The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-01-18

next Thursday evening.
The Centorville skating rink has
been handling the largest crowds IN its
history since New Years. Tickets have
been sold for 90 cents for both ear
fares and skating,
In the intense cold Of Thursday
morning several people received frost
bitten ears and one girl shook hands
so strenuously with Jack Frost that her
fingers were frostbitten'
Judge j. l.. Martin is considering
the question Of appointing a successor
10 4. ID. +, Stowe as referee In bank
ruptcy. and il is not unlikely that Adj
olson Il. Cudworth OF Londonderry VIII
be named. Mr. Cudworth is lawyer
Of considerable experience and Is anNi,
ous. Il Is understood, TO move 20 Brat
tlcboro. Judge Martin will probably
make his appointment next week
The Boston and Maine train which
generally arrives at the local station
NJ lois y. m. was over four hours nate
Wednesday night aud did not arrive
until after two o clock yesterday morn
ing. Several passengers who went TO
the station TO take the train had any
thing hut pleasant time waiting. The
thermometer stood at 10 below zero,
and the semblance Of the waiting room
to an oven was anything but close.
Inconvenience has been caused at
the hospital by calls from the friends
Of patients at hours when the nurses
aro busy with them. The hours Tor
admitting calls on the wards are neees-
sarilv shorter than those for visiting
patients in private rooms, as call on
one ward patient is 70 certain extent a
call upon all. Visiting hours have been
changed to the following: Ward pa
tients, . to p. m, daily; private
room patients, Q TO 9, daily. Special
permission must be obtained from the
superiptendent for calls at other hours.
Where ward patients have immediate
relatives who are employed during the
dav. and can call only in the evening,
an effort will be made to accommodate
them.
Small fires in the houses of
Edward f. Gobie and Lewis John
SON of West Brattleboro varied
the routine of existence Of the
two families Sunday night. A lamp
was overturned in the dining room of
the house of Mr.. Johnssn and for a
few minutes il looked as if a lively
blaze might result, Quick work on the
part OF the family put out the fire and
the only damage done was TO the pant
and paper of the room. The damage
was about s25. In the house of Mr..
Gobie the chimney took fire and the
assistance of the neighhors was called
upon to help extnguish the fames.
| Several pals of water were poured
down the chimney and the blaze soon
put out. The paper and walls OF the
/ house about the chimney were DANA
ged by the water, The damage was
not much over $50.
"A hearing which attracted the ma
ioritv of the inhabitants of the town
of Brookline was held in the round
schoolhouse in that town Tuesday. The
ease was brought at the orders of Fish
/ and Game Commissioner ii. &. Thomas
Of Stowe and was tried before Justice
liz. l.. Hastings. 1t was alleged that
the defendant, Fred C. Cutler, harbored
dog that was addicted to chasing deer
/ and specifically that the same dog, Dec.
Is. 1906 had chased deer so that II
ran out on the ice on the West River
| in Townsend thereby receiving injuries
/ so that it was necessary to XIII the
deer. The defendant introduced wit
nessess and evidence which proved an
alibi for the dog and the testimony
tended TO show that the dog was not
/ in the habit of pursuing deer. the
state was unable to prove to the con
trarv and the defendant was acquitted.
The meeting of the Brattleboro
| Woman s club Wednesday evening III
the Brooks House took the form of a
musicale and was much enjoyed by a
4 large number of club members and
friends who attended. Mrs. Maud Cor
don Robv of Maiden, Mass, assisted
| bv Miss Mary Shaw accompanist, gave
Songs from Many Lands,--a descrip-
tive lecture and song recital, in costume.
The program consisted of songs from
! Italy, japan, Scotland, Ireland ana
/ America with costumes appropriate Tor
each country represented. Mrs. koby
has an attractive personality in addi-
ton to a pleasing voice, and her well.
told stories of the many songs as well
as the pretty costumes made the reclt-
al an entertaining one. The next meet
ing of the club will be Feb. 6 and viii
be Gentlemen Night. William b.
Cabot will tell of his experiences IN
| Labrador.
When the Central Vermont passen-
ger train, scheduled to arrive at the
| local station at 1905, pulled in slight
" late Wednesday morning the engine
and pilot were covered with sawdnst.
As the train was coming along little
below Palmer, Mass, Engineer George
Vassar saw double team approaching
the crossing He blew the whistle but
the team kept on. The train was under
full speed and the airbrakes were hasti-
" applied. The horses had just cross
ed the track when the engine struck
the wagon and the vehicle together with
the sawdust with which it was loaded,
was scattered in all directions, The
driver was thrown off and the horses
left the scene of the accident at full
speed dragging the pole. The tram
was stopped but as some attendants
from the hospital nearby picked up the
driver who was not badly injured, the
train was not delayed long. The wagon
was totally demolished and some win
dows in the front of the engine cab
were broken by the flying pieces.
The recruiting station which has
been in the Brattleboro House during
the past two weeks has secured six
men for the service of the United States
army. They are the following: Harry
u, II..nIoln IL FOR the