The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-04-07
The MeddIer
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Ii has always been a source Of sts.
tion TO The Meddler TO think that III D
former helped to SOW the seeds Of No.
and information that resulted in ths T.
dation OF the local rest room. for M,
no institution In town that fills an NJ
tant need more completely. Wi,hou,
of trumpets, or pomp or blus,er h =
work goes on day after day 30 qvSy
are its ministrations conducted ths,
OF us are likely 10 forget It's eyistehs
Ill reminded OF the fact by some nm
that comes 10 our personal attention. /,
vet there are scores Of people who hsH
casion almost daily to be thanfd i,
there is rest room in town Not m5
il a great convenience TO persons whou,l
10 Brattleboro TO trade but Il Is used :
tinually By out-of-town students wts
tend school here and by many Of the yosI
women who are employed in tie a
stores. Ii is especially convenient is 4
latter when bad weather makes il iiss
for them TO 90 TO their homes at noo,
al supper time on a day when the susl
are open in the evening. There is n
business interest in town that is not u,
fitted indirectly at least by the rest rr
and none with which it competes 70 .
disadvantage. In view OF the impdar
need which the rest room fills so vel
seems to The Meddler regrettable tia, 4
good women who have It in chare
obliged continually to devise ways I
means for its support. There ought "a 1
some way to provide it with an income q
quate for its needs, which are certs.
modest. We can make no better or nn
practical application OF our present d
for better town than by making Ita.
provision for an institution that he
ready helped nightly to put Brattlsbz
in the enviable position il now ennE
This appeal Is unsolicited, and written ii
full knowledge of the generous sugr
that the rest room has received from M
sources II is no belittlement Of this r.,
rosity to wish for more OF It in ioa
that would ensure the permanent exisas
OF worthy beneficiary.
In its apparent zeal to carry out Il
provisions of the public service CONES
sion's order relating to the new passtts
station the Central Vermont railroa
using a little too much dynamite n
course of treatment it is giving the Vena
street ledge Is too "allopathic' to be ca
patible with public safety: smaller dos
Of explosive would accomplish just as md
in the end and reduce the liability Of I'd
as damage suits. EveVboa
in Brattleboro will be glad to see the L
struction of the aforesaid ledge secar
plished but nobody believes that its =
mediate destruction is SO important q u
warrant blasts Of sufficient force to boz
portions of railroad ties into various pars
IF the business section OF the town. Lat
week a fragment of tie at least three iai
ong was thrown clear over the BrattlebOn
House into Hudson street, while on Mo-,
lay of this week a stick about the san
ize scared over Odd Fellows building Al!
truck in Main street near the corner .
'lat. No damage was done in either cass-
tut this fortunate circumstance was dE
o no precaution on the part OF those s5
ave the blasting in charge.
Every well informed resident Of Yer
nont knows that Brattleboro is hustln;
own-that it is moving along at sua
peed that its sister communities find tie
ace extremely difficult to follow, but t.sE
re aware, probably, that it is nil
arther from Boston than it was !
'eek or more ago. Yet that is the css
ccording to the Boston & Names meth'
I computing mileage. Formerly it W.
is miles from here to the New Engls
u to Millers Falls and 81 tro.s
here on. Now the distance between NIL
rs Falls and Boston has increased to y
lilies, making the total mileage by ths
,ute 119 miles.