Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-18
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show may not be many but its posting
force certainly did good work when
they covered over the anti vaccination
posters which have adorned some of
our local bill boards. 1t is not an ed
ucating sight for young children to be
treated every few rods to pictures of a
skeleton bleeding the arm of some poor
unfortunate, and it certainly does not
make them any more docile when the
operation is performed on them by a
physician. There ought to be some law
which would prevent the display of
posters intended to misguide and mis-
inform those who read them.
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The hoboes have reached Brattleboro
in the course of their annual migrations
and are causing no end of trouble to
persons who live near the railroad.
Many of them are awaiting the open
ing of the season at the corn canning
factory where number are given EN-
ployment and while they have nothing
to do they spend the time in foraging,
Residents on Vernon street are the
worst sufferers from these expeditions
in search of food. Several potato
patches have been robbed and in "A
number of instances cans and pitchers
left for the early milkmen have been
emptied before the owners were up
The authorities ought to think of some
method of stopping this nuisance.
One of the natural beauties of which
Brattleboro boasts is the number of
b,, -, oh ,ah
streets and lawns. In fact there are
probably very few towns which are so
generously supplied by nature in this
respect There are certain highways,
however, where the trees are allowed
to spread their branches in every di-
rection and in some cases the limbs
grow so low that in wet weather it is
hardly possible for pedestrians to pass
without lowering their umbrellas and
consequently receiving a shower bath
from the dripping foliage. No one is
greater respecter of trees than the
Meddler but he sees no reason why
they should not be trained in the way
they should 90 and allow every way
farer as much of the sidewalk as he
deems necessary for his comfort.
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During the discussion at this weeks
school meeting as to the ACCESSIBILITY of
establishing business course in CON
nection with the regular lines of study
the question arose as to the proper time |
for allowing the pupils to begin their
course, In discussing this point one
voter made the statement, which is |
known to everybody, that a fixed rule |
which will work favorably in some |
cases will be useless at other times and |
that the same rule will not apply under |
different circumstances. This same |
voter might have continued his reason
ing a little further along the same
lines and said that law which will |
work favorably in some towns will not
be satisfactory in others and he might !
also have said, had he not been a good
prohibitionist, that this argument was
an extremely strong one in favor of
local option law. 1t seems to the Med
Her that there are very many people
who talk fairmindedly on every sub
ect until that of the liquor question is
reached whereupon they Immediately
20 into the air and call all men fools
Who think anything but straight pro-
libition law is the proper caper.
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If the old belief regarding st. Swith-
day be true we are likely to have
IN exceeding amount of wet weather
luring the remainder of July and Au-
gust. The old story goes that if it
aims on that anniversary it will pour
or 40 days on end, and everybody in
,luding the golfers can remember the
Weather Tuesday. The day is called
,fter Swithin, an old time bishop of
1t is said that when he
lied he left instructions that his burial
hould be in the church yard instead of
n the chancel along with the other
bishops His wishes were carried out,
'ut later some monks, thinking it be-
leath his dignity to remain out in the
hurch-yard among the common peo-
lie. began to dig up the ground about
he grave preparatory TO removing his
,ody to the chancel. However, no soon !
II had they set spade to earth than it :
,egan to rain, and poured in torrents
or 40 days thereafter. The monks took I
t that they had received a gentle hint {
rom heaven that their laborS were un- ,
ppreciated, and thenceforth ST. Swith- I
Il was allowed to have his own way as !