Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
THE MEDDLER.
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The steady increase in postal frame
during the past few years has maze
the local mail service inadequate. SiN
carriers. MS are now employed in TINS
village and West Brattleboro, are no,
enough 10 deliver all the mail and sun
keep within the eight.hour regulation.
and il is to be hoped that the efforts OF
Postmaster Taylor TO have an addi-
tional carrier appointed will be success
full. Business men have had frequent
occasions to complain lately on account
of the irregularity of the deliveries, put
while their complaints are justiilable
there is no one to blame ut the local
office. The postonce department re-
ouires that no carrier shall spend more
than eight hours on his route; IN fact
he must be back to the Office inside that
time. If, therefore, his time is up be-
fore his mail is delivered he has 10
bring il back to the office and take 1t
ont again next day. With this system
in force il is easy to see how an extra
heavy mail for two or three days VIII
put the carriers way behind schedule
time.
II is frequently the ease, however,
that the carrier is berated for not
making his deliveries more promptly
when the fault is not his at all. And
there are people so obstinate that they
cannot be made TO believe that Uncle
Sam is the proper person on which to
lump. These kickers ought to be. sad
died with mail pouch weighing about
go pounds and be made to walk ID or 20
miles n day for about one week. such
a course of sprouts would probably in
still in them a wholesome respect for
the letter carrier who is able to cover
his route daily even if he is not always
exactly on the minute. The Meddler
especially recommends this treatment
for souvenir postal card fiends.
Legislating must be as congenial as
farming to G.. w. Pierce, if there is any
truth to the report that he has decided
to be candidate for reelection to the
state senate next fall. On just what
grounds Mr.. Pierce claims the right to
this unusual recognition The Meddler
is at a loss to understand. Perhaps he
wishes to push his pet scheme of state
aid for fairs in the hope that bill may
be passed in time to help the v. f. asso-
citation before il is too late. Perhaps (
he feels that the work he began in the |
cannot be successfully complet- |
ed by anyone else. Perhaps he simply |
likes to be n senator and with the SEN |
ators sit. In any ease it is a harmless !
There are lots of worse |
things than senator a man might aspire |
to be.
Coasting is great sport, and The /
Meddler has no wish to see it abolish
ed. However, it ought to be forbidden
on highways where there is actual
danger to the youngsters who partici
pate Grove street, for instance, is an
extremely hazardous place to coast.
There is no place to 60 except directly
across Main street, and there is no tell
ng when team or an electric ear may
an accident.
The Meddler wishes to tender Mr.
ialvln large and fragrant bouquet IN
recognition of the good work he did as
moderator at Wednesday evenings
Meeting. The mayor viii no doubt
reasure the token highly considering
whence il comes. The task was one
which Mr. Calvin dreaded, probably,
nut it did not prove so formidable af
er all. Most of those at the meeting
we're there with a definite object in
Jew and cared nothing about hearing
he rag chewed on one side or the other
However, there were few simpletons
whose attempts to be facetious kept the
moderator busy at intervals. The only
reak which Mr. Calvin made-and it
vas simply an amusing slip of the
ongue--was when he told all the voters
those names began with a capital letter
D. vote on one side of the hall
The Meddler