Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-09
THE MEDDLER
"NMe Goa, rs yen PIT " en-

Inst IN the streets OF BrattiepoIo
sounds funny to those who Know w, Wv,
rnraI nature of this community "a
that phrase might almost be appn ,os
10 several Eastern Star uelesasu,1
Tuesday evening, or rather very .a
Wednesday morning. Inc uus .,i,h
darkness of the night. together WIZ
the fact that 1t was after iiilu''sn'
and the electric lights had been ~, On
finpuished. made It extremely uIih.
cult for strangers to find their way
from Festival hall to their various
temporary abiding places, anu W. w.
women after wandering ABOUT ~
some time were about to return u .ne
Brooks house when they met soIne
friends who knew the lay OF Tue ianu u.
When the bailiffs make a new coh,rass
with the Gas Light company !here
ought To be Incorporated clause
binding the company to furnish hghts
ali night on occasions when people
are likely to be out until the wee
small hours"
II seems as IL 1t would pay Road
Commissioner Games to secure the
services of an experienced payer ioi
the job which he and several OF M
assistants are now undertaking. Ine
Medder does not intend TO cast any
reflections upon Mr.. Eamess apiiity "
| Law paving stone. but II man OF ione
lexnerience in that sort of work were
hired much more rapid progress woWo
be made and there would be no cues,
| ton as to whether the proper methoo
were being used. AS it Is now there
are number Of people who tnihE
| that Mr. Eames has tackled
something which he doesn't under,
stand thoroughly, and If It shouio
happen that the paving failed te
stand the racket. even though II Were
II not his fault he would have to take
any quantity OF kicking.
Robinson's circus. which is to visit
Brattleboro soon Is the show abou
which is told the story of the tive
darkies who measured all tent shows
II by comparing them to ROBINSON
They were standing before flaminf
billboard which bore the inscription
'Barnum & Bailey's circus. the great
est show on earth. Sept. l." One O
the colored men took exceptions u
the claim by Messrs. Barnum & Bail
ey. saying that everybody knew ROD
| insons was the biggest show in tht
world. To this the other replied thai
the bill was all right: it simply said
"Barnum & Bailey's circus. the great
est show on earth 'cept one. u
course that one was Robinson's.
| 1t is strange how many people, abb
solutely honest in every other respect
| feel it perfectly proper to dodge taxes
on as much of their property as pos
sible. An example of this occurred In
Brattleboro recently when man VINO
had been paying taxes on about w.
900 left an estate which figured up tt
fully 100000. and this is not the
only instance on record.
! II has come to light this week that
the false alarm of fire last week Sun
day was the act of a thoughtless
youngster, who probably did not real
| ize the seriousness of such deed
There ought to be some method OF
teaching the coming generation thai
| laws are made to be obeyed by chill
dren as well as grown people. In thi:
case enforcement of the penalty woulc
| not accomplish that end half so wei
| as a judicious use Of the rod in the
proper hands.
The recent disaster to the Russian
| fleet in the engagement with the Jap
anese is responsible for the following
from one of the assistants of oui
"rhyming department" and since II
seems to be ''meddling" with the news
| received on our special wire from
1.-THE Far East it is suggested that this
column is the proper place to fnf1ic'
1t on our helpless readers;
Poor old Rojestvensky
To the Far East was "sent-sky'
To tackle the japanese fleet.
At the start. we are "told-sky'
All hands were quite "bold-sky"
Tin some trawlers they happened to
meet!
His men were scared "blue-sky"
And thought that they "knew-sky
The boats were manned by the Japs
His captains were "drunk-sky
And the fishing boats "sunk-sky"
Which began their long list of mis-
haps
when this battle" was "won-sky"
The fleet FASTENED "on-sky"
To reach its far-a-way goal.
But the journey was long sky"
Many things went quite ''wrong-sky'
Though France supplied them with
coal.
Ere the voyage was "done-sky"
The fleet drifted "on-sky"
Till it came to the Sea Of Japan.
Then as every one knows
Togo dealt fearful blows
And left hardly ship or man.
"A. Nonymous.