The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-09-27
THE BRATTIEBORO REFORMER FRIDAY SEPTEMBER ~, 1907

Il. l.. Durham has bought six
cylinder Ford touring car OF W. b.
Houghton.
Tho souvenir books and postal
cards on the high school will be on
sale next week by the pupils.
AIR. Wales viii hold a reunion Tor
the children Saturday afternoon at
Odd Fellows hall ut ESQ o'clock.
The Grange Sewing society will
meet Oct. 4 friday at $50 a. m. All
are requested 10 bring lunch and
spend the day.
III. O. Coolidge, formerly Of this
town, was granted a divorce this week
in the Rutland county court from
Mrs. II. o. Coolidge on grounds OF
wilful desertion.
The next meeting Of Protective
grange will be Oct. 3. A good pro
gram will be given, including an al
dress by State Master George W.
Pierce, followed by discussion.
Mrs. Cclestia Mott, so, of Hud.
SON street fell from her chair satur'
day night and fractured her hip also
broke or splintered the large bone IN
her limb above the knee. She is as
comfortable ms can be expected con
sidering her advanced age,
-Leslie's Weekly of Sept 90 in its
prize photograph department has as
its first prize picture view OF the
big log jam which occurred at Brat'
tleboro several years ago. The pho.
toeraph was made by A. B. Jordan OF
Brattleboro who receives $40 as a
prize.
"A horse attached to a wagon con
tanning a man and woman became
frightened at the electric ears at the
corner of Clark and Canal streets
Tuesday and jumped suddenly break
ing one tug and the holdbacks. A man
in a passing team held the horse until
IL was unhitched and the harness
mended so that the team could con-
tinue to Main street.
The first of the regular monthly
meetings of the Woman's auxiliary oil
the Y. M. C. A. will be held at the as,
ISOLATION rooms Tuesday, Oct !, at
$3.50 y. m. 1t is earnestly requested
that each member be present ana
hiring the amount earned for the aux
iliary during the summer. The meet,
inc of the executive board will be held
at 2.45 p. m, Immediately preceding
the general meeting
S. W. Edgett & Co. report the
following real estate sales: House ana
harm and nine acres of land IN NORTH
field. Mass, belonging to Hannah T.
Mattoon of Newport to Rev. y. W.
Brown of Glen Ridge, n. j.; 22'acre
farm in South Coventry, Conn, to Es-
tella NJ. Badger of Mansfield Depot,
Conn; the house and lot at 81 Elliot
street, Brattleboro, belonging to MISS
n C. Keane of San Francisco, Cal, to
n. C. Baker of Brattleboro.
Company B of the 10th Vermont
met Tuesday morning in the u. A. ~
hall but did not transact any business
owing TO the absence of several mem
hers who were delayed in getting here
on account of the wreck on the west
River branch. Company K of the 9th
Vermont met at the same time IN the
selectmen 8 room and reelected tht
old board of officers. A dinner was
served by the Women's Relief corps
in G. A. R. hall.
Miss Mary Louise Blanchfield OF
Northampton, Mass, for the past yea
ar more in the local office of the
Postal Telegraph company, and Hu
bert H. Higgins of Buffalo, N. J..
wore married at s clock last even
ING in st. Michael s Roman Catholl'
church by Rev. Father Donoghue Inc
bride wore blue travelling dress an'
the couple were accompanied by
few intimate friends. Mr.. and Mrs
Higgins left Immediately for wed
ding trip after which they Will max
their home in Burlington. MI ing
gins is representative of the American
Tobacco company in Vermont
, The bird hunting season has no
/. opened auspieiously. Reports from
{ hunters who tried their luck indicat
5 that there is a scarcity of partridge
in particular. They seem to thinI
= that the damp weather had somethin
5 to do with the destruction of tn
l Young birds. Woodcock are NOR
: plentiful and some good bags of Their
have been brought in. The woods IN
dicate a fairly good amount Of squii
rels though they are not found IN a
abundance. DR.. George F. Barber
) Charles A. Harris, Hal March and I'll
. nest E. Perry. are the only ones hear
from who have been successful !
bagging much game this week.
: u
AT the annual meeting of the Vel
mont Baptist Historical society at Rul
!. land Tuesday these officers were elect
! ed: President, Rev. George b. Law
Y SON of Brattleboro; vice president
n John L. Alger of Saxtons River; SEE
+ retarv. Rev. c. H. Brown of Saxton
r River: trustees, w. w. Stickney o
= ludlow. L. w. Hawley of Brattlebor'
Y Rev. Eugene Haines of Rutland, Rev
s r. L. Bayliss of Ludlow, Rev. A.
d Gilbert of Passumpsic, A. f. Sherma
S of Ludlow, Rev. Henry Croker
d Chester. President George B. Lawso
e presided at the meeting, and the MAJ
e address and most interesting featul
o Of the meeting was the address
e Rev. A. G. Lawson, general secretar
k of Colgate university, on the subjesc
f The Baptist Contribution to Christla
It Education.
# The passenger train which is d'
i, bare at 9.4O a. m. over the West rlv'
r. branch was derailed a short distan'
is below Newfane station Tuesday NOR
RS ing. Three cars left the track al
If not until the train had gone some d.
A. lance was it stopped. Fortunately u
IL train was not well under way wh'
r the accident occurred and the lives
rs many Valley fair visitors were dout
less saved thereby. Aside from tea