Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-11-11
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Crisp and Breezy Comment on Mat.
tiers in tho Public Eye.
written for the Reformer.)

q (Written for the Reformer)
g There doesn't seem to be a stat
a Issue this week big enough TO wad
pop gun. Even the trlnlng formallt
= of electlng president almost faile'
@ 10 ripple the surface. Vermont sho
: her political bolt In September. Al
legislative business ceased over tn,
interregnum and our law-tinkerer'
c are seemingly waiting to rend eaci
r Others swan-3ike thronts, And hop,
they'll do II early and often.
| met some charming theatrical
people the other day They came from
the west and We're playing in Ver-
! mont on account of the lack OF po-
/, litical excitement" What do you
think of that? one Of the ladies said:
"Oh, We met your congressman the
other, day. a most Charming man.
What is his name? Kilt something,
isn't It? Anyway. he's a lovely man."
Now | always knew that Col. Hasiins
was good man, a hard worker a
fine conserver of his peoples interests
a soldier and a statesman, but here II
seems, Is direct evidence that the.
coloners courtly ways and old school
gentlemanly Difference are still able
to make an impression on the fair sex.
And she was handsome woman, too.
If the legislature doesn't get over
its reconsidering habit, | can see
where few homesick solons will
tarry on the frozen banks of the ice
locked Onion until December. And
here's winters work not more'n half
started yet Make up your minds to
something, my friends, and let us
know the worst
one of Kipling's most unpleasant
stories finished with the sentence:
"Oh, mother mother won't you even
let me lick the spoon?'' Way down |
probably has feelin for the dis
tressed lady who made that despair
ing remark.
When the Frost is on the Pump
kin, Maggie Dear, Is the title of a
song / received through the mail the
other day. i can stand most any,
thing In the song line always except
ing dead baby and maynard daughter
stuff, but. really now, what a field of
possibilities that title opens up. Firm
stance:
When the Coal stove Puts the Ash
heap on the Bum; When the Twirler
soaks the Batter In the Stats; When .
he Legislature Votes the Time Away :
Any one of these would be pathetic !,
ilongside the Frost upon the Pump !,
lin, Maggie Dear. n
I took n hand at my old trade, te- \
egraphy. election night. / took, per- I,
APPS, fifty or sixty bulletins and of all
he sloppy stun ever passed over
lire. they were the worst Every ;,
ody, OF course wanted some kind OF =,
resume, estimate or claim and for :,
he hour or so that l sat in" haif =, =,
lie time was taken up with thrilling I,
ories Of how Maine went, what the a,
ote was for clerk of the superior -,
,urt in Massachusetts, while one g.
,nsatioual bulletin declared that YER -
ont had gone for Roosevelt. They ~
ust edit that stuff with a planning II,
allet. One-third of the remaining az
me was devoted to rebuking plug ~.
,eraturs and IL the same matter In 80 80
ew York, Maine and Massachusetts, ~,
as duplicated once 1t was Is times. ~ a,
wi
About 1890. when all except six or on
ven bench warmers had gone home pc
sgusted, we got the first Cortelyou
innate. That settled It, but all the
iff that was fit to put on a wire
eviousiy wouldn't make two sticks =
type. The Mellin's Food they serve qua
for private Geographic bulletins thi
'uld give a hungry man that casca- pc
s feeling. y
am
Governor Douglas OF Massachusetts, ey,
med habits OF advertising thought wi,
,rs ago. He kept up the idea In his US,
npaign. The result is history. inr
'ong, convincing copy, set, dis lie,
yed and printed In effective style. dai
ats what did the business, that ON
l habit of keeping advertising sue
mises. in
sue
tuesdays verdict We approve OF
rything
he speaking softly period may now
e place to the day of certain peo- VIII
who need the big stick.
he agony is past and the safe and
e democracy, stripped Of all save
or. may now clothe its nakedness 49,
the headless barrel and dodge
reward In the cleaning. yea
IT 7, uin5ley eral
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