Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-24

Sunshine society, branch l, will
meet with G. l., Stickney at 81 Green
street next Friday afternoon at $50
o clock.
The annual meeting and banquet
of the Spoflord Fish q Game league
will be held Thursday, Sept. 9. Din
ner will be served at the Pine Grove
Springs hotel.
The New England Order of Protec-
ton will have corn roast Friday even
ing, August 81, at the home of l.. A..
Howard. Each member is privileged
to invite friend.
The letter box about half way up
Green street has been moved to the
north side of the street Its former
location was ON an electric light pole
and the oil dripping from the meter
had soaked letters deposited in the
box on several occasions.
Mrs. Julia Hyde Bascom, former
resident of Brattleboro, died recently
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ella
Shute, in Cambridge, Mass. She was
a daughter of the late John Hyde of
this town and widow of 7 Julius Bias.
com, formerly of Hinsdale, n. H.
The Junior Sunshine society will
hold its annual sale of cake, candy,
aprons and fancy articles at the home
of Mrs. Z. A. Starkey on Oak street
Wednesday from to 6 clock. Should
the day be stormy the sale will be post.
poned until Thursday. Donations will
be thankfully received.
--Halsey Bardwell is filing the posi-
ton of night operator at the station
until someone is secured to take the po-
sition permanently. Mr.. Bardwell has
been an operator in the local office of
the Postal Telegraph company for
some time. A. o. Vallie, the former OPP
orator, left his key as soon as he
learned the result of his mistake last
Friday and has not returned since.
The debris of last fridays wreck
was not entirely cleared up until We'd
nesday. The ears which still remained
on their trucks were hauled away and
those which were too badly smashed
were loaded on fiat ears and taken to
the scrap pile. An engine brought the
two derricks which were used to load
the trucks of the broken up ears to
this station Wednesday afternoon.
After drilling three holes in the
river bed in a line about 300 feet
north of the engine house, the boring
machine has been moved up the river
to a point on the east side about 200
feet north of West river. For the past
two days it has been engaged in drill
ing there. No details of the work are
given out but a rumor was persistently
circulated that solid rock was struck in
the work just above the engine house.
A little forethought will often
save dumb animals great deal. one
morning this week when the pavement
on Main street hill was slippery by
reason of one of the frequent showers
two young men came down the hill
driving at reckless speed. As the
horse struck the bridge he was un-
able to keep his feet and sustained a
bad fall After struggling few MIN
utes he regained his feet and the drive
was continued. Had the driver had
the welfare of his horse in mind he
might have saved the fall by slowing
up on the slippery hill.
Funeral services for Mrs. j. q. VI
lery were held at the home on Linden
street Saturday afternoon at . o clock.
Rev. E. T. Mathison of st. Michael $
Episcopal church officiated and Mrs
Mary Howe Burton sang Thy Will BE
Done and Come Unto Him, with Miss
Izetta Stewart as organist. Exquisite
flowers. roses. carnations and sweet
peas in profusion were mute but ex-
nressive tributes of the esteem in
which Mrs. Ullery was held by rela-
tives. friends and organizations with
which she was affiliated. Burial was
made in the Brooks family lot in Pros
pect Hill cemetery.
The Snowflake Canning company
started its plant Wednesday and was
running at its full capacity yesterday
This company uses about 2,ooo busheis
of corn on the ear every day. 1t VIII
run about four weeks and expects TO
turn out about 100000 cans OF succo'
fash. In this town, Putney, South Yer
non and Bernardston are planted about
500 acres of sweet corn for the can
merry. All the work with the exception
If husking is done by machinery. About
$50 hands are employed of whom ~
are lodged on the premises and the re-
mainder board about town. ABOUT
half the hands employed are women.
The body of William H. Henley
who died at Sunapee lake, n. b., last
week Wednesday, was brought to Brat
tleboro Friday afternoon on the White
Maintain train for burial in Morning
side cemetery. A delegation from the
Windsor commandery of Knights Tenn
Mar accompanied the body to Brattle
boro and delegation from Beausean'
commandery met the funeral party a.
tbe station and escorted it to the Gem
eterv where the burial took place VIII
+ha rites of the order. There were
many beautiful floral offerings lnciud
inc large piece in the shape OF cross
and crown from the Knights Templar
Among those who accompanied I'M
hodv 70 Brattleboro were Mr. and Mrs
RI r. Murdoch and X. z. Mchenzl'
of Proctorsville and f. T.. and u. III
Clvne of New York city. Flags alon'
The west shore of Sunapee lake wer
Of balf-mast Friday morning durini
the hours of the funeral.
An investigation was held at TN
Rrooks house Saturday to fix the blam
for the railroad wreck which occurred
early Friday morning. Division Super
ntandent D. D. Nash of New Londol
was present and several other official
of the road. 1t was decided that tn
wreck was due to the failure of A. y
Vallie. the night operator, to obey nj