The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-31
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

To meet the demands of their rap
idly growing Wholesale business, Dun.
ham Brothers have leased the third
floor of the American building annex
and will use it as n storage warehouse.
Arrangements are under way for
the meeting of the Great council of
Vermont Red Men at Springfield
sometime the last of August or the
first of September. II. +. Harris and
Col. c. a. Miles are the delegates from
the local tribe.
The women of the Baptist society
will hold their first food sale of the
season in the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms Sat
urday afternoon, June !, at 2.3O. 1t is
the intention Of the society to hold
these sales every other Saturday
through the summer months.
The selectmen were called to Is,
| teyVille Wednesday morning to ascer,
tain if possible the owner Of u Shep-
herd dog that killed a hen and nine
chickens belonging to Il. j. Phelps OF
| Organ street. As yet the animal s
identity has not been established,
Jerome Hall, an inmate of the
| Brattleboro Retreat, returned to the
institution Saturday night after being
absent about week. lie has left the
| institution several times before, al
ways returning within a few days
Saturday he returned voluntarily as
far as the edge of the woods near the
Retreat buildings but the assistance of
attendants was necessary to induce
him to enter the buildings.
The events of the interclass track
meet of the local high school, which
will be held at the fair grounds June
7, are as follows: 100 and 220 yards
dash, quarter, half and mile run, 22O
yard hurdles, running high and broad
jump, shot put, and relay race. There
is some talk of having a potato race
and % yards dash for the girls. 1t is
expected that there will be a large
number of entries but all are not in
yet.
Miss Harriet f. Rallon of Nor
wich, Conn, has been appointed teach
er of French and German in the high |
school, her duties to begin with the
opening of the next school year, Sept. !
1. Miss Rallion is graduate of the
class of 1902, Tufts college, and since
her graduation has had four years
successful experience as teacher of |
modern languages in the high schools |
of Norwalk, Conn, and Willimantic,
Conn. Last summer was spent in study |
and travel in France and Germany.
Traffic along the railroad was held |
up at the Depot street crossing We'd
nesday afternoon for a short time by |
broken stringer on a truck upon
which Lyman Il. Holden was moving a
boiler The boiler weighed between
the rails the stringer, a timber eight
inches square, broke and allowed the
boiler to fall upon the tracks. After
an hour work the boiler was lacked
up and a new stringer put in place af-
ter which the boiler was loaded upon
a fiat ear to be taken away.
AS he was returning from New
fame last Friday afternoon in his new
Rambler runabout Attorney II. G. Bar
Der passed through several exciting ex-
periences A short distance above the
pumping station there is piece of
sandy road with an abrupt slope up on
one side and more abrupt slope down
on the other. Suddenly the front
wheels began to "wobble" and the
started to climb the bank.
After some argument the motion was
over-ruled and the machine rolled back
into the road. A second later it tried
the same trick and the third time it
ran into a tree and smashed one of the
front lights. After this the engine
refused to run and another machine
was called from Manley's to tow the
disabled leviathan to the garage.
The annual meeting and dinner of
the stockholders of the Brattleboro Il
Whitehall railroad was held Saturday
in the Brooks House with an attend
ance of 95. The mastication of the
dinner and the election of officers was
the main business. When the dinner
had been made away with the stock
holders elected the following directors:
J. w. Melendy and A. E. Cudworth of
South Londonderry, +. B. Pier of Raw
,onville, j. A. Muzzy of Jamaica, Jo-
,iah Taft of West Townshend, E. B.
Batchelder of Townshend, 0. L. Sher-
nan of Williamsville and d. A. Benson
If Newfane. The directors elected the
following officers: President j. W.
vice president, E. B. Batch
,lder; treasurer, c. A. Boyden of Brat
leboro; auditor, j. L. Martin of Brat
leboro; executive committee, A. E. d
Judworth, o. L. Sherman, and the '
PRESIDENT, ex-officio. President j. w. t
takes the place of Judge E. t
!. Waterman, who has been elected !
hyperion judge since the last annual !,
Meeting of the stockholders. Mr.. Mel +
indy is GO years old. He was state ;
enator from Windham county in 1890 y
md is ex-sheriff of the county. a