Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-12-16
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So many people have wondered why
Bratteboro's new hospital was not
named after the man whose money
made It's construction a possibility
that The Meddler put the question TO
one OF the directors the other day
Experience has shown" said the d.
rector. that institutions named after
individuals hardly ever receive any
additional requests, the opinion pre-
vailing that they are sufficiently en-
lowed and need no more help. We
are In hopes that this hospital will
be the recipient of numerous requests
In the future, and have therefore
chosen the name OF Brattleboro Mem
orial hospital" The director then
cited the Instances OF the Cheney hos
pital In Brooklyn, the name OF which
was changed to Methodist hospital
after nearly ten years for this very
reason, and of the Johns Hopkins hos
pital In Baltimore which has never
received any requests since II was
founded. The directors are undoubt-
eddy wise In their choice of name
as the above mentioned reasons will
show. There Is no reason why the
hospital should be tied to the apron
strings Of the Thompson fund, pro-
vided IL can get an endowment sufii-
cient to maintain IL Independently
although the fund should always
stand ready TO help those who are
actually In need of treatment and
cannot afford TO pay for 1t.
Wlndham county sportsmen are not
at all pleased with the appointment
of ii. G.. Thomas of Stowe as state
fish and game commissioner. Mr..
Thomas's attitude at the hearing on
the bill for a separate trout season 10
Windham county made decidedly
unfavorable impression on those who
spoke In the behalf of the measure,
and would lead one to think that Mr. |
Thomas believed himself the only |
man In the state who knew anything /
about fish culture At that time Mr.. /
Thomas is quoted as saying that |
there wasn't single sport in I
windham county" Perhaps not, Mr..
r. We don't claim many of that
species But there are a number of
men at this end of the state who
hope they are entitled to be called
sportsmen and who think that some
OF your actions would hardly give
you n place in that category.
However much public opinion may
be divided as 10 the wisdom of the
license law as a whole. 1t
Is generally conceded that the tenn
perance committee was right in
striking out the absurd no-treating F,
clause. This part of the law has
been farce from the start and II is
doubtful II its enforcement has been
attempted with any degree of force
n any licensed place in the state. :
bartender could refuse to accept a
lime IN payment for two beers, and ,
many of them were formerly in the
iabit OF doing So but what could he ,
10 when the buyer took the nickel he I
'eceived In change and slipped 1t (
llong the bar to his friend? In one
ense II was treating. yet there was
lothing in the law to prevent any
me giving his friend a nickel with
which TO buy the drink.
An editor of country newspaper,
avs an exchange received the query.
Can YOU tell me what the weather :
,ill be next month";" from a sub
criber. In reply the editor wrote.
II is my belief that the weather
ext month will be very much like
our subscription" The inquirer
rendered for an hour what the edi-
DR. was driving at Then he hap
entd 10 mink Oh tilt NuTu uiiSSt- /
led" and went In and squared his ac-
cunt. Certainly a delicate method 1
( dunning. -
The Meddler does not blame Mr..
Terrified for disliking the way some \
ewspapers persist in referring to
i'm as Honest John" as II he were
lie only man In the state worthy to
aar the title. Doubtless there are
one more worthy, but Mr.. Merri-
Ad goes on the principle that the
ct that a man is honest is not such =
wonderful thing as 10 be men
oned every time his name is used l!