The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-16
The Meddler
~ The coat fits you, put il on

1HeTe are ndnF tidy ana cOnSlderate
citizens of the village who welcome the
annual cleanup proclamation of
the local board of trade, who are asking
this discriminating organization why it
has allowed one of its stalwart mem
bers to maintain through spring, sum-
mer, autumn and winter, these many
months, the most unsightly conditions
TO be found outside the path of a devas-
Eating cyclone or the devil s auction
ground. Ism t it possible that, were the
Meddler clothed in garments of abso-
lutte impartiality, he would have in
cluded the long maintained nuisance on
the Hooker grounds in his reference TO
minor (Miner) offenses9 While both
merit and receive public censure, the
unlovely Miner spots are hardly com
parable with the Manley unsightliness
"a wonder to visitors, an injury to adj
jacent property and a disgrace to the
town. Mays further voice public
feeling in these machine made lines.
When Nature seeks with fond caress
ing,
To clothe the earth with vernal dress.
ing;
Dear Lord to Thee with discomfort,
Our faces portray a sad lament
Because the homeland of our Hooker
lIunt-divinely fair the summer
| scene,
And flowers with fragrant lilac upoi
a well-kept lawn of green;
With graceful elms so tall and uniform
~ slender,
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ember.
Ranged round about commercial gree,
has cast its lot
And ruthlessly transformed the his
toric spot.
The house of God, so near this desc
Grated sod
| While Inundated worshippers in
tensely feel the CALLING rod
The trees, the flowers and grass hav
all grown thinner,
viii the village recover to enjoy ar
other Thanksgiving dinnerl
Yes, look across the clearing to tn
ancient rubbish heap
: Is certainly a picture to make tn
, angels weep.
Your reference by the Meddler to othe
r public sores
, Was hardly broad enough to bring hiI
: loud encores;
| That another needs upbraiding is til
: general village voice.
81 For he, rather than Miner, is til
more unanimous choice.
0 Together they 'ye disfgured until "
: feel like one bereft,
: But why was Miner taken and VIII
e is Manley left9
t ROLLIN s. CHILDS.
I Brattleboro, May 10, 1919.
/, Mr.. Miner was taken in this parti
# ular case because his property develoI
e ment was what inspired action at Il
i village meeting. AS for the appearan
h of the Hooker lot, regular readers /
r this column will doubtless recall tn.
The Meddler has commented upon
more than once since it began its me
=. amorphosis and that none of these col
p ments could be called Mandatory. The
Is is no disposition on his part to excu
IS one person for doing what another
:. criticized for. However, the eases
s the two properties under discussion !
a. not seem parallel Admitting that t
a. appearance of the Hooker lot is an
= thing but tidy, there is ground for b
lief that is present state is but ten
II porary phase of its transformati'
4 from beautiful residential proper
= to less attractive, if more utilitari.
n business corner. No one can be blam
at for feeling annoyed at the slowness
: the change, and the "machine made
10 lines of Mr.. Childs probably express
pretty general sentiment, but eve
~ tually the rubbish heap of which
e speaks will give place to somethi
- less vdistastefnl to the esthetic sen
fMr. Miners improvements on t