Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-07-28
THE MEDDLER
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The bailiffs We're wise IN su', asner.
ing Immediately an expert 10 nsN ~
tain the cause OF the acciueht " ".
Esiev steamer. When such accluehss
occur there are always plenty W
people who are only too wiiilns W
place the blame without givlns a
thought to the attendant clou
stances. and II Is nearly always M
case that the blame Is placed III i,,, e
tirely the wrong quarter. Inc S, mmsh
authorities were subject TO hiugh
criticism last week for having au-
ylsed the purchase of the Estes
steamer which was termed scrap
bean and other such endearing NAMES
| by those who thought they knew a.,
about IT, These premature knocke,
onyht 10 get wise before they start
| their hammers going. According 10
| the expert the steamer was bargail,
nj the price paid by the village anu
the accident caused by break III tle
suction hose. which might nave nay
pened I'm brand new machiHe'
The committee appointed by the
4 village to investigate the various
sources from which a water Supply
could be taken, Is going about tne
matter I'm n thoroughly business-ike
manner. Every available source III
the neighborhood Of Brattieporo mas
been examined by a competent ny
draulc engineer and the water iroil,
each source will be careiuiiy tesse"
as IN its purity. This method OF pro-
cadnre takes time, but the voters OF
the village may be sure that they
will have detailed and compreheh-
sive report when the work of the COM
mittee is completed. Such serious
things result from an impure water
SUNNY that too much care cannot pe
used in making a thorough investiga-
tion when the adoption of a new
source is under consideration.
II seems strange at first thought
that the New Hampshire license com
missioners should consider OF sucn
great importance the opposition OF
the Vermont Valley railroad to u
cense on the Island. yet the matter
loses some of its opacity when one
remembers the intimacy OF relations
between the Vermont Valley and the
Boston e. Maine and the position
which the latter corporation holds IN
New Hampshire politics. The uirec
tors of the Vermont Valley say 'i,a'
they are interested in the matter sole,
a
not from any temperance STANDPOINT
and that they do not care whether
Hinsdale votes license and Brattle-
boro no license or vice versa. AS
matter of fact. liquor was sold on the
Island long before the question OF II
cense was under discussion. yet Inc
Meddler does not remember that the
Vermont Valley directors took any
lactive interest i'm the matter IN tnose
idays There seems to be more truth
than poetry in the statement that
what the Boston & Maine says goes
in New Hampshire
II Is not the intention of The Med
d,er TO uphold Mr.. Gale in his hight
for n license on the Island. although
he cannot be blamed for wanting one
at that point when the matter is con-
sidered strictly in business hsnt'
The interesting feature OF the case
lis that the question should be thresheo
ont before a corporation doing Dusl-
ness In this state when such a eorpor-
alton is supposed to have no more IN
Iduence with the New Hampshire IL
cense commissioners than any indi-
yidual If the Island license Is being
withheld solely because of the ran
road company's objection. as woula
appear from the Importance winch
seems to be given that corporation IN
the matter then the temperance
workers of Brattleboro should be
thankful that they are able. through
their counsel to get next TO the
powers that be.
It's part of city newspaper
mans business to give his publication
credit for every important event that
happens even if the facts of the mat
ter have to be twisted to accomplish
that result Not long ago a Boston
journal published l0-column story
of the life of John f. Mccarthy, the
Newfane bank robber. The story
read like an interview with the ex-
criminal or as if it had been prepared
solely for the paper by the hero him.
self when in reality it was taken
from the manuscript of book which
Mccarthy has written. And now the
Boston paper says that the statement
proved so interesting that Mccarthy
received numerous suggestions to
write a book and has decided to do
SO. Apparently it pays sometimes to
put the cart before the horse.