The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16
AS TO THE TERCENTENARY.
MIR. Hornbeam Admits He Was Stung In
Attending the Celebration.
Editor Reformer:-

Editor he1Ollnel:-
Saw. YOU don't know how many chances
YOU missed to get stung by crossing OF
the Champlain tercentenary from your
July list Perhaps we folks up the gauge
may be trihe guushy, but none OF that
ooh you Kid celebrating for us.
l was talking with Adoniram Hunkins
about the way they trimmed him and me
SD head for privilege to sleep two in a
bed. two nights. You know that Adonl-
ram is pretty particular about cussing In
public. 'Well, by chowder," he said to
me. coming back from Burlington last
night in the smoking car, Isl, IN be
darned, if [ don't couldn't get
another word out of him even with
corkscrew.
Bye and bye Adoniram mellowed up
little and he and | divided pint OF red
cedar. Says he, Isl, them scoundrels
that run them sleeping and eating places
in Burlington are worse trlmmers IMAM
live down in Brattleboro. BY gosh, 81, |
guess I'm length ahead OF 'em at that.
/ expectoriated in the street instead OF on
the sidewalk and saved SIG. They didn't
get that. You see l didn't take it with
me. Say, you tell your Meddler man that
if he wants to get something to write
about for the next five years to come up
to our town and make me visit. III
tell him all about how | paid 10 cents
for beer that had water in 1T and paid o0
cents for two fried aigs and some bread
that got by the police regulations IN some
way.
When you get Adoniram riled he's
cussed mean-talking critter, and by gravy
'twould have done you mortal lot, or
good to have heard him talk to big
Swede by the name of Delaney that ran
a boarding house. Me and Adonram
saved $50 in starting away from the
station at Burlington for a place to sleep.
We both spit in a barrel marked Keep
tacIe for Waste. Twas only luck on our
part, Just sheer, bull luck. After we SPIT
/ saw sign which said it cost $40 to spit
on the sidewalks.
Mister Editor, that was about as mar
row escape as me and Adoniram had.
Yes, we saved $40 by depositing two spits
in barrel, but frowsy-looklng Canuck
woman sold us a dinner in tent and we
naid so cents head. If my woman
should ever give me such chuck, by gosh, L
guess we'd have to play the finals at
Newfane. | heard a fellow talking to
Lieutenant Governor Gibson coming down
on the train, and while / wasn't trying to
listen | heard the fellow. say that some
thing was pretty raw" know they
wasn't talking politics for Lieutenant
Governor Gibson told me that he amt in
'em. They must have been talking, about
the tercentennial for they, both looked as
though they had been sold a gold brick.
1t might be they was talking about the IN
crease in the fodder scale at the Van
Ness hotel. Say, / couldn't see, any
real good reason why they should charge
sl.OO a plate for rations at Governor
Woodbury's hotel Guess since the old
governor got stung in that copper mine he
feels poor and is trying to get even.
Bv iolly / told ma since Adonlram and
| got back that them galoots that took
$4,000 of the states money and then
taxed everyone as they did was a mlser-
| able low down set OF wretches and that ! |,
hoped that the Rutland railroad would
move its station away from Burlington
and stop people from getting into the
| town if it was possible. Nobody would
dare to 90 to Burlington through Essex
Junction My, but its shame that the
hired men of Vermont-that public serv'
ice commission-don' go after them ducks
that run the Central Vermont railroad
| The grafters met Adoniram and L at the
station and we got more than 30 chances
to buy grandstand seats before we got
up into the village.
Saw. YOU ought to drink some of that
! false alarm beer that we paid lOc glass
| for. 80
I've already figured up more than. 4C
cases where / got beaten to pulp when
| tried to buy anything. The fellows that
run the game at Burlington We're slicker
than the gang that operates at the Iun
bridge fair. They made a big holloI
about an airship. Adoniram and me paid
money to see the machine, but our tickets
didn't admit us to the ascension.
Ma and have been reading every week
about the wonderful things that would be
exhibited at Burlington. The most won
derful thing that | discovered was tbs
nerve of the bunch that run the game and
/ hope. Mr. Editor, you will tell then
| have to furnish bonds the next time they
get me to take chances on any games that
they engineer.
From a guy that knows when he ha'
u been done. Cyrus w. Hornbeam.