Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-28
REMARKS BY A WISE GUY.
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A certain Oak street resident wa
once honored by his fellow citizens tt
the extent of being elected one of TIT
board of bailiffs of this village. Great
ly gratified to think that he was con
sidered of sufficient calibre to beal
such responsibilities he took hold o.
his duties with will and all his sup
porters called him a model village Of
ficer. He was prominent in many move
ments for the welfare of the village,
and one of his acts which brought ap-
prevail from many, especially those
with poor control over their equilib-
rum, was the prosecution of certain
highway abutters who did not clean
the snow from their sidewalks. The
Oak street resident is no longer bailiff
but he is property owner and his
sidewalk during the winter has been
the bane of all persons whose course of
travel lay in that direction. We give
this illustration in the hope that a
large number of people whose sidewalks
are in the same or even worse condi-
tion will take advantage of the lateness
of the season to buy snow shovels at
marked down rates. The common
everyday property owners are not the
worst offenders, however. There are
places for which the village is respon
sible and stretches of sidewalk in front
of public edifices which in point of
slipperyness and treachery cannot be
equalled. If the famous reds and blues
of the Baptist church would show some
of the unbounded enthusiasm" which
is said to have been rampant at their
recent banquet, in the welding of
picks and shovels, three persons at
least (for this number has been seen by
the Wise Guy would not have had
black and blue spots on certain parts
of their anatomy.
The question of the right and wrong
of card playing, which nearly every
broad minded person settles for him
self and attempts no argument on the
subject, caused an unusually stormy
scene at recent meeting of the local
chapter of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution. The discussion all
arose because some of the members
thought it good plan to give a mill
tary whist. This idea was violently OPP
posed by the anti card faction but the
latter was badly outnumbered when |
the question was put to vote. Instead |
of accepting the verdict as minority |
generally does the anti-cardites refused
to associate themselves with an organ
ization sanctioning such form of .
The result was several
Without regard to the
Wise Guys personal opinion on the sub
ject he believes the women who re-
signed did the proper thing provided
they honestly believe that card-playing
in any form is sin, but he is at loss
to know of sound argument against
such amusement.
Perhaps the people who own shares
IF Brattleboro Street railway stock
would be glad of we'll known Brattle-
ooro residents opinion as to why their
dividends are so few and far between
Speaking of the difference between
his road and the Northampton & AM
lert railroad he said: 1.-The difference
between them is plain enough to me.
The Northampton Amherst road has
college at each end and the Brattle- :
,oro road has cemetery
1t seems to be the unanimous opin-
on of all persons who have investi I
rated the matter that shington's
was not originally intended
olely for the purpose of allowing the
chool- children holiday. At least it
S thought that George did not have
his matter in mind when he origi [
ated the occasion. We do not mean a
y this that the day should not be a
celebrated but it does seem p
ike foolish thing to allow the chill {
ren Monday for day of recreation A
ust because Washington's anniversary +
appens to come on Saturday. There
re very few of the coming generation "
Tho will know any too much when p
hey have finished the prescribed term tt
f schooling as schools are now con- n
ucted. fl
The Wise Guy. ii