The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-07
The MeddIer
"Nihs eesi fifs yos. pr IL on"

Agile indeed is the Thermometer that
has been able TO keep pace with the TEN.
peraturc OF the past week. Like every.
thing else the weather has its ups and
downs, but seldom are they crowded into
such short a space Of time as has been
the case since Friday. On SATURDAY morn.
ing the temperature in various parts of
the town. was reported at from Ia 10 q
degrees below zero. lowering ia close
proximity 10 the cypher until late in the
afternoon when slight upward tendency
set in. People who fell asleep Saturday
night with happy thoughts Of glowing
furnace fires and plenty Of bed-clothing
awoke Sunday 10 find themselves literally
pespiring, and hurried glances thermom.
eterward revealed balmy temperature OF
from IS TO ~ degrees depending ON the To-
cation. From Sunday until Monday
morning there was a drop OF about 10 de-
grees. Mondays weather bulletins, how
ever, prophesied something more bracine,
and it arrived during the night. sending
the mercury down TO zero and below,
Tuesday was one of the toughest winter
days in many. years hereabouts, the frigid
temperature being aecentuated by Bit
ing northeast wind that made outdoor
work well nigh impossible. Early risers
who had the courage TO scrape the frost
nesday morning discovered the mercury at
points from TO IL degrees below the
knothole. And to make matters more in
teresting the government weather bureau
sent out during the day special storm
warning telling of heavy blizzard on its
way from the northwest. Assistant Post
master Wilcox, who is somewhat Of
meteorological enthusiast, pasted copies
of the bulletin all over the town hall
building, and took two or three turns up
and down Main street waving the chilly
document. Toward night, with the TEN.
perature only six above. snow began to
tall and tired homegoers wondered among
themselves at the wisdom of the federal
weather wizards. But oh! what differ
ence. in the morning! Instead of the
bowling storm predicted there was
drizzling rain made possible by tempera-
ture Just above freezing Inanimate
things were hard put to get warm be-
tween the cold snaps. Every brick and
stone building in town was criisted with
frost yesterday morning. the Unitarian
church looking for all the world like
structure of pure white marble. And the
mother cold snap! Well, it can't be
much worse than it has been, thank good.
hess.
The Central Vermont railroad is not
he only offender in the matter of unsani-
airy stations and filthy cars. Its neigh
,or the Boston and Maine, is thus gently
AIKEN to task by the Greenfield Gazette:
Complaint is made of the dirty condition
# many of the Boston and Maine passen-
Ter cars. particularly the smoking cars.
ue in part to the carrying of parties of
migrants. The statement is often made
hat the stations of the Boston and Maine
abroad, particularly the toilet rooms, are
ot kept in as clearly condition as is
visionary in railroad stations about New
york. Our impression is that as soon as
on get beyond Boston and Maine terri :
Dry to the New Haven road, there is
improvement in these matters.
et us hope that the new control Of the
'oston and Maine will in time lead to
etter supervision in these respects. 1t
likes constant vigilance to maintain clean
ness in rooms used by all kinds of peo-
lie, but by persistent effort conditions
IN always be bettered. In the larger sta
ons the work of cleaning needs to be
most incessant. The public demands
initary conditions great deal more
'rcibly than it used to, and persistent
fort for cleanliness on the part of those
authority goes long way toward win
ing public favor.