The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-31


REV. w. A, Dawson of Burlington
preached in the First Baptist church
Sunday morning and in the evening
he gave n report Of the Baptist con
vention in Washington.
M. j. Moran of this town is chair.
man of the executive committee OF
the Vermont Undertakes association
which will hold its annual meeting in
st. Johnsbury June 4, 8 and @.
w. G. Shaflner was thrown against
partition in Henry II, Brown s livery
stable Tuesday afternoon by n horse
and knocked senselcss. He was taken
to his home and was able to be at his
work the next day.
The women of the Unitarian So
eiety will give a sociable in Wells
hall Tuesday evening. Supper will be
served at $50 followed by talk by
DIR. $. T.. Lawton on the island of ia
maica which he has lately visited. 1t
will be illustrated by many stereopti'
con views from photographs made by
him during his trip.
Herbert Mack has resigned his po'
sition of night clerk at the Brooks
House and his place has been taken
by John Rogers of Stafford, Conn.
Robert Shepardson has finished work
at the hotel as porter and gone to
Newfane to work in sawmill. Edward
Moriarty has taken his place. Herbert
Mack will 90 to Buffalo, N. Y, to take
position there.
AT the meeting of the Freme cir,
Gle last week it was decided to hold
the annual fair early in September. A
carpet for the church was selected. 1t
was voted also to enlarge the execu'
tive committee to II and the following
new members were unanimously elect
ed: Mrs. Il. b. Smith, Mrs. Harry Z.
Freeman, Mrs. John Barrows and Mrs.
Kenneth Sutherland.
A large number of watches which
had been left at II. H. Thompson S
and Vaughan & Burnett s were sold IN
front of the Brattleboro House last
Saturday afternoon by Auctioneer A.
w. j. wilkins. The watches were
those which had been left with the
jewellers for repairs and never called
for. One timepiece was sold which
was left 90 years ago.
Mrs. j. n. Cuneo is the only wo-
man entered as driver in the races
for automobiles which will be held at
Bennings near Washington, D. O., in
June. She is down for the 100 mile
race. Mrs. Cuneo was formerly Miss
Josephine Newton of Wilmington and
when she was a young girl was noted
as a bicycle rider. She was one OF
the drivers in the Glidden tour of last
summer.
Fred Britton of South Hadley
Falls. Mass. remembered in Brattle'
boro. Bellows Falls, ST. Johnsbury
Lvndonville, Mortified and Barre, for
his connection with sprinting races
has returned from the southern states
where he was mixed up in several run
ming matches. Negotiations are re
ported as in progress for two matches
for Britton in Worcester, against W.
O Conner at a quarter of a mile ana
against Tom Holland half-miie, with
4 bet of $500 a side in each event.
Mrs. Louisa Bundy, 90, died at the
Brattleboro Home for the Aged ana
Disabled Wednesday morning. She
had been an inmate of the home toui
years and had been helpless two years
ne the result of shock of apoplexy
Her maiden name was Louisa Lock
wood She is survived by two broth
ers. one of whom, Wesley Lockwood OF
orlando. Fla, had been with her seV
eral davs; also three sons and daugh
ter One son, Horace Bundy OF Hart
ford. Conn, arrived Wednesday &c
take charge of the body. The tunera
was held at $50 o clock this morning
Rev. H. r. Miles, pastor of the Congre
oational church, officiating, and the
burial will be in Springfield, Vt.
The motor-boat built by Charles
Oakes and R. C. Bacon was launched
in the Connecticut river Tuesday al
+ornoon near the head of the island
The launching was watched by large
number of people on this side of the
river and the village ordinances were
ensnended while an admiral's salut'
If IL guns was fred from the rea'
windows of Greene s drug store Mos
of the afternoon was spent IN august
| inc the motor but on the following DAY
the craft was able to make sevefa
trims and has been running at inter
,,oIs since then. The boat is ~ fee
Iorg and contains an eight horsepowe
motor of the double opposed type
Jobn and Guy Tasker put their moto
canoe on the river Wednesday attet
noon and yesterday morning Dr' a
7, Pettee launched the motor cano
which he has just completed
The listers finished their work o.
the grand list yesterday and hled
in the town clerks office IL Sho"
the following figures of INTEREST,"
r;rs+ class real estate. 5000, 1850
Second class real estate 2oo'U oo o y
Personal property. ~ 90 80 go y
177O polls at $2OO..... 9of'oo0'0
ro4o1 ..... $5,672,95S.O
Grand list. .........''' ~, 90
Grand list 1906. ....... ol,ooo'f
Increase ,oa - rear 5,394.1
The number of paying polls tn
,,oar is 6s more than last. There ar
ooIso 3S West Brattleboro fremen WI
are exempt, $50 persons over 70 yeai
old. 81 veterans, one Norwich GnlVe.
sity student and eight persons VINO ar al
unable Tla to pay. A list of the propert
holders who pay on $4,000 or over WI
he found in another column.
"A number of the friends of Mr.
T. n Greene surprised her with poN
ertv party at her home on Green stree sire,
Londav evening. Friends to the nun