Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-05-05
THE MEDDLER.
"LfMe Gear III, yon PIT " en-

As prophet The Meddler VIII haee
IN he placed In the same ciass "a
senator Pierce. But then. ne s'aV.u
last week that he didn't pretehu 70
have any reputation In that me. 90
the classification will not seem one,
Gus. 1t was n surprise TO solne IN ne
ple-The Meddler means the Why ~
citizens turned down the C,,'~
ticket at the village meeting. ~ W.
"a foregone conclusion that .he
nandent ticket would give Its oppoh-
ami rub. but that II should win py
such a substantial majority nlust
have been a surprise even TO its nus ,
ardent supporters. The Meddier uoes
not propose to explain the cause VI
the Citizens tickets defeat Tor suSm
is entirely unnecessary. EVerypous
knows that the question was set,ieu
SOLELY on the issue of day pnice-
man AS one man puts 1t Ia Dit wv
strongly no doubt, 1.-The movesnens
was instigated by those VINO DISTINCT
Hall and pushed through by those
who enyied Hall. with the assistance
of those who were afraid OF Han
Although The Meddler is willing 10
bow to the wishes of the majority ne
cannot help wishing that the Wishes
of the majority were different IN this
question of a day policeman. There Is
no use rehearsing the arguments tha'
have been advanced pro ana So'i,
for the voters evidently have welshe !,
them and voted accordingly We,
seems TO many a step backward "
dispense with the day police; parulo
ularly at the beginning of the sum,
baY his services WOulu
he even more valuable than In the
winter. Even Mr.. Calvin adHits
that there are times when DAY ON
Ger is a good thing, for he TOOK Ihe
responsibility of putting Mr. Han on
duty Wednesday in face or ms STATE
ment at Tuesdays meeting that oES
two men and four bailiffs" were In ia
vor of a day police. If the rumor that
the New England Insurance exchange
is thinking of advancing rates OH az
count of the villages action snoulu
prove true what would some OIL the
'antis" think?
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lust one word more about this po-
lice question and The Meddier Is
done with 1t for the present at ieast.
In answer to the many assertions tnit
the opposition to the old board OF
bailiffs and the day police was cue
to a personal feeling against MT Han
there have been prompt ana decisive
denials, Whether these denlals are
true will soon be shown. IL the heE
bailiffs have no personal feeling III
the matter they Will. OF course APP
point Mr. Hall to his former job as
night Waterman. provided he makes
application or intimates that he Is
,,,;Ilipu N take the nDSltlOn.
Mr. Day or rather Mr.. Vinton
made one good point In ms COM
munication to last weeks Reforiner'
and that was relative to having one
pair of horses always on hand 70
respond to a fire alarm. The need OF
this was shown Tuesday morning
when the horses supposed to draw
the chemical did not reach the steam
er house until at least 10 minutes
after the sounding of the alarm rms
delay was not due to any fault of the
driver, for he was in the further
part of Esteyville at the time ana
couldn't get back any quicker But
It was delay just the same. and
had the fire been bad one the re-
suits would have been serious.
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The Meddler has been asked to gas
a little on the annoyance caused at
this time Of year by the prevalence OF
bonfires. Such institutions are more
or less necessary but frequently they
are nuisance. The trouble might
be obviated by appointing certain
date as Bonfire day and having all
the smudge on that occasion. but an
easier method is for people to use
bit more judgment and not attempt
to burn wet leaves, dirt or other such
non combustible materials.
With no licenses on the island the
year the drouth in the vicinity
of Brattleboro will certainly be un-
Mr. Shea summed up the
situation in his song at the recent
minstrel show when he said;
THE town went No last March by
just one hundred forty nine,
And if they close the brewery up
We'll have a real dry time.
Gene Rogers and his clerks will have
a dandy chance TO make
A good thing off the packages that
they will have to take
etc.
The Meddler.