The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-21
The MeddIer
IN The coat fIis Won, paf IL on. "

Brattleboro is making a praiseworthy
attempt 10 keep Its Nam street neat and
olean-thai Is, the town authorities have
| hired a man whose business II Is TO keep
busy removing rubbish OF one kind or an
other. This scheme is working exceed
ingly well, as the appearance OF Nam
street will testify, but the cooperation OF
everyone Is needed in order 10 accomplish
the desired result. Just at the present
time word OF warning is extended TO
the farmers who take corn 10 the can
ming factory and return through Main
street with loads OF husks piled go loosely
that the course of the teams can be
traced easily by the trail OF green they
leave. There is no need OF having Main
street look like barn floor after husk-
ing bee. Ii the patrons of the factory
will order their drivers 10 use care IN
loading the husks there will be more OF
them to use on the farm and less OF them
TO mar the appearance OF Main street.
While on the subject OF neatness, The
Meddler may as well call attention 10 a
practice which will soon have to be dis
continued, namely, that OF making the
Connecticut river bridge a public dump.
Under present conditions, with the swift
current Just below the bridge, refuse such
as olu pdpeIe' boAes, etc', - YuiShis e1i
ried away. but when the dam sets the,
water back there will be practically no
current, and south wind would be likely
to spread load of waste paper from the
bridge to the mouth OF West river. The
same evil results would come from dump
ing rubbish into Milestone brook, a prac
tice which is all too frequent now, as
the mouth of the stream will bear redo
lent witness.
If you want to see highway construction
in progress along scientific lines take a
trip down to the fiat below Broad brook, |
and see the stretch of road the Loring |
Famum company is building. There is |
about a quarter-mile OF road at this point |
which, after the completion of the dam,
would be too low for safety, in the event
OF high water. Therefore, the dam con
tractors, according TO their agreement,
are putting in piece of new highway at
that the Loring Farnum company are not
experienced road-builders, but they do
know the value of doing everything on a
strictly scientific basis. For that reason
they are doing piece OF highway work
hat every road commissioner In the
county ought to examine. Ii it proves to
De as good as it looks and there is no
reason why it shouldn't Brattleboro
would better get the concern to build sew
.ral miles OF road and do away with any
me commissioner.
Ardent Taft and Sherman men must
rave been disappointed by the rally Sat
lrday evening, as far as it had to do with
he national standard bearers. Neither ,
# the speakers made reference to the 3
andidates whose names appear below the I
lag which was swung to the breeze, and
whose Iikenesses(?) adorn the stars and !
tripes. One good republican was heard q
o say Monday that the picture of Taft :
ooked more like Frank Plumley than /
ny one else, while the portrait of Sher t
nan reminded him very forcibly of Felix 6
lcGettrick
They're telling a good story about 0. J. S
loves experience when his railroad base a
all team went to st. Adams two weeks I
go. Rowe is an ardent lover of base
all, and believes rightly that a game is O
G. unless there is plenty Of ginger in it.
When he plays, therefore, he puts more t,
nd never gives up until the very last o o
ian is down. In the early part of the . ..
lme at St. Adams Rowe reached first 9,
ase. As soon as he got his breath he n
ulled his cap tightly down on his head, Il
'ok lead of about six feet and yelled
it'll all his might: "Now we're off. +" &c
Violently the first baseman was of the a. a.
me opinion, for he took the ball out of So
S mitt and casually tagged the Brattle- W
,ro captain out. This was the only time
It'll the very last inning that Rowe or D
~ other man on the visiting team had SIS
chance to do any coaching =