The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-05
The Meddler


..,.mel.lll.ls hal he salslniis that IL ls
unfair 10 he a-iaaty u thsm 70 tiri
sisr the reckless running II lra Without
,,,x,ns lie names III The Offenders, II
n easy enough Ia AAy that the names ~
lhe si.asd naniaos arr 10 esvpbody
mouth, bat this docs not alter tho iass
Thai malay IaaIls do not knoA Who VIC
offenders an and aIv lesl 10 criticize an
ONnrrs Of motor Nrhicl~s Ni.n NO uh'
ia particular Is mcniinnnd' Nhiie 'h''N
- i,o doubt that tits sras"ii has syn
somu narkloss driving is ulaaly ns'
that the majority III looal autoisis traiisr
Inc wisdom ii sale aud sane motor man
mutation, II Is true also that lheiv -
nos.l oi fviofm among olhris besides w,
aulomohilisis themselves, The sale anu
sane drivers am frequently subjected W
wholly unnecessary annoy w sihsH
boys who take delight IA seeing ny how
small fraction 81 an inch they can luinl
out of the way at passing machines anu
by grown lneH who like 10 sec how much
raad they can m0nopoli4e when hhfihe
buggy l. behind them, II plrnieons
amount Oi common scnse = USED ny az
concerned the highways mill prove Nlu'
enough Tor all concerned, and Il Tue p'o
re who don't own cars VIII cooperate
with those who do, much, good can ~
M interests, Ia this connection u y ~
,.r..iing a. note that the lirattlcbofo An'
tomohilc club plans TO consider number
al worthy propositions az It's annual meet
,ns neat week. some 81 them conorin
the Automobiles alone, while otheis.
notably the question OF good roads ana
,h,t nj giving rides 10 inyallds aud Others
Nhn would benefit by such oourcsles-
arr OF interest 10 the whole community
Set thinking by two serious fires within
a lew DAYS OF each other. both occurring
between midnight aud dawn, the people
OF Atbol have been agiiailng the question
oi allnight lights. We've Bfaiileboro lof
tunate IN the possession OF progressive,
up.todate lighting company y also might
Well consider the value Of ali'night cleo
irir light service. but with matters as
they stand now il would b. impossible TO
srt the voters oi the village 10 think oil
having any more Tor street lighting thdh
| they are paying at present, Ana thls lvi
the very simple reason that th,y thlhN
/ they are paying at present ior lot moie
| than they actually get: After year VI
more OF promise the local company mas
installed "A new are system, the LAMPS De
/ ING uut in place the latter part oil last
week. Instead vi being an Improvement
| the so-callcd new system at y ia fcalty
I second handj Is hardly as effective an
I Illuminating installation as the old one
/ HE LAMPS are 1900 candle power UNITS
OF the enclosed arc type, but 70 tue Iay
eve they give only about hall as much
''ylim" as the open, 1900 candle power
ans formerly in use How foolish 1t
seems Tor the Twin State company 70
furnish the village with anything but thg
very best at a time wien muhl'l Pal
ownership il receiving as mueh dlscuHsl9l'
as ii is today The Meddler does not take
half 30 much stock IN the muhieipai
ownership idea as some OF his iflehds 10
because he believes progressive, hnstllng
lighting company would be valuable ac'
lnuisition 10 the town; but IN eoinpafl
sou with the service the village Is reeeiy'
inc AZ prcseut, municipal ownership WIN
Iii is opportunities for graft would be
a GOOD thing. The Meddler sometimes
rnnders whether the Twin State com
many il alive TO the real situation IN Brat
tleboro. Instead OF getting hold with the
rest OF the town.boomers and helping
push along a good thing, instead oil dolhs
a little money talking IN the interest
OF a bigger, buster, better Brattieooro
instead OF doing everything possible :
gain the confidence OF the people VINO ar
to say yes or no to municipal o"heIship
II Is apparently holding back As hard a.
IL can against the cart OF progress anI
honinr the vehicle will stop long enough
10 allow time for a little more cheese
pairing,
.
local Waltonite who delights almos
As much in iish-story telling as IN hshlhl
was Dragging the other day about !
beautiful string OF trout he caught !,
Tburber pond on Green river. tel
Won :" said the angler enthusiastically, =.
, don't know of place anywhere saroun'
| here where | have had better luck thal
5 in Thurber pond. Another man and my
self went out there day before yesterda.
: and caught six trout that weighed sever
nonnds and we didn't fish very lon
either, It's funny thing about tina
nnnd I've caught trout out OF there re
neatcdly and always told people OF 1t pu
| cuess no one believes what | say be
/. cnnse they never 90 there The man u
whom this story was told assumed yer,
4 solemn expression and said, Harry;
r man of your experience ought 10 ne NJ
7 tie more careful about manuiactuTlhg hsi
: stories. There isn't any water IN lhurpe
4 pond and hasn't been since the Ice WASH
e ed the dam away last winter
A There is strong feeling among mos
. of the lawyers in Windham county Una
t Charles s. Chase should not be coul
e reporter any longer, This ieeilng Is S NO
y d,ie TO anv antagonsm against Mr., Chas
& personally, but to the fact that Mr.. Chas
n is connected with so many OF the case
5 that he is obliged to have the reportln
r done by someone else greater part o
5 the time There is no use OF having a
official off court reporter who cannot atten
t to the work properly, nor is it wise t
y have that position held by a man who
:. in MAJ any way connected with the cases tina
come ne up for trial. Mr.. Chase is an eA
. ceptionaly good reporter but if he is t
+ continue in that capacity he should CIV
i up the practice of law or wee versa.