The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08
PenciIngs From
Macon, Ga.

In these days of sudden world trans
formations anyone may expect to run
across daily some sort of an innovation.
For the life of me l cannot see where
you fellows gain anything by not print
ing your papers in consecutive order
Why you print one of the 18th and then
wait until the oath before publishing
another and then work overtime a
week later and print the 10Th and Goth
IS beyond me. However, that's the
way they come and | suppose that $
the way they must be printed. ! hope
that | receive the 2lst and 22d pub
locations for December before those of
similar date for January, or my poor
tangled brain will not permit me to
determine whether l am going or com
ing.
| do not have to wait for the Re
formers to get home news, however, so
| do not feel SO badly as | might. |
picked up the Macon evening paper
last night and read that :" Ed. Moran,
arrested for breaking the speed limit,
was found not guilty by Recorder May
nard and discharged. | was afraid
he would let up on his training during
this cold spell.
Even though we are not flying here
yet-still WAITING for the government
to move in our direction-the follow
ing little incident which occurred last
evening indicates that even the Negroes
are doing some thinking on this light
er-than-air stuff.
young colored waiter who was
serving two of the officers of the school
at table had, previously to last eve
nlng, asked many questions about the
balloon school and must have spent
some time in serious contemplation of
the subject for he disgorged this:
Say captain, sc been thinking
that when that yere basket goes up it
must get full OBJ atmosphere and be
mighty heavy to lift. | Sc fggered it
out as how it acts just like when YOU
sink an empty bucket in de water, it
gets full and is mighty hard to lift
up.
The captain explained that the bas-
kets were wicker and full of cracks
which let the atmosphere filter through
and did not make the load so heavy
as If solid cars were used.
With everyone in this city with whom
| have come in contact either ENJOYING
hard cold, telling of some member of
the family who has one or standing in
the long line to obtain permit to buy
half ton of coal in order to prevent
catching one, 1t is a trifle hard to be
lleNe taat thus city stands second in
the nted States in the health record
department; but it does. which merely
indicates that there are lots of worse
things than hard colds
This city also boasts Wesleyan Fe-
male college, the oldest chartered col
lege for women. | saw a herd of fe-
| Wales wearing mortar boards on tae
| street the other day and | gathered
that one or two of the first Students
had been a little backward in their
studies ana were at last approaching
their graduation
Besides this institution there is Mer-
Ger college, an institution of which this
section vof-tle South appears to he very
! proud. This is for males exclusively.
They had a banquet at the Lanier hotel
the other night and it sounded like n
regular college affair, although a. little
! dry.
| Among other institutions here are Mt.
| de Sales academy. Catholic school for
Young women; the state school for the
| blind, and very fine new Y. NJ. G.. 4
with a big swimming pool.
Did YOU ever 90 to bed with new
/ luminous dial wrist watch on, forget
| It and then at clock in the morn
ing meet it without any warning when
buried under the bedclothea? If Won
have not, don't, even if perfectly tee
/ total
Once when was boy and was
working on my first job, which was
when clothlng stores kept open Sat
urday nights until compelled by the en-.
forcement of the Sunday laws to close
was walking along a poorly lighted
street whistling full blast, when black
cat sprang from "a hedge across in front
OF my face, hit tree and scratched to
the upper limbs, suppose didn I sto,
70 investigate. and il was months be
tore | could stop using pomade on m,
halr to make it lie down.
shall never be able to look Iioat
ed clock in the face again unexpected
y without having my hair rise. Tni,
war Is certainly something turrible.
n. II. A.