Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-01
THE MEDDLER.
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Two hrnwls resulting In four arrest,
constitutes three days recort
which places the Fletcher mill dis
trIet I'm an unenyinble light as far ~
the public peace Il concerned. tina
section of Blrge street has been the
scene of numerous quarrels recently
most of which have had their sequel'
I'm the local police court, II is nearl,
time, IN view of these facts, that the
| village authorities took summary
measures TO impress upon the resi-
dents of that locality the prime requi'
sites of law and order. From the
standpoint Of an outsider these dis
! turbances place the town In an un'
envable position, and make II look ms
/ II Brattleboro were lawless buri
instead of well regulated eommun'
! ity,
The new summer train schedule has
been causing no little protest on the
part OF the travelling public, and I
certainly does look ms II the town
was never any worse off for railroad
connection than at present. To be.
gin with the early morning train
south does not connect with tbs
| Keene train at South Vernon as for
merry and the train which formerly
| left here over the Central Vermont
lat 1918 now waits until 1870 before
departing thus losing both Keene and
Springfield connections at South Ver-
non. The afternoon mail train which
used 10 arrive at 1885 is now sched-
uled 10 reach here at $50, and by
this change there is no connection
| from Rutland. The early train north
leaves Is minutes earlier than last
year and connects only with the
Claremont, y. H.. division. 1t is
evident from these changes that fewer
travelling men than usual will stop
over IN Brattleboro and the local ho-
tells viii be the losers on that account.
II this keeps up Brattleboro wiz have
to be taken off the map In the course
of n short time.
The glorious Fourth is almost upon
us. as everybody with ears and nerves
Is aware Brattleboro's old fashioned
celebration did not pan out so there
will be nothing in the way of attrac-
lions except two baseball games.
While no one with any patriotism be-
grudges young America good time
on that day, there are many who hope
that the village authorities will take
steps to prevent too much preliminary
celebration. Sunday. the third ought
to be kept as decorously. as far as
noise is concerned. as If 1t We're six
months distant from Independence
day There is proper time for ey-
erything, TO paraphrase the scriptures.
and the time for exploding giant
crackers and toy pistols in commem-
Grafton of the declaration of indepen-
dence does not begin until the clock
strikes - Sunday night. Twenty four
hours of pandemonium ought TO sat
isfy the most ardent American in the
country.
This years commencement at the
local high school was enlivened by a
jolly row over the failure of five
students to receive diplomas. Ii
seems that these members of the
graduating class were allowed TO at
tend the baecalaureate sermon and
participate I'm the class day exercises
as IL their sheepskins We're already
signed and tied with ribbon. In fact
they did not learn until Thursday, the
day of the graduating exercises prop
er. that they We're TO get ice-water
instead. When this fact did become
known there was the deuce to pay.
Petitions to the school committee
went up in rapid succession from the
graduating class, promises from
teacher TO pupils We're produced in
evidence and it looked for little
while as if there might not be any
graduating exercises at all, As TO the
right of the five young men TO re-
ceive diplomas The Meddler is not
competent TO judge. although 1t de-
veloped on Friday that one at least
had completed his course satisfac-
torily and he was accordingly given
his belated certificate, 1t docks un-
just, however, to allow pupil to buy
his graduation suit, send out his IN
vitations and make all preparations
before telling him that he is among
the plucked
The matter has aroused consider
able excitement among parents and
all others interested in education,
and the coming school meeting prom
ises to be an unusually interesting
gathering The adherents TO the old
system of schooling are planning to
raise hob with the present methods.
They say that there is too much cake
and not enough bread and butter in
the present high school course, that
the three Rs are altogether neglected
and that there must be radical
changes. etc. etc. What will be done
cannot. of course, be foretold but it is
probable that the discussion will re-
suit in the establishment of business
course for high school pupils. There
is no doubt that the Brattleboro high
school at present ranks extremely
high as a preparatory school for col
iege, and it is absolutely necessary
that this standard be maintained. AS
far as the incident of the diplomas is
it may eventually work