Just across the Green from the post office is the county jail, seldom occupied except by some backwoodsman who has been intemperate; the courthouse is under the same roof. The dog warden usually basks in the sunlight near the harness store or the post office, his golden badge polished bright.
ATTRIBUTION:
Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943). Connecticut: A Guide to Its Roads, Lore, and People (The WPA Guide to Connecticut), pp. 193-94, Houghton Mifflin (1938).
