The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-08-30
THE BRATTLEBORO REFORNIER FRIDAY, AUGUST &c. 1907

Tickets for Hadley's moving pic
lures are now on sale.
bingham chapter, o. Il. s., vii
resume meetings next Tuesday evening
after an intermission of two months.
Principal Il. Burr Smith will have
Office hours in the High school building
Monday and Tuesday afternoons from
2 until 3 clock and will be at his
home on Green street Monday AND
Tuesday evenings.
Nothing further has been found
out about the identity of the person
who is supposed to have set fire to the
Donogue barn in Jacksonville last
week but the authorities are still in
vestigating the matter and expect 10
have something to report within
short time.
The Vermont state rural letter
carriers convention will be held at the
Junction House, White River Junction,
Sept. 2 and and will present good
program. There is important business
TO be transacted which makes it i'm
portant that each county be repre-
scented by a full delegation.
Only fair.sized audience attend.
ed the performance by Guy Brothers
minstrels in the auditorium Saturday
evening. Early-season minstrel shows
are generally crude entertainments ana
unless the dramatic appetite is very
keen endowment of them Is more or less
of an effort. The show that the Guy
Brothers organization offered could
not be called first class in every re.
spect but it possessed several good
features and to the easily satisfied was
satisfactory.
A hearing was held before Judge
j. l.. Martin in the United States DIS
triet court Monday afternoon on the
motion of Elisha May of st. johns
bury representing J. j. Quinlan d com
pany of Boston, to have the verdict
against the company, obtained by r;
| T, Holbrook of Newport set aside and
Judgment arrested. Mr. Holbrook sued
the company to recover the price, IN
terest, dividends and rights of some
stocks which he purchased through a
certain Brady, an agent of the com
many. He secured a verdict of $42Oo.
Judge Martin took the matter Of
granting motion under consideration.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Farnum and
Mr.. and Mrs. W. +, Mixer went to
Jacksonville Wednesday to attend inc
regular meeting of the Pomona ana
| North River Oranges. They maze
good time with two horse teams while
five other representatives, Mrs. A. A.
Barker. Mrs. Charles Oaks, Mrs. +. d.
Wilson. Mrs. r. l.. Frost and Mrs. But
Ter "made haste slowly by going in
an auto and arriving at the appointed
place, Jacksonville grange hall, just
three hours behind time. The delay
caused come confusion in the previous
" arranged program as Mrs. Barker Is
Flora of the organization and her re-
port was among the first numbers on
the program.
The annual reunion of Company J.
4th Vermont regiment, was held IN
Grand Army hall Wednesday and the
members had dinner at Hall s restau
rant. Eight members were present
and letters from two members were
read, also a letter from Mrs. >. Il
Rawsou of Jamaica announcing the
death of her husband, which was the
only death of a member of the com
pany during the year. y social camp
fire was held and these officers were
elected: President, W. II. Miles O.
Tewnshend; vice president, Charles
Dunklee of Greenfield, Mass; secretary
and treasurer, F. II. Niles of HalifaN
These were constituted an executive
committee to arrange the date ans
place of the next reunion.
DR.. G. r. Anderson and JOSEPH
Martin narrowly escaped serious IN
iurv in an automobile accident at Wi
nooski last Friday. DR.. Anderson, WIZ
has been touring in his ear since TN
: close of the Vermont National guar'
encampment, sent for Mr.. Martin las
Thursday and the two started TO
Brattleboro the following day. AT thu
end of a stretch Of level road the ma
chine suddenly struck a deep water
bar and as the car came to eartl
again the front axle snapped, allowin:
one of the wheels to come off. MI
Martin was thrown a considerable dis
lance by the force of the collision VIII
the road but escaped with slight injur
les to one ankle. DR.. Anderson wa
driving the car and was not throw
out although he was cOnsiderabl.
shaken. The machine was repaired
Immediately and reached Brattlebor
, Saturday evening.
ROYAL f. Scudder, who gives hi
age as IS, gave himself up Monday t.
Lieut.. Thomas F. Ryan at the recruit
ing Office in Springfield, Mass, stat
ing that he was a deserter from trool
) f, 18th cavalry, United States army
He was turned over to the guard a
, the United States armory and VIII D'
held until disposition is ordered b.
| the commanding general of the depart
ment of the east, whose headquarter
, are at Governor s Island, N. Y. Scud
, der was enlisted by Lieut.. Ryan a
, Brattleboro January o. Troop E wa
} stationed at Fort Meyer, Va, AM
r about April 10 Scudder left withou
permission, induced to do so, he said
, by others. When 10 days had passe'
and he had not returned, he became I
, deserter and was afraid to go back
He has been working in Connecticut
good part of the time. He finally de
termined to go back anyway, and s.
5 went to Springfield and gave himsel
= up to Lieut.. Ryan.
) Mrs. Emily Ann Smith, 67, died o
anemia at her home, 4 Green street
Monday afternoon. She had been i