The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-02-25
A FAT LEMON FOR
FRIEND BRACEwELL
Thomas Hill Residents Think
Him q Bic Pussy.
CONDITIONS ON RURAL ROUTE
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a. sftlsis IN ycur la.i weeks lssas und'
,hs Wet nssstlsharo heading. which Cd
hssas. wsll Mr. nss~wsll. the Il. y, !
nan = eur route.
W. a. not knos definitely sho is n
st..u.slis Cor ths artisie. bat Il appeal
thai h. 81. the promoter er the e.nsr
n III this ~ the casr nc would has
tks.asht k~stsr II him Il he had signed \
lls.e,sf, ~ i've ga Thomas hall
Nahfan, ahefr h. frlsafis having snc
nsrruw e.satrs and blood enrdilns ssper
snnr. and. II rourse, ne ought 10 knot
sauefhlns ahaui II. too. When he frpofi
"a that shs road had no; been opene'
sinns the storm II the rfrceding week VI
srs raihsr asfoni.hed. as &c have plose'
sna Fsns osrr the road wish slods iron
twa 10 "a iiusrs hsiHrsn him and EVER
Stern shs winter. In tart. nc have hon
sssly tired ever say 10 make 4 easy TO
kim. w have done about everything en-
esta taks him and his horse IN our arm
AMI earn them around. And In return
Co ever kindness he has continual,
found faul and constantly grumbled
Ths ruads and the weather av nessi
nshi After ~ have done all IN human
poser IN ~. behalf 4 u not pleasing q
hsVs him attempt to disercdit Ne IN pub
h. say add isave ~ without mail more
than hall the time a. he has Of late.
fls alsa stated. a. reported In the arii'
81. that On a tuesday afternoon he left
NJ. slsish, wsnt ahead Of his horse. shovel
ins ths road. and the animal became
frightened running IS rods or more when
h. essficok H. TN examining thr state
meat shat kind 81 stuff i IL! Now. any
man that never saw a horse ought TO
knou that a horse can walk in much
arspsf snow than u can run In. MIR.
nfaeeweli may claim that be shoyeled
thai distance. but Il can't be found, and
II conditions Nsre a. he represents II
would have taken him all day with his fur
coat 81, too We also note that he said
H. ueut ahead Of the horse and yet over.
tool ~ We confess We do not under.
stand sufh a paradox We have heard il
rrlatsd that the streets 81 Boston are 80
crooked tha, when a man goes out for a
walk NJ VIII meet himself coming back,
bot this y the fir.t time We ever heard OF
mar oscrtaking anything he was ahead
Of We arr. however. inclined 10 be char.
italie iesaFd his statement as during
the.s days Of Nj. confusion he might have
ct his pants on front 10 rear and mag.
ined himself going the other direction.
iis further said the drifts are eight feet
desp. bat We measured the deepest one
to-day and found il four feet and ten
inchss with a path plowed and trodden
enough TO hold up any horse il properly
driven. A horse should be properly shod
and hiited and made to walk slowly over
drfts. We can't understand why Mr..
Bracewells horse can't go over road that
other horses have been over a dozen times
a day. and ahead Of him, too. Last Sat
ursiay one Of Us drew a direction load
over thu. road which he claims is impas-
sAhls. Now. II his horse can't do what |
may be reasonably expected Of common |
horse i j. plainly his duty TO get one that |
ran. - he contracted with the govern |
ment 90 deliver the mail and we are I'M
able 10 iind where Uncle Sam ever agreed !
10 make the weather especially for him, |
Dr pave his path with gold and strew it
with roses.
Furthermore, Mr.. Bracewell seems to
hunk the people on his route should make
conditions 20 NJ him and his horse, when
he fact Is he should have a horse suitable
Ior the business. And when driving
through a bad place he should not be
umhling mail. but attending to his horse,
keeping il on the beaten path, for even a
'allroaa engine doesn't make much head
xay when Il leaves the tracks.
One day Mr.. Bracewell got off the path
md came near landing in henyard.
after administering to the atmosphere a
rolatile outburst OF Newfane language
Sol Bishops edition) he succeeded in ex-
racting his equine jewel. but the fault
,ere was with the driver in not keeping on
he trodden path. In early winter he
Iidnt come when the snow was only six
nches deep.
The worst day for travel so far TINS win
er was one week ago last Sunday, Feb.
9Th. and several teams were through that {
lay, Now, il the general public goes
through and other r. +, ID. and stage men
make regular trips. why can't Bracewell9
We have all opened the roads for him the
est we could and we get no pay for it,
Ihile he gets a generous salary for what {
Fe consider little afternoon pleasure
ives.
We have noticed that he isn't so apt I
D come on a Saturday, which may be due
} the barber business being more brisk on
hat day. We have our opinion Of mail
arrier that will start out and go far
bougn 10 get ms pay ana at the hrst
ght OF a little snow turn around and {
urry back to shave somebody. We are j
! well disposed toward him, but we don't il
Ike Toms mail put in Dicks box, then i
elivered 10 Harry the next day. On
siny days we don't like our mail soaked 4
, II is almost impossible to read it and Ii
erhaps a part OF paper gone. When
e send an urgent letter to our next \
eiehbor we don't like it carried by and 1
eliyered two days late. And we don't n
INK II safe business for a mail driver to 7
lrry letters on top of the robe windy d
sys and then leave the boxes open. d
In conclusion, II we were going to make j
dash for the North pole we would not
link II prudent to invite Mr.. Bracewell T
I'd his horse TO go with us, notwithstand- N
& our good will P