Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-10
THE MEDDLER.
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II is 10 be hoped that all the jokes
that are made about the operation
fever" which has struck this town VIII
not actually prevent anyone wno
actually needs surgical treatment
from getting II, II can certainly 40
no harm 10 crack jokes nj the expense
of ones appendix, for II That useless
little gut decides TO go ON rampage
II will 20, whether II has been subject
ed TO the severest sarcasm or treated
with the utmost respect And wheh
II does 20 even the man who tells the
story about meeting n two-horse load
of appendices coming down from the
hospital Will In all probability be Will
ing to abide by the advice of his phy-
slclan and II need be surrender ms
own TO make starter for the next
shipment
But honestly there Is likelihood that
harm may come from the ridiculous
light In which operations are placed
by so many people. The Meddfer
heard physician remark the other
day that he had two patients VINO
needed surgical treatment but that ne
almost feared to mention the subject
TO them ON account of the stories that
were circulated about the mania Tor
operation which possessed the locai
medical fraternity. As a matter OF
fact such stories are all tommyrot;
they are simply intended as jokes and
should not be taken In any other
sense. No one believes that any doc
tor would advise an operation unless
he honestly thought the shortest and
sometimes the only road to recovery
lay by that route.
To-day our wives and sweethearts
begin 10 study the homely art OF COOK
cry. the subject of the first lesson
being Hot Supper Dishes. No doubt
we shall learn by experience whether
this title refers TO the proper kind of
food to serve at hot suppers, the cor
rect method of keeping supper dishes
hot. or the right way to prepare hot
dishes for supper
1t looks now as If there might be
some difficulty in finding a suitable
man to take the Office of first select
IS approached on the subject he says
he hasn't got the time to put into the
work, and when the office is rendered
% one who has retired from siren
lous labor he says he isn't looking
or a job. And the job of first select
nan is not such a desirable one after
H. 1t means mucn work and little
Day, no thanks and kicks galore. At
er seven years of this sort of thing
rhe Meddler Is not surprised that
Mr.. Vinton has decided to quit and
axe a much needed rest. No one
will deny that Mr. Vinton has made
m excellent town father He has al
Ways had the welfare of the COM
nunity at heart, and yet he has been
enough to rely on his own
Judgment rather than on that of out
iders who pretend to know how to do
better than anyone else.
The conundrum. Why Is a washer |
cruel? had a great run OF /
opuarity at the Brooks house re- |
emily. The answer was not very diff |
ult-it was because she (the wash /
rwoman) "wrings mems bosoms"-
ut the joke seemed to take exceed |
lgly well, and il was passed from
uest to the clerk, from the clerk to
lie head waitress, from the head wait !
ass to another guest and SO on. 1t |
impressed one man particularly as
eing the best he had ever heard
nd he began forthwith to spring 1t
n every acquaintance he met. His
lends, however, didn't seem to tum
lie with the alacrity that the joke
and the narrator at length
lme to the conclusion that he wasn't
fling ii properly. Finally he asked
he clerk what was the matter, and
lie clerk told him. 1t seems that the
an had been asking his friends why
washerwoman was ugly, and when
ey gave it up he slapped them on
e back and said with a roar Be
use she rubs mems shirt bosoms."
The Meddler