Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-02
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one thing has been demonstrated
V clearly by the local baseball seasot
: which closed Saturday. and that /,
Il that Brattleboro win not stand foi
n another summer of such mongre
g sport What must be had next yeal
+ Is brief season, say six or eight
q weeks, of first class baseball fur
: nished by "A team paid TO play the
[ game and capable OF earning its mon
eN. II town the size of Hinsdale
: can support a team of such speed as
; Amidon's blue birds. there is no rea-
son why Brattleboro cannot be repre-
scented by a nine capable of going up
; against aggregations like those in
| Greenfield and Northampton and
holding Its own, OF course It would
take money To maintain such a team
but there is little doubt that the mon
ey would be forthcoming If the peo-
pie could feel sure of getting their
moneys worth In fast, clean and sci
entiiic baseball. What has queered
the game In Brattleboro this summer
The uncertainty of seeing anything
worth watching; an entire lack Of
confidence In the ability of the home
team: and well grounded fear that
the beauty of some good play would
be spoiled by n piece of inexcusabe
fiubdubbery. In view of the erratic
work Of the so-called Brattleboro
team the past season ii is not sur
l prising these feelings have arisen,
a 20 to l chance of witnessing some
good baseball will not draw a very
/ large crowd, The only thing that will
accomplish the trick is a well-man-
I aged team of speedy players whose
work both on ana off the field in
games and in practice shows them to
/ possess not only the goods them
selves but n willingness to deliver
them.
What an astute politician Is Clarke /
c. Fits esq, republican nominee for |
town representative. Last week Mr.. /
Fits. with his usual power of dis /
cernment discovered that the nomi- /
nation of his political opponent, Mr.. !
Moran, was Illegal because his nomi-
nation papers did not give his place
OF residence. But did Mr.. Fits take
advantage of this slip on the part of
the local democrats? ., no He watt
ed until after the time for making
objections had expired before he
made the matter public. and now
stands out as an example of political
generosity To tell the truth this is
the most foxy thing that Mr. Fits
could have done. Had he made OBJ
lection to Mr.. Moran's nomination as.
Of course, he had perfect right to
do. such a storm OF indignation
would have arisen among his political
opponents as 10 drown his hopes of
ever going to Montpelier as town rep !
Instead, he waits until
he time for objecting is past, and is
now In the position of the small boy .
Who refused to eat the green apples :
hat fell over the fence from his
leighbor's tree because he was too q
nngnanimous 10 partake of his =
leighbor's fruit, not because the
reen apples might give him collie. y
The address in Festival hail Mon =
ay evening by James F. Carey. the
ocialist mayor of Hayerhill. Mass.
as amusing to republicans and DEM
Gratis alike on account of the impair
al manner In which the speaker
trust and jabbed at the two old par
es which, he said, were too old TO be i
,ntinued IN active service any long Il
: There wasn't much chance for a
publican to make ammunition out -
what Mr. Carey said, nor could a -
'mocrat turn any Of his arguments
To political powder and shot. Mr.
irey was intensely sarcastic in his !
eatment of the period of unex-
npled prosperity" which is said to
We existed since the election of
ckinley four years ago, but in Civ
z examples Of the unspeakable in
strial outrages" that have occurred
that time, he did not fail to point l.
I that they had occurred in both -
and republican states. ar
hen one has heard a speaker like 10
:. Carey he cannot help admitting
II there Is much that is good in his
but what a botch would
made of things If the people who
npose the rank and file of his party
,uld get into power
The Meddler believes there is a Real
ting Of bs on trees iG Som , Ine pT9T
the attention Of the public was and
led to this ordinance by the bail thin
, but a glance at almost any of
shade trees on the principal O.
,ets OF the town will give grounds
the belief that some Of the public,
least, have forgotten. There are -
lerous public bulletin boards in -
n, and Mr., Fox has a quantity
he rents for reasonable rates. A
e for everything and everything I
Is place.
o true sportsman will fail to help
Chids in his experiment of
king the Marlboro woods with ,
fish pheasants. Maj, Childs hopes
these birds will propagate rap
enough to furnish excellent
I within a few years, and in a =
+ elsewhere he asks all hunters
protect them for two years at v
. Should the pheasants prove
lselves hardy enough to with "
d the rigors of a Vermont win
hey would in all probability null Z
very rapidly, and while they
not as sporty a target as the -
'idge or woodcock their presence
lie local woods would be a well
addition.
a
is to be hoped that the Valley
track is receiving the daily roll III
and watering it needs
now until fair time to put il in
! for business. The improve
5 in the way of widening the we I
stretch and the turns are prac- - ~,
= completed, but the surface of % '4t'
rack needs continuous work for
ext month in order to make It
fast