Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-10

and beautiful, and the next man VIII
throws into it a lot of fish heads, o
labels, or decayed fruit, or anything
else in that line, will have his rewar,
right here in photograph II we ca
get it. With but little cost the spo
may be made almost bewitching, es
pecially to tourists from the stiflinl
cities, and the only thing after that /
done will be to draw the dead line
against its dissertation. Let the goot
work begin right away!
Il
The peanut man across the wa.
hasn't requested this item, nor does h
know anything about it. Yet it sug
gests itself, from an opposite window
Well say, to begin with, that the pea
nut man pays somebody for his pea
nuts. 1t is quite as much a part of hi:
stock in trade as pair Of shoes is tt
the man next door, or the harness or {
clock, or anything else, sold by his
nearby neighbor. Yet the unfortunate
peanut man, with his wares displayed
on the walk, so close at hand and &C
desperately tempting, is the daily,
hourly, almost infinitely, victim Of the
filcher who wouldn't fitch for all the
world; who, in fact, would deride the
very idea, and repudiate the charge
with hot indignation. Without watch
ing closely, and with no attempt to
keep close record, it may be stated
as true that on one afternoon last week
within two hours and half, IA people,
mostly townsmen mo women included }
made no bones of helping themselves
from the exposed stock Of the peanut
man-just dipped in, as it were. as they
passed, and took two, or five or maybe
a dozen freshly roasted peanuts. Ger
tainly they would be offended were
they here named. One was one of the
village guardians, who made trip
back and forth, without a murmur
from the proprietor, who stood on the
steps and passed the compliments of
the day with his thoughtless friend.
Never mind who the others were: they
were all well known citizens, and they
each wanted peanut or two. They
didn't want five cents worth, in bag,
done up by the proprietor, and paid
for, because so many as that would
have spoiled their appetite for supper.
They Just wanted a nibble, simply a
bite, and to save time and expense
they took it. 1t was so convenient,
and "for gracious sake, what is pea
nut or two!' However, it seems very
reasonable to believe that the "help-
ings" of these IA callers within two
and one-half hours may have been
worth 10 cents, net Carrying out the
sum, saying that the store is open 10
hours day, the loss Is 40 cents daily,
81. 40 weekly, 1924. so yearly. Would
you believe it? Still, the peanut man
smiles and is glad to see you,
1t has been 50 years since Brattleboro
has seen the combination Of Fourth
Of July and the open saloon. Pessi-
mists within few weeks have predict
ed dire results OF the experiment. 1t
is easy enough to forecast things, but
it is curious, sometimes even comical,
TO see how things come out at the end
For instance: This towns first Fourth
If July under license in half century,
furnishes the following results: -Four
arrests, mot as many as heretofore re-
corded within few weeks past in a
single day, no fires, not even still |
Harm, which has not heretofore been |
accorded within six or eight years; but
me accident, so far as known, result |
ng from the careless use of explosives,
Ilmost beating the record of score of |
ears bon fires were hardly noticeable, ,
nut one worth mentioning being OBJ.
erved, as compared with dozen or
Ennrths EvaruhnIp |
oipcides with the view that the
free from disorder. Chief
f Police Hall tells Reformer man
hat in his eight years service he has
ever known so quiet and orderly cell
bration of the Glorious Fourth, and
e is an observing man and knows
hat he is talking about. With the
olice force increased to score of
len the record of but four arrests
rom O'Clock Friday evening until /
clock Sunday morning is absolutely
especially in view of what
'as predicted by the local pessimists.
Three good dogs made an excursion
tuesday and ran a trip on Wantasti-
uet mountain. Two of them were T.
rank Turner's bull pup and red Irish
,tter, and the other was fine water
PANEL, Webb" who owns the Brat
eboro house. They are close friends
nd they simply went off on lark.
fter days absence they returned at
light with gaping mouths which they
ere unable to shut. The reason was
lat their jaws were plugged jam full !
porcupine quilts, long and sharp.
nd they looked as if they had tried TO
new up a pen-holder factory. You
ever saw such a trio in your life!
nd their eyes said guilty just as
laiply as anything. DR.. Rathbone,
lie veterinary, spent two hours pulling :.
ut the hedgehog spikes and the dogs,
;herized, submitted to the operation
ithout complaint. They appeared next
ny in usual form, ready for anything
'ossing their path, but it is plain to
'e by their sidewise glances and gen.
al demeanOr that they are somewhat 4