Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-24
THE MEDDLER.
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Under the present statutes the pru-
Dental committee OF the Villase
} schools has n right to appoint Iru-
ant officer on or before April ], ms
Office Is one that needs the attention
of someone In a position 10 look atter
) hayward youngsters and prevent the
practice of playing hockey from
becoming general. No one Is III q
better position to attend 10 this work
than Chief of Police Hall, and MS
appointment would please all those
connected with the management OF
the schools, the possible eN-
ception OF Committeeman Martin MI
Hall Is on the street nj all times dur
ing the day and could be depended
upon to cooperate with the teachers
In keeping the children where they be-
long.
With the majority of Bratteboro's
water-supply coming from West river
which I'm the spring time catches the
drainage from nearly all the country
/ between here and South Londonderry
| II behooves those who drink Adams
| ale as n beverage to see that II Is
properly purified. II the water which
you drink comes from the Chestnut
Hill reservoir it's a wise precaution TO
boil ii thoroughly and thus reduce the
chance of absorbing a microbe which
will later work havoc in your system.
week or two ago ii was reported
that the carcass Of a deceased horse
was in West river some miles above
the pumping station. II Is likely |
however, that the animal has been |
given a decent burial by this time or
at least removed to some spot where |
its remains will not contaminate the |
local water-supply.
It's going to be a fierce nuisance to
be obliged to go down into your jeans
n second time after an additional pen
ny in order to pay for a ride on the
trolley cars, but If it will help the
pay running expenses most
people will be willing TO adopt the
new method The directors say that
it's either six cents or hand over to
the bondhoders. and the people who
use the road daily are not any more
anxious to see the road turned over
than the bondholders themselves. Let's
hope that the additional penny will
keep the wolf from the track and the
weeds from between the ties.
A good joke has developed this week
!
MS wife, who were lucky enough to ,
De among the elite invited to the Mid
winter ball. OF course the lawyer and
lis wife attended and enjoyed the
junction extremely Being unable to z
all upon all the men who We're re-
ponsible for the event and not know I
ng the particular one to whom they !
we're indebted for an invitation, Mrs. \
4awyer very properly sent cards to -
ii of the hosts: that is, she enclosed =
he cards in envelopes. directed the
ENVELOPES and gave them to her hus-
and to mail. Strangely enough the
iwyer forgot to mail the notes and
ound them in his pocket when he was
1 Burlington several days later
Without stopping to examine the adj
resses he promptly dropped them in ]
he nearest mail box, and decided not !
, say anything to his wife about the l
latter. Unfortunately, however, each -
ote was addressed to Mr. So-and so,
own, and the post office authorities
Burlington supposed Burlington
as the town meant. So the notes
ent the rounds of all the delivery
'utes in that city and came back la
slled parties unknown" Finally the
ostmaster there recognized one of pl
lie names as belonging to Brattle- St
)ro man, and the whole bunch were Be
turned to this office for delivery the ca
st of this week. ca
-
1t is to be presumed that after the
Establishment of +. C. Gale & COM
my has been closed the local pro-
bitionists will turn their attention |
ward closing the licensed estab-
hments in other neighboring towns
lie opposite method of procedure
ght be more effective for Mr. Gale
US that If the local men who have |
irted the petition against his place
II induce the license commissioners
Putney and Guilford not to grant
enses in those towns he will with
aw his application for renewals on
: island.
\ local dentist advertises on, his
Or, "Lost-A small lady's gold
tch." The Meddler sympathizes
IN the small lady and hopes, her
lepiece is large enough so that it
j be readily found and returned to.
rightful owner.
The Meddler