The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-22
TheMeddLer
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Perhaps it's Just as well that there |
wasn't any Valley fair this year-certain-
ly its abandonment was the safe thing I'M |
der the circumstances; and yet The Med |
dler is convinced that Brattleboro people
in general have missed the event The
beautiful autumn weather of Tuesday,
and yesterday has brought out
many expressions of regret that the fair
association was not in condition to bene
fit from it, and more than one person who
experienced a feeling of relief when he
learned that there was to be no fair this
year has been forced to the conclusion that
he enjoyed fair time even if it did entail a
lot OF extra work and considerable neon
venience. 1t may be that this illustration
of the familiar saying about not missing
the water until the well runs dry will serve
to make 1t easier to unite local forces in
support of next years fair. This is just
what is needed-a bit more cooperation
and little less of the disposition to leave
all the work to a few. If the giving up of
this years fair brings this about the fair
| of 1917 will be enough more successful
to make up for 1916
| More than the usual amount Of interest
has been evident during the past summer
in swimming and kindred water sports.
Scores of towns no larger than this, and
many good deal smaller, have provided
means for their children to learn to swim
under safe surroundings, and the benefits
that come from this form of exercise have
been preached to greater extent thar
ever before in newspapers and maya
zines. And yet here is Brattleboro, Will
door, with absolutely no suitable place
where its boys and girls may enjoy TIN
pleasures of becoming acquainted with it
OF course it is too late to do anything
about the matter this year but anothe
summer ought not be allowed to pass with
out providing bathing places for both boy
and girls and placing them in charge @
competent instructors
t
Evidently there are a number OF folk
in the town of Rockingham who are sti
: firmly of the opinion that the primary la
has blasted the hopes of northend poll
zeal aspirants for all time. After readin
j what The Meddler had to say on the sui
e iect last week a Bellows Falls man
$ quoted as follows
t That the voters were of the same opii
{. ion as The Meddler' in regard to tt
$ states attorneyship is shown by the vot
But this is the first time within my men
DRY that Brattleboro newspaper has d
&c fined the system of alternating between Il
e north and south ends of the county as b
s. ing foolish We have had excellent ms
re from the north end serving as states alto
sr neys, but | don't remember that the soul
d end insisted that they remain in office SIT
J. no quarrel with the primary. l believe
W theory is all right, but practically it h
Is double-crossed the north end.
R. "As to the senatorship, if man h;
IS been running from Grafton or Derry
e any other north end town he would ha,
d been defeated Mr. Ware is from Il
lie northern dstrct-where did he get OF
E. Senator Dvoll finished fourth in the rae
but it wasn't because he was a reside
of a large town. 1t was because he can
,s from the north end Of the county.
Fl Whatever way you look at it the pr
al ponderance of voting power is with t
re south end of Windham county.
n What is the north end going to
at about it?
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