Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-07-21
THE MEDDLER,
"N he coat IT'S 20. PIT " en-


Tuesday evenings school meeting
offered a great opportunity Ior 'nap
action" Only 80 voters were !. Lev
tendance and II IL OF them hau 'a nst
IL into their heads to adopt .ne n,h.
radical measures In the woru pnsi.
Inc could have stopped them. hesl,
dants of the village school distric.
have gotten into the bad habit on
stavinr away from the annual
meetings unless some especially I'M
nortant question Is up for consiuera.
t,on This state Of affairs ought NJ.
to he A large amount OF money ~
at the disposal of the voters at lne
school meeting, and large represent
tation of the taxpayers should De Oh
hand to see that 1t is properly appro,
nriated. Fortunately for the distric.
those who attend the meetings are
generally well qualified TO trai.Sa ~
the business, yet that Is no excuse ' ~,
staying away. How would II wo,h 10
hold the meeting In the TOWN. ha,i
True, there is room enough III
school room but II seems TO De uiiil
o,,,t ,,lace in which to gather decent
representation.
No highway In the village Is III
greater need of repair than Eiiios
Street especially at its further eni' II
apvoue doubts this statement let nun
ride over that thoroughfare III an au
to,nobile. If he isn't conVinceu !,
fore he arrives at the iron priuse :.
will be because his Judgment "''
been jounced out OF nm
sneaking of autos puts The Med
dlar i'm mind of story ne nearu .iie
other night about man III Lelces,e''
Mass. who is making good, TAT nv
ING out of nabbing speed Violators'
He has mea sured off distance on a
strip of very enticing road ana CAIN
~ Sits at one end with stop watcn
concealed In one hand. The rest Is
very easy. When the motorlst ar
rives AT the end of the course ne Is
politely ordered to go around To po-
lice beadouarters and settle. One car
driver. who thought he was next -
| The wiles of the auto catcher. attempt :
cd 10 have little fun at his expense
| the other day. Going at speed Oh
about four miles an hour over wna'
| he thought was the measured distance
he then nut his thumb to ms nose
twiggled his fingers at the watcn
| man and scooted OFF In cloud OF
dust But as Il turned out the cours'
over which the motorist Travelled a
/ low speed was nothing more tnaf
| fake. the real speed test began JUS
where the driver opened his throttie
| Perhaps its just as well for locai ma
chine owners that such CRAFTY Hetn
ODDS are not practiced in this neigh'
borhood.
To people who do not possess tn
luxury of a well shaded door-yard TN
Common has been a great boon thes'
hot evenings There is hardly a TIM
when some sort of a breeze does no
reach that portion of the town, an
even if the zephyr is lacking there !
always plenty of fresh air to be MAJ
for the breathing. The Meddier re
spectfully suggests to the hohoTapl
board of selectmen that a few settee
be placed at different points apou
the Common for use during these SUI
TRY DAYS and nights. The cost woui'
tbe nothing in proportion TO the COIN
fort they would produce.
There are several excellent feature
about the new summer train schedui
which has been in operation now 10
the past four weeks. One is the Va
train from the south which brings IN
morning papers into town over .
hour earlier than formerly ana put
Brattleboro In closer and quicker touc
with outside events. Another Is tn
exnress train from New LondoI
which makes the run of 100 miles u
the unusually good time Of four hour
and five minutes and connects VII
trains from Boston over both Bosto
Albany and Boston & Maine road
The departure Of the afternoon trail
for New London at 4:10 not only In
sures travellers Of their Keene connec
ton. but does away with the switch
! ling which was necessary when tha
train went to South Vernon as a por
.. ton OF the 1923 express ana allow
the latter to stop at Putney w1thou
Ioverstepping its schedule time. !
whomsoever Is responsible for tines
improvements The Meddler extend
thanks in behalf of the community.
. fair example of what we fire
, auently get In the way of telephor
. service: Dingaling Hello, central
, Dingalingaling. Hello. central
,, 1What ails 'em UP there. anyway!
Observation-Disclosures "What'hell
/ central. can't you hear me! (Col
!. found IT, what ails this machine!
| Observation-Disclosures HELL(
. central! Did I call? Well as
!. anyone down here In the once an
I see what they say? No. I don't SUI
pose It is. but that don't help me an
I What? Wen, why don't they ha,
!, enough operators then? will Il
! next time see him. Give me blan
, 10 blank. ring blank. will you
> Hello. is this you. George. Wha'
, Excuse me. they've called the wror
l number" Dingalingaitngaiinga
: Hello. Give me blank O blank. rir
blank. No. you didn't. All RICH
Lime busy? Well. never mind. I
write. it's quicker"
The Meddler.
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