Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-05-12
THE MEDDLER.
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It's very we'll to tax about pu' on
ing a sanitarium for consunlptiNVa
high and isolated ground ana 49, ,,.
ing the patients segregated lroin o. 81
life, but that does not ~
Tor the fact that the establishment
of such an institution would pc HheN
TO have a harmful effect on the coii-
munity. Persons thinking OF Vlslliiiii
Brattleboro as a summer resort "ou,'
not stop to inquire whether us col
sumptiye hospital were on mn ny
miles out of the village; 1t Woulu pe
enough for them to know that IL Was
in Brattleboro and the town Woulu
be crossed off the list without iur.iel
inquiry The Meddler knows Oh no
reason why the duty toward tne PEI
pie afflicted rests any heavier upol
Brattleboro's shoulders than on those
IF any other town. As has been stat
ed repeatedly, the money lett py ,o''
Austine may be used for other pur-
poses. There are many other toWi.'
in this state, possessing better "a.
ural advantages for such an inslitu-
ton and having no other ihteiests
that might be hurt by its estapiisi
ment. The Meddler still sides Win
Mr.. Hooker on the question ana De
lieves that the more the matter u
discussed the more people hoiu uie
same opinion
The following editorial paragraph
from the st. Adams Messenger mus
the mail on the head" on the matter
of titles: Newspapers can 40 d
great deal toward putting an end "
the indiscriminate and needless use Oh
titles before names by hapltuails
printing the names of people Wlthou.
titles except in cases where titles are
essential to Identification or are lhci-
dental to the news itself. inc people
very largely form their IDEAS OF VIVA.
names and titles to hitch on TO each
other by what they are accustomed
to seeing in print every day or SO.
The constant reiteration of name
with a handle to it by the daily press
would soon give man an accepteu
title in the popular mind, whether ne
deserved ii or not, and If the press,
on the other hand, set out soberly ana
sensibly to put an end TO the title an
surdity that now makes this demo-
cratic people the laughing stock OF
monarchists. it could do it in gem
eration''
The Meddler has spoken out from
time to time on this subject. ana mas
tried to practise his preaching II Is
useless to say the least, 70 reter 70
Mr. Pierce as senator whenever he y
mentioned in his private capacity. or
TO prefix the title, selectman, to Mr.
Hooker's name whenever he comes ~
for public notice. one might as well
speak of Fishman Shea Painter
Morse, Banker Bracket, Coaiman
Barrows. Slovenian Calvin, and 50
forth ad libitum.
BY the way, The Meddler knows
good story about "Fishman" Shea
II seems that he drove TO keene. \.
H.. Sunday to attend a gathering OF
knights of Columbus, and in the
course of the journey came TO an m
yiting- looking watering trough.
Knowing his horses fondness for cool
spring water he stopped and allowed
the animal to drink its fill. Watching
the horse drink made Mr. Shea him
self feel bit thirsty so when the
creature had finished he alighfed
from the carriage and began re-
freshing draught from the spout He
didn't finish, however. for when he
was only half through he happened
to look up and saw his horse disap-
bearing around a turn in the road,
The fishman was certainly in GUAM
dary. II was three miles to the near
est village in one direction and eight
in the other and while the walking
was fairly good Mr. Shea did not rel
ish that sort of exercise. AT length ne
happened to think that the road took
a wide turn at that point and came
,t.ar l,N-
cross lots" he might be able to head
off his team To think was to act in
this case and Mr.. Shea Immediately
began cross country run that would
have reflected credit upon college
athlete Somewhat out of temper
and wholly out of breath he reached
the road just in time to see his horse
coming into view and by supreme
squirt managed to get hold of the
reins. Mr. Shea lays his success to
the excellent physical training he re-
ceived in the recent minstrel show.
Another amusing incident occurred
in the vicinity of Brattleboro on sun
day. II. f. Taylor Everybody knows
he's postmaster so We'll dispense with
the title) was out driving with the
new Universalist minister and his
wife in the afternoon. The road led
along an inviting-looking trout stream
and the attention of the party was
soon attracted by reel and line "
ing in the centre of the highway.
Thinking some boy might have lost
the tackle Mr. Taylor picked it up.
and quickened the horses pace in the
hope of overtaking the angler. After
going short distance he happened
to notice two young women walking
ahead AS the team came up with
them it became apparent that one of
the pedestrians carried something
which she would fain conceal and
closer inspection revealed it to be a
fishing-rod When abreast the young
women Mr.. Taylor stopped the team
and politely inquired if they had lost
oh. no. they replied with
some diffidence, they hadn't lost any
thing they were sure. Mr.. Taylor
then held up the reel and inquired if
it didn't belong to them. The young
women seemed considerably abashed
but persistently maintained that the
wasn't theirs, and so Mr..
Taylor drove on. He still has the
reel, however, and the owners may
recover it by inquiring at the post
office. The Meddler