The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-14
The MeddLer
If the coat fits you. put Il on"

There are indications that the move
ment to defeat Rev. E. @. S. Osgood
for reelection to the prudential com
mittee of the incorporated school dis
trict has died adjoining, but that is
no reason why his friends should run
the risk of staying away from the an
nual school meeting next Tuesday
evening. 1t is at slimly attended
gatherings that such movements are
generally successful. and the one way
to be sure that Mr.. Osgood is re-elcct
ed is for his supporters to be on hand
at the time when the voting takes
place. Mr.. Osgood S faithful service
to the district throughout the long pc
Rod of years he has been one Of its
| officers deserves recognition in the form
of unanimous vote from a represen-
tative number of the voters of the dis
trict. Furthermore, a meeting at
which so much public money is appro-
priated should be largely attended in
any event.
There will he slight disposition> on
the part Of the public to excuse the
delay OH the Western avenue highway
| work because of the shortage of ma
terial mentioned by County Supervisor
Perry in his recent letter to The Re
former. Past experiences. notably one
on Main street, should have taught
Mr.. Perry the danger Of beginning
work on an important thoroughfare
before ascertaining for Il certainty
that all the necessary material is on
hand However, the job is now being
pushed to completion although it is I'M
derstood that gravel instead of trap
rock is being used on the concrete
work
At the time of the last annual re
port of the officers of the Brattleboro
Memorial hospital The Mcddler com
mented on the increasing amount re-
quired from the Thompson fund for
the running expenses of the institution.
Now it comes to his knowledge that
the current year bids fair to show a
larger deficit than ever before. If this
turns out to be fact it would seem
to be high time for corps of efficien-
cy experts to make a survey Of the
hospital s management. The very fact
that money from the Thompson fund is
available for hospital uses should make
Its economical expenditure a solemn
duty. The fund never was intended
for ncutralizer of extravaganza and
carelessness, and those who have the
handling of any part of it should be
held as strictly accountable to the
trustees as if they were officials elected
to public office. The Meddler does not
wish anyone to gain from this para
graph the idea that he is unmindful
of the hospital 5 value to the com.
munity or opposed to its being a
Thompson fund beneficiary. lie does
feel, however, that the Institution is
so much a town affair that the people
OF the town have right to demand
that it be conducted in a way to make
every dollar used in its administration
do the work of one hundred cents.
Summer is wei on its way, and vet
the town fathers have taken no steps
toward giving the public the benefit of
the strip Of land which was bought Of
the owner Of the Ray and Judge prom.
erty some months ago
There seems to be q general feeling
that the recently adopted automobile
regulations have brought about de- |
cided Improvement in traffic conditions
throughout the village without working
hardship or causing Inconvenience to |
anyone. The Meddler has yet to hear
or any ear getting stuck on anv Hill |