Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-06
THE MEDDLER.

Here's card Of thanks worth read
ing: II desire to thank the friend
and nelghbors most heartily In thi
manner for their cooperation dur
Ing the Illness and death of my lat,
husband who escaped from me by tn,
hand OF death on last Friday Will,
eating breakfast. To my friends ant
all those who contributed so willlngl,
towards making the last moment,
and the funeral OF my late husband
a success, | desire to remember most
kindly; hoping these few lines viii
iind them enjoying same blessing
| also have n milch COW and roar
gelding horse, eight years old, which
Will sell cheap. God moves In q
mysterious way, His wonders to per-
form. He plants His footsteps on the
wave and rides upon the storm. AL
so black and white shoat cheap"
|
Great weather." said man to a
coal dealer the other day, when the
thermometer was above the freezing
point and the balmy air suggested
gentle spring. Great nothing" re-
piled the coaldealer what / like
are these good old fashioned wintry
days when the icicles don't melt at
noon on the south side OF the house,
and everybody resolves to buy a set
OF double windows next fall. Then I
go down cellar four or five times a
day and heap coal on the furnace. and
| sorowfully say to myself, They are
doing this all over town
Got any good local news this
week." asked the editor of local
paper of his reporter. Sure thing"
replied the latter "How's this? The
surrender of Port Arthur is of interest
locally from the fact that Gen. Stoes-
sci, the Russian Commander, is said
to be an excellent musician and once
wrote to Brattleboro to inquire the
price of Carpenter organ Fine,
CALCULATED the editor. Wen put that
on the front page
The plan of establishing a nurses
the Brattleboro Memorial hospital is
get sufficient experience at an insti-
tuition of this size, yet ii would
hardly seem as If a diploma or GER
tifcate from a small hospital in a
town ought to have the |
value of one earned at some of the |
schools connected with the city hos
pitfalls where emergency cases are of |
daily occurrence and opportunity is
furnished for the close study of all |
sorts of diseases However, a nurses
school is an advantage to
my hospital in that the probationers
,annot acquire the knowledge of
which they are in search unless they
make themselves useful as well as
Yesterday morning was the coolest
f the winter thus far, the thermom-
ter striking hardpan at 10 below,
MT one year ago yesterday morning
self-registering instrument in town
eported the unheard-of temperature
f SO degrees underneath zero. The
thermometer must have been going
ONE" to get down that far.
Postmaster Taylor received a Wig
rous complaint from a Guilford resi-
ent yesterday because the rural car :
er who delivers mail in that section
i'd not reach him Wednesday. Con-
dering the weather conditions on
lat day The Meddler would not have
amed the postmaster if he had told
lie complainant to come out of it"
I'd let 1t have gone at that. 1t sounds
ell enough to say that time. tide
I'd the United States mails wait
r no man." but it was something
ltirely out of mans jurisdiction that :,
used the delay in question. Inves-
cation would probably reveal the
ct that the man who complained J
as expecting nothing more impor-
mt than an ordinary business letter.
he had been expecting the Feb
airy installment of "Frenzied FL
nee" the aspect of the case would .
We been different. q