The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

as regular, Ake tHe SutuiSeJ iVW milk prices, phenagling public officials, and sore throats from hollering.
 There's @ short note in the Newtown Bee that will probably assure Henry McCarthys friends.
 It reads, ."The Atlantic and Pa- ciflc food store closed Saturday night and has gone out of busi- ness in Woodbury." We al- ways claimed Mccarthy could lick the chains, If he kept those spec cials priced right. That Woodbury store didn't close because people are eating less, either. With spring coming up, folks eat more. They have to because of the work ahead.
 Many people have never enjoy. cd Q shopping trip to McCarthy's Store and right here might be . good place to introduce this pre- mier emporium. When you come up the steps onto the porch, Hem ry's two windows advertise his sue perior merchandise, but there's Q card in the window about Ladies Aid, Red Gross, or church supper. On the porch in summer time, are garden tools, an leo cream sign, q lawn mower or two, and a dog or 9 couple of kids. The entrance is narrower than you'd expect, hut wide women manage to get in without turning edgewise and Henry often car- ries out boxes of rati0ns to your car, anyway.
 Within, McCarthy's has candy and sweetmeats on the left; spe- cial merchandise and drygoods on the right. The kids can buy their candy and get out quick without causing any delay for the adults bent on more serious buying. Next the candy is the tobacco counter with few boxes of the better grade cigars. Behind the buyer, as he looks over the cigar display, is the drug case, filled with lima ments, pill boxes, cold congestion rubs and a few items for my lady's toilet. Over the way, in the next aisle Is a collection of biscuits and a mighty substantial line of over- alls and work shoes. Only one guy we ever knew failed to get fitted in McCarthy's. He was small for his age, sort of in between youth and adult sizes, and he was from New York.
 The main business portion of the store comes next, and If there's any doubt in anybody's mind about the completeness of stock there, just come over and take look. There's room to work around the cash register and the scales. The ice box is genuine, not one of these electrically cooled cOntraptions that shuts down and lets all the lard melt when the power fails. The specials are ad- vertised in this portion of the store and there are usually few prize contests advertised showing how to win new automobile or an income for life by writing 25 words or less and saving soap wrappers.
 There's the clock loft, always accurate. The church bell is rung on McCarthy's time. the sun comes up by that clock, and men start coon hunting by 1t. Near the clock is the sign, Try Our Kero- sene," and once you've tried 1t, you'll yearn for the days of oil lamps. That kerosene will cure a sore throat quicker than you can put on second applications, 1t will start green wood fire, one lad tried 1t for anti-freeze and it was so powerful his car burned to the ground. The kerosene is kept in the store room, of course. not with the real groceries. There's old- fashioned molasses in that store room, too. The kind you used to buy before they started canning the stuff.
 The stove, the ice cream cab- inet, and the hardware depart . ment are just nicely fitted into the roomiest corner of the store, and it's around that stove that the affairs of the nation are dis cussed and that. when the trade permits, Henry sounds off on his Idea of Aid t0 Britain. Cohen at the Court of St. James, and the reason why Hoover failed to make us a satisfactory president. Cracker barrel philosophers from as far away as Salisbur