The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-17
The MeddLer
III the coat fifs yog, PVT IL on. "

Two painters were ut work Tuesday
on house on High street when the
staging on which they stood gave way
| One of the men managed TO catch hold
of window sill and hang on until he
could be rescued but the other fell to
the ground. a distance of about 20
feet, and landed on a patch OF con
crete. Fortunately the man was not
badly hurt, and even if he had been
this paragraph would probably not
have found its way into this column
were it not for the fact that the paint
ers were simply doing the work and
the man who owned the house was fur
nishing the pigment. When the owner
appeared shortly after the accident the
painter who escaped related the de
tails, telling how his companion fell on
the concrete but neglecting to say how
badly he was hurt. One would natural
" suppose that the owner would have
inquired about the man S condition but
he didn I. He simply asked this ques
ton: "Did he spill much paint?'
The frightful consequences of the
biaE' AhoA
started on a dump in Chelsea, Mass,
Sunday brings home TO us all the dan
ger of allowing inflammable material
to lie around in exposed places. What
wind will do in the way of spreading
fire is seldom given consideration until
too late. In Crowell s park are guam.
titles of brush which were left when
the timber was cut off last year. This
brush is as dry as finder from its long
exposure to the elements and single
match thrown into any part of it
would start a blaze which under GER
tain conditions would certainly endan
ger many of the houses which closely
border the park. OF course it is un-
likely that the brush will get afire un,
der such conditions, but there is a
chance all the same and one which is
dangerous to take. Brattleboro people
had a good illustration of the way fire
will spread when the underbrush on
the mountain was ignited Tuesday.
This blaze started from dropped pipe
and was discovered before it had made
much Roadway, but even then it was
to stop the flames before !
they had spread over a large area.
Brattleboro people need not be sur
prised if they awake some Sunday |
morning and discover "the lid nailed |
down as tight as tight can be- The re-
suit of course will be that the regular |
paper will not put in its APP
pearance, the drug stores will not be
open except for filing prescriptions,
he livery stables will not do their reg
liar Sabbath business and all other
'orms of business, amusement or recre-
ltion except works of charity or ne
,essity' will be under the ban. If /
his fearful condition of affairs comes
lbout it will be due to a complaint
egistered with the state s attorney by
omeone unable to comprehend the old
aging about moderation in all things.
'arious towns throughout the state
ave had a taste of this unreasonable
lue law enforcement and as a rule
ne taste has been sufficient. The Med
Ter has hopes that Brattleboro will es.
ape any such silly show of sham piety
ut from what he has heard he fears
hat the spectacle will have to be made
a order to satisfy some people who do
OF realize when they are well off and
Orget that "the Sabbath was made
Or man, not man for the Sabbath
The Meddler.