The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-27
The MeddLer
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Evidently the Wise Guy liked the
Looks of his letter in print last w.ch
Tor he has torn of another, Whieh
reached The Meddler by sPeoiai uo
livery (alias T. liopkinsl late yes''''
day afternoon. This Is II
TO His Meddlesomeness,
Care The Reformer,
Honorcd Sir
Tina, one Of your alleged discern
ment In matters newsy, one Wnoso
olfaetory nerve is supposed 70 luI'ei
al the least suggestion that there ~
something doing within nosesho''
should have allowed TO escape the OPP
,or,uni,y for SO monumental a beat as
You had last week shakes my conn.
dence in all humanity. What IN the
name of Horace Greeley were you 90
ing, You must have known that the
high school seniors and few invited
guests were going to Washington. Ana
a hasty glance at the list OF pilgrims
must have revealed the information
that il contained the names OF Two
notable personages - the Honorable
Charles u. Robbins, Brattleboro y
simeon Ford, and the Equally Honor
able LYMAN +. Holden, globe trotter'
Now why, when you saw TINS pair
entered and booked, were You not I'M
pressed by the fact that these two
Gentlemen are both members OF the
committee recently appointed to m
yestigate the Vernon street grade
crossing abolition proiecti Why. did
there not filter through your seemingly
opaaue vision some little ray Of hight
that would reveal this strange coin
cidences Why, in short, did II not
dawn on YOU at once that the gentle
men in question, with their ever per
sistent consideration of the town s
welfare. had taken advantage OF tine
low railroad rates to go directly TO
headquarters and secure federal ana IN
behalf of this measured :.
Now that ! have put you wise IT
surely will not he difficult for you TO
imagine what has been going on In
Washington this week. Can't you pic
ture LYME and Charles, guided by
Congressman Kit, vending their way
from the Metropolitan to the White
Housed Cant you almost hear the
head of the board Of trade mumbling
the remarks which he has prepared
almost see the sturdy son of Wardsboro
mentally calculating the amount OF
timber in the various domicilesf And
the president-can you hear his
fervid "deelightedn in acknowledge.
ment of expressions of good will; his
enthusiastic "bullyo at the close OF
Mr.. r. lucid exposition of the scheme
which is to mean so much for Brat
tleboro; his sincere promise to call at
tention to the matter in his next
special messagef
\ I have called attention to these de-
tails, old man, as a sort of reproof-
in an effort to show you how you lost
an opportunity for a corking story.
Don t get sore, but make arrangements
at once for having a reporter at the
train tomorrow friday night to get
a detailed interview as to the prospect
of the scheme.
Yours truly.
w. G.
P. s. If you re going to write any
thing about the matter this week be
sure that it has nothing to do with
politics or the water question.
A local messenger boy who dearly
loves getting jokes on other people has
been obliged to take some jollying
himself during the past few days. 1t
seems that the wife Of the man by
whom the messenger has been EN-
ployed at odd times wheeled her baby
down town the other day but on ac-
count of the weather decided to take
the child home on the electric car,
leaving the carriage outside her hus
band 5 place of business. 1t happened
soon afterward that the messenger boy
was at liberty so the owner of the car
riage said to him: "Tommy, just wheel
the carriage home for me, will your
Tom went out toward the street and
gazed at the carriage for about 10
Then he returned and said
to the man who had asked him to do
the Grand: els your wife in great
hurry for that kid carrier7" "Why
no, 1 guess not, Why's" inquired the
man. go, nothing" replied Tom,
"only I guess I'll wait until after dark