The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-15

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The docket OF the April term OF tn,
county court contains 100 cases OF ciNil
nature, 81 divorce cases and rs equity
cases,
"A meeting Of the road commissioners
of Windham county will be held in Brat
tlebor0 Friday, April II, under the dlree'
ton of State Highway Commissioner Z
: W. Gates of Franklin.
State Fish and Game Commissioner II,
la. Thomas of Stowe has appointed f.
l.. Nellman of Gulford and NJ. J. How
ard Of Londonderry local wardens FOL
their respective towns.
Miss Matilda Choquette was taken
III Sunday afternoon and physician
diagnosed the case as diphtherid. Inc
house has been quarantined by Health
Officer Henry Tucker The case is a
mild one.
The annual st. Patricks day fair OF
ST. Michaels Roman Catholic church will
be held at Festival hall next Monday
evening. An entertainment will be CIV
en- by the children consisting OF songs
and recitations. Dancing will follow the
entertainment.
Governor Proctor is at the Brooks
House today holdinp a hearing ON the APP
plications for pardons made 10y William
{. Thomas of Chester G.. y. Jarvis oil
Barre and 5. l.. Witherell OF Windsor.
w. $. Lowell, superintendent OF the state
prison. is present at the hearing.
dwight Barrett of Hinsdale, \, H.,
was arrested in Rrattleboro Saturday at
I ternoon hy Deputy Sheriff VI, Z, Davis
ON an action of trover brought by l.. W.
Amdon TO recover II tons OF hay or its
equivalent in money. +. c. Gale became
surety in the sum OF 500 and the hear,
ing was set for March 20 in the municipal
court.
-Oryis r. Leonard, formerly of this
place aud brother of Tracy Leonard
Of Bellows Falls, sailed from Shanghai,
| China, Jan. Is, on the steamer Mon
golan The steamer went onto the rocks
N the China sea soon after and no news
of Mr.. Leonard has been received since.
His relatives do not know whether he
is alive or dead.
The "owl" train which left here last
Friday morning came near having Sc
riOus accident at Greenfield. As the tram
was slowing down near the station an axle
on one of the trucks of one OF the pas
senger cars broke causing slight damage.
Had the train been running at high
rate of speed there is no telling what
might have happened.
At the recent meeting Of the General
/ Alliance of Workers with Boys, held az
Rochester, \. y, in connection with the
Religious Education association, Rev.
Frank Lincoln Masseck, formerly OF Brat
tleboro. was elected secretary OF the Al
lance and editor OF the quarterly maya
zine. Work with Boys, as successor to
The Rev William Byron Forbush.
A recent issue of the Farm Stock
Journal, published in Rochester, \. !"
contains an extended article on llolsteln-
Friesian cattle in America by Elmer +.
Reynolds, formerly assistant editor OF The
New England Farmer. The article de
scribes at some length the offices of the
Holstein- Friesian association in this town,
and is illustrated with several pictures,
including a view of the Houghton farm IN
| Putney.
The Vermont society of L. s. d. of
1912, held a very successful bazar at the
home of Mrs. George S. Dowley Wednes-
dav afternoon. The occasion was pleas
ant one socially and the receipts were
/ large enough to materially aid the pa
triotic work of the society, Refresh
ments were served in the dining room
!,y Mrs. Dowlcy and Mrs. c. w Rich
ardson assisted by Miss Elizabeth Mar
shall and Miss Ethel Randall.
AS DR.. G. r.. Anderson was driving
from Clark street onto Canal street We'd
nesdav evening the forewheel OF the
wagon caught on the car track and the
wagon was overturned, throwing the doc
tor out into the mud and slush. The
horse scented a hurry-up call and started
| for the stable. The wagon was lett IN
the road and the horse kept going. The
wagon was badly broken up and DR.. An
derson was soaked. The harness was also
broken.
Local merchants, who depend on the
railroads in transacting business, are
greatly hindered by the apparent lmposs'
sibility of the Central Vermont to handle
IFS freight traffic. One firm has over 200
cars of goods on the Central Vermont
road. many of which passed st. Adams
early in January and have not yet reached
Bratteboro. 1t is said that an entire
freight train has been stalled on siding
near North Hartland for over month
because no engines can be secured to maui
it.
The Isle of Spice company played to
a good listed audience IN the auditorium
Wednesday evening and gave credltable
performance, although the standard was
not up to that set by some musical com
edv organizations that have previously
appeared here this season. During the
first act the auditorium was thrown IN
darkness by the breaking OF an electrlc
light wire in the rear of the building,
and until nearly the close of the act the
Performance was continued under extreme
difficulties The company as a whole was
not extremely good. Miss Leslie Leigh
sang very well and her number, Peggy
Brady. was repeatedly encored. Jack Les
lie did the best comedy work, although
if was rather rough. The chorus was ac-
tive and agile but couldn't make very
much noise The costumes and stage set
ting were very good.
The coal famine which has been
Threatening the town has at last arrived
and is settling down like the cold IN
the houses where wood is being burned IN
the furnaces. One dealer has not single
hushel of coal and cannot tell when he
viii have any. Another has been nearly
ont for the past week but has lately re
ceived several carloads which will last
for a few days. Neither dealer IS able
to state whether he will be able to fur-
nish coal in any quantity Tor some tihle'
At any rate no large orders Will De p9 3:1N
ed Several other towns are IN Ike
predicament and there is no sure chance
of the condition being helped. Both deal
ers had placed their orders long ago
and the coal is on the way but there
IS no telling when it will get here. Much
Of the coal comes by the Central Vermont
road but some by the Boston 4 Maine,
and neither road is able to state when 1t
will get the cars p through rough, W " en- ~
rod a Reformer representative was told
Yesterday vest &c that the Central Vermont road
was doing its best to get cars through
and that it is no worse off than any
other road and better than many
Much has been written of Mr.. Well
mans preparations for his daring plan to
reach HE North Pole by balloon, but it