Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17
THE MEDDLER.
"TMe cOa MS yoa PIT u on"

Many owners of farms in the vicin'
ity of Brattleboro are rightfully get
ting disgusted at the depredations
which deer are committing hereabouts'
One man, who owns large apple orch
ard on Ames hill, told The Meddler re.
Gently that at least 200 young trees had
been spoiled in his orchard this year
"And II s Just the same with my neigh
bors," said the orchard owner. =" we
can \ keep the deer out of the orchards
unless we build fences l2 feet high and
the law doesn' give us any right 10
shoot them. III deer continue to null
tiply as they are bound to do under
the protection which they receive now
the expediency of the present law VIII
be open TO serious question. Protect
ing deer for the benefit of sportsmcn
who take pleasure in killing them is all
right up to certain point but 1t
should not be continued at the expense
of those who suffer from the ravages
of these animals.
Brattleboros north end has grown
aristocratic since last Friday. That
portion of the town no longer is obliged
TO admit that il contains thorough
fare by the undignifed name of Com
mon street; it now boasts of Park
place. Aren I we getting tony, thought
No one probably objects TO this change,
which was made by the bailiffs at the
regular meeting, but objection would
develop If the bailiffs acted ON the sug-
gestion to change the name of the Com
mon TO the Park. There is something
about the former name which pleases
New Englanders who are proud of their
mast history. When Boston Common
becomes thing of the past then let
the bailiffs think of giving ours new
name, but not before
As the new block of Adams q Cros-
/ by grows the narrowness of Main
street at that point becomes more and
more apparent. When in the course
of the towns growth it becomes neees'
sary to replace the Judge and Ray
buildings with substantial structures
it is to be hoped that the local authori-
ties will stick out for removal OF the
log in the street caused by the location
of the present buildings.
There has been no little discussion of
late about the legality of liquor selling
as il is conducted in Vermont by New
Hampshire bottling houses and private
express companies This is good
thing to agitate but it should be left
until all liquor selling about the illegal
ity of which there is no question of
doubt has been stopped. There is no
doubt about the illegality of selling
liquor without license either in Yer
mont or New Hampshire. Both states
have strict local.option laws which i'm.
pose heavy penalties on promoters OF
illegal liquor traffic And yet in the
towns of Chesterfield and Westmore'
land there is hardly question of doubt
that unlicensed places are selling liquor
every dav. There is no excuse for this.
The authorities in the border towns OF
Vermont and New Hampshire should
cooperate at once in a strenuous effort
to stamp out these Illegal places. Ii.
cense laws cannot be given a fair trial
unless this method is adopted.
The man who tells an unusual story
in the Wheel club when the knockers
are all present must expect to get
"jollied' more or less. The other
evening member solemnly stated that
the night before he had been awakened
by slight noise and discovered man
looking in his bed room window. He
said he arose hurriedly and started af-
ter the culprit but couldn't make out
his identity OF course, the member
who told the yarn was subjected to
numerous taunts about his ability to
''see things" at night until at length
one Of the knockers solved the prob
lem. He stated that the member de-
fusion was the result of dream he
had after reading the republican state
committee s volume entitled Ghosts.
The Meddler.
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