Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-10
THE MEDDLER.


The Vermont Anti saloon ieasu.
has come out with reso'u''on ~" "a.
',,ho chief stress In league WORK Io'
,ha nresent be laid on an enort 10 re
duce the number of license toWns 49,
The state at the next Mar.n -,
inrs., Whether this can Dc 'an ~
as an admission from the ieasu. No.
the local option law Is an pa,,,
ment over prohibition eniois
douh,ful More likely its onclais
eaai tbat n crusade against the pres
ami statute would meet with no re-
snonse throughout the state ana ,na'
n Is wiser policy 10 be "A nttis lssa
rabid than heretofore. Consiueri,s
The narrow minded attitude OF nv
league I'm the past II wouiu na,u'y
'oa,,, as II II had suddenly broadeneu
INTO a realizing sense Of the evils ina'
existed under the old prohipitory '""'
.
.Tbere is no doubt that In Bratte
boro, at least. the prohibitory slue ~ ~,
The local option law has workeu W
perfection. barring the zeal or soine
local prescription writer's VINO nav
lately been warned against oVeruoihg
a good thing. Even Acknowledgement
Eitts who confesses to being a nide-
hound prohibitionist, admits tnit wy w,
local liquor traffic was never 50 VIZ
controlled before. OF course cohslu
cradle booze Is consumed here us WI
always be the case. but IL cahilo. ~
bought unlawfully. There Is cohslu
orahia satisfaction In thinking that
| however the town votes next sprns
The liouor traffic will be absoiuteN
under control. and there must De
lot of dyed in-the-wo prohibs who
have 10 admit on the quiet mat ihe!
dangers of local option.
Tho ST Adams Messenger is in ia
vor of abolishing the open season ioi
deer II assumes from the fact thai
fewer deer were shot this year thar
last that there were fewer deer ~
kin backing this conclusion win
statement that no evidence IL at hano
10 show any material decrease IN IN,
number of hunters. Whatever NV
conditions may have been In th'
northern part of the state there Is NJ
lie doubt that in Windham county
the number of hunters out this yea,
was much smaller than formerly ane
although fewer bucks were kiiied IN
REPORTS of those seen would inuica.'
that the supply is not decreasing Y
any appreciable extent. It's all yer,
wel 70 talk about Strengthening TN
innocent creatures, but experience
shows that q hunter must possess
good eve, a steady nerve and VIII
inpness to get up very early IN IN
morning If he would have anythin,
TO show for his trip into the WOODS
The fact that one large buck ESCAPED
al least a score of nimrods AFTER De
ing seen in Guilford practically ever.
day of the open season proves ina
deer hunting cannot be INDUCED II
successfully by man not skilifu
enough to hit the side of "A barn from
, the inside of the building.
.
The selectmen of Brattleboro hav
done commendable thing In com
plaining to the state board OF healt
about the condition OF the local depo
yard There Is no place In Brattie
boro where the accumulation OF mu
is so great and 1t Is doubtful II sue
d collection of ooze can be foun
. anywhere else In the state. Inc Med
dler has hollered about the depot var
for a long time without accomplishin
, anything. He hopes the selectmen
voice will be more effective.
In his characteristic style Jon
Calvin takes the Chestnut Hill Res
: ervoir company to task for not await
: ling the village committees report
2 regard to village ownership OF
: water supply before going ahead wit
, the new system. and asks for the fu
report of the engineer employed b
4 THE committee as well as the commit
! tees recommendations Mr.. Galvi
!, may be trifle severe in his condem
! lnation of the water company's actor
but he Is right without question
demanding that the committee ar
pointed by the village submit the en-
gineer's report In full as well as II
s recommendations The report ha
been delayed long enough. for wht
reason only the committee itse
I knows. The Meddler.