The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-08-02

PfoaPeVt ior goou crop,
A large tree was struck on the War
wick road in the last electrical shower
and split from top to bottom.
Mrs, Wallace llolton and children re.
turned from Mt. Tom Tuesday, where She
has been visiting her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs, II, H. Mason We're called
to Troy, n. H., this week on account of
the death OF her brotherin.law.
The logs are running very thick in the
river but the rear is still some distance
north between Brattleboro and Bellows
Falls.
The ball game OF last week between
the Turner's Falls ard Mortified teams
resulted IN score OF to 2, in favor of
Mortified,
Mrs, Jessie Abbott has returned TO
town after an absence of several months
and it is reported she has spent the time
IN the west.
The campers returned from Wawon-
arssa last Saturday evening and several
members of the Alexander family spent
Sunday there.
Mrs. Perham, who has been living on
School street east of the village, goes to-
morrow to Orange, where she is to live
for the present
Mrs. Harwood Proctor recently enter
tanned Mrs. Eben S. Proctor of Athol
and daughter, Miss Edna Proctor, who is
a teacher in the Boston schools,
George Field has returned from visit
ing his son, George, who is located near
Boston and reports little or no improve
met in the condition of Mrs. Field.
The Unitarian Sunday school will dis.
continue lessons for the next five Sundays
and program provided by different
classes will fill the time for the usual
work
Miss Mary 4. Becher has closed her
house and gone to an invalid's home in
Jamaica Plain. Her many friends are
hoping the change will prove beneficial
to her.
Mrs. Rush and her daughter, Mrs. Bos-
Ter from New York, are guests at Per
hams inn. They have spent summers
here for several years and at one time
were occupants of the Field cottage.
Mrs. Symonds and three children from
the west are among the guests at the
summer boarding house managed by Mr..
and Mrs. Harness. The son, Frank, has
finished his vacation and returned to Bos-
ton.
Wallace Holton has opened branch
lewelry store in the East Mortified drug
store. 1t is under the management Of
Miss Nettie Stone and a substitute is
taking her place in the store in Web
ster's block.
Small black and white animals are not
pleasant companions for an evening walk
as several have discovered recently, and
in few cases the chicken roosts have
furnished the principal dish for the sup
per of those same skunks. Numerous
traps and shotguns have helped extermi-
nate a few but there seem to be plenty
left.
The drainage of the reservoir east Of
the village led to the arrest OF three boys
aged about 10, Ambert Cummings, George
Guyot and William o. Clair, last Friday
and they had hearing in Greenfield
on Saturday The boys promptly pleaded
guilty. From their story it seems they
we're fishing in the reservoir and wanted
particularly some big trout that were IN
it so conceived the idea of draining OIL
the water. They were bound over for
trial yesterday.
News was received Tuesday of the
death of Dudley johnson, 81, in Spring
field. He was native of this town, son
of Henry Johnson and after time went
to Holyoke, where he lived for many
wears, afterwards moving to Springfield.
He married Mary NATION of this town,
whose brother, Charles, is resident here
,, Resides his widow he leaves eight chill
dren and "a sister, Mrs. Sarah Billings
If This town. The funeral will be in
Springfield today and the burial here this
afternoon commital services to be held
in the village cemetery,
Announcement cards have been re
, ,,aved of the wedding of Miss Ethe
, Beers to Joseph Gersham Cook in Biller
lea July q Besides the immediate
, members of the families there were but
few invited guests. Mr.. and Mrs Coos
went Immediately to their home II
Northampton and later are planning te
r visit the jamestown exposition Aihons
, the wedding presents was an elegant ma
) hogany desk gift from Nor1hlielu chap
2 fer Order of Eastern Star, OF whlG !i
, Miss Beers was valued MEMBER Win
A resident of this town.
$ There was a hearing Tuesday before
. .Tohn w. Mason of NORTHAMPTON as spIc
: o o;oI master in the case of Martha Wright
I h~ her conservator, DR.. n. P. Wood
] AGAINST Dwight G. Wright. The case
wbich has been in the courts Tor TN
last FIVE wears. was sent to the specla
D master mas ~ from the superior court to- SCI
how ,'%T'e much the plaintiff had received Oh
a a,T of alleged support which the cour
/ had decreed her entitled to under TN
. vii, Of her father. Reuben Wright, OF TN
f not proper op charge on the real estat
i and and that she had money o. her , 9Wl
n TIi has been spent in her support; MIS- Ms
+ Wright is old and. feeble in NON mina am ha
J. body. A decree of about 5000 90 IN m nj
+ favor has been made. The case WI w.
r eventually reach the supreme ,, coure
Henry j. Field is counsel Tor the t GonI be;r.
# tor and Lyman w. Grlswold Ior elie ne IL
n Several interested citizens attehueu I'll