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

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Nh Mcleod OF Boston has been spend.
ing few days with his daughter Mrs,
Alien hgelow,
West River grange held its annual Ice
cream and strawberry festival last Satur'
day evening,
The egg bcater aud the rollingpin are
doing their best to keep up with the
moving machine.
Mrs. Thomas Rice with her daughter,
Dorothy, is visiting her parents, Mr.. aud
Ans, Leslie Lowe,
The Hall boys did good deed aud had
some fun on the Fourth, blasting the
rocks on hill road.
Mrs. Fansworlh and her daughter OF
East Jamaica spent Friday OF last week
at Edwin Fessenden's.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beebe spent sew
eal days last week in Northield, Mass,
returning home Friday.
Homer Ambrose's neighbors enjoyed the
fireworks sent up from his place on tbs
evening OF the Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Wales of Brattle,
boro, who have been visiting Mrs. Green.
returned home ON Friday.
Mrs. McGibbon with her two sons from
Underhil is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Gould.
Mr. and Mrs. William Smith and baby
of BmttlebOro are visiting Mrs. Smith ;
aunt, Mrs. Fred Willard.
Miss Esther Macdonald has a position
in hotel at Bethlehem, \. H., where
she will spend two months.
Allen Bigelow has chi, kens large
enough for market and has already
shipped some broilers to Boston.
Field strawberries are unusually plenti-
full this summer so that strawberry short
cakes aud pink finger tips are much IN
evidence.
Miss 'Abbie Starr of Calumet, Mich I,
arrived in town Monday evening and will
spend the summer with her aunt, Mrs. h.
L. Hastings.
DR.. Booth, who spent some time with
his sister. Miss Lucy Booth at the cot
tage, returned Saturday to his home in
Elmhurst, l.. !.
Miss Florence Jennison of Windham, d
former student at Leland and Gray, was
graduated in June from -thc high school
in New Iiaven, Conn.
Mrs. James ingalls,, who is keeping
house in rooms at Herbert Franklins,
spent two days this week in Bellows Falls,
going there on business.
The settee which has stood so long upon
the station platform has at last sue
cumbed and can no longer support those
who wait for the trains.
Mr.. Chapman of Windham has been in
town taking photographs about the vii
lage and Harmonyvile with view to
making more postal cards.
Arthur Batchelder of Granite Falls,
Mimi, arrived in town Tuesday and will
spend some time visiting his parents, MIR.
and Mrs +. B. Batchelder.
j. 0. and o. w. Follett have purchased
new hay loader from Henry Cobb,
agent for machines manufactured by
Deere 4 Mansur OF Moline, Ill.
Judge Kellogg and his daughter Miss
Susan Kellogg of Westminster were, IN
cousin, Miss Harriet Fletcher.
Those who have read OF the casualties
which resulted from the celebration OF
the Fourth in so many places are thank
full that the day passed so quietly here
Judge Arthur Rugg with his wife and
son of Worcester, Mass, recently spent a
few days with Miss Susan Ross. Mr.:
Rugg is Judge of the superior court OF
Massachusetts.
Fred ODER has purchased the place IN
the village owned by DIR. Rice and will
take possession in September 1t is re-
ported that Leslie Lowe has bought the
Theodore Rand place.
Miss Alice Dale, who has been study
| ing music under the direction OF her
uncle, Bert Kenyon, in Ottawa, Canada,
returned home Tuesday morning and will
spend the summer in Townshend
Prof. John L. Colburn of Manchester
spent Fourth of July with his sister, Mrs.
o. w. Toilet. Mr.. Colburn and his
family will spend the summer at his
camp in the northern part of the state.
Mrs. Rilla Brooks, whose death oc'
CURED last week in SaXtons River, was
formerly resident of district No. IN
Townshend, where she was held IN high
esteem by all her neighbors. Her CHI
dren have the sympathy OF all who knew
her.
Rev. and Mrs. Daniel Mcintyre with
Jonathan started Monday for a carriage
drive across New Hampshire. They will
make a short stop in Nashua and then
90 on to harrington where they will
spend some time with Mrs. McIntyre's
mother.
Those who knew and enjoyed Mrs
Curtis while Rev. Mr.. Curtis was pastor
of the Baptist church in Townshend will
be glad to know that she and her daugh
ter Marie arrived in town last FRIDAY
evening and are occupying rooms IN Mar
tin Sparkss house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus and Mrs. +. S
Coolidge of Fitchburg, Mass, and Miss
Coolidge. dean of the Pennsylvania Col
lege for Women at Pittsburg, came FIJI
day in an automobile and stayed until
Monday at the Townshend Inn, calling
upon relatives and friends in town.
Those who came up from Brattleboro
last Friday on the evening train were
obliged to ride in a coach, the front
end of which was a baggage car while the
rear end contained a very limited number
of seats. As a result many were obliged
to stand. 1t seems hardly right that PEG
pie should pay full fare for such accom-
modations.
Both Judge Rugg and Mr.. Marcus
spoke in the highest terms OF IoWnshenc
saving that they had seen no other toWr
of its size in New England where the
houses and lawns were SO well kept. we
are glad to chronicle that the common
has been moved and the swing-chalrs
have been put in place so that the greer
is at least in keeping with the rest OF the
village
The Dorcas guild met with Mrs. Harry