The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-09-27

yer millinery IN ready Tor Inspection
Mrs. w. +. Neal.
The ladies of the Baptist church
viii hold second hand clothing sale
In the vacant Y. NJ. Q. A. rooms
next Thursday, Friday md Saturday,
Oct. B, 4 and 8. Other useful second
hand articles will be offered for sale
besides clothing.
The poisoning OF English. spar
rows, a necessary measure Mt times,
should not be praetised until the mi
grating birds have left. Otherwise
the poison is likely to be taken by
birds for whom II is not intended. IL
is as yet too early to attempt to poi
son the sparrows.
Edwin d. Nash of New London,
Conn, according TO adyices received
from New London, has resigned ms
position as assistant superintendent OF
the Central Vermont Railway company
in order to take the general manager
ship of line Of railroad recently built
in Costa Rica by the United Fruit
company. Mr.. Nash's resignation will
take effect at an early date.
During the month of October the
clerks at the local post office will be
unusually busy. They will be obliged to
keep separate the mail of each class
| that goes to each state in the union
and weigh each package, and for a
week they will have to count the num-
Der of pieces of each class of mail that
| is sent from the Office every day. rms
work is necessary to conform with or
ders which have been received from
the post Office department at Washing
ton.
-Brattleboro defeated Northfield,
Mass, in two out of three matches IN
tennis Friday afternoon on the North
End club courts. The feature match
was that between Harris of this town
and GRAY of Mortified, which the lat
ter won in straight sets. Harris
PLAYED an excellent game but he was
outclassed by his opponent, who show
ed some of the finest tennis ever seen
here and won without apparent effort
The scores were 60, Sc, SO. Greene
beat Pentecost in gruelling match,
AZ. 1911. SO, and c. II. Thompson de-
feated Phillips GA, 6.S. The match IN
doubles was given up on account oil
darkness.
The suit of John Manley against
John Retting over the right of way
TO the Marley house on Green street
beside the Retting block on High
street, is discontinued rough the sale
of both properties to -. W. Edgett q
Co. real estate agents The Rettine
block was sold last fall to Henry X
Brown. but the transaction was never
completed owing to the Manley SUIT
Mr.. Manley claiming that the prop
ertv he owned had right of way
which could not be sold. Mr.. Edget'
saws that he holds the properties foi
Investment and can not tell whether
be will offer them for sale later or not
The Twin State Gas and Electric
company received its new eight,ton 70
tarv converter from the plant OF th'
General Electric company in Sehenec
tadv. N. Y, Saturday and had the ma
chine in place SO that 1T augmenre'
, the Centerville station this week. I'M
converter was shipped from Scnenec
tadv Sept. IA and arrived in Green
field early last week. 1t was delays
there for some time but at lengt
was started for Brattleboro Thursda.
NIGHT. At South Vernon it was hei'
nm AGAIN under orders that no heav.
. freight should be sent to Brattlepof
until after the fair, but by sending.
: nan 70 south Vernon and telling hin
10 remain with the car until IL wa
headed for Brattleboro the eompan
|, finally succeeded in getting the ma
chine here.
r There is a feeling of great anxiet
Y among the lumbermen in regard 10
0 nest that is working on the youh
nine IT is in the form of worms 0
=. maoeots which attack the tops
9 young trees and kill the last year
4 growth. Apparently the trees are NJ
n killed but the growth is very serlou;
;. " handicapped As yet the pest
!. not heard from commonly, but
v some lots there has already been COZ
!. siderable damage done. Should 1t p'
v come necessary to protect the youn
q trees Il will be difficult to determine
motbod which will be effective. Lun
: hermen have also been more or les
, Harmed at seeing their pine trees tax
!, nm a reddish color and the tonnage al
( narently die. This has not peen
seriously considered, however, as IL
, behaved that the difficulty is onl
y With the foliage due to natural cause
:. The Measures of the theatres
IS season are to be greatly enhanced =
e the presentation at the anditor NJ
n Tuesday evening of Sweet KITTY De
e lairs comedy in prologue and fo'
e acts nv the greatest American plia.
\. wright David Belasco. me pa
|. shonld be more than good if it hol'
n - Tho traditions which have clustere
VI obout the name and fame of Mistre
Il Pollairs and those who have watcn'
# tho career of David Belasco reail
/. tha+ in presenting this play indicatl'
Of the 18th century, he IS giving
\. theater patrons work far apoVe W :,
# ordinary, which delighted New 10
II for an entire year. 1t is a matter
.. h;s+orv in the theatrical world I'd
!, - IN every production by this master
10 al art no detail is overlooke
~ : a I'D that every artistic effect OF N
ID Belasco's vast resources SURROUNDS S,o !
"a n avarv offering. Sweet Kitty Bellal
= will will be presented by company
T. T. over mlr 40 people, carrying its own see
~ o orv and the mere announcement W
~ IA suff,;ce TO start a long string OF p'
se ohasers of the best seats as soon
m the sale opens.
ty Legal technicalities as s., TO ,oH Mni
rs town had jurisdiction OF the pooy
r. Viii william PRetteplaee involved the
st charities of Vernon and Hinsdale,
II IT'i in controversy that kept