The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-15
The MeddIer
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The matter oi public playground iul
the boys of lirattlehoiu u one 81 F'"Nlut
,n,,ortanee and the sooner the town tulhs
attention 10 il the easier will b. ils sou,
lion. The field at Island PARK T. az heei
pacc Tor athletic contests oi puhlt 10.
| lure. hut there are within easy d','ss ~
suitable grounds where the Na9hfs'tis ~
the town can indulge m the outdoor sEui'
which are SO important to lheir Nela',
! The need oi a playground mas bt'h NJ
noticeable the past summer ihan ever
h.for. because the interest that has been
aroused in baseball has very naturally iai9
| hold of the youth OF the community ana
sought expression on every street corner
and vacant LOT within the village lllhtts
Outdoor games Of almost any KIND nhdel
these circumstances are not without uahEsi
ia nroperty. and even when allowed 40
not furnish the benefit that would cohle 70
the participants on an adequate held Whele
special regulations were not required 70
ureyent the likelihood OF broken windows,
iismantlcd gardens, damaged slmuhbcfN
and the like. Ii is extremely unfortunate
that the boys Of Brattleboro have e.
opportunity 10 enjoy healthy outdoor
sports than their ncighbur m larger com,
mrntics where land values are higher anu
open space more difficult e. ind ana lni'
lack. II allowed to continue, Is hkeiy !"
have It's effect ON the future manhood ol
the town.
Far be il from The Meddler to hehttle
the improvement that ha, come to tne
lower end al Main street by reason oi thr
ncmdcsccnt lamps that were pat IN iast
week, but there ], no sense ~ attempting
"a claim that the installation Is worth con
,idering as anything but temporary ailaf'
In these DAYS Of artistic illumination no
entcrprisng community is content TO nave
II. principal thorOughiare lighted hy lamps
nut M wherever there happens 70 BE-
convenient pole What is needed on Nam
street Is a series OF ornamental posts eN.
tending from the corner 81 Bridge street
20 the Wells fountain, and the need Is no
less urgent merely because favorable acton
on such an installation was not taken hE
the village last spring
While on the subject OF lighting il may be
well 10 suggest that Nam street can h
made attractive to Valley Fair visitors m
no way quite SO easily as by use OF the
strings OF incandescent lamps that were
put NJ a year ago. This is matter that
should be given attention next week.
Pedestrians who have occasion 10 use
Canal street complain that automoblllsts
run so close to the north sidewalk on the
curve east Of Elm street that nobody on
shank's mare is free from the likelihood Of
a shower bath Of mud and grease. 4 little
care on the part Of drivers Will remedy this.
How much longer is the southern APP
proach to Brattleboro to be married by the
ruins of the old house on the now sub
merged Hunt farm: But Tor tins dismantl-
ed structure the view would be ideal.
The fact that three prisoners were able
by means OF ease-knife to cut through
some of the bars at the Newfane Jail would
seem to indicate that the country bastlle Is
in need of another coat OF whitewash TO
prevent it from leaking.
A man with pair Of choice 'sideboards'
decorating his cheeks entered a local bar
her shop the other day for tonsorial atten.
ton. you needn't bother TO cut these
off, - he said in reference to his facial
adornments as the barber was about to be
gin operations "0h, it's no bother at all.
replied the accommodating man with the
razor. and he Immediately sliced off one OF
his customers cherished possessions there.