The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

L. u. VIII be held Tuesday afternoon.
Dennis Rebekah lodge, No. |, will
have initiation June %, Notice change
of date.
j. II, Allen has purchased the Cit.
lunch room of A. r, Rice and has al
ready taken possession.
About 40 couples were present at
the high school dance in Grange hall
last Friday night Leitsinger and Du'
gan furnished music.
A. V, Mays agency has sold for
Mrs Abbie NJ. Ranger building lot
on Williston street to Ernest S. Hall
who will erect house thereon this
summer.
The Brattleboro Jelly company
was among the corporations whose
charters were revoked by Tax Commits
sioner j. E. Cushman Monday for non
payment of taxes.
H. Z. Bond left Tuesday to attend
the state convention of the Vermont
Undertakers association in st. Johns
bury. Mr.. Bond was the state presi,
dent of the association when it was
first formed.
All those wishing to join the spe-
cial class in basketry, to be held af-
ternoons in the high school building
during the vacation school in July, are
requested to leave their names with
Mrs. Leonard Chaplin street before
June 90.
When returning from a dance in
Dummerston Wednesday night of last
week a party of local young men in
team belonging to Howard 4 Yearly
suffered breakdown at the -Four Cor,
ners. The wagon lost two wheels and
the top. No one was injured.
Fred Bean became slightly OBJ
streperous on the streets Saturday
evening and was told by Policeman
Evans to wander homewards or be in
carcerated. Bean refused to heed the
officers warning and was placed in the
cooler. Monday forenoon before
Judge Gibson he was fined So and
costs, amounting to $1O.37 which he
paid and departed.
Howard & Yearly have not re-
ceived an official report from the anal
ysis of the stomachs of the three horses
which died in their stable several
weeks ago. but DIR. B. H. Stone of the
state laboratory last week told State 8
Attorney Bacon that no traces OF pol
son were found in the organs. This
adds to the mystery surrounding the
horses deaths as the veterinarians in
attendance were able to explain them
in no other way.
F. G.. Daboll of Springfield, Mass,
superintendent of this DIVISION Oh lhe
New England Telephone and Telegraph
companv, was in town Monday inyestl-
eating several complaints in regard 10
the local telephone service On account
of the large amount of work prepare
tory to opening the new exchange IN
the American building there have peen
numerous changes in the arrangements
of the different lines and the service
for the past few weeks has not been
up to standard.
The annual inspection of COMPANY
was held in Festival hall MONDAY
forenoon by Major Lee 5. Illlotson OF OF
ST Adams and Capt. c, F. Burnham OF
Bellows Falls. Men to the number OIL
30 besides the officers assembled IN the
hall in full equipment at 8 o clock ana
tba inspection took place Immediately
afterwards. After the inspection the
men went through a short exhlpltlon
drill under Captain Henkel ana then
were excused. A practice shoot was 70
have been held but this had to De
nostnoned on account of the ram
The company is in dire need OF recruit,
ing, only about half the quota oeine
present at the inspection.
The Y. NJ. G. A. meeting when
was TO have been held on the Common
sunday afternoon at O'Clock was
beld in the Congregational churcn IN n
stead on account of the ram e. \;
Crosby. president of the board OF ui A.
rectors of the association, presl ooo al
the meeting. Rev. E. e. .; osgooJ j
read from the scriptures and oneleo
r T The choir of the Congrega,
t;nno1 church furnished music anu
PoT Fl, 3. Peabody of Hartford
Cam o cave an address. Rev. MI. fea,
bodv is the pastor of the same c9 1qi,an
y; ooI H1ortford of which Rev. H. R. Miles
had charge before he came 10 1 me-
town His talk was interesting lit
attendance was small.
About 90 persons were 1hVlCeu W
Miss Christa Park s housewarmi1rris a.
Lnr now home on Forest street lhurs
d do evening of last week. Even tnen
uay Dbl was Obliged to leave ou'
r -n,T friends in sending lnvitatloh is
ralre was passed by two little glris
puhy Deane and Alice Richardson
nIoS wore dressed in white, and lemon
AIDE was served in the dining Pooht ~
Miss Ada Mason. Charles hI9mrur
was was doortender. Beautiful oTcheS'l q q
r meC were played on one Oh -, n
Barher,s photographs, Scott ba nIss
aharge Miss Parks mother, Mis 20
q PSorl, If Townshend, assisted IN re
neirine the party being given IN hono'
20 her birthday anniversary.
William Adams, j., boy t s1
,,oors old living with his parents ~ INV b,
2W Tat buildings, was run oV ea+n ~
"% .baol harrow on Elliot street SAL -,
W.T. ofternoop and it was thought S a.
cay tbot he was fatally injured. lh hc
h hnnrow was being taken along rn al,
naiia t hook Of one of Bradley s Team,
str SUR tbe how with several others WA wa,
attempting ate to get on the sea seat; the Id disks
his his footing and rolled under t the rr u,n
a After lp pushing him along the g pssse5
for some distance the harrow AFRO IvI Rns'i II
lol TOT. b;s hodv and left him iylhs -
fEe road Someone who heard o his o bm
ana sa" carried him to his home Wne +,
up ana cdIlIIu IL, IN the stable Of