Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-21
xBY THE WAYS

rived on the evening train, walked IN
to the Brooks House Office with almost
a dozen burdocks clinging to ms
coat and trousers. II was very anus
| ing to everybody but the victim
Ladies' garments We're generously
sprinkled with the miserable things
and man spent quarter of an houi
in front of the light in Moran's WIN
dows picking off the prickly round
balls which had been thrown at him
less than 100 feet down the walk
Chief Hall ought to snake these juve-
nile offenders, some of whom were sit
ting in a bright light But for gra-
cious sake don't put 'em in the lookup.
That would kill a decent boy, even II
he We're n bit uncomfortable and wan
dering from the supper table TO see the
town by gas light.
Coming from authority, this inter-
view on the lookup and its miserable
condition is of interest, inasmuch as
the man interviewed was Mr.. Vinton,
first selectman of the town. This is
the way it started, and ended:
What do you say of the lookup"
enough IOT tllOSe llidi Stl
to it."
"Will you give for publication your
opinion as to the conditions-cleanli-
ness and sanitary provisions-of the
lockup?"
NO, sir"
''Will you say a word about the mat
ter?'
NO, sir"
Satisfactory
Good enough for those who get in
there-I don't expect to-"
There is great complaint from
horsemen, automobilists and bicyclists
of the utter disregard which some
people show in throwing into the high
ways hods full of ashes which coltaI.
nails and tacks burned tree from the
wood first put in to start the
fire. Louis Allen, who knows a good
deal about horses hereabouts, says
that there is a valuable animal now
laid up the past six weeks because of
a nail in its hoof, and evidently per-
injured. He adds that the
number of complaints of this sort this
summer is altogether surprising. The
have been busy with their
'orceps pulling nails and the like from
he hoofs of horses. stabbed and famed
on the public highways. A Chicago
was punctured on Canal
street last week II was a $500 ma
'hine and the owner had to wait near /
y a day and pay s2l 10 get the repairs
made, There have been other In
stances. Bicyclists are constantly I
voiding the ashes spread in the street /
because they know what results from /
ride over the innocent looking stuff. /
t would appear that owners of val
able machines have valid cause for
omplaint in this matter
The recent case in court. in which
well known citizen was pulled in and
ned for fast driving strikes an observ-
r as nothing less than comical when
is notorious fact that there are OH
he same stretch of Main street
Oxen instances a day of much faster
nd more reckless driving, with no /;
fiicial interference whatsoever. The
other with the first case noted was
lat the man and his companion We're
verturned, by a miscalculation. The
Their fellows are too swift and get
way easily.
\ local hotel man says that if things |
aep up the way they have been going =
late ii viii cost him s25 to replace /.
e keys to rooms which have been .
rried off Intentionally by bridal
uples. who seem to regard the num- !.
red keys as legitimate souvenirs of !.
cir honeymoon. Many a brides
en-" on their return from the we'd !.
ng trip, is ornamented with big !.
ass key, tag and name of hotel at !.
ched, and during the season the loss
very considerable. not to mention =
e discomfort of the busy landlord
The other day, up on Western av- !
ne a little dog jumped out of
rriage and ran in front of an electric
7 and his head was cut off, entirely
vered from the body. The motor
IN stopped the car the conductor
moved the remains of the pet from
= track. Little children who saw
: thing shuddered. Even the con-
ctor felt pang of remorse. and the
'torman certainly was nervous to a
gree. Another evening at
most that identical spot, the car
ne dashing down hill and the group
lads and lassies playing on the
ok paid no heed to its approach.
e motorman put in every muscle
claiming the brakes yet it seemed
if surely some tot would be caught
hA KHrh
mt seats nearly screamed with ter
and there was a very general dis
bance of emotions. But the car was
pped in time and so this item is IT
rter. Mothers have a hint in this, !
s not safe to trust to the judgment
little boys and girls in front of on p1
hing trolley cars. They are not al
rs as careful as they should be
" should be kept off the tracks, and
afety
was Sunday morning last, in the
toffice. Such an Internal smell. Did
ONE from the lookup beneath? No. -
'asn't so loud as that. The clerks
e puzzled. They thought of dead ~
!. cats, mice, stale crabs. some of "A
other things that one may think
But the smell kept up. Opening
did no good. The thing 30
right there-there could be no
take about it, 1t was certainly
e by, directly in front of their nos
. But, like other fellows who go
schedule, they went at work and
IN sorting the mail. Pretty soon
came upon box. rather smaller y"
| a shoe box. and tban ,ho,- -, Pert