The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-05

The woman's auxiliary of the y,
NJ. G. 4. will hold a food sale in the as
ISOLATION rooms tomorrow afternoon at
3 o clock,
The regular monthly meeting OF
the Bratlloboro Mutual Aid association
will be held Monday at $50 p. m, nj
the home of Mrs, g. W. Tyler
The Grange sewing society elected
the following officers at a meeting
Friday afternoon; President, Mrs. H.
W. Sargent; vice president, Mrs. sam
uel Adams; secretary aud treasurer,
Mrs. Maverette Fisher directors, Mrs.
{. 4. Lockwood, Mrs. w. II, Haywood,
Mrs. A. l.. Nichols. There will be no
meetings during July and August
AT the next meeting Of Protective
grange, July IL, instead Of the literary
program there will be n social enter
tainmcnt with refreshments Of cake
and ice.cream. The women Of the
grange are solicited to provide cake
All those intending to bring appliea'
tons for the August class for initia'
ton are asked TO present them at the
next meeting.
One of the worst nuisanees that
has been in town for a long time is the
tar melter which is stationed in Arch
street TO melt tar for the tar roof
which is being put on the odd Fellows
block. The smoke from the melting
tar drifts constantly across the street,
binding and choking the passerby
with its sickening fumes. Some scheme
should be devised for preventing the
smoke rolling up the street or the
melter might be placed somewhere
else.
William Emerson, arrested Satur'
day night by Policeman Evans, was ar
raigned in the municipal court Sunday
morning before Judge Gibson and his
case was continued until Wednesday
morning when he was fined Sl5 and
costs amounting to 5000 which was
paid by Henry X. Brown, Emerson s
employer, and Emerson was released,
Emerson is the man who was arrested
early this spring for drunkenness and
signed the pledge TO avoid paying
fine Of So. He has a wife and hve
children dependent upon him for sup
port. He is the only man in this town
who has taken advantage of the new
law which provides that the fine in
the first case of intoxication may be
rcmitted in case the offender signs
and keeps the pledge for one year. En-
crson broke his pledge and eonse-
quently will have to pay the former
fine of So.
Mrs. Joanna Crepe, widow of Cap
tain Thomas Crepe, has been IN town
for the past few days canvassing Tor
her book, Strange but Trae. Mrs
Crepo accompanied her husband on the
sea for 10 years while he was captain
of various ships. Captain and Mrs
Crepo made the wonderful voyage
across the Atlantic ocean in ~ foot
sailing dorv without a mishap and ar
rived safely in England where they
were received by royalty and felicitat
ed generally on their courage IN facing
the perils of the deep in such iran
craft. The daily papers were full OF
their exploit at the time and all mar.
yelled at the wonderful seamanship OF
captain Nfepo III MSat"'iihS
heavy storms and always keeping true
to his course. Captain Crepo com
manded at different times six ships
and four of these were wrecked at diff
ferent points along the Atlantic coast
One went down off Point judith IN
Rhode Island, another at Hatteras
and others lie at other dangerous
shores. Captain Crepo lost his life in
tragic fashion off Point Judith seven
years ago this summer, He was sail
| ing around the point in a small open
boat and that is all that is known for
certain. Several days later the boat
was found floating bottom upwards
and the body of Captain Crepe was
found about four weeks later. 1t is
surmised that a squall capsized the
| boat.