The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-08-09

thanked ON either side by hyderangeas
whose large clusters Of pink blossoms are
JOY to all passersby.
The flower beds in front of the village
schoolhouse are in unusually good condi'
tior and display many nasturtium, sweet
pea and marigold blossoms,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Mason and Miss
Mason of Gardner, Mass, stayed over
Sunday with Mr., ami Mrs. A. A. Ma
son and Mrs. Sarah Wilson.
Little Marian Prince is very i'll at the
home of her grandfather, Everett Phillips.
DIR. Miller was called in consultation with
DR.. Osgood the first of the week.
Miss Emma Bushnell, who had been at
tending the Harvard summer school at
Cambridge, Mass. returned to Towns
bend last week and is at G. ii. Willard $.
Miss Eunice Booth who has been visit,
ing for some time at the cottage, returned
home on Thursday, taking with her Miss
Pauline Franklin who will spend two
weeks in New York.
Miss Pearl Thayer is taking a vacation
from her work at Miss Harriet Fletcher
and will visit her former home in Charlie
mont and several other places in Massa'
chusetts where she has relatives.
The Ware Church lawsuit which was
tried at the Townshend inn last week,
was referred to three arbitrator. 9. O.
Fits of Battleboro, Il. p. Adams of MARI
boro and +. b. Pier of Jamaica.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. b. Batchelder, Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. Mason, DIR. and Mrs +.
l.. Osgood and Mrs. Stone drove TO New.
fame Wednesday OF last week to attend
the meeting OF the Pomona grange.
Mrs. John johnson of Avon, ILL.,, a Sis
ter of Mrs. Lefty Dutton, has been visit
ing in town. Mrs. White lived for years
on the farm now occupied by Irving Wat
son but until now had not been in Towns
bend since she went west % years ago.
Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Batchelder, who
had been spending some time with Mr.
Batcheders parents, Mr.. and Mrs. +. h.
Batchelder started Wednesday for their
home in Granite Falls, MINI. They went
by way of Montreal, where they planned
to stop for few days,
Last week Wednesday the Randall, Hol-
land and Franklin families with their
guests packed up their bundles and be,
took themselves to the shade of a large
butternut tree in Park Hollands pasture
and there picnicked to their hearts con
tent Fifteen were present.
j. o. Folett signed the contract Tues.
day to build the Cold River bridge at
Walpole, n. II. 1t is to be a two-arch
bridge of 100 feet span. Mr. Follett has
already contracted with the Webb Gran
itr & Construction company of Marlboro
and Fitzwilliam, n. H., for granite.
Last week Thursday evening a large
heller calf belonging to Herbert Frank.
lin deliberately committed suicide by try.
ing to swallow with its windpipe. The
ncighbors who were called in to the
obsequies were rewarded with large pieces,
of delicious custard pie and were not, it
is to be feared, duly mournful,
We hear that some of the carriages in
town are becoming so cititied that they
must have all the modern improvements
and have taken the basin of the fountain
in the common as a bath tub, and that
this is true of vehicles whose owner re.
fused to do anything toward putting the
fountain in order. What will people do
next?
Last year the grass in the old Wiswell
cemetery grew on undisturbed until people
from out of town visited it and notified
The proper authorities that the hay had
not been gathered. The grass in the
other cemeteries was moved the first of
July but again this year no one pays any
attention to the old Wiswell lot Are
the authorities waiting for visitors from
out Of town?
People living near the Townshend inn
who read in last weeks Reformer that a
family of skunks held up Attorney Bar.
Der are advocating importing a few of
the above mentioned animals, as the rate
at which the members of the legal pro
tcSslon scorched out of town in their
auto after the Ware-Church trial last
week was such that no mere man could
venture to oppose them for fear of ami
hiation.
The members of the Home club (some
driving their own horses, some escorted
by their husbands or their sons, and /
some with Rev. Daniel Mcintyre as driv-
err wended their way up the hill to the |
tollett farm Wednesday afternoon to hold |
their meeting with Mrs. James O. Fol |
lett After the women had sewed on the .
quit which they are piecing and had
held their business meeting a bountiful
supper was served.
a very close game of ball was played
IN Reeds field Tuesday afternoon.
rcwnshend vs.. Grafton, which resulted in
score of 9 to s, in favor of Townshend.
Vt the end of the third inning the score
food to l, in favor of Grafton. Then
lush succeeded Lawrence as pitcher for
'cwnshend and the score for the home
cam began to rise. At the end of the
evcnth inning the score was tied. s to
, but in the eighth inning Osgood made
home run which brought Townshends
core up to 9. There was good batting
II both sides. Mr.. Knickerbocker acted
8 umpire. !
There will be a concert at the semi +
airy hall Tuesday evening, Aug. 20, for :
he benefit of the Townshend public IL !
rary. The Misses Esther and Alice /
ae have been secured as soloists and
Iisa Katherine Frasier of Amsterdam, n.
E, as accompanist. Several of the sur
,unding towns have made engagements
18th Miss Dale SO we are fortunate to q
axe date with her. The concert can v
)t fail to be a good one and the cause
so worthy that the house ought to be Il
led. Tickets will be on sale at f. L.
owes store by Thursday of next week.
he seats will be reserved. il
Last Thursday afternoon it raned SO >
nd that Miss Orinda Dale was uncertain u
neither to spread sandwiches and slice g
mons in preparation for the Dorcas guild 4
tc continue to sew upon the elaborate u
WINS destined to be displayed at '
hroon lake. while John sighed to think d d
at he had given the lawn an extra =
od clipping in vain. AT about the usual 81
ur, however, the doorbell began to ring
d the row of rubbefs and umbrellas on a