Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-11-25
THE MEDDLER.
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The Meddler will venture to pre-
diet that II won't be long before PEG,
pie OF Brattleboro and vicinity VIII
wander how they ever managed to
get along without the Thompson
hospital The institution was not
open more than day before II had
one patient there are two cases there
Mt present and the physicians IN
charge say that several more are ek-
pected before the week is out. The
hospital viii certainly I'LL long felt
want In the community and people
who are obliged to go there VIII ma
II one of the most pleasant places In
the world In which to be III.
There was n booming trade In bak-
| Ing powder at the new Elliot street
market the other day. consignment
of half-pound cans OF this staple hau
been labelled at 22 cents, and one OF
the clerks conceived the Idea that
that was the price per pound. He
therefore began to dispense the cans
at II cents per, and 1t was not sur
prsing that they met with ready
sale considering the fact that they
cost between 20 and II cents apiece
at wholesale. An enterprising gro
Gerry clerk soon got wise TO the BAR
gain and induced all his friends to
purchase can or two at the low
| figure. II was not long before near
| " all the baking powder in the store
had been closed out, but Mt mar
gin hardly wide enough to satisfy
even quick sales, small profits
concern.
However strongly The Meddler
may disagree with Mr.. Fits on some
questions he cannot help admire the
great work he has done in the legis-
lature this fall II the general as
sembly had more men of Mr.. Fittss
stamp its record of idiotic acts would
be much shorter and the necessity of
fool killer would be done away with
altogether. Mr.. Fits. by the way, is
! the popular candidate for the office
of attorney general, and there Is little
doubt that that high sounding title
will be his before the end of the
week. Messrs. Sargent and Hall are
good men but they have both been
trfe too open in their counting. In
deed, they may be said to be rush
ing in where Mr.. Fits is too discreet
TO tread.
The Meddler has about come TO the
conclusion that a football game is
the only thing that will draw
crowd on Thanksgiving day. Nothing
In the way of a church service seems
to satisfy the popular desire. in fact
the time for holding Thanksgiving
service was changed few years ago
to the night before in the hope OF
getting out more people And as far
as theatre attractions are con-
cerned Manager Fox is Of the opin-
ion that no day could be worse than
the last Thursday In November.
Perhaps the heights TO which dhe
price OF turkeys has scared Is par
TALLY responsible for this stay-at-
home feeling.
Buck" Ward has bought the Hal
flax deer park. How appropriate!
Bert Lesion Taylor was one Of the
Meddler's ihustrious predecessors on
the Reformer staff He has written
one or two good things since he left
Brattleboro, the most recent being
the following from Harper's Weekly
purporting TO be the real history OF
the attack Of the Russian admiral on
the British fishing fleet:
He thought he saw" torpedo-b boats;
His heart with horror beat,
He looked again and saw It was
A British herring fleet.
He banged away with might and
main,
Then sgnalled retreat.
He thought he saw a man-o-war,
A .wicked-looking cuss"
He looked again and saw 1t was
hippopotamus.
Full steam ahead! Full steam
ahead
The Japs are after us!"
He thought he saw floating mine;
His nerves were in a cramp
He looked again and saw 1t was
A penny postage-sta
Wed best dig out of here" he said,
The nights are getting damp"
He thought he saw a giant Jap,
Who waved n dripping knife.
He looked again and saw it was
A letter from his WIFE
My nerves are getting worse" he
said;
I'm have to quit this life"