The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-07-22
The MeddIer
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Tn. nroee.sion Of touring auiomo'
hiIs. northward bound that passes
,h,oueh this town every morning Dc
tween . and II o'clock Indicates Thai
he occupants have arranged itinefaf'
les that 10 not include bfatiiebofo ~
\ stoppinr place. This 10 q sad slate
~ aiairs, but "there's \ reason ~
The cereal ad.wriier says. Hotels TO
HE south Of ~. BY catering especially
~ the automobile trade, have secured
basines. which formerly cane here and
which might be coming here vet " Ger
tain ,eople were alive 10 their own
and the eommuniiys interests, IL ~
particularly unfortunate nj this time
thai Brattleboro should lose It's grip
on the automobile tourist tfanie, be-
cause the completion OF the New
Hampshire tpnk.line highways viii
make II more difficult than ever 10 re-
gain. II the steady stream OF auiomo'
bile traffic which lows between New
York and the White mountain region
every season once establishes n course
on the other side ~ the Connecticut
the towns ON this side will have 10 offer
attractions 20 get u back. just
now we ought 20 be doing everything |
possible 90 keep the tourists coming
this way.
One Of these days the town author.
tiles ought 10 consider the matter OF
and widening Main street
between Flat and Elliot streets. This
rould be done by acquiring portion
Il the land now occupied by the Judge
on the west side Of the high.
way, and the Improvement would add
II. 81 l.. /
less section Of Bratileboro.
Few people realize that more money
; appropriated by the annual meeting
4 the Incorporated school district than
4 either town or village. This in part
Explains no doubt why the attendance
/ school meeting is usually 40 small.
here were less than 100 voters present
I the school meeting Tuesday evening,
md all Of the actual business was !
in about Is minutes. The I
God judgment Of those present showed
self in the unanimous election Of
lev. Mr.. Osgood for another term on s
he prudential committee and the ad.
ition Of DR.. A. /. Miller TO I'll the un. !
xpired term Of the late l.. +. Adams. v
n the matter of treasurership il was
|
Gorge do it' another year. and no h
Ranges were made in the other Offices.
he financial affairs of the school dis. r
let are in extremely sound condition "
lst AT present. and the fact that its d
has been reduced over b
10000 in the past l2 years indicates 81
at the prudential committee appre- Il
ates the importance Of sound business
ethods in connection with the main. u
nance Of high educational standards. m
Poor old Jeffries wasn't able to al
come back and so showed himself 3.
be different from the famous cat fr
once popular song as well as al
I which lived in the cellar Of local fr
ancial institution. A short time ago OF
is rat was caught, and as the man oy
no engineered the capture had SO
grudge against the ro- "a
Mt he decided to make sure of its VI
ath. He might have drowned the so
imal in pail Of water but such a:
course would have made necessary ni
rial so he hit upon another plan. TAX. wi
? the trap in which the animal was :.
prisoned to the center of the Connec- ~
ut river bridge. the man dumped uc
, rat into the stream. And at this ~
int in the story is where the rat be. 70
n TO come back In fact, il started ma
mediately for the Vermont shore "a
1 managed to make safe landing in IN
te of fusilade of stones, bricks =.
other missiles. OF course the man oe
$ disappointed at the failure of his III
thod. but he thought no more about hn'
until few nights later when he ~. ~
lrd the same rodent Che swears it I'll I'll
5 the same one) at work in the eel 81 81
again. Evidently it mistook the ;nA
tives Of the man in the case, for 80
his trap again, no doubt in ~
expectation of another swim. Alas iss.
misplaced confidence! A short time
er its second incarceration the rat Su,
nd itself loose in Main street with 9th
cocky little foxterrier and there Yea
IN t any coming back. and
rem
eople who have an opportunity to h taa
, over that portion of the Putney Va,
that has been treated with oil
easily imagine what blessing the
ltment is proving to residents of
section. After the success of this
eriment at dust-laying it must have n
n comparatively easy matter to nee
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