Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-10-13
THE MEDDLER.


One of our local Automobiles had
, n thrilling experience ON his way home
from Putney the other evening. IL
was extremely dark at the time ana
the man was alone In his machine. u
combination OF circumstances whicl
must have whetted the edge of his
nervous system trife and may ac-
count for the "spookiness" OF the
story as he tells II. According to his
version the man was driving his ma
chine past Crosby pond when he hap
pened To look over one shoulder and
saw what looked very much like hu-
man face, Being by nature triiie
superstitious the vision sent chill
OF terror up and down the spine OF
the autoist and he instinctively opened
| his throttle n notch. After running
n few rods at the increased speed ne
looked back again just to prove to
himself that his imagination had run
amuck. but horrors. the face was stili
there and looking more ghost-like than
ever.
At this point the frightened rider
gave up all thought of any thing but
escape. He edged along on his seat
To be as far away as possible from the
tenacious vision and gave his engine
all the steam II could safely masu-
cate. As he raced along toward home /
he tried to reason himself out Of the !
fool notion that seemed To be getting |
the best of him. but third glance to
the rear put his reasoning powers out
of business entirely. There II was
again. the same face. always in the
same position and with the same ghast-
ly expression over IT, Finally in
paroXysm of fear the autoist grabbed
his tire pump and struck out vicious
ly over his shoulder. AS he did so he
heard n voice saying. Hold on, what
do you want to hit me for?" Sum-
moning all his courage the man in
the machine turned around and faced
his pursuer, who proved to be an or
binary human being on a bicycle.
What's the use of pedalling?" said
the man on the wheel when you can :
be towed along this way"
There is something mysterious. al .
though not exactly "spooky" about
the exhibitions of mind reading and
nypnotism which Prescelle has been ,
giving in the auditorium the past week
However skeptical person may be :
before seeing any of the performan-
,es he will have to admit after watch Z
ng the work for short time that /,
orescelle is more than a good look
Tx, tltNtT-WOThiilS IdhtI. Inc ltdtS
which he does in mental telepathy as :
lie calls it. are of a nature TO dispel =
ny idea of collision between him and
lis assistants. especially when he is
elped by a man like Congressman
Iaskins as has been the case on sew
raj occasions. Mr.. Haskins. by the
'ay. is extremely interested in the
ubject of mind reading. and 1t has
cen suggested by local wag that the
olonel induce Prescelle to take a peep
ITO the Uranium of Governor Bell in =
n effort to ascertain the reason for =
lie latter's visit to Windham county.
There is hardly a business, unless
is undertaking in which one does
OF meet with more or less amusing |
iperiences. In dentistry there is more
ian the ordinary number OF funny
ippenngs. A woman came into a
cal dentists Office the other day
it'll a set of false teeth which had =
zen made for her several years pre- =
Gus. With perfectly straight face
e told the dentist that circumstances
I'd reduced her to such state of
verify that she had decided to go to
e poor farm, and asked If he would
/ buy back the teeth. las long as
am going TO the poor house" she
Id, Il need the money more than |
the teeth The Meddler. Il