The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-30
The MeddLer


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ID. Taylor IL willing 20 stake his reputation
all other makes OF automobile. lie thinks
this car i not only little the beat made
but tribe specdier than anything else IN
the bennne buggy market. Col. Taylor,
who was one OF a party Of local men 70 at
tend the Vanderbilt cup race last satur-
day, took q spin along the Jericho turn
pike in his machine the day previous 10
the big event. The sight OF number Of
autoisis hitting il down the pike with
some speed aroused his fighting blood, and
he decided TO show them what real trav-
cling was. So be opened up. Col. Taylor
had not been travelling q great distance
when he was hailed by an official and po-
liiely informed that be was under arrest
only one thing TO do under the circum-
stances and the colonel did IL without
whimpcring. He accompanied the officer
10 the nearest police court and became d.
yorced from SIS in payment Of his fine
The lady Of the house was sweeping out
her front hall the other day when young
and dcbonair individual hustled up the
front walk. MAY / look at your water
iaucetsy" he inquired with some show Of
authority. and the housewife supposing
him TO be representative Of the local
water company replied that he might.
The young man hustled out into the
kitchen and was busying himself at the
sink when the woman Joined him. is
there anything the matter with the water
SUPPLY" she inquired casually, as she
went about her work. "0h, no" replied
the visitor, Il am simply fitting your
faucet with little device which am
sure you will not wish to be without. 1t
sells for the small sum Of" But the
agent didn't get any further. The house
wife gave him TO understand that she
didn't buy OF people who gained entrance
to her abode under false pretenses.
Brattleboro prides itself on the purity |
Of its Vermont air, and yet for several
weeks during the most beautiful season Of
the year it allows that air to be contami.
mated with the smoke Of burning leaves to
most an impossibility. This long drawn.
out smudge is wholly unnecessary. The
people of Brattleboro should get together
before another fall arrives and agree on
q raking-up day when all leaves are to be
gathered and either burned or carted
away. 1t is understood that residents of
one street in town have already made
plans for such an occasion, and 1t might
rs well be made general. The highway
authorities should also cooperate in this
instead Of following their present policy
If burning leaves few at a time and thus
lrolonging the agony. In Claremont, n.
l., this. year the board Of fire engineers
rave taken steps toward stopping alto
hat this practice is not only extremely
lisagreeable to householders, but in times
+ drouth is attended by dangerous posi-
,ilities.
II there was one thing evident at the
performance Of A Knight for a Day in the
he excellence of the showJ, it was that
he Compromised system Of ventilation is
OF in working order. The air toward the
lose of the entertainment was SO vitiated
s to be positively depressing, and the
let that the audience could laugh SO
earthly in such an atmosphere was q fine
ribute to the fun-making ability of the
ompany. Perhaps the cause of the ira
itional GOODNESS Of Brattleboro audiences
es in their inability to get enough oxygen
, keep warm.
Attorney General John G. Sargent of :
ludlow, who tips the hay-scales at some
ling over 300 pounds, attended the per-
rmance in the auditorium Monday even
G as guest of States Attorney Bacon.
+. Sargent squeezed himself into one of
e chairs in the pamuet and would have
'tten along very well if the show had
zen Of serious nature. As it was he
nitted one or two chuckles and split the
AIR into fragments, being obliged to
owe into another seat for the remainder
the performance. The Meddler.