The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-12-13
The MeddLer
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Some wonderful specimens of the
art preventative have been floating
about town this week. The Meddler
found one Monday which reads some.
thing as follows:
PLEASE DON 'TSTOPUS
Wednesday from O'Clock, on
The CongoMEN, West B. Give an
Oyster Supper
ORGAN CONCERT
Violin and vocal music, oysters, stewed
or sealloped,
Salads, Rolls, Doughnut, Pies, Cakes
ALL FOR A QUARTER
CHILDREN 70 & UNDER 10 cts.
Embellishing this remarkable hand
bill are two startling Illustrations
one of a coach and four and the other
of a colored &c mum astride rampant
iaekass. On the whole it is a stunning
bit of work and good example of
what to use an old expression, Lit
tie Luther did on his hand press. -
Sherlock Holmes sat on a baggage
truck on the local depot platform
Tuesday afternoon, carelessly finger
ing half.smoked cigarette and gaz'
ing abstractedly toward the embank
ment on the opposite side of the rail
road tracks. Crowds of people were
walking up and down the platform i'm
patiently awaiting the arrival of the
go train. How interesting it would
be. said a bystander who was I, I'M
aware of the great man s identity,
"'if one could know where each one
of these people came from. y Holmes
threw his cigarette butt away and
still kept his eyes aloft. Interest
ing2 Yes" he drawled, "and yet it
is not so difficult as an unframed OBJ
server might think. Take for example
that short, fat gentleman standing
near the telegraph office. 1t is easy
to see that he came directly to the
station from some point north of the
high school building, that he came
down Main street on the west side
walk and that he was in a great hur-
~. | am also convinced that he is a
trife absent minded The bystand-
err was aghast. "Marvelous! !" he
cried "but would you mind telling
me how you came into possession of
these facts2' Certainly not, y re-
piled the great detective with smile.
'The man s trousers as far up as his
knees, you win notice, are covered
with rich clay mud. That, of course,
signifies that he has been wading
through the muck which covers the
sidewalk on the west side of Main
street in front of the excavation for
John Marley s, new house. That he was
in a great hurry is proven by the fact
that he did not stop at some clothing
store and buy new pair of trousers
in place of the ruined pair which he
has on. He must be absent minded,
or he would have noticed that he lost
one of his rubbers in the clay bank.
| might add that the man is stranger
to Brattleboro, or he would have
stopped on his way down here and
entered complaint to the town au-
thorities."
the manager OF the heWly-IorHieu
Durham Brothers basketball team
was busy man last week. Early one
morning he received a call on the tel
ephone and the voice at the other
end of the line said that it belonged
to Mr.. Jerome, manager of a Green
field team. Mr.. Jerome said he had
heard about the proves of the Dun
ham team and was anxious to arrange
game to be played in Greenfield
Friday night. Could the game be ar
ranged? The Durham manager said
he thought so, and at once hung up
the receiver and held a consultation
with his men. They were willing and
anxious to try conclusions with Mr..
Jerome s bunch. and the details of
the impeding conflict were arranged
satisfactorily by wire. Friday came
and the team was about to start for
Greenfield when somebody gave the
snap away. 1t seems that Mr.. Jerome
was none other than local jokesmith
who had the local manager on the
string as well as on the wire.
The Meddler.