The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-08-16
The MeddLer
"U ihe eoaf Jrfs you, pm 4 on. "

The rosourecfulness Of Yankee IN
ponuity had convincing Illustration
ON Main street the other day As Inc
Meddler was walking down the thor
oughfare he noticed an elderly w.
man. whose joints were evidently
stifrrned by age and rheumatism,
chmbcring into an antiquated vehicle
The distance from the ground To inc
platform of the wagon was cohsiueI.
able and the woman made her way
M by easy stages, stepping first on u
box. then on the step ana many ih'o
the conveyance. BY slow mental pro
cess The Meddlcr was trying to figure
ont what the woman would do IN ease
she could not find box on which to
make her initial ascent, when the oecu'
pant of the team solved the problem
Leaning over the side of the wagon
she slowly hauled up the box upward
by means of small piece of Irvine
and deposited II carefully under the
seat.
Swapping green apples from pointed
sticks is always favorite sport
among small boys at this season of
the year. but the velocity at which
the unripe and almost adamantine
fruit is often propelled is likely to
cause trouble especially as this meth
cd of propulsion is more or less err
ratio. Only the other evening
young woman riding on an electric
ear was struck In the head by green
apple and painfully hurt, Whether the
incipient Edcn-fruit came from the
end of pointed stick or directly
from the hand of some youngster is
immaterial The fact remains that ii
was a very careless thing to do, and
the perpetrator ought to thank his
lucky stars that the result of his
thoughtlessness was not more serious.
If the religious doctrine taught in
church were judged by the quality
of the turf in front of the edifce what
sort of dogma would be expected from
the local Methodist society," The
small plot in front of the church of
that denomination on Elliot street no
doubt is hampered in fertility by its
crampcd location and lack of southern
exposure but it would seem as if a /
little care could coax from the soil /
something more beautiful than the
crop of plaintain that now luxuriates
there.
The following conversation heard in
a local court room is an amusing in
stance of the dignity of Justice
Justice to prisoner charged with in.
toxication-" Where were you when
arrested by the oflicerl"
Prisoner (shamefacedly) 10 Really,
yer honor, l don't know where
was -
Justice" Well, you must have had
a he'll of a bun on.
Now that the Connecticut has
reached its lowest level thus far this
season the bailitfs are respectfully re
luested TO turn their eyes riverward
and take careful note Of the condi
ton of the sewer which empties into
stone brook. And if the wind is from
he right quarter the noses as well as
he eyes of the village officials will
lelp determine whether everything
about the present arrangement is as
sanitary as it should be. Apparently :
he extension which was built on
his particular sewer a season or two
lgo has been broken off by high wa.
er for two lengths of pipe, which
would help carry the refuse nearer the
enter Of the stream. lie on the sand
lseless while stream of slime
rickles slowly over the brook-bed and
disappears.
Tho Mal.lIar l