The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-18

The Red Men : dance last sHtug
day evening was attended ~ w ecu.
pies There WI be another dance ~
BED Men : bali tomorrow higlt
-. Wales. j, wiH hold the chi.
drcu : dancing class in Grange hall
instead 81 Oda Fellows bah owlAs 70
iht large number that have entered
Tive hags thar were loaned T. the
y. A. X fuf use IN decorating Feb, =
were not marked and are still At the
home Of Nrs, q. l. Barber. The own
rrs sau have them hy making them
selves known.
-At regular meeting Of the vi.
lagt hailias last Friday evening ao,
seph +. BroekiugieH was appointed IN
spect0r Of the village IRE alarm sys
TEN IN place Of Carl Aeukel No other
business Of importance was transacted,
most Of the time being devoted 70 The
approval Of bills
AT the annual meeting Of the
Brsitlchoro Mutual AID association
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing yeGrs Chairman, Mss
Mary L. Cabot: wee chairman, Mrs.
q. + Barber; working secretary ana
treasurer, Mrs. 6. ". Tyler. The
members Of the Lending supply CON
mittee are Mrs. Allan u Brown, Mss
Mary T. Fitis and Mss Florence Nc.
Donald. The members q The commit
tee on food for the sick are Miss
Marguerite Tucker, Miss Mary Croker
and Mrs George n Thomas
A lecture on Christian Science
Will be riveu in the auditorium IN
aav. Oct, Is. az : clock by Bleknell
Young. @. :. B.. OF Chicago, H. NJ.
Young is q member Of the Christian
Science board 81 lectureship q the
First Church Of Christ Scientist, B0s'
ton. An extract from Mr.. Young :
lecture says; The present mission
of Christian Science is 70 bring about
and restore normal conditions Of
mind, body and environment tArls.
tan Science discl0ses the action o.
pure and noble thoughts, not only
apou what Is called the human mind
but also upon the human body. The
lecture will be complimentary.
Local coal dealers viii raise the
urice Of coal Is cents ton On al
kinds, beginning the first Of ueXi
month. This is not due 70 8 reported
shortage Of the supply Of coal but IS
made because af the increased cost IN
labor. the price Of horses. the cost o.
feed and the demurrage charged on al
ears that are not gmptlea within ioaI
DAYS. The rate that dealers are com
PEELED 10 pay Is one dollar for eaeh
additional day or fraction thereof.
There does not seem 10 be q shortage
in any kind Of coal No trouble has
been experienced in this direction
during the present year. The follow
iug viii be the new coal prices; tnr-
mace. s7.T5; egg, S7-75i stove, 500
chestnut. SIS; pea. S6@5i Lehgh'
$500 and Franklin, 1925.
-Stillman Graves, a lad Of IS,
crushed his left hand in machine
while employed al the ;. A. Smith
factory Saturday morning The mem
Der was fatteped and mangled 50
badly that il was amputated 81 the
Memorial hospital an hour later.
Graves had charge of a machine for
frueing the rams and tires Of baby
carriage wheels. The machine IS
composed Of Two disks which come
together under pressure, the wheels
being placed between the plates.
Graves carelessly caught his hand be
tween the disks when the fall power
af the machine was applied. No one
witnessed the accident and untI he
boy fell to the floor writing IN az
apv 10 help was rendered, lie haa
been employed but a short time on
the machine when the accident took
place. He is the son Of Stlllman
Graves and lives on Vernon street
While returning from Brattleboro
early Monday morning in a large au-
tomobile truck 4 party Of 70 members
Of Turner'S Falls council knights OF
Columbus. met with an accident which
resulted in serious injury 10 James
Bvnane he received a fracture Of
the right leg near the ankle. The ms
chine was going up steep hlli near
Northheld. when ii became stalled ana
apparentlv unable 10 make the climb.
Some of the party jumped out, while
few remained until the ear began TO
90 backward at a rapid pace. The
emergency brakes failed to operate
and the car went through a fence ran
and poised on the brink Of 2O-foot
emhankment. In leaving the ear Mr..
Bvnane fell under the wheels and both
legs were run over. He was later tax
en- TO his home, The other members Of
the party hired teams and reached
home about 5 O'Clock in the morning.
The services in the Baptist church
Sunday viii he Of unusual interest
because Of the presence Of Rev. }. Z,
Robbins Of Capiz, Panay Island, Phil
ippines, who win speak in the morn
ing at 1880 upon The Future Of the
Philippines and in the evening at $50
upon The Philippines-A Challenge to
Christian America. These topics are
very timely and Mr.. Robbins 5 init
mate knowledge Of the characteristics,
customs and needs Of the Fiipinos en-
abIes him to portray conditions in the
islands most accurately. This young
missionary who went out from New
England. was educated in Vermont
academy. Brown university and New
ton Theological seminary, and has
during his four years on the field,
brought credit to himself and the
homeland because Of his able efforts
The morning service viii particularly
interest the members of the Baptist
church and at that time the annual Of
fering for foreign missions VIII ne
made. The evening service viii be a
union mass meeting participated IN
bv the other churches and the united
cioirs of the village will furnish mu-
sic.
The horse of DR.. H. L. Waterman
rambled around the grounds OF the
,r-..-:.1 hn-,;+a1 Sa+n rdaN nnnn until