The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-01
The MeddIer
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Early last spring the Valley fair di-
rectors We're saying a good many hard
things about the state fair management
for appropriating the week which the
Brattleboro association had come to con-
slider its own. Today, however. the 10
cal directors are congratulating them
selves that the schedule was changed
and extending condolences to the state
fair on its i'll luck in the matter of
weather. Following the rainy week of
1919, this years downpour is bound to
prove a serious jar to the state fair f.
nances, and there is doubt in some quar-
tiers whether the association will be able
to continue without increased assistance
from the legislature. OF course. there
is no. guaranty that because this week
has been rainy next week will be pleas
ant, but local fair directors nevertheless
feel that their chances for two good days
are much improved HOW that what ap-
pears to have been the so-caUed line
storm has taken place.
As for the prospects of the fair it
self they seem to be ahead of last year.
which indicates that the excellent all
round exhibition of 1919 is likely to be
surpassed in quality by its successor. of
1920. New features. such as the dog
show, are arousing interest among per-
sons who haven't helped boom the fair
for a long time, and this increase in To-
cal enthusiasm makes it easy for fair
officials to get whatever help they need
to put the exhibition across.
....
Whatever damage the high wind of
last night may have done. yesterdays
rain proved beneficial in cleaning up the
lower reaches Of MILESTONE brook.
which had reached their usual state of
late-summer nastiness.
IS
The Meddler has an idea there will be
some opposition to the petition asking
that the Wednesday half-hoIidays be
continued throughout the winter and
that all stores close at go Saturday
evenings. Without attempting to debate
the merits of the half-holiday idea it
may be said that there is a wide diff
ference of opinion, even among its ben
ehciaries, as to the advantage Of having
1t on scheduled day each week This
division of sentiment coupled with the
uniform dislike Of merchants to curtail
their regular business hours is likely to
create hard shedding for the proposition.
Senator" Dunham's offer Of the Good
hue property on Main street for com
munity building site is a proposition of
such magnitude as to merit prompt ac-
ton on the part of the special COM
mittee named to consider it, With
$4,000 property and $4,000 cash bal
ance at its disposal for community
building purposes Brattleboro is in lar
better shape to proceed with the project
than most towns are.
In the course of a column of refce- |
tons upon political matters mot gen
orally known or published the editor
Of the Rutland Herald has this to say
about Brattleboros prospective contest:
Frank BARRIERS opponent is Mrs.
Hamilton whose name was written in
IN a couple hundred ballots and enough i
Democratic ballots SO size is the latter's
candidate-sone lawyers and | undcr-
stand the attorney general 70 the con-
-rary. Anyway, if Harry Black prints
Ter name on the hallot-and | guess he
will Barber will have a regular scrap
IN his hands and may get trimmed.
OF course. anything is likely to hap
zen in a political contest but as the mat
err stands at present the foregoing view
# the situation may fairly be said to
,e mistaken in its estimate of Mr.. Bar
,ers strength. There are a number of
ssues, however, in which Brattleboro