Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-02-25

The Meddler
Il "!f the coat fits yo~, pat 1t on" /
I never expected any such reception
for nv column. l had % compliments
and 13 kicks (note the numbersl.
The Duck Pond Road Philosopher
says, '"There is two kinds O. thieves:
those who steal, an those who listen
on the telephone. an as fer me
pu' sonly. I'd trust the first brand
variety I've heard the click of the
receivers of this brand O. thieves on
certain lines herein Barton SO much
lately that my nerves is bad from
holdin' in about EN-. | hope there'll
be little special hell fer them folks
that'll be hotter'n the rest O. thet
summer resort, an when they call up
fer ice there'll be so many blamed lis
teners on the line that they'll get the
order mixed and send up some o, that
coal an stone put out by those Barton
dealers. Then # they keep cool in
their head they'll do better'n I did
while burnin' some of it.
One of the towns would-be young
sports was heard to say few morn
ings ago that he felt blue. If the
Meddler is rightly informed that same
young guy was trying to paint the
town red the night before. Some
colors don't blend.
| The Meddler overheard someone say,
'"They better spend their time at the
Monitor Office ridding their items of
mistakes instead of writing that stuff.
which I suppose they think is funny"
which is giving me some of my own
medicine, all right.
have expected an outbreak from
the local suffragettes since the an
nouncement of the outcome of that
debate Of the joint meeting of the
Barton woman's clubs with the Or
leans clubs. But I bet they're not
sqelched. Who ever heard of a
squelched suffragette? 'The amt no
sech thing"
| According to figures on page So of
, the Barton town report our health is
) quite expensive in this town. especially
measles.
That item of $500 for which the
overseer drew order No. 134 as shown
} in our town report would have looked
much better to me covered up in
grocery bill.
notice on page of the Barton town
report the auditors use these words,
"We are unable to find that this
S amount of S274.15 (dog fund) has ever
n been paid into the treasury, and we do
find that it is due the town and have
= therefore reported it as resource"
I also notice on page 159, Sec. 3512.
'' public acts of Vermont. 1912, these
words, "All persons authorized to
n receive or disburse money belonging to
- a town shall, not less than thirty days
and not more than forty days before
each annual town meeting, settle their
n accounts with the, auditors of the town.
ID If any such officer refuses or neglects
n to make such settlement. he shall be
ineligible to reelection for the year
|
It has this account been 'settled?''
NV column drew fire in some places
~ where it was least expected. which
II goes to show that the coat often fits
h more than one person. Two or three
places are said to be stirred up over
nv reference to cigarettes. l had
er only one place in mind.
g eff the Meddler wants to hit some
thing said an irate reader, why
don't it go after the gamblers in this
n town? There are two places tonight
where they are gambling" Lead me.
n to it, brother, and by the way. you're
e citizen, know about it and have the.
e right, shall say duty, to report it to
authorities. Let me think. yes,
you're prosecuting officer, yourself.
e Someone thought should have left the
e the Community church. out of it when
is touching Glover up on rolling its roads
y But was only repeating what some
l. one else has said-besides. the Glover
h church has the habit of being connect
e ed with things in that town.
l. The Meddler is not to blame for the
e following because it is in the exact
e words of a California gentleman who
e lives here a part of the time. ''I
e would like to suggest that the trustees
{, put some asbestos around the fire
a alarm. Some fine day when it is out
r: of order it will burn up, and the loss
Il will be great"
ID -.
st A coat may fit some people like
y their own hide-but they won't put it
le on. Others will crawl into a coat