Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-05-19
THE MEDDLER.
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A petition for the re-appolntl'eati.s I'm n.
Ernest Hall as chief of police was sihh-
cd NV practically all the business men
IN Main street and handed In 10 tne
bailiffs. Many OF the signers WEI,
men who had supported the new pot,lu
with the understanding that there W.
no personal feeling agails'
Hall involved I'm the day police issue.
The bailiffs have failed to come 10 any
decision about hiring Hall, altnouEn
they voted not to appoint a chiei %
nolice for no good reason, other imam
that they felt under obligation TO tahe
some action. IL the purpose Is 10 w
out Mr.. Hall and his friends the iiIeth
cd could not be better chosen II .he
purpose is to meet the wishes Oh .me
voters and the taxpayers OF tne
lage the bailiffs will make no Iurthe,
delay In this matter but VIII appo'I,.
Mr.. HaN at their next meeting;
looks as If the defeat of the ola poaru
because il was too arbitrary in run
ming this matter was jump out OF tne
frying-pan into the fire. The way 70
carry out the will of the people Is
not to ignore petition of majority
of the ones who are most interesteu
in police protection. The bailifts nav
the power to refuse TO re-instate ERR
est Hall as chief of police OF the ~
lage of Brattleboro II they 40 II 'nes
will surely be called to account LOT
II sooner or later. The eyes of the
whole village are on them ana theS
cannot escape their manifest ophga-
ton I'm the light of their pre-campalsi,
assurances that there was no personal
issue involved. II the bailiils DO not
want a Bratteboro police onicer EN-
powered to serve process outsiae VI
the village, why did they not lahe
some action about Officer mayer VIM
is also deputy sheriff? Is TINS per-
sonal legislation
In broad dayligh. the other day, a
man who had apparently been drink
ing stopped in front of Wally Horizons
store and called out insulting ana pro-
fame epithets at tie top OF ms voice
SO that men and women within nun
dred wards could not fail to hear eV-
ery word. and ,efitd the storekeeper
when he threatened to call police
man, plainly aware that there was no
nolicoman to cell In such cases an
ounce of prevention is worth a pouna
of cure.
A few weeks AFRO The Meddler real
an anecdote in Sunday paper when
related how a Young married man was
discovered by his wife when about 10
destroy some of his old clothes she
objected. took them away
from him and skilfully repaired them
so that they were good for several
weeks more. This struck The Me5-
der as a good scheme. so he rummag-
ed around and discovered three old
shirts that We're in fair condition, roll
ed them UP under his arm and TOOK
them downstairs being careful that
Mrs. Meddler sEculd be able TO OBJ
serve him. Size did Like the bride
in the story, she stopped him and said.
What are you going to do with those
shirts?" Throw them away, said the
Meddler. Again ike the girl in the
story. Mrs. Meddler said, Let me have
hem" Sheepishly The Meddler' hand
I'd them over. So far, so good. Now,
he thought, Ssh will mend them all
nicely and l won't have to buy any
ook the shirts. and without looking at
hem, put them In the stove. Il
iont like to have old clothes lying
around" she said. they collect too
many germs" And The Meddler watch
"a her OPEN mouthed and never said
word but went out and ordered some
lew shirts and set up the cigars to
himself.
Two items were sent to the COM
posing room last week. one of which
vas a local wedding notice. the other
IN advertisement tn run as reading
natter. They We're as follows: (the
proper names. for obvious reasons.
lave been changed)
John Brown ami Miss Ida Gray
we're united In the holy bonds OF
natrimony Sun Jay evening May I.
dr. Brown is a well-known young !
travelling man for Flank & Co, |
While the bride, Miss Gray, has
een employed in Jordan. Marsh &
store for the past |
hree years.
AT Jones's market this week: |
auerkraut by the quarter barrel.
odfish at ten cents per pound, |
ONE nice pigs feet which will be |
old cheaper than any in town.
The linotype had a tantrum. and |
he slugs got mixed UP and this is
he way the item came out in the
roof:
John Brown and Miss Ida Gray
'ere united in the holy bonds of
auerkraut by the quarter barrel,
lr. Brown is a well-known young
odfish at ten cents per pound.
lille the BRIDE Miss Gray, has
ONE nice pigs feet which will be
Did cheaper than any in town.
This is only one of the many strange
lings that might happen in any news
aper office: only few of them ever
ct into print.
The number three seems to be UNI
ire D'Arcy's Jonah-or Mascot. At
aturday's ball games he managed to
.op the ball with different parts Of
is anatomy three different times, and
'caped alive. Three has always been
n important MURDER in the history Of
aseball.
AS long as Policeman Hall seems to
: such bone of contention in village 1
fairs 1t may not be out of place to
call that when Anthony +. Schwenk
as states attorney and got on the
ack of Mccarthy, the Newfane bank
bber. he telephoned to Brattlebo,o
ON Newfane and insisted on getting
oliceman Hall out of bed to catch the
lrglar. 1t may be all right to argue
lat If there is any police work to be
me here. there are plenty of men
indy on Main street who are author
ed by law to do 1t but as a practi-
II matter of fact FRA lahprn y,,oxy