Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-06-22
THE MEDDLER.


Local students OF ornithology will no
doubt be amused at a joke which was
played on one Of their number recently
The bird lover who figures IN thls story
spends considerable time No farm q
short distance outside the village ana
is continually ON the alert for songs
which denote the arrival OF new bird
visitors. Not long ago u friend OF the
bird lover called the latter s attention
TO series of liquid notes which came
from the woods nearby. The bird lover
listened The song was new one 10
him, aud he at once grabbed his Held
glasses and stalked stealthily OF. The
notes grew louder and more beautiful
ms the bird lover drew nearer but he
was unable TO locate the songster, FL
nally the bird lover peeped cautiously
over large boulder in the direction
whence the sound seemed TO come ana
discovered u small girl blowing ON tin
water whistle which the friend had
kindly furnished for the occasion.
Another good story, at the expense
OF suburban resident who attempted
10 drive sharp horse trade, has been
going the rounds this week. IL seems
that the man, who wanted TO get good
horse for little money, went TO one To-
cal livery firm and haggled for some
time over an animal which seemed TO
meet his requirements. At length ne
decided the price was too high. Later
in the day he visited another stable
and found horse which suited him
both as to quality and price. He bought
the animal at once and then went TO
the first stable TO purchase a harness.
so You decided TO take the horse af'
ter all, - said the stable proprietor.
"Well, hardly" the man replied, -
bought this one somewhere else. - 81
know that, - reioined the stable pro-
prietor, "but it's the same horse You
were looking at this morning. | sold
him 10 my competitor shortly after YOU
left here. - "Well, II be darned,
said the purchaser mefully, 81 paid
s25 more than you asked for him. "
The first of this week saw the return
of local butcher after several days
in the employ of Barnum 4 Bailey s
circus. The butcher is much wiser
boy than when he went away, lie
Joined the pageant at Springfield
Mass, and was robbed of his watch
that very night while on the way to
Waterbury. The next evening some
body purloined all the butcher $ stock
of money with the exception of Sl.9O
which he had hidden in his shoe. On
the following morning he left the show
and made his way leisurely back to
Brattleboro. coming part of the way ON
foot, part by trolley, and part by
freight. The butcher is now very
strong in his praise of Brattleboro as
place Of residence.
"That was big dromedary with
Robbins s circus, said man to his
friend the other day.
"Yes, but the cussed thing was fear
fully out of tune and ! never did IKE
that sort Of music, was the answer.
There is among Brattleboro s youth
ful generation a certain small boy VINO
i great believer in everything his
father does. Whenever the youngster
does something out of the ordinary, as
he is frequently known to do, he is
likely to Justify himself by mentioning
the fact that his father does that way.
Recently the youngster was so infatu'
ated with a waitress who was serving
the family at a local hotel that he could
not refrain from kissing her hand.
When his mother tried to demonstrate
with him for such impoliteness the
youngster closed the argument by say
ing solemnly, Papa does. y
7 The Meddler.