The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-29


Minnie (Carpenter) Akley of Guilford
died Monday night of organic heart
disease.
Tho women Of the universaiist
society will hold their regular monthly
business meeting in the church par,
Tors Thursday afternoon, Dec. 8. Sup.
per will be served ms usual.
Paul ID. Moody, younger son Of the
late d. l.. Moody will speak in the
Baptist church at clock Sunday
evening. His subject will be The CHS.
tern or the Riycr-the Secret of Power
over Sin. Mr.. Moody has not spoken
In Brattlebor6 for a number of years
and there is much interest in his com.
ing Mt this time There will be special
music.
The regular meeting of the Brat.
tleboro Woman Is club will be held next
Wednesday afternoon in Grange hall.
Mrs. l.. A. |. Chapman of Mortified,
Vt, wife of Lieutenant Chapman,
commandant at Norwich university,
will speak on Philippine Experiences.
Lieutenant Chapman was stationed for
some time in the Philippines and Mrs.
Chapman personal experiences there
are sure to prove interesting. The lee.
ture is open to the public on payment
of a small fee
The stormy weather of the past
week has not interfered seriously
with the progress of the work at the
dam site. Practically all the men have
been on duty every day. A shed con
tanning one of the steam pumps and a
boiler was burned down Tuesday night,
the fire catching from some hot ashes
which had been dumped near the
building. As far as the contractors
are able to determine the pump is not
seriously damaged and the loss by the
fire will be slight.
The annual meeting of the Brattle-
boro Woman e Indian association was
held at the home of Mrs. j. NJ. Tyler
Friday afternoon, Mrs. A. C. Daven-
port was elected president and Mrs.
j. M. Tyler treasurer for the ensuing
year. Reports of the year were read
and accepted. 1t was decided TO send
a barrel containing toys and clothing
to the Crow Creek mission for girls
and young women at Crow Creek, south
Dakota. Many interesting selected pa
pers were read. One of especial inter
est had to do with the false face dance
participated in at Thanksgiving time
by the Indians who live on the reserva-
ton in New York state. Another told
of the experiences of an Indian who
was in the Hampton school in Hamp-
ton, Va.
Between 60 and 20 members Of the
Oasis encampment, |. o. .. f., at
tended the annual district meeting with
Eagle encampment in Foresters' hail.
Springfield, Vt, Friday night. Delega-
lions were present from Bellows Falls,
Ludlow, Proctor, Chester and Brattle.
boro. The meeting was formally opened
by Eagle encampment after which an
address of welcome was given by
Charles H. Lockwood, 2. &. r., OF
Springfield. The response for the grand
oiticers was delivered by A. W. Roel
of Brattleboro and the response for the
district by Gerry f. Walker of Bellows
Falls. Then came the exemplification
of the Golden Rule degree by Oasis en-
campment of Brattleboro, under the dl
rection of w. E. Coombs, G. P. After
this sumptuous banquet was served
which was followed by post-prandia
remarks. The Brattleboro delegation
returned about o'clock Saturday
morning.
William f. Shppee of Winhal
brought suit Saturday against the Gal
lup Lumber company of Jamaica, OF
which B. s. Gallup of Brattleboro !:
at the head, to recover damages IN the
sum of $4,000. Shippee claims that he
had contracts to cut about l0,OO0,0Ul
feet of logs in Winhall and deliver tc
the lumber company's mill in the same
town. He says he was to cut at the
rate of about 100000 feet a year ano
that he did so for two years, but tha'
about April / of the present year there
was no room at the mill for more logs
and that he was forced to lay oil
He claims that the company owed mn
at that time about $4,000, which it re
fused to pay, and that the debt togeth
er with the loss on his camp equlppage
and contract amounts to $4,000. The
case is returnable at the June term OF
court in Manchester. Chase q Daley
of Brattleboro are counsel for Shlppee
lC, C. Fits of Brattleboro is attorney
for the company.
Many local people cast weather
eve skyward Tuesday in the nope o.
seeing the big balloon, All America
pass over Brattleboro but they wer'
disappointed. Up to noon the weath
err was comparatively clear with gen
tle southwest wind but at that time l
began to cloud rapidly and soon tn
snow was falling fast. Carrying
seven persons the balloon left Pitts
field. Mass, at IL a. m, and landed II
Canterbury, N. FL, nine miles north
east of Concord, at 4.30 p. m. The dis
lance from Pittsfeld to Canterbury i
1875 miles as the crow flies but aero
naut Stevens believes the All Amerlci
travelled nearer 200. The balloon wa
renorted at Jacksonville between
and 2 clock going in an easterly oil
rection but on account OF the storm
was not sighted again until it pasas.e'
over Westminster. In all probabillt.
the balloon went short distanc
north of Brattleboro although 1t !
possible that it passed directly owe
the town. In the basket with MI
stevens were J. d. Larkin, jr., OF bn1
falo. N. Y, Leroy M. Taylor, +; 4
White and A. Holland Forbes OF NeV
York and A. H. Morgan and }. L. Lor
raine of Cleveland.
The Vermont supreme court, who
sat in Brattleboro last week, has ha N
ed down a decision in the case OF E q
gar II. Davenport against Charles Il
Davenport, case which has at ,aac =
considerable local interest. In l9oo !
IT Davenport gave e. H. Davenport