The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-30
The Meddler
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Home from two weeks vacation, feel
inc nroud 10 be back IN the enterlilslhg
town OF Brattlebor0. The Meddler glanced
INTO Milestone brook on his way up from
Inc station and beheld the body Of cay
tbat evidently had not been kept IN cola
stnragel renosinp on the crest OF the dam
beloyy Main street bridge Close TO the
carcass was the remains OF bunch oil rot
len bananas. while a little farther along
could be discemed an old shoe, bundle
81 soiled newspapers and other sundry
bits OF refuse too numerous ana 100 hltny
10 mention. The brook itself, between the
dam and the bridge, looked ana sineiisd
very much like a cesspool, and even ne
Meddler who is fully aware, that ths Town
is one OF the very best either SIDE OF the
Rocky mountains, was forced 10 adhllt 10
himself that there was wide room Tor nm
movement. Strangers viewing the nauseat-
mo display for the first time would not
be so lenient in their Judgment, nor would
lis memory be eifaoed by the evidences oil
enterprise that they would encounter upon
continuing their investigations. WITHIN
the week the cats carcass has disappeared
but the brook is still unsightly and de'
cidedly bad advertisement TO have at the
towns entrance Someone with the nee.
essaIy authority, probably the local board
of health, ought to take up this matter
and insist that the stream
which flows through the village be kept
free from di>iiguring filth,
The summer train schedule with IL in.
creased service in and out Of Braiiieboro
went into effect Monday and the tide Of |
summer travel will reach Us height with. |
in a few days. As far as the local slt9a |
lion Is concerned the schedule is practically |
the same as last year but travellers would |
do well TO bear in mind that the afternoon
train over the Central Vermont road |
leaves AT $50 instead Of 4 o'clock az Tor.
nerly. This change is made to make posi-
BILE a close connection at South Vernon /
'or points on the Ashuelot division.
II tomorrow afternoon i pleasant the
lour between and 3 o'clock will ind
rood number of store propretors hurried.
v making up their bank deposits and
tarting toward their fayorite financial
Many OF these men, however,
yill forget the ostensible object OF their
heir clerks and viii be found a little
alter, if they are found at all, critically
Watching the work of the Brattleboro
Twin State baseball team in its opening
anne with Bellows Falls A record crowd
night to found at tomorrow's contest.
he park itself is certainly one OF the
nest Of its size anywhere in New England
nd the diamond promises to be fast and
ccurate. As for the team that will repre-,
ent this town its selection has been left
D one OF the very best baseball Judges in
he country who can be depended upon to
rodnee the best that is possible within
be league salary limit The success Of
he sport here depends largely upon the
lpport Of the local fans. If that support
composed OF loyalty, confidence and CON
Iteration then the men who wear the b
i'll be found doing their utmost-giving all
hey We got-to keep themselves at the top
/ the heap. Ball players are only human
eines after all; they do the best work |
hen encouragement and criticism are dis
ensed with fairness.