Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-13
THE MEDDLER.
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The Medder sympathizes with th'
poet who expressed his feelings II
that tenderly pathetic ballad entitled
II Got Mine. No doubt the episode tC
which The Meddler alludes Is known
by nearly everyone, and II ought &c
explain in part Parson Lawson's IN
quiry as TO why young men do moi
attend church Getting caught with
a few understood trout In ones pos
session and having TO settle therefor
are the just deserts of him who dis
obeys the law IN this respect but
there Is satisfaction in the thought
that the short ones might as well
have been In the basket as in the
brook, according to n common sense
view of the matter; they had been
hooked so severely that their lives
were forfeited the minute the barb
was removed But The Meddler
doesn't wish II 10 look as If he We're
making excuses; he is going 10 leave
tomorrow on weeks attempt TO get
a few fish that win pass muster In
any company The moral he points
out before going is He who fishes and
runs away viii live to fish another
day"
/ However there is great deal Of
satisfaction In the thought that II
wasn't for Sunday fishing that The
Meddler got his" IL would certain
tly have been up to him In proper
shape If 1t had, considering some
things that have appeared In this
column from time 10 time. Strange
to say that old taunt That's what
/ you get for breaking the Sabbath"
| hasn't come IN his direction yet. As
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hibits angling on Sunday is the old
faded blue law that forbids anything
but necessary work on the first day
of the week, and the man who insti-
tutes a crusade based upon its regu
lations will have to complain against
all enjoyment seekers from pedes-
TRANS to automobiles in order to be
consistent. Sunday was intended for
a day Of rest, and simply because on
occasions 1t happens to be a day Of
arrest ought not to influence the man
who can get rested by going a-fish-
ing.
Speaking of automobiles reminds
The Meddler that some of the local
chaumeurs have been getting pretty
gay with their throttles of late. They
should bear In mind that allowances
friend" he cannot be blamed for
fearing the rumble Of an auto any
more than can some women for shut
ting themselves in closet when
there is a thunder storm. Both are
scased because they don't know what
causes the commotion Nine times
out of ten when a horse and an auto
mobile get mixed up it's the man be-
hind the lever who is To blame. In
discussing recent accident one To-
cal chauffeur said that the fault lay
with the man in the wagon because
he didn't have a lantern but he didn't
mention that his own lights were out (
Keep on the safe side, gentlemen, and /
your lamps trimmed and burning.
If YOU don't you are likely TO get +
yours sometime.
The automobilist who drives his (
car after dark without a lantern may 7
expect to be classed with /
the youth who rocks the boat or the (
man who didn't know it was load
ed,
The Meddler. has visited shrines /
where heaps of crutches and canes I
attest the healing power of faith in
local station the other day that he
saw evidences of one of the most re- 4
narkable cures on record. In a COR
ler of the depot one morning not long l.
igo Baggage Master Carey discover A
ID an empty whiskey bottle and
,rutch. The imbiber apparently had n
10 need of the crutch after absorb
ng the contents of the bottle, and no
ioubt went on his way rejoicing. 1t
night pay Mr.. Carey to divulge the /,
brand that works such marvellous
advertisement for the distillers.
The effect of the funny pages of
he Sunday newspapers on the COM
ng generation was amusingly illus
rated the other day. A nine year-old
ad I'm q WELL known Brattleboro FAM
IL was profoundly impressed at the
iberties taken by servants as illus 1
rated in the colored supplement He
Iecided that similar antics were go
ng on in his own home and there
ore took the matter into his own
lands Going to the kitchen he gave
he servant girls to understand that
heir services We're no longer needed
nd that the sooner they packed up
nd went the better everybody would !
e Sat1Sned. Ine servants naturally n
inquired as to the boys authority
nd he replied that his parents We're a
+ the same mind as himself, The i
iris went at once to the young mans
lother about the matter. and it took Z
explanation to satisfy :
hem that they were not discharged.
he sequel in the boys case is not
efinitely known, but on a visit to 4
is Young cousins a few days after
ard he is reported to have advised
lem strongly against taking the I
of household affairs into
leir own hands.