The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-19
The MeddLer
~ The coat fits you. put n on.

The season which brings the pleas
ures Of automobiling is dawning'
Lest those fortunate enough TO be
able to own cars forget in their spirit
of fresh veal aud new zigor that
there are regulations regarding the
speed at which they are allowed to
traverse the highways Of the village
The Meddlcr now utters friendly
warning Don't let the speed fever
get the upper hand. Brattleboro Is
fortunate in having few if any auto
lists who intend to fracture the speed
ordinances, but occasionally the cN.
hilaratiou incident 10 fast riding
clouds the memory As long as auto
mobile owners exhibit a desire to drive
their machines carefully and with mod
Grafton there win be no occasion 10
look with anything but favor on the
benzine buggics, One reckless opera
tor, however, can east distrust on all
his well-disposod brethren.
eff I were a millionaire " said a
local lawyer the other day, 81 would
buy lot in the center of Brattleboro,
erect thereon an up.to.date and com,
modious court house and say TO the
county Of Windham, IS yours if you
will vote to use it. Because the at
torncy may have political aspirations
The Meddler has solemnly vowed new
er to divulge his name. For the re,
mark would always be a stigma on his
character in the eyes of the voters of
the West river valley.
Conditions in the local freight yard
are anything but satisfactory. The
tracks are jammed full of ears, many
of them consigned to local firms, but
the railroad seems utterly unable to
handle them. One concern has car
of material that had been in the local
yard for over a month. Frequently 1t
has been within a few feet of the
warehouse which is its destination but
it has never quite reached the point
where it can be unloadcd. Back and
forth from one of the yard to the
other it has been shunted, having trav
eled probably between 40 and 80 miles
since it arrived in Brattleboro. Some
day no doubt the car will actually be
switched to the right siding and
pushed directly in front of the proper
warehouse door. But the consignees |
have stopped specializing on the likeli- |
hood of such an occurrence.
Reports from different parts of the
state tell of consignments of brook |
trout fry distributed in various
streams. The Meddler has yet to hear
IF any trout fry being sent to Wind /
nam county, but in the event that any |
should come to this corner of Vermont
ne advises those in charge of the
planting to use great care in the work.
As a rule only a very small per cent
If the trout fry planted ever live to
urnish sport for the angler The peo
de who put them out instead of going
o the extreme headwaters of a stream
ire likely to dump the tiny fish into
he main part of the brook. Those
hat do not become the prey of the
,rown fish instincfively head for shall
ow water and as the stream recedes
,ecome land.locked in small pools and
Don die With the trout fry dying by
he thousand at the state hatchery it
all those interested in re
the streams to do their ut
lost toward making life as easy as
ossible for the young fish that are
eft.
A Brattleboro man who owns
monograph has one record to which
e is extremely partial. Just what
tory this record conveys The Meddler
not informed but there is consider
BILE OSCILLATION in it and at the close
he remark: "That s what l call
nan Not long ago the daughter of
he house came home with her
steady" after the rest of the family
ad retired In the hall before leav-
1g the young man implanted chaste
ut rather noisy salute on the lips of
is lady-love. AS the young woman
-as going to her room her father
allied out from his apartment: ~ sup
ose that S what you call man. -
The Meddler.