Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-11-11
THE MEDDLER.
" Me eoM Gl yea fm 4 ~

: Every person In Brattleboro will b'
/ Interested In the figures taken from
' the Thompson fund trustees fourti
/ account and published In another coll
umn of this paper The items rcla-
| tive to the expenditures In this town
naturally attract first attention but
they are hardly given In sufficient
detail 10 satisfy the curiosity OF the
average person. or course IL Ii en-
tightening to know that Messrs,
Bradley q Tyson spent s6.i5 for tele-
phone tolls and 10 cents for a rubber
stamp, but Il would be more to the
point II the distribution OF the 1000
odd dollars included under the head
OF "seamstresses" were explained n
trifle more fully,
The following anecdote serves to n
lustrate the difficulties which are en-
countered In securing a circulation
for newspaper. The publisher of
well-known agricultural weekly Of
fered free trial subscriptions of
three months. Soon afterward he re-
ceived "A letter from a man who was
willing to take the paper for nothing
provided the publisher would leave
out all his liquor advertisements and
tanned liquor among its ingredients.
The effect of Judge Wheeiers man.
ifesto that a poor statute is better
broken than kept was noticeable at
Tuesdays election when citizen
who has already publicly sided with !
the judge expressed his disapproval |
OF the Australian system by refusing |
to mark his ballot in the. booth. This
individual checked his preference
while walking toward the ballot box,
ignoring entirely the booths pre-
scribed by law His vote was ehal-
lenged but the challenge did not hold,
the presiding officer claiming that he
had no right to refuse the, vote OF any
person. Afterward a pet ton. signed
by 20 voters and asking that the
election be declared void on account
of the Illegal vote was handed to
Constable Thayer but nothing has yet
come OF the matter.
The question is one that has inter-
,sted a number OF people. but In real
ty' 1t is of such little importance that
rhe Meddler is rather sorry he
stirred II up No actual harm II
lone IL citizen does refuse, to fol-
ow the provisions Of the Australian
'allot law, although such a course
hows a very silly and bigoted spirit
n the part of the taker thereof II !
ONE men We're to do such a thing II
you'd belittle them considerably in =
he eyes of the" public; but there are ,
hose so small that nothing would
ave that effect. When the latter re- Il
use to use the ballot booth The v
leddler for one Is glad to be able =
} take the opposite course I
Fate often seems especially, kind 10 =
lie man with a jag. Such was the
Use Saturday evening when an in NJ
'xicated person from Connecticut -
into the cellar hole OF the =
alley mill near the railroad crossing
Id fell something over 20 feet with
II sustaining any serious injury. L
,me dark night, however. a sober
an may follow the footsteps Of the
toxicated one and get seriously i
lrt For the protection of these L
mperate people railing or fence
ght to be built along the east end
the old Valley mill Site It's =
az way topthe bottom of the found -
ion and the sticks and stones with -
itch It is filled make 1t danger
8 jumping-off place for any, but a
rson well started.