Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07
THE MEDDLER.
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We have already had taste OF w,
dust which we are forced TO CAV "
ery spring between the drying up "
Nou street ana The start of the wat
.rIng enrt. II the street sprlnkllnp
question cannot be settled IN Nlll',s.
meeting by dpprOpriating money iui
that purpose an association ought .
be formed to take the matter IN hanu'
In this way the bother OF raising ths
necessary amount of money by Aub
scription would be obvlated'
IL there is anything that needs re-
vision more than the check list 10 pc
used at the coming village meetihs
/ (unless II be the present local optloli
4 law The Meddler would like to see y,
| on II are names of persons VINO uleu
years ago and persons VINO long siilct
/ left town for other mortal dWelllHs
/ places, while the addresses OF many
others are clearly out OF date and
there are numerous omissions
The Meddler has had 1t In mind for
some time TO touch up the puDIc
schools on the poor work they are
doing in teaching the pupils TO write
Perhaps IL would be nearer correct u
say the lack of work that Is being
done along this line, When few
years ago n change was made from
the vertical system to what might be
called the half slant" the result was
decidedly unsatisfactory, many OF the
children losing what little skill lhey
had in penmanship by being Obliged
10 start all over again. NOW Inc
Meddler understands from a member
of the prudential committee, there is
no regular system of penmanship In
the schools and the pupils are allowed
TO write in whatever manner their
fancy dictates. Certainly recent sam
pies that have been seen would lead
one TO think such was the case, on the
part of the teachers as well as the
pupils What is needed is first class
writing master for at least a year,
The resourcefulness of the up-to-
date advertiser Is shown by the device
with which a local merchant has beer
attracting attention to one of his
show windows the past week. Two
pieces of wood, properly shaped, are
so fitted on each side of the glass
that 1t looks as If the two were one
piece that had been thrown into the
window and lodged there. To add
realism several pieces of glass are ce-
mented about the supposed broken
place while other fragments are
strewn' about at the foot of the win
dow. That the illusion is well worked
out is demonstrated by the fact that
the local night Waterman went into
the store and made careful inquiries
as to the time and circumstances of
the accident in the hope, probably, of
getting the 800 reward that Is offered
to the person who will discover the
of the deed. Another man
the information that il
was his opinion the glass had been
cut with a diamond and the block of
wood inserted to allay suspicion
Is ii really true that all the talk we
heard last fall about the Connecticut /
river dam was simply political propa
ganda to help along Mr.. Fitts's candi- /
iacy for town representative, or is /
The project actually as near consum /
nation as many of us were led to be- /
ieve at that time? No one doubts
he vast benefits that Brattleboro
would derive from the development
If such water-power, but there are
many who are skeptical about the
forthcoming of the capital necessary
or the success of the enterprise. I'm
ess something is done before next /
,any will be likely to lose its charter 4
md then matters would stand just
bout where they We're in the begin
ling.
In behalf of the small boys of the
own The Meddler wishes to announce
hat the new village ordinance pro-
ibiting the firing of rockets, squibs
re-crackers or other fireworks will
ot be enforced on the glorious Fourth
rovided the youngsters confine their
CELEBRATION within the bounds of rea-
on The ordinance, however, gives
he bailiffs authority to deal with any
andalism that might result from an
YER jealous use of gun-powder.
The Meddler
AT a meeting of citizens presided |
yer by Joseph A. DeBoer at Montpel-
n Tuesday night, April 4, a commit
ee of five was appointed to cooperate
18th the city council, for the perfec-
on of an organization to celebrate
lie centennial anniversary of the loca-
on of the state capital at Montpelier,
nd 70 report at a later meeting.
Icy Palmer an Indian woman over
|, who was given away in Manches- !
r when only few weeks old by an :
ldian tribe, lives all alone in her
igwam near the summer home of
ebert 7. Lincoln. Each day, regard
IS of the weather she may be seen
king a long tramp. The influence
her life's training among good
miles has failed to change her In.
an ways. Toward night she trudges
'me, drawing a bundle of scrapwood
by chance she meets an acquain- .
nee she turns her back and stands
it'll bowed head. During the fall
lie gathers quantities of butternuts,
the spring she mixes the nuts with
maple sugar to sell to the
any summer visitors who camp each
ar in and around Manchester.
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