Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-29

never forget it, and we ought not to
God bless EN-!
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"You'll notice." said the drumme
at the Brooks House the other night
"that nearly every lost dog is de
scribed as having a white tip on his
tail, but you'll also notice if you are
observing that almost every dog you
meet has white tip on his tail. It's q
popularity of dogs of both low anc
high degree. Just keep an eye out
and see. :"
Judge Newton believes in long SEN
fences for drunkards. No particular
good, he says, comes of sending a man
up for a few days or a month. But six
months will get the rum out of his sys-
tenn and give him a good fair start
judges words. Then, in the opinion
of his honor, if the man has any trace
of manhood left in him, he will brace
up and be man thereafter.
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What would you do if you were blind
you hope that others would do for you
Could you 60 with basket and feel
your way and say, as one blind man
did say the other night: "Well, | must
be cheerful, you see, and it's great
help to me to know that l am doing
something-that l am taking part in
the towns life, even though seem to
be doing nothing l must do some
thing. 1t is the people who do moth
ing who die" There's a thought for
you.
A friend, commencing the Reform
ties be more safeg guarded, that more
thought be given to the little things
that tend to attractiveness, urges the
suggestion that provision be made for
settees beside the paths in the Com
mon. On band concert nights the
throngs who attend are forced to stand
during the program, whereas the bene-
fit of the outing would be greatly en-
HANGED were there seats at hand for the
weary. Such improvement would not
be too expensive, would it? Certainly
the settees would not detract from the
beauty of the Common, and there can
be no question of their comfort and
utility. Who will second this motion?
A local man who is, regarded as con-
sentative in his opinions remarked yes
5erday that if he lived ten years he
would see Brattleboro double in popu-
alton. He says that he has faith that
he project for damming the Connect
tut will be pushed through within a
year or IS months, and the water pow
sr thus gained will insure a tremen-
1ous boom in manufacturing indus
5ries. Real estate men, too, are look
ng about sharply and trying to guess
which way the cat will jump when the
Doom starts. There is fortune in
sight for the investor who makes the
pest guess and hits the bulls eye of
expansion. 1t is bound to come: the
,nly question is, where will it begin
md which way will it grow? Land
holders are confident of increased val
lations and are slow in quoting prices
N their possessions.
Without desire to anticipate the good
ervices of the Rural Improvement So
.iety, revived this week and now in
harness, it may be suggested that the
ocal fruit dealers should provide a |
proper receptacle at hand for banana |
kins, fruit pits and other slippery t
tuff now 50 literally cast upon the
idewalk or in the highway. A broken
eg or two would bring immediate or
lers from the powers that be, but the |
letter way is not to wait. And, too,
viii it be possible with the funds on
and this year to provide three or four
liable galvanized cans for the receipt I
+ newspaper wrappings, envelopes,
taste paper and the like? Such
atch all placed at the curb near the
entrance would be of public
epefit The street would look more
idy directly. People educate them
elves to the use of these things. In
tructions are unnecessary.
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Apropos of Bishop Halls annual Wis
! last Sunday to st. Michael's Episco-
al church, little story comes all the
.ay from the upper part of the state.
he bishop was the guest for day or
vo of one of the wardens of the church
I that city, and at the tea table the
tile lady of the house, aged six, who
ad been permitted to sit at the board
d the express understanding that she
ould "be good" kept to her contract
and listened to a great deal
conversation without dropping her
boon. At last, hearing so very much
lat she did not comprehend, she :
sked abruptly: but, Mr.. Bishop, [
hats a bishop, anyway" Bishop
all smiled but was puzzled. He /
ished to say the right thing but at
lie same time be sure that his inquis-
or would understand. So he finally {
,swered: "Why, the bishop is, 'er, 1
lie boss of the church" That made it {
ain to her ladyship, and after that
lie met him on neutral ground by call
g him "the boss. ~
It's comical to think of the destitu-
on, suffering and starvation there
as aboard that narrow gauge train ,
hich started from Londonderry at 7 !.
,turday morning, to gather the roads :
ockholders together and blow 'em Oft !
their annual dinner and voting con- !
st at the Brooks House. 1t is the !
eat day up that way-a free ride on
e Tip-Over, and all you can eat with
18th hands. Folks pack up weeks I
lead and the lists of needfuls" would a
| column. Great day for shopping :
ID soda water But what shall be i
id of Engine 3 which failed at the J
itical moment? Due here at 8 30 a. !
it coughed and leaked across the :
idge four hours late. Somewhere Ii
ar Wardsboro everything slipped a