The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-19
The Meddler
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A large number OF business MN APP
pear to have been stung through the as
silnment of accounts 10 collectlns
agency whose representative VISITED TIM
town short time ago. In order to Sc
cure the services OF the agency II was nee
essary 10 sign a contract allowing the
agency a commission OF 10 per cent. Al
| the business men who signed these con
tracts did so with the understanding that
| the commission was to be deducted from
the amounts collected, but it has develop
ed that the agency has the right accord
ing TO its contract to take 10 per cent on
/ the whole amount OF the accounts as
signed. For example, one concern assign
ed accounts aggregating $50 and upon
| learning that s. OF this amount had been
collected, asked the agency TO remit the
money, minus its 10 per cent commission.
The local man received in reply lsttcr
stating that he waJ owing the agency a
balance of IS, the commission on $40 OF
accounts beng Sl3 Ii is reasonable TO
suppose that after the agency collects
enough to equal IFS commission II VIII
make no very strenuous effort to get the
balance.
Upon the completion OF the Connecti-
cut river dam Brattleboro will have a
river front" which can be made an at
tractive feature OF the town with the ex-
penditure OF little money and the tx
ercise OF some care. One thing witch
will have to be stopped if such result
is to be brought about is the wholesale
dumping of rubbish into the river and
into Milestone brook. Even now tie sp-
pearance of the river near the mouth OF
the brook is marred by a collection OF
n
which has been dumped into the brook
and become stranded IN the shallow water
and if such a practice were continued
after the flow OF the river had been check
ed the surface of the water would soon
resemble tenement-house backyard.
The Meddler would suggest that people
begin to acquire the habit of dumping
rubbish where it will not become an eye
sore.
The Meddler believes that the amount
paid by the incorporated school district
for athletic instruction for the pupils has
been money unusually well invested. That
the work has interested the school child
rem no one who witnessed the track meet
on the fair grounds Saturday afternoon
will for moment deny; nor is there |
any doubt about the beneficial results |
that will come from it. Aside from the |
purely physical training participation in |
athletic sports teaches boys to be manly, |
to think clearly and act quickly, and to
control their tempers. Furthermore, it
stimulates an interest in something which
puts a premium on good habits and clean
living in general Af they are conducted
n the local schools athletics are help
'ather than a hindrance to scholarship.
)ne disadvantage, however, is the dis
oh ba box-a hoI 10 |
N order to reach suitable place to prac-
ice. This only serves to emphasize the
iced of suitable public playground or
thletic field in some accessible portion of
he village. And as the need grows the
ost of supplying it will increase.
The Meddler has investigated carefully
nd finds there is absolutely no truth to
he report
That L. E. Holden has decided not to
e candidate for town representative,
That E. w. Gibson has decided to
,ithdraw from the senatorship in the in
erests of w. Fl. Vinton, or
That the Thompson fund trustees
ave recovered from the jolt which Judge
gave them, or
That Road Commissioner Nichols is on
oeaking terms with any of the local au-
or
That the income from the Austine fund
soon to become available for the pur-
ose for which it was left, or
That the Twin State Gas and Electric
has succeeded in convincing any
ne that it is really up-to-date public
'rvice corporation, or
That the Central Vermont has decided
double track the West River branch.
That Chief of Police Evans has SUBJ
ribed to The Reformer.
The Meddler.