Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18
.xBY THE WAYS

Two small girls who were promer
aiding the partially constructed bridG
one afternoon last week came as nea
death as one would care to venture
They were running along the uncertai
planks, full of fun and greatly enjoy
ing the experience. But just as the
were under the traveller" that bi
piece of wood work which carries tn
huge steel pieces to place, they heard
cracking and a swapping and then tn
cries Of the bridgemen in warning
They looked up in time to see hi
piece of something coming right upol
them. How they lodged it and go
out of it is still unexplained, but the.
did, and the 500 pound steel plat
landed on the rafters not five feet from
them. The girls were badly brighten
ed but the workmen were used to sucl
things, so the incident ended when thu
begrimmed men on the rafters told
the misses to Run along home, now.
Here's a suggestion for the Valley
Fair committee. 1t is clipped from 6
Canadian newspaper and tells Of ar
incident at the Toronto fair:
Da1ntiiy CARRIED IN white aprons,
white sleeve protectors. and white
caps. .and surrounded by the par
aphernalia OF the kitchen. IL little
girls from the Dufferin school gave
a demonstration OF cooking in the
hall of the Woman's Building,
Wednesday afternoon. They were
superintended in the making of tea
biscuits and cocoa by Miss Porter,
late of the Drexel Institute, Phil
adelphia, and now of the Lillian
Massey school in this city. Miss
Little assisted. After the cook
ing was over, short address on
good cooking as the most import
ant essential for the preservation
of good health was delivered by
Miss Laird, of the Lillian Massey
institute
There is a point in this for the fair
managers. No prettier spectacle
could be offered as an attraction than
a dozen little misses cooking some of
the simple things and proving to their
elders their early knowledge of house
keeping.
no" uiSH uiu you Say the DTluse rs
from the floor to the upper inside
trusses?" asked the man. Fifteen
feet" was the reply, Il read it in
the newspaper" THAT settles it,"
said the other; Just what / thought!
Big enough for a load of hay but not
high enough for the circus chariots.
There'll be no more exhibitions on the
island. you see. That bridge will cut
EN- out" There's been much discus
sion, too. as to the exact length of the
bridge span. from pier to pier, so it will
be well to leave 1t to the contractor,
who says 334 feet.
The man who runs the weather bu-
eau is said to be a prominent stock
holder in the Valley Fair association.
or ii is on record that only once in the
,ast is years since the association was
has rain fallen at fair
ime. So many of the old agricultural |
ocieties have dropped by the wayside, |
wing TO bad weather. September |
forms, and the three days wind from |
he east that carries such destruction, |
hat it would not be surprising II Brat
leboro at last succumbed. Several of !
he agricultural societies of New Eng
and have thrown up the sponge, and
allied meeting Of the trustees to see
that shall be done about settling up
fairs. Let us hope that the contag ion
ill not spread. Il
Perhaps everybody does not know
lat the Father OF all the Agricultural
ocieties in this country was the "Old"
Agricultural society of Pitts
cid. Mass. If ii We're alive to-day it
ould this fall be celebrating its
inety-fourth birthday. But it was
hard hit by continuous bad .
Gather and unfavorable conditions in
eneral that the three days fair was
a year or so ago. The very
-me fate has befallen the Hoosac VAL
y fair at North Adams, in Berkshire .
'unty. The grounds were on lowlands .
Id the regulation downpour about
reylock and its valleys and hills made :
ouble for everybody. So the man :
'ement gave UP trying any more,
he gate receipts settled the question
there is but one fair in
eration in Berkshire county this fall,
at being the Housatonic society's n
If at Great Darlington. Local exhib-
'rs know of it's excellence, and it is
id of it that it is next door to the
INJURY. (Ct) fair, Of which every
dy is informed.
Il
Monroe and Brooks, and the rest of =
= ball tossers hereabouts, should -
lit the bridge and get a line on how :,
ngs are done there. The bolt throw -
are at work just now and their ac- -, ~
racy is astonishing. The first man !.
all him the pitcher-takes cold y
elk of iron and heats it red hot in his =,
lie forge. Then he grabs a pair of y.
& tongs, yells at another chap say
to rs feet away. and without further -
ice sends the red hot bolt spinning -.
ough the air. The other fellow =.
catcher, so to speak-grabs a small "
/ key and catches the flying and %
lttering piece of iron with such self -.
nposure that one wonders. They n,
p up this performance for hours at
Ime Scarcely miss happens, but
en- one comes the fiery bolt falls -;
ugh the rafters and goes to the bot 81
/. A bit of steam rises from the -
face of the water. laugh is passed 90
n the thrower to the catcher, and ~
n the next bolt is heated and sent o
lg. So they keep it agoing. But pr pr
down night accuracy in measuring
ances and handling uncertain prop