The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-03

nnlN ~ much space y
aIlowel each week, aud ~ hr RlN"s
~ "a letters from bis loving iIicnas
uhnt Ioom il there left for him 10 SON
nnuike inf The following letter from
,be Mise GAY is plainly confidential bnl
nm, MrddlcT IL going 10 print u "a ihe
l,,,,. that the writer will inke ohchse
and stow his pen for a little ~hiic'
Bingyillc, VI, April l.
The MeddlcT,
Care 81 The R.former,
dear sir;-liaying noted in rccent IS
su.. az the journal with which You are
associated brief items which have AT
,.m,t.l 10 use as straws TO determine
M. course of the political zcphyts ;"
your zone, but being unable as yer 70
reach any conclusion upon which iee'
safe In basing credcnee, am taxing
the liberty of writing you eonhdehtil
liz in the hope that the answers you
will make 10 my various questions wan
be of assistance 10 me IN gfaspihg 'ho
situation. Is there really going to be
something doing in the good old sum
m.r time as YOU intimated a Few weeks
hence, or are these various candidacy
announcements merely the blehhia,
busy ness Of some premature poiitleai
press.agent! is is true that Nililaihs
of Bellows Falls is TO be sorely pressed
in the states attorneyship contest by
the apple pied Piper OF Jamaica; 'ha'
someone whose name has not yet beeh
announced is casting covctous chances
nj the spot which Judge Worden oil
Halifax covers up twice year; that
Hooker and Gibson have gone into part
nership with the idea of taking lease
of the town representative and senate
rial quarters, and have hired Wards
boro man as campaign manager; that
Fletcher Barrows is seriously contem'
plating a fight against Hooker; that
Gibson for once is TO have clear Held;
that Master Pierce is not running this
season; and that Jim Allen has actually
admitted that he cant see the out
come! have heard all these things ru-
mored many times but ! confess m at
a loss 10 know which are true and
which are not.
II you we got any straight tips on
any of the events on this card you
would be comforting great favor by
putting me wise. IN too far back IN
the woods TO get a line on county poll
tics; in fact. there doesn I seem to be
much interest in them since the senate,
rial contest started. That S the only
notice on the bulletin board Just at
present; it's printed in large letters
and in red ink is the senatorial contest.
There was a man up here last week dis
tributing free samples of Pages Per.
fected Poultry Food. Each box con-
tanned little poem entitled, A Lay to
Our Next Senator. Pretty soon we ex-
pect to see stable invoice of marble
topped tables coming in our direction,
and it wouldn t surprise me bit II
there was movement in this town to
organize branch Of the Gore of Glori
Gus Glad Handlers, of which Cong. Eos
ter is Principal Pump Handle. Mean
while, however, the poultry food and
the poems are getting in their deadly
work, and when it comes to show
down between calf.skin boots and pat
ent leather shoes you can take it from
me that the real old rural footwear
will be there with the noise.
I've asked you a number of difficult
questions II admit, but in return We
supplied you with considerable first
hand information which ought to be of
value in your business. Personally / IN
glad that the senatorial race has drawn
such classy field, for, to use the
words of dear friend of mine, "when
there are plenty of barrels around you
never have to depend on one bung."
Yours with his hand behind his back,
W. G..
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FOOLED: In Brattleboro, April l, Wan
tastiquet Golf club, act. eight, after a
lingering illness; chief cause of death,
fever; contributing causes,
tennis competition and general debility.
Funeral arrangements will be announc-
ed later. Scottish papers please copy.
No more the lusty cry of "fore"
Will hurtle through the air,
No longer will the small spheroids
Go sailing here and there.
The interest in the royal game
Once quickened but now pals
Perhaps the golfers tastes have scared
To somewhat higher balls.
Tho Ma1Ilar