Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21
REMARKS BY A WISE GUY.
"D the coat .dts put it on"

The present maple sugar season has
been the best thus far that farmers
have enjoyed for several years. This
important industry is one that has
given the state national reputation,
and pure Vermont Maple Sugar" is
recognized everywhere as little bet
ter than any other produced. 1t will
pay the farmers therefore to uphold
the present standard by adhering strict
ly to the meaning of the adjective
which characterizes their out. put. 1t
is very easy to add small quantity of
last years syrup or even little white
sugar to this years sap and sell the
result as absolutely new :" but it does
not pay in the long run. If the farm
ers will sell new sugar for. new sugar
and not juegle with the meaning of
the word pare they will have no trouble
in getting the prices they ask.
4 x
A Frenchman living in Canada near
the Vermont line was once cautioned
about trading horses with people as
sharp as the residents of the Green
Mountain state. He answered his ad-
visor as follows: Never you mind. l
been far south as White Liver John
peel. The Wise Guy suggests that
the local motormen take few lessons
from the Frenchman in the matter of
being Watchful OF late it has been a
common occurrence for people wishing
to take car to be obliged to walk rods
through mud and slush simply because
the motorman did not have his optics
peeled. The local road is not such an
Independent corporation that it can af
ford to be fussy about where the cars
shall and shall not stop, and its pa
irons would feel much better satisfied
with the service if the employees were
a trifie more accommodating.
The Central Vermont railway com
pany is such an accommodating cor
poration and has been so prompt in its
attention to the needs of the Brattle- \
boro Il Whitehall division that the
Wise Guy is tempted to suggest a
slight improvement in the local depot
yard Sherlock Holmes used to be
able to tell where a man had been by
examining the mud on his shoes, but
his services are not needed in Brattle-
boro when the only question is whether
a person has been in the railroad yard.
SNhbIui tII IHblIE llitl - ~ easily
ognized that anyone can do the detec-
tive work. Why wouldn't few loads
Of cinders help matters: The railroad
must have plenty of them and certain
ly there is no place where they are
more needed.
The Lion and the Lamb have been
2avorting all over the lots this week
apparently in an attempt to see which
shall take precedence for the remain
Ter of March. Its rather difficult
% tell which is getting the better of
he argument, but as the Lamb has
most of the time so far it is more than
that its opponent will do es-
'ort duty the remainder of the month
I was only week ago that people
we're talking about lazy weather, -
eeing robins and shedding their win
er underclothing, but siuce then the
Weather bureau has so reversed mat
ers that it has been a case of button
our coat, put on your mittens and
now better next year. Its all right
0 talk about spring as soon as the
now gets off Main street, but it is
likewise we'll to remember that Old
'oreas is no respecter of eauze under
'ear.
The Wise Guy.