The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-05

another Emerson Angelns Melodanl
piano,
One OF the ears of the local street
railroad left the iron at the east end
of the common Monday morning and
considerable time was necessary to get
Il back ON the rails,
The bass season opened at Spot
ford lake Monday and many people
were on hand TO try their luck. 4
large number of fish We're taken but
they We're smaller Ia size than usual.
Walter II. Jacobs of this town was
thrown from his wagon while ON his
way to Wardsboro Wednesday even
ing to attend the celebration, His
horse was frightened by a firccraeker
aud became unmanageable, overturning
the wagon by the roadside.
%, NJ. Lawton picked in his gar
den Wednesday one of the largest
strawberries ever seen in this town
The berry weighed two ounces. The
shape of the berry was irregular being
fiat and oblong. II measured over two
inches across the widest part.
Dan Riley played right field for
Stafford at Springfield yesterday
against Monson, both games being won
by the former team which now leads
the Bi.State league, Riley made hit
in each game and folded his position
perfectly. Walter Brooks of Hinsdale
\. H., caught for Stafford.
The will of Mrs. Harriet j. Alvord
has been filed in the probate court, and
will be acted upon at the next monthly
session. 1t gives $1,000 in trust to the
Congregational church in Wilmington
the income to be used for the support
of preaching, $500 TO the domestic mis-
sionary society, the latter bequest be-
ing conditioned upon the estate being
large enough to pay the other legacies'
The children of st. Michael's Ro'
man Catholic church have been making
efforts to raise money to buy new books
for their library at the Parochial
school and have been selling chances
on different articles to raise the money.
A drawing was held at the convent
Tuesday evening and Edward Clarity
won five dollar gold piece, George
Lynch won set of six silver spoons
and Theresa McGee won baseball.
Fred C. Gale has hit upon way
to bring the railroads to time when
claim is put in for loss of freight or
damage TO goods. Some time ago MI
Gale put in a claim against the Boston
& Maine railroad for the loss of GER
tain goods. The road showed no DIS
position to settle the bill and so Mr.
Gale secured a writ of attachment and
caused an engine in the local yard to
be taken by a deputy sheriff. Now the
company has settled the bill with
costs.
The next issue of Boston Sunday
Post will have pictures of Sculptor
Larkin G.. Mead and Mrs. Mead, from
photographs lately made by Howe, OF
his Recording Angel, &C., with an ar
ticle giving some details of his career
The Meads, who have been revisiting
the scenes of his boyhood home, after
80 years absence, and spending the
past ten days at Wares at Spotford
lake. will 90 to New York on Tuesday
next, to sail on the 18th for Genoa by
the steamer Princess Irene.
The new 95.foot iron smoke stack
on the power station of the Twin State
Gas & Electric company has been
completed this week by Pellet Broth
ers and the staging has been taken
down. The stack is 80 feet higher
than the old one and reaches far
enough into the air to carry smoke
above the American building. The
new boilers in the power station are
nearly ready to run. While the change
has been going on steam has been kept
up in the American building boilers
which are connected with the electric
light company's engines, but tortu'
nately the company has been able TO
generate power by water nearly all OF
the time.
The annual meeting of the Baptist
Sunday school was held at the Sunday
school rooms Sunday. The reports OF
Caspar n. Moran, treasurer, showed
that all bills for the past year were
maid and that there was a substantial
balance in the treasury. i. w. Haw'
lev asked to be excused from the office
of superintendent but was pursuaded
to accept the office for another year
The other officers elected were as fol
lows: Assistant superintendent, Fred
S. Knight and Mrs. Nora l.. kenney;
superintendent of the home depart
ment. Mrs. Enos White; secretary, II
A. Coburn; treasurer, Caspar N. MO
ran: auditor, H. f. G. Toedt; librarian
# F. C. Toedt; assistant Librarians
Mrs. E. J. Eddy, Mrs. Arthur l.. May
nard and Miss Nettie E. Harris.
The annual meeting of the incor
norated school district will be held II
the high school room Tuesday evening
Tulv is The warrant for the meeting
has been posted this week and the
animal reports of the school officers
will be issued in pamphlet form mex,
week There is no business of especla
inheritance to be transacted this year
Rev. E. Q. S. Osgood's term as mem
Der of the prudential committee OK
hires this year but thus for no oppo,
ss;tion to his reelection has developed
One of the articles in the warrant ask
for an appropriation of 500 WIZ
which to continue the summer manua
training school if thought desirable
This school begins its first term mex
week and the appropriation is aske'
for in case it is thought desirable u
continue it next summer.
The votes of the incorporated
school district of Brattleboro, which IN
cludes the high school, have reason
to feel pleased with the financial con
dition Of the district. The last bont
of the high school building issue ran
1,,o Trlv / and it will be paid b.