The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-04-14
The Meddler
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Brattleboro people who went 70 p sa
Saturday evening prepared oontle
awakened by the patter o. pIbhn5
spring rain upon the tlh rooL, ,s,
their eyes and pinched the"p oIiow.
; MN morning. Were they really awake,
~, ~ inst dreaming of wnterf Inc
moisinro they had expected had az,
rived but not in the form of an aplll
shaver. Instead, feathery, stleky
snow covered everything TO the depth
If seven or eight inches, and more OF
II was falling in flakes that reminded
nna Of n white Wyandotte poultry YaIu
In mouItinp time. What an entrance
for palm Sunday! BY O'Clock the
storm had ceased and Old Sol began 10
get in his work, keeping at II at inter
yals throughout the day until by night
fall the snowy mantle was worn pare
in many places and nowhere boosted
more than quarter of its early morn,
ING thickness. 1t was typical 'suphr
snow - and no doubt helped to prol0ng
n maple sugar season that gave prom
Use of coming to an ABRUPT Termination.
But il was extremely annoying;, not only
to the Young woman who had planned 70
wear her new tan shoes to ehurch Dut
to the man who had stored MS shoM
shovel behind sections of the storm
door IN tbe further corner of the cellar.
Also il interfered somewhat with the
plans of the benighted individual IN
whom the warm sunshine of Saturday
afternoon had awakened a desire 70
thaw out few frozen angle worms IN
nearby New Hampshire trout streams
Nav 5 has been designated as Arbor
day by the governor, who IN fi0wery
language recommends that ii be OBJ
served by appropriate exercises N
schools and other public places. :. 10
plant tree, a vine, or rose, ne
says, els to add to the happiness OF
mankind. In recent years Brattle-
boro has paid little or no attention to
this holiday, which ought to be made
the occasion for intoxicating IN the
minds of our children knowledge OF
and interest in the beauty and value OF
trees. The Meddler suggests that some
of the schools. at least, observe the day
by exercises looking toward "ref0r-
estation" of the town common. a mum
Der of whose trees were cut down last
fall. The selectmen are planning to do
this work Themselves. but there is no
doubt that they would be glad TO have
the assistance of the coming genera
ton. And the interest the children
would take in watching and encourage
ing the growth of saplings they had
set out would have the beneficial re-
suit of creating greater respect for our
shade trees whose beauty is one of
Brattleboro's valuable assets.
The matter of adequate illumination
for Main street is one that should he
rut before the voters at the annual vii
lage meeting in such a form that they
will be able to give it intelligent con.
and to decide promptly what
they will appropriate for this purpose
Modern. ornamental nosts such as all
up-tO-date municipalities are now
adopting mean underground wiring.
and if BrattlebOrO is to take up with
this idea the underground connections
should be made before the surface of
Main street is relaid with asnhalt
The application of scientific
to street lighting is some.
thing comparatively new; until recent
ly lights have been hung in nositions
to give the maximum glare effect and
the minimum of illuminat-
ing efficiency. The average man. when
ASKED MS ODlnl0n or anv lighting in
stallation, looks at the light itself in.
stead of at the objects on which the
light falls. To the inexnert brilliant.
binding glare is the thing desired: to
the man who knows. dazzling glare
& the first thing to be avoided. What
Main street should have to make its
ideal is a series of metal
POSTS at intervals on each side from
Bridge street corner to Wells fountain.
Euuipned with tungsten lamps in clus. |
.ers of three or four. these posts would |
form an installation that would give
ne. maximum amount of light properly |
Infused, and its maintenance would |
cost no more than that of makesbift !
arrangement, which would soon outlive
is usefulness.