Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-01
THE MEDBpER.
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no signs of activity on the part of the
Thompson trustees. 1t looks very
much as if the statement by DR.. Cobb
be on before "snow flies" would not
the | asst few weeks the trustees have
furnished the local papers with two
Letters of information" although the
exact knowledge of the information
contained therein is not apparent to
the average reader. The object of
these epistles seems to be to let the
Brattleboro public know that the
trustees are still on earth and intend
to do something when the time
comes. - The first letter contained the
statement that as the hospital is sec
ondary to the needs of the sewing wo-
men and shop girls the trustees do not
feel like laying out any large sum of
money in its construction" and in the
second letter the statement is made
that "They feel it would do more harm
than good to delaying construction. y
The fact remains that nothing definite
has been done toward the hospitals
construction and apparently only the
preliminary steps have been taken. If
the trustees think that Brattleboro
will be satisfied with the Hemlocks"
as it is o-day they are decidedly mis-
taken. What we want is hospital.
Five times in the last three weeks
has railroad traffic been delayed by the
derailment of narrow gauge engine
on the arch bridge, and in every case
the accident has been caused from a
wrongly set frog. 1t is not an uncom-
mon occurrence for the Creeping pal
sy'i, as some people term the train, to
leave the track on slight provocation
but special care ought to be taken by
the railroad company to prevent the
accident happening when the narrow
gauge track is inside the broad gauge
These slight accidents on the bridge
have delayed the afternoon express
several hours.
Those who have had the pleasure of
hearing the steam roller at work the
past week have given up wondering
why horses are frightened at it. Let it
puff for two hours outside your win
dow and you will be as nervous as the |
highest strung horse alive. OF course
the roller is good thing but it be
comes too much of good thing in /
time. 1t is really a wonder in the (
mind of the Meddler that there have /
been no runaways since the roller be-
gan its operations on Main street. /
Much talk is made about the reckless
ness of automobiles in not stopping
their machines when they see a horse is
but they are nothing com
pared to the chauffeur of the steam
roller. 1t makes no difference to him
whether one or four horses are cavorting
about the sidewalks he keeps putting
ahead with his eyes glued to the road
bed in front and his ears deaf to all
Perhaps the roller at
est is just as distasteful to the equine
ace as the roller in motion, but it
would not be bad plan some times to
make an experiment in this line.
1t looks now as if old Saint Swithin,
Who has been having things his own
way the past two weeks, had at last
aiken to the woods. Certainly there
lave been more pleasant days in the
,ast week than have been seen together
II the early part of the summer. The
hronic kickers who have been com
laining all along Oh the wet weather ,
viii soon have something to say about
he heat. The following advice from a
'omerville paper is especially for their
enetit:
DO not kick about the weather,
1t won change conditions whether
AOu are satisfied or not.
If each day You find it raining.
Don't waste any time complaining,
Just he glad it isn't hot
If its hot. try not to mind it. .
just be cheerful You will ind it |
To be far the safer rule. t
fu>sng will not make it better :
Everybody hates fretter. :
Kicking never makes you cool.
Take what comes, and just enjoy it.
Don't let discomfort alloy it '
Its the wisest thing to do. /
Try this plan I've given thought to, {
If it helps you as it ought to, !,
Maybe will try it, too |
The Meddler !;