The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-15
The Meddler
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The warm weather Of yesterday, eoaa,
ing 81 closely on the heels OF s'a ~,
of frigidity, gave The Meddier h,a w."
inch Of spring fever, Gazing out "
NJ window. which oyerlooks wac eA
,'a,so ~ the Connecticut, he hau ~
,ronhle in imagining the Ice gone ron ,'
w. liver and the slopes OF Wanlasti'
anot coyered with new spring tohaHe'
Al ~ no gave free rein TO ms im"s,u.
a,io, II was not difficult TO picture ths
water. checked by a dam, eoVereu VIZ -,
canoes. motor.hoats ana othoI an
Then The Moddler's fancy soafeu ~,
higher ms he began 10 realize now .na'
!, wopld be 10 report the harit''l'
no,,s and he nj once began TO MAXI
Hans for n column Of shipping news ~
iha Rcformer, picturing in his mind ah
i,om nnder the head Of Notes OF inc
Water Front something ike th's;
Wn,or .bont Justice, in command oi
Srinnor r. G. Bacon. sailed this morn,
inc for North Walpole with catso -
lemons for the express companies :"
that town.
A Guilford town officer has written
the editor in regard to the meaning "
Act No. 100 of the laws oil Nerihon''
which according TO the supplements pis
tributed by the newspapers, says 'na'
o,o state. county. town, village, hre uis'
,r;ct mr. school district officer who VII
fnIlv neplects to perform the duties
i " mon him by law shall be I'M,
nosod npon board one year or hheu
moi more than one thousand dollars OF
both - This kuotty problem has oeen
reforrcd 10 The Meddler who finds that
in the revised statutes the WORDS I'M
posed upon a board" are changed 10
iimprisoned one year. THIS eXpiaha
ton will doubtless give vast rehei 10
various officials who have had VISIONS
of boinp tied to a plank for IL months
certainly a cruel and unusual punish
ment.
While on the subject of punishments
If an unusual nature il may be inter
esting TO some people to know that wo-
men were whipped publicly in Wihd.
ham county less than 100 years ago As
proof of this assertion The Meddier
will opote from The Political OBSERVE
tory. a paper printed in Walpole, N
II 4 letter from Newfane dated Aug
10. 1905. and printed in the OBSERVE
tory of Aug. 90 reads as follows: Dur
inc the session of the superior court
holden at New. Fame, which has TINS
dav closed. Abigail White, a woman
about forty years of age, late from the
province of lower Canada, was convict
ed of passing counterfeit bills; ana was
sentenced by the court "to be whipped
thirtv.nine stripes, to be fined, and to
nav the costs of prosecution, and stand
committed until sentence performed
This dav ) clock afternoon she re
ceived the corporal part of her sen
tenee at the public whipping post IN
this town, and she now stands commit,
ted until the other part is complied
with.
In the hustle that accompanies even
weekly newspaper work we folks OF
the "profesh" often forget the days
devoted to the old.time customs; in
fact ii is doubtful if we would have re-
membered yesterday as the date set
apart for st. Valentine if a tiny note
had not been found in the mail. At
the risk of wounding the tender feel
ings of the votary, whoever she or he
may be, and with blush for those for
whom the worship is intended, The
Meddler appends the valentine:
To the Brattleboro Reformer,
The finest in the state,
Though its manager S but thirty
And its editor twenty. eight
Its makeup is the neatest,
Its arrangement simply great;
You know just where to find things
Either local or upstate.
The Medder, too, is mighty good,
It's worth the price per year
To see the way he "hits 'em up
Though the hit does often queer
He's not afraid to tell the truth
Though truth may sometimes sting.
The man who s hit may often cuss,
But you don t care, by jung.
As for the other local sheet,
You're showing it Who Zoo,
The Vermont Feenix (simpliied)
Must hustle or "skidoo.
To the BrattlebOro Reformer-
May prosperity be its fate
Till the manager S thrice thirty
And tho p1itnr piuhtV.piUht