The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-13

right into. it, took photos, framed headlines, and went on the wires with partial news. Our readers don't want that; they want a survey. a carefully cOmpil- ed story of happenings, and we intend to give them just that, for at least a couple of columns. We know that our readers in Panama, England, Alaska, and the State of Washington will appreciate our efforts, just as our nearby readers in New York, Boston, and New Rochelle will.)
 Tales of horror pack more punch if they're pinned on indi-- .viduals and their suffering. Since America imported so many re- fugees from Europe, and financed so many social experiments, people have gotten into the habit of thinking in terms of human trial and social maladjustments. That flood caused plenty of maladjust- ments, especially down here in Myron Pierce's pig-pen, where two normally quiet and peaceful pork CTS made Rattlesnake echo with their protests. Gosh, when we loaned the Pierce swineherd that pair of hip boots to lead his res cue party down to the pig-pen, it looked like we might lose those boots to say nothing of the hogs.
 Nate EvartS brought in another narrow escape story. Nate figured the muskrats would be swimming around once the old HOuSatOnic River got its back up, so he grab bed a handful of shells and head ed upstream to Skunk's Misery, an area along Squeak Street above PoOtatuck. Nate had just stepped on rotten stick and fall en into the flood up to his neck, when he saw a motorist trying to put chains on his car and heard the ice start to break loose up- river. Nate yelled; Never mind them chains, Mister! Grab your self a tree and start climbing!"
 The motorist wouldn't heed the warning because 1t was his Wife'S car and he knew he'd be better off dead than safe in tree-top with that car under water. So Nate started his own motor, got his bumper tight against the rear of that Sight-Seer'S bus, and stepped on the gas. AS Nate swung off Squeak Street toward the higher ground of Flat Hill, he saw mill lions of tons of ice grind and crush and splinter timber on the river road. Those two cars escap- ed by barely ten feet, and it shows the courage of Nate Evarts when he took a chance in drowning himself just to save guy who probably pays no taxes in this community. If Nate had been brought up on the Pootatuck, he probably would have spent so much time arguing about the price of Q push or @ tow that both men would have perished. His prompt, EV0ARBGOao tSbAVkA AapGo FA0AAS aS~ claim. Folks have been called to testify before Q National Defense Committee in Congress for show Ing less intelligence.
 Mir. EvaFts got only 6 single InuakFat. and . dueklng. If that careless m0teFist had read the slgn our Belectmen put up on Squeak Street, Gravel at Your Own Risk! Five Miles of UnimpF0ved ltOad!" oHF friend could have shot enough rats to keep him busy clipping coupons tlie rest Of hls fife. "Its too bad." Nate anidl "'rhen Intlahs rats was runnln' flnei And lt's also too bad that John Behielke had Co de before this lnst flood Jehn w0uld ef enjoyed ll. and he'd probably got m boat eF lwe, bee sides" Who kilews7 Maybe 1ehn Behielhe wns sitting up there on 2 ialn cloud. insi laughing At us iii enF misery aiI tie tfnle9