connecticut; An An
alysis of Crime, Mental Disease,
Delinquency, and Child Depend
ency Among Ethnic Groups in
Connecticut" should watch for the
publication list from the C0nnec-
ticut branch of the Federal Writ
ers Project. Sponsorship for these
and other inspiring titles is Gag
erly sought. Waterbury brass in
dustries, together with data on
biographies of brass mill execu-
tives, personnel breakdOwns, ETC.,
have been painstakingly prepared
by Federal Writer Stanley Gro
hOski and other Authorities"
Anyone interested in the best
homemade pies in the Pomperaug
Valley should stop at Joe Cum
ningham'.-- Triangle. Joe distrib-
uted something like ten thousand
pies last year and he has rested
up this winter, whetted his pie
knife, and now awaits customers.
Mrs. Nathan Hicock is Joe'S pie
baker and national advertisers
who have failed to see this amaz-
ingly efficient lady have missed
the bet of the century. Ten
thousand pies is quite an output.
Split five ways, that means that
fifty thousand individuals gained
weight, nourishment, and new en-
ergy when they stopped off to see
Joe Who said Hard Times?"
OIdsters around town are scan
ming the gardens for dandeliOn
greens. Next to Mrs. HicOck's
pies, a mess of dandeliOn green's
will furnish the best spring tonic
on earth, except mess of cow
slips.
Sometime, somebody seeking a
job, either privately or under
subsidy from one of the several
federal agencies or a foundation,
will go out into the highways and
bywayS of Yankeeland and hunt
up the best recipes for cooking
greens. That would be true serv
ice to humanity because greens
grow wild and cost little to har-
vest. Think of what we could do
with Hitler, John L. Lewis, or one
of these ethnic gropers if we could
get peck of Yankee greens under
his belt. Folks forget about perse-
cution when they're well-nourish-
ed and purified. The best rehabil-
itator on earth Is greens. If Mr..
Hitler's angry warriors would just
knock off remaking maps long
enough to gather some dandelions,
and If they could find a cook to
stew them up, the war would
soon be over and Mr.. Chamberlain
could 90 back economic planning
for posterity.
Another heavy crop Of twin
lamb is forecast for this spring the
year Of World War III. Twin
lambs always arrive when two
legged goats are scrapping among
themselves. Maybe nature wants
TO show the contrast or perhaps
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