The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-10

--Childs & Putnam have moved into
their new Office in the American build
ing this week.
William l.. Warren of this town
has bought the l.. g. Eames farm IN
Wardsboro and will move there at once.
An auction sale of the household |
goods belonging to Mrs b. ID. Harris
will take place Saturday afternoon
May is, at 2 O'Clock.
"A strawberry supper will be served
in the Baptist chapel Tuesday evening |
under the auspices of the Baptist Young |
People union. This is practically the
only money.making enterprise in which /
the union has participated this season
and it is hoped that large number will
attend.
The regular meeting of the Brat
tleboro Ministerial union will be held
in the Brooks House parlors Monday |
beginning at 10 clock. Rev. E. ..
Thayer Of Springfield, VT, will preside
and there will be paper on Ethical
Instruction in Our Public Schools by |
Rev. f. Q. S. Osgood. Rev, J. d. King
of Wilmington will give a paper on
Marriage and Divorce, and Rev. ii. H.
Miles one on the National Peace Con |
ference.
". 0. Jones was severely injured
Monday afternoon by a fall from the
roof of the piazza of his house on OAK
street. Arvine Pike was at work on
the roof and Mr.. Jones stood watching
him when in some way he lost his bal
ance and fell to the ground, distance
of 10 feet, striking on his back. Al
though no bones were broken by the
fall Mr.. Jones was so severely bruised
and shaken that he has been confined to
his bed since and is not yet able TO
move.
General Roadmaster W. ?. Elrod
and a number of other Central Vermont
officials made a tour of inspection over
the West River branch of the Central
Vermont railroad last Friday which was
not entirely successful. The Official car
| left the local station in the morning and
strange to say managed to keep to the
| iron all the way up but on the return
| trip one section of the track near New,
fame resented the inspection ana
dumped the expedition off the rams
Several hours and a wrecking crew sui
feed to put the car back on the track
and the car arrived at the local station
just at night
An exciting runaway and smashup
with nobody hurt startled those in the
vicinity of the corner of High ana
Main streets Wednesday afternoon
I'm l,g IN a
other woman from Williamsville passed
through nerve racliing experience.
They were in a team which was stand
ing in front of the postotlice when the
horse was frightened by passing car
and holted across the ear tracks ana
mn High street. When the wagon
passed over the rails the two near
wheels collapsed and the wagon was
dragged humping along on the axle
The horse was stopped in front Of Bar
her S music store by Fred Clark. Later
in the day another wagon was procured
and the two women returned to their
homes,
The number of railroad catastro
phes in the United States in the year
1907 was increased by one when the
engineer of the West River train
which left the local station at 5.45 we'd
ncsday afternoon, lost his bearings IN
the dense underbrush and allowed his
train to wander Off the rails about two
and one.half miles north Of Jamaica.
The tender left the iron and then the
train stopped The wreck occurred at
100 In tie evening and Yesterday morn
ing a wrecking train was sent up from
, the local yard. The train was placed
hack on the rails with no damage done
save few bent rods and came back to
the local station arriving at , o clock
Yesterday afternoon. During II hours
traffic over the West River road was
held up by the wreck.
Protective grange conferred the
first and second degrees upon class OF
: 10 candidates mt the meeting Wednes
D day evening The second degree was
G worked by the new special degree team
q the officers of which are Philip L
t Franklin. worthy master; J. Edwin
To Lawrence, oyerseer; Mrs. Ellen Lock
e wood. lecturer; Fred Spaulding, jr,
/ steward; Scott p. Eames, assistant
t steward: Miss Helen Thurber, chaplain;
/ Miss Blanche Drown, Ceres; Miss Paul
y inc Miller, Pomona; Miss Gertrude
a Barker. Flora and Miss Clara Eames
.. lady assistant steward. Visitors wert
c present at the meeting from Whining
n ton, Marlboro, Guilford, Vernon, Dunn
r mcrston and Chesterfield, n. II. Th'
third and fourth degrees will be con
- ferred at the meeting of May p.
:. Mrs. Maverette A. Fisher, past ma
k iron. assisted by Miss Zetta Weld al
1 marshal. installed the officers of Bing
!. ham chapter, O. E. s., Tuesday even
ING. The officers for the ensuing yea
l. are: Mrs. Martha \. Swift, worth,
. matron; Milton II, Eddy, worthy pa
5, iron; Mrs. Sarah A. Dickenson asso
K ciate matron; Mrs. Eugenia M. Pettee
secretary; Mrs Mary \. Randall, treas
d urer; Mrs. Isabella S. Lawrence, con
!. ductress; Mrs. Marion C. Combs, asso
f ciate conductress; Mrs. Hattie w. An
= gier, warden; Mrs. Marion b. Weld
4 chaplain; Miss Eliza Rennie, marshal
O Collins l.. Piper, sentinel; Miss Harrie
IS NJ Wells. Ruth; Miss Eloise Nichols
n Esther; Mrs. Janette Haywood, MAJ
, tina: Mrs. Lizzie S. Billings, Electa
f. and Frederick I. Swift, organist. I
It special meeting of the chapter will b
n called to initiate class from Towns
Il bend which intends to organize a chap
le ter in that place.
a Mrs George F. Barber entertaine
the Brattleboro chapter, Daughters o
+. the American Revolution, at her hom
ID on High street yesterday Afternoon
If There was a good attendance and a
II found much pleasure and profit in tn