The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-29


last meeting previous 10 the hnhua'
village meeting next Friday evening
The body Of Lorenzo d. Elmer
who died in Millcrs Falls last week
Wednesday, was brought here aud
buried in the family lot in Prospect
hin cemetery last Friday afternoon
The listers give notice that they
will take up Inventories OF taxpayers
at the listers office in the town hall
Monday, April |. Blanks can be pro,
cured at the town clerks Office or OF
the listers.
-Walshs Crystalplex company OF
glass blowers which comes TO Grange
hall next week under the auspices OF
the Pilgrim Fathers, is well known IN
Brattlcboro rs an entertainment OF
the highest class.
Henry A. Carpenter of Newfane,
whose business card rs pension clam
agent appears in this issue, has assist
cd Col. Hunt for several years IN the
pension work, and at the request OF
Mrs. Hunt and others will continue the
pension business.
The Hartman lecture on civic i'm
provements at Festival hail Thursday
evening, April 1, under the auspices OF
the Woman : club and the board Of
trade is free and deserves the attend
ance of everyone, not only as n duty
but as pleasure.
The last of the Brooks House as
semblies will be held next Thursday
evening. The committee announces
that il has not money enough TO give
two more dances of the kind already
given but will be able TO give one more
without running behind.
DR. f. X. Newell viii open his
dental offices Monday After long de-
lay the American building is sufficient.
! " finished to allow ingfess by way OF
! the front stairs. DIR. Newell 5 offices
occupy four rooms on the first floor
and are handsomely furnished
A special meeting of the directors
of the Bratteboro board of trade was
/ held in the board of trade rooms Tues
day evening to listen to the annual re
ports of the chairmen of the varlou,
committees preparatory to the annual
meeting which takes place April y
The annual maple sugar supper
given by the women of Protective
grange was held in Grange banquet
hall Tuesday evening. The supper wal
given on the usual large scale and wa
attended by many who went to ENJOY
the product of the sugar maple. Aite
the supper there was dance II
Grange hall for members of the grange
The Twin State Gas & Electric
company will install two new lo'
horsepower Sterling boilers in the pow
er station on Arch street as soon a
there is water enough in West river a
the Dummerston power station to keel
the local street railroad and the elec
trio lights running without asSlstane'
from the local station. When tn
ground settles work will be commenced
on the local street railroad. Bad place
in the roadbed will be repaired an'
new ties will be put in wherever the!
are needed,
The cause of the stoppage in tn
Oak Grove avenue sewer was dlseoV
cred Tuesday morning by lhoma
Lynch. who has been investigating IN
matter for the past two weeks, IN
Ibodv of n small black dog was dlscoV
cred in the pipe about $50 feet iron
the upper end. How the animal 60
into the sewer is a mystery, since tn
man hole at the upper end has bee
closed all winter and the lower en-
of the sewer is over 600 feet from tn
point where the dog was found.
The electric station in Dummersto
was the only thing to suffer in tn
thunder shower which came up Jus
before IL o'clock yesterday morning
holt started Waiting on the wire
from the power station in Dummersto
and a coil was burned out in the pc"
or station there The trolley ears an
lights and power along Nam stree
we're ont of commission until the aux
iliarv station on Arch street was cor
, nectcd after which all went on as DC
fore.
The lecture by Edward I. har'
man. secretary of the Massachusetts
Civic league. is to be held in Festive
: hall Thursday evening, April 4, at
a ,clock. 1t will be illustrated by stert
opticon views. and there will be no az
mission fees as it is for the pufPos
, of calling the attention Of the pupll
70 conditions and flaws in our SUI
roundings that can be remedled' M
Hartman has been the means OF aldlh
MANY towns and cities of Massach'
setts by his kindly criticisms and hell
ful practical suggestions, and 1t
hoped that good results will follow tn
5 meeting for the discussion of our neet
in the way of civic betterment II
Brattleboro.
The attraction at the auditorlu
= Wednesday evening will be the Joshu
= Simpkins company. 1t is a stroh
e rural comedy drama, opening with
. realistic scene of rural home life, shoV
t ING Skinner Tavern with Uncle josh
e Briar Farm in the distance. The p!ia
+ progresses. Astounding with interestln
situations. until the climax IS reache
G in the third act, when human pen
y is helplessly bound to a log to be CT
in twain by a mammoth buzz saw, al
is only saved by the timely arrival
Uncle Josh. Joshua Simpkins was Wrl
y ten with a view of keeping an aud
! ence thoroughly amused, and it full
q carries out the authors intentio
;. The plot is not allowed to inteT RE,
9 with the comedy parts to any exten
: thus producing play that is thrillln
. " interesting and said to conta
{ many laughs. The company carries
:, fine orchestra and the laughable bu
= lesque band.
c Oscar Theodore johnson, Al, di'
y last night at II o'clock at his home ION e.,
n % Birge street after an illness e.. exte en-
ing over the last three years with co
= snmption. Mr.. johnson was born