Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-02

The bailins are sun e.,i,iad
refrain OF that popular paiiaa a,no
When Shall We Five Meet As"""
rs surprising what can be done Oh
Main street, In broad dayngn'. -,
out attracting notice. Inc rln soon
fire alarm box 81 Sunday at.ermooI,
demonstrated this. Although see. 49,
people were almost In front oi un' ,,,,o
at the time none was abe 10 say ',ho
n,,Ied the alarm. and one man WIZ
Vas crossing the street toward tie
nostoffice was not able to state ueH
nitely whether there was anypouy W
the vicinity of the box. However .n's
APPARENT lack of observance Is ~.
remarkable. When an alarm souhus
M one ever thinks OF looking any
where until the first round Is coHiPle'
cd and then the first glance Is gen
orally in the direction OF a caro- SN
ing the numbers and location OF ,ne
boxes. II all the people In the Vscin
ity of box 81 followed this course sun
day afternoon II Is not surprising tnas
the perpetrator of the deed mad tiihe
to get out of sight, provided he
vamoosed without ostentation.
At the hearing before the New
Hampshire license commission hs'
Friday Mr.. Rouillard OF North hIhs
dale is quoted as saying that ne couIo
procure liquor at any OF the Bra.ue-
boro drug stores by having sometnlns
nut I'm 1t. The Meddler Is surprised
that the local pharmacists SNOW SUI NJ
partiality to an outsider like MT.
Rouillard when their local patrons
are Obliged to go armed with bona
fide prescription in order to buy any
thing of an alcoholic nature. A more
sensible explanation Of the statement
Is that Mr.. Rouillard. in his excessive
zeal for the cause of the Island IL
cense. tempered with the truth
trifie. It is to be hoped that he wasn't
under oath when he told such
whopper as is attributed to him
A long, dry summer is the predie-
ton for Brattleboro as far as liquiu
refreshment of a stimulating nature
is concerned. The last of the local
licensed places closed Wednesday
night. and the prospect of something
doing" on the island is anything but
bright. These conditions Will certainly
give the town chance to test fairiy
the prohibition side of the local option
law. and the vote at the next March
meeting will show just what tne ma
jority of people favor without taking
into consideration outside influences
The Meddler would be willing to make
a little bet that-but perhaps it's pol
icy not to 60 on record as early as
this.
The suicide of Angelo Balduzzi the
day after he received verdict OF
$4,000 for the loss of his sight seems
at first thought a strange act, and yet
II Is not to be wondered at after all.
There are many of us who would
much prefer death to blindness even
II the latter were accompanied by ali
the money in the world. In his argu-
ment for the Italian last Thursday
Mr.. Fits portrayed vivid picture OF
the mans misfortune and. 1t must
have been a nerve-racking ordeal for
Balduzzi to think OF how little the
future held in store for him. No
doubt Mr.. Fitts's argument brought
home to him realizing sense of how
useless his remaining years on earth
must be, and In moment of agony
he decided to end 1t all. It's a pitiable
case. and one in which the frailties of
human nature stand out strongly
Visions of large sums of money
fioated before the eyes Of Lewis Lynde
of Dummerston Wednesday afternoon
when he examined the basket Of a
local fisherman and found therein 10
short trout. Five dollars trout was
the fine imposed by the justice and
Mr. Lynde was all ready to pocket
$47.50 when the respondent took an
appeal to county court. AS matter
of fact none of the money would right
fully have gone to the warden even II
the fine had been paid in cash for
section II of act 100 Of the last legis-
lature says that all money collected
from fines imposed for violations OF
any law relating to fish and game
shall be paid In to the state treasurer.
Mr.. Lynde. no doubt. is sufficiently
interested in the welfare of Vermont
fish and game to give his services in
such a case. and The Meddler wishes
to congratulate him on his vigilance.