The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-11
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

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son came Tuesday night, bringing de
vastation to gardens hereabouts.
The women of the Methodist
church took $6S.35 at their rummage
sale held Wednesday and Thursday.
The Company social club will
give a dance in Armory hall next
Thursday night. All are cordially in
vited.
A reception to Rev. D. E. Trout
will be given in the Universalist
church parlors next Thursday evening
from 80 until 10 clock. Everybody
is cordially invited to be present.
The Fessenden Helping Hand SO
ciety of the Congregational church
will hold an annual meeting and cleo
ton of officers in the parlors of the
Center church Friday afternoon, Oct.
Is, at $50 o clock.
The Connecticut river is unusually
high for this season. For the past two
weeks the water has been consider
ably above normal and since Sunday
it has risen something over two feet
The high water has interfered some
what with the progress of work at the
dam-site.
Miss Jennie Edwards, who had
been resident of Brattleboro for
number of years, died recently at the
Brattleboro Retreat where she was
under treatment. Miss Edwards was
formerly employed as domestic in va
rious families and was well,known in
the northern part of the town,
The Lowell Scale company in
stalled its machinery this week and
today the wheels were started and act
ual work was begun on the manufac'
turing of the scales. About dozen
men are employed there. Later it is
probable that twice this number will
be required to keep up with the orders.
The first in the series of Shakes
pearean readings by DR.. Abbott of
Boston was held at the Home for the
Aged Monday afternoon and the sec
ond is to be given at the home of Mrs.
Angelica Shea on Oak street this af-
ternoon. There was large attend
ance at the Home. The proceeds are
to be used for the benefit of the Home,
About so of the Methodist society
went to r. B. Hawkins s farm in West
Brattleboro last night and enjoyed a
real old-fashiOned husking. One hun
bred and fifty bushels of corn were
husked and prize awarded the one
who found the largest number of "red
ears. - Refreshments were served and
the party returned to their home at
late hour.
Is 1t is understood that o. J. Rowe
of Palmer, Mass, will come to Brat.
tlcboro Monday to take the position OF
station agent for the Central Vermont
railroad. Mr.. Rowe was formerly EN-
ployed at White River Junction and
New London, Conn, going to Palmer
few weeks ago to become agent
there. He has had much experience in
railroad work.
-Sedgwick Relief corps yesterday
held its first sewing meeting of the
season. Supper, which is regular
feature of these meetings, was served
at 6 O clock. A little surprise was
given the members, ice.cream being
furnished by an absent member, Mrs.
Hattie Pratt Fisher of Leominster,
Mass. This was greatly enjoyed and
a vote of thanks was extended to Mrs.
Fisher with the wish that she might
have been present to witness the en-
ioyment of her bounty.
The high school athletic associa-
ton held a meeting last night in the
high school building to discuss plans
for basketball Diedrich Stolte, who
has been engaged as professional
coach, gave short talk after which
those who intend to try for the team
were given a few instructions. About
- viii be candidates. The hall in the
Brattleboro academy has been en-
gagged, and it is hoped that the team
will practice there twice week. The
first practice there will be tomorrow.
A party from the Teachers school
in Boston spent Saturday and Sunday
in Brattleboro studying the terraces in
town and vicinity. They were under
the direction of Prof. George Fl. Bar
ton of Boston and Prof. Elizabeth +.
Fisher of WELLESLEY college. They took
an extended drive along the Connecti-
cut river as far as Charles E.. Gid
den s farm and returned through Dunn
merston, going over Black mountain
to the west part of that town and
down the West river road to Brattle-
boro. Owing to the small number who
came, Prof. Barton did not give a
stereopticon lecture as is his custom
but occupied the time in giving them
an informal talk. The party returned
Sunday afternoon carrying several
specimens of rock formations.