Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-03-18
The Meddler
'EIf the coat fits you, pat it on"

III "!fthe coat fits you, pat it on"
Who are the parties responsible for
the total collapse of the skating rink
idea in this village? It's a real pity
that the young people of the place
have been denied the privilege of using
the newly arranged rink.
Why in the name of Sam Hill don't
we have the municipal water plant.
electric plant, village hall and some
other such resources appraised and set
IN our financial statement as an asset
of the village. They are just as much
and more of an asset than the uncol-
lected taxes of 1903 and 1904. Barton
village may be in debt but it has
property to show for it, and valuable
property too. Any Individual would
consider himself rich who owned our
electric plant. water system and
village hall and owed but $500 on
the whole equipment.
The following bit of good advice was
mailed Mr.. Gilpin by some Barton
friend who does not care to be known
apparently. the address being printed
in a disguised hand. Mr.. Gilpin
turned it over to the Meddler. Here it
is:
Editors who pride themselves on
being modelers Of public opinion some-
times have their setbacks, too. A
story told at the banquet of the Yer
mont editors, the st. Albans Messenger
says. had to do with country editor
who took his work so seriously that he
imagined his town was hanging on his
every utterance. One day, having
decided to his own satisfaction some
weighty local problem, he went out
on the streets to see what the effect
was. He was disappointed to observe
that life was going along in the
customary channels, and at last, over
come by his own curiosity, he inquired
of a substantial citizen what he
thought of the Blanks editorial;
whereupon the substantial citizen
replied: 'Theoph, when I pay my
subscription my duty to your paper
ends. | don't have to read the damned
thing.''
The Meddler asked the young lady
across the way if she considered the
telephone natural monopoly and she
said that for her part she always tried
to remember that other people might
want to use it and never talked to her
friends over it more than half an hour
! at time.
The Duck Pond Poad Philosopher
says: There's twC kinds O murder
ers. Them that kills outright an
them that spreads disease an filth an
terbacker juice by spittin' on the floor
( in public places. [ noticed some O. the
: last named brand at town meetin'.
, It's one O the nastiest and filthiest
I tricks human can perform and if a
7 feller's dog should act balf's heathen-
ish the very terbacker juice dispenser
: | seen at town meetin' would lick the
r cur half to death" "
e 'That improved 'cut OUT at the
e Passumpsic central is working fine, -
t said telephone user to the Meddler.
S 81 can hear almost half of the time
}, now. This highly developed, highly
d improved and highly priced service is
x highly spoken of in certain quarters"
S On page AZ of the Orleans village
t report are found certain lists of assets
5. Two items shown there amounting tt
'e 500 SO, were pointed out to the Meddle
r. and receipt covering these items
IS dated some years ago was produced
g I wonder just how many more O
le Orleans assets people hold valid re
g ceipts for.
~ ~ I am told that kilograms filed at tn
y J local office on recent Sunday morn
- ing, early, left the office for thei
- destination in Massachusetts a littl
!, more than "a hours later. Perhap
= the blame can all be laid at the doc
- - of the company, the Meddler doesn'
-, know. Of course, individuals handle
. the message here. The service of tn
70 Western Union in several recent case
# ef known to the Meddler has been simpl
'trotten."
70 The Meddler respectfully calls atten
10 tion to the letter from. States Attorne
al Grout published last week in whic
a he said:
. All cars operated on nlgnWay
MUST bear 1914 registration numbe
le plates, properly placed.
as "Pasteboard or other home-mad
lie number plates. used either by dealer
" or individuals, will not be permitted.
rs "All cars must display two lightet
1T lamps in front and one in the rear. a
ID all times on the highway, whethe
n standing or running. after forty -fv,
2. minutes after sundown and befor,
|. forty five minutes before sunrise
'. ''All violations of these laws which
"a are reported to me. will result il
2, prosecutions. and please bear in mine
e that the law is as much in force nov
{. as it will be next summer"
d Observance of these rnlas Will