The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-01

M lisi VIII IIiAtH Nv iA' Nh'N''N"''N'
church Sunday morning at 1880.
The second in the series of ladies
nights given by Leo council, knights
of Columbus, will be held In grange
hall Monday evening, Feb, III.
The annual sale aud supper of the
Green Street book club will be held AT
the home OF Mrs. II. II. Thompson next
Friday evening at o clock. All Nom
beers are requested to bring books and
magazines,
Fort Dummcr colony, Pilgrim
Fathers, will hold its regular meeting
at the rooms in the Emerson block,
Tuesday evening. A full attendance
is desired, as matters of Importance
will be discussed,
"A paper written by Judge J. H.
Martin entitled The Legal Rights of
Women in Vermont will be read Tues
day evening at S clock AT the home
of Mrs. Il. w. Gibson at Oak street
under the auspices of the women of the
Episcopal church.
The right leg of Mrs, Jane Perkins
the mother of Mrs. b. NJ, Switzcr, was
amputated Just below the knee nj the
Memorial hospital. Wednesday morning
Necrosis of the bone made the amputa
ton necessary According to last report
the patient was doing as well as can
be expected.
An enjoyable Is party was held in
the Brooks House last evening under
the auspices of the Brattleboro Won
ans club. Twenty-Five tables were
filed and the prizes were won by Mrs,
c. q. Baker, Mrs. Whine of New York
city, Mrs l.. +. Adams and II. +,
Brooks. During the evening refresh.
ments were served. The club cleared
about S35 from the entertainment.
An accident happened in the Brat
tleboro Steam laundry Wednesday
which deprived Herbert Sparks of the
middle finger on his right hand. He
was carrying a steam radiator down
stairs when he slipped and the radia.
tor fell upon his right hand. The
middle finger was caught in some way
between the radiator and the stairs
and crushed completely off. He was
taken to the Memorial hospital where
the wound was dressed.
Some new eases of whooping cough
and chicken pox have been reported to
Health Officer Henry Tucker this week,
but he is removing more signs than he
is putting up which shows that the
epidemic of these diseases is on the
wane. The last cases of scarlet fever
have been freed from quarantine this
week. Considering that there were sew.
eral cases in the water.cure buildings
on Elliot street ii is remarkable that the
disease did not spread any further.
Robert Lincoln. the brakeman who
sustained broken leg in a railroad
accident at Scott S Bridge on the Cen.
trail Vermont railroad Jan /, underwent
an operation for the amputatiOn of the
member at the Memorial hospital Mon
dav afternoon When he was first in
iured il was thought that the leg could
be saved and the bone was set. About
two weeks ago a splinter of bone was
taken out of the leg but no improve
ment followed. To save further com.
plications the leg was amputated and
indications are that Mr.. Lincoln will
ultimately recover.
Carl s. Hopkins has been engaged
by the Snowflake Canning company to
place contracts with growers for rails
ing sweet corn next season. A large
acreage has already been promised, but
much larger amount could easily be
handled by the company. The fact that
all the stalk of the corn can be retain
ed and fed in green state or put into
the silo makes the business one Of pro
fit to the grower. Nearly a million
cans were put up here last season, near.
ly $4,000 paid out to the farmers for
the corn in the raw state and nearly
the same amount paid for the help and
material. Many of our best farmers
have grown for the factory ever since
it started and have already contracted
for next season. 1t would seem that
others might do equally as well, and
that the business was worthy trial.
C. c. Fits and c. W. Durham were
in Concord, \. H., Tuesday to attend
IA hearing before the compittee of re-
vision of statutes of the New Hamp
shire legislature on the bill to amend
the charter of the Connecticut River
power company, granted in 1903. The
bill asks for amendments which will
make the charter similar to the one as
amended by the Vermont legislature
last fall. Mr.. Fits appeared for the
company and Frank 5. Streeter for
those opposed to the amendments. AS
the hearing progressed the parties pre-
sent agreed upon certain notifications
of the proposed amendments and it is
probable that the matter will be fixed
so that all opposition will be with
drawn. The charter gives the company
the right to construct dam across the
Connecticut river opposite the towns of
Brattleboro and Vernon ana to utilize
the power thus developed for various
purposes.
Major +. w. Childs and family have
decided to spend the winter in Wash
ington instead of going further south
and are pleasantly located in The Cham
plain. X street, n. W., Senator Proctor S
new apartment house. Major Childs is as
ISOLATED with Horato n, Taplin in real
estate, loans and insurance business.
Mr.. Taplin is a former Vermonter, and
for several years was treasurer of the
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance com
pany in Montpelier. He has succeeded
in building up large and lucrative
business, chiefly in buying and selling
real estate, and in loans on improved
property in and about the city of Wash
ington, his patrons being some of the
large banking institutions in New Eng
land, and individuals seeking safe in
vestments. No city has had more solid
or more attractive growth than Wash
ington, where operations in real estate
have proved safe and profitable. The
Taplin agency is one of the largest
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