The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-09-13

: ef'''i W elock, FRIDAY, sept ~
-Bradstreet's weekly report says
Brattleboro manufacturing plants ar,
employing more help and report larg,
business. Outlook for fall business
promising.
The 18th annual convention of the
Vermont branch of the order Of the
Kings Daughters and Sons will b,
held in Richmond Sept. 1919. jacob
Riis will give an address Wednesday
evening.
"A dance will be given each night
of the fair under the auspices of Com.
pany l in the armory in MILESTONE
block. Sergeant w. +. Mickey and
Corporal William Schorling are to
have the matter in charge. II is
planned to continue socials of this
character through the winter. Music
will be furnished by local orchestra.
DO not forget the Vermont com.
mission excursion to jamestown, Sept.
Ii, 1907. Regular train service TO
Brattleboro. Special train leaves Brat.
| tlebOro Mt 0 p. m. via Central Yer
mont railway, Low fares. Stop-over
privileges. Firstclass accommodations.
Inquire of nearest ticket agent ana
see handbills for particulars.
Reserved seat tickets for the grand
stand at the fair grounds will go on
sale at the box office opposite the
board of trade rooms in the town hall
at o clock Friday evening, Sept. 20.
On Saturday the office will be open
from $50 to 10, from 2 until 5, and
from Z until 8. On Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, the office will open
the same hours as those of Saturday,
james b. Cummings was driving
A. V. Cox's delivery team down the
steep hill on Vernon street leading on
to Main street Tuesday afternoon
when the horse stumbled, throwing
Mr.. Cummings out. He was dragged
for 30 or 40 feet when Frank Ryan
succeeded in stopping the animal
Mr.. Cummings was severely shaken
up, but sustained no serious injury.
AT a recent meeting of the Unita-
rian Congregational society, the pas
tor of the church, Rev. L. Q. S. Os'
good, Mrs. Charles Warder and Mrs.
George II. Ryder were chosen dele
gates to represent the society at the |
national conference in Boston the last
week in September Miss Lottic
Dodge was appointed delegate to rep
resent the Brattleboro branch of the
Woman's Alliance at the same gather.
ing.
The low rate for night telephone
which has been in force
hitherto over the lines of the New
and American Telephone
has been abolished as far
as connection with the latter company
is concerned. This affects communica.
ton with New York, Connecticut,
Rhode Island and other states, al
though the old night rates to points in
Vermont, New Hamp-
shire and Maine, that are served by
he New England company, are still in
'orce. The American company claims
hat the change was made necessary
because of the enormous amount of
business that was done during the
it being impossible to handle
he calls satisfactorily. 1t is thought
hat the telegraphers strike may also
ave had something to do with the
Increase. '
What was prophesied in The Re
ormer last week regarding the ad-
ance in price of milk came true
tuesday morning when H. NJ. Barrett
gifted his customers that after Sep :
ember Is seven cents quart would
e charged for milk and that bottled
or infants would be eight cents ],
uart. The price for cream he said .
-ould be advanced from 80 cents to I
0 cents. He claims that with meal I
t $3.50 per 100 pounds as against r
| 10 last winter and other feed in 1t
roportion it is next to impossible to I,
airy on milk business at profit u
/ the present prices A canvas among e
he milk dealers later shows that an T.
has been made whereby the l.
rice of milk charged by Mr.. Barrett u
i'll be adopted by most of the other
callers after next Sunday. Butter \
akers are also to increase their Il
ice and several have already mott il
I'd their customers to that effect. Sc
During the past week or two II
rce of men has been at work clean u T..
g the pond back of the Twin State u u
as and Electric company's dam at -
est Dummerston, and the removal of u
e muck has so improved conditions II
at the power station has been able e
carry a greater load than ever be- q
re. Most of the muck, which is CT
of leaves, sawdust, weeds, %
c.. has been taken out by means of pi
hay loader prepared especially for GU
e work by the addition of numerous ma
nes. The machine consists of two u
roe forks that reach down to the f'
tom of the pond clutch portion al
muck and load it into conveyor. De
nee the work of cleaning the pond Oh
gan it has been necessary to shut M VI,
the power several times because of III
e quantities of cells that clogged the WI
reels. Bushels of them have been re
ken out, one specimen measuring De
e feet in length and being as large up
Dund as a man s arm. az
no
The rain of the past two weeks
S interfered somewhat with the
,eress of the work at the Connecti- co
river dam site but more has been me
ne than would seem possible under ar ar
circumstances. A second hydraulic In
mp has been installed and is now wa
shing the earth away from the hia
rth side of the bluff. So successful up
We these pumps been that it is ex- tal
tied that in two weeks or more no pe