The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-12
BrattIebOrO Local

The women of the Episcopal church
held sale of ice'cream, cake aud can.
dy ON the common during the band
concert Wednesday evening which was
literally patronized. The tables were
prettily decorated with colored ian
terms and a tidy sum was realized from
the sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larkin G. Mead spent
few hours here Wednesday while on
their way from Spoiford lake 10 New
York city whence they will sail to-
morrow for their lone In Florence,
Italy. Mr. and Mrs. Mead have been
spending a few weeks in this country
! for the first time in 30 years. Mr..
Mead stated to a Reformer reporter
that he had been greatly enjoying
himself on his visit here and that he
expected to return next year. Mrs.
Mead who is Venetian by birth, was
also delighted with the country and
stated that she hoped to visit here
again next year.
-Tramplng down potatoes and
grass, nibbling corn and destroying
+" garden sass no longer contents the
misehievous deer in this section 50
they are turning their attention TO the
children. Last Monday afternoon
Grace Sweet and Louise Waite, two
little girls, were playing in a pasture
on the farm near Dummerston depot
which was recently purchased by
George Gregory of New York city.
Suddenly a large doe followed by
well grown fawn came out Of the
woods and made such threatening
movements toward the children that
they fled in terror and sought safety
with Mr.. Nichols, the station agent at
Dummerston. The doe followed the
children almost to the doors Of the
house and every few minutes seemed
on the point of attacking them.
The much-heralded automobile race
between J. G. Ullery's Stanley steam
runabout and a Ford runabout did not
take place Saturday afternoon but in.
stead there was test of speed be.
tween the Stanley driven by Mr.. u
tlery and a Ford six-cylinder touring
car driven by John B. Manley. The
course was a mile on the Putney road
from the Thomas farm to the Walker
place and to prevent accidents the
by-roads and each end of the main
highway were carefully patrolled. E.
J. Waterman and c. NJ. Miller acted
as starters and c. 4. Harris was judge
and clerk of the course. Over 100 spec
tators were on hand and the start was
made about 6.30. Near the Goodall
fountain the two machines were side
by side but at that point the steamers
fire went out and the gasolene ear won
by about a quarter of a mile. II is
understood that considerable money
changed hands on the result.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Annie
NJ. Hopkins against the Boston and
Maine railroad company yesterday
brought in a verdict for the plaintiff
to recover damages in the sum Of
81, $50. The complaint on which the
suit was brought alleged that Mrs.
Hopkins contracted acute rheumatism
and asthma as the result of riding on
train platform from Gardner 70
Athol, Mass, in the winter of 1904. IL
was further alleged that the plaintiff
was unable to get seat in the regular
coaches on account of their crowded
condition, that the doors of the Pull
mans were locked and that in eonse.
quence the railroad company was to
blame by not supplying suitable ae-
commodations. The suit was brought
in the United States court and was
heard at Windsor this week, Clarke c.
Fits appearing in behalf Of Mrs. Hop.
kins and George A. Weston of Bellows
Falls and L. W. Gibson representing
the defendant company