The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

ulltlnuun Ut u Vluch VIII W h'''
Monday afternoon.
Sunshine society, branch |, will
meet with Mrs. 4. 4. Starkey at her
home at number 8 Oak street next Fri
day afternoon at o clock.
The wagon used for delivering
goods by Warmers bakery was stalled
yesterday afternoon in lower Main
street by the breaking Of an axle.
The hour for the meeting of the
local lodge, N. L. o. F., has been
changed from S O. clock to 1870 on ac-
count of the band concerts which come
Wednesday evenings.
During the past few hot days a
gang Of youngsters has been having
the time of their lives playing in the
water on the west side of the river
along the island. The height of the
thermometer has been troubling them
not in the least. They have except
cool. -
The funeral of James B. Frost was
held at his home on the Frost farm Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o clock, Rev. L..
NJ. Keneston, pastor of the West Brat
tIeboro Congregational church, oiliciat-
ing in the absence of Rev. II. h.
Miles. Edwin II. Miller sang two Sc
lections. Burial was in Locust Ridge
cemetery.
Refreshments of cake and ice
cream were served after the meeting
of Protective grange Wednesday even
ing. On account of the small attend
ance the program prepared was not
given. Miss Marion Peterson of New
London, Conn, who is the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. Alvin II. COombs, gave sew
eral recitations.
Probably no man in the state
raised larger crop of Strawberries
| this year than did Walter f. Walker
Of Dummerston who harvested l6,OOO
uuarts-5O0 bushels--in Is days. The
season this year was backward, not
beginning until July !, and unusually
short but the crop was a phenomenally
large one. Mr.. Walker employed as
many as As pickers at time and in
one day they picked 70 bushels.
The thunder storm of Wednesday
afternoon played the usual tricks with
the electric power and lights and the
telephones. Electricity from the air
became mixed with that from Dunn
merston, to the detriment of the lat
/ Ter and ali the motors in town as well
as the street car service were tied up,
Many telephones were burned out and
during the heaviest part of the shower
there was no communication about the
town.
At a special meeting of the wo'
man s auxiliary to the Y. NJ. c. A. in
| the association rooms Tuesday after
noon at o'clock, Miss Addie NJ.
Fay was unanimously elected president
for the balance of the year, the office
having become vacant by reason of the
removal of Mrs. J. II. Blatherwick to
Hamilton. Ontario. Owing to her 9th
er duties Miss Fay was loath to accept
the Office again, feeling that she could
not give up the necessary time with
out considerable sacrifice on her part,
but was at last prevailed upon to ac'
cept for another term.
An embryo race war was started
on lower Main street Saturday evening
when Frank Mancini, proprietor OF
the bootblacking stand, and Fred Muir
raw. a bell-boy at the Brooks House,
became embroiled in argument over the
selling price of a shine from their va
rious stands and started in to settle
the difficulty in the good old-tashioned
way. Their scrap had not proceeded
far when Deputy Sheriff Myron r
Davis interfered and stopped the fight
with the advantage lying with the
Italian forces. Both boys were warned
to keep the peace and no arrests were
made.
All day long Monday passengers
and train crews between here and New
London noticed an odor of carbolic
acid along the road all the way. Later
in the day the scent was especially
strong in the local freight yard and
the source was at last found to be in
a car of the acid which was in the
local yard en- route to Canada Inc
acid is generally shipped in large GOV
cred carboys and it is probable that
one of the receptacles became broken
in some way and allowed the acid tc
leak. The car was sealed with the
government seal and could not be
opened until it should arrive at its des
tiuation. In the afternoon the cal
was sent north.
An exciting runaway gave lower
Main street business-like look Sat
nrdav evening when a horse belonging
70 and driven by W. S. lngraham
manager of the Swift Beef company Z
local plant took fright at a passing
ear and started to run down the hill
Mr.. Ingraham chung to the reins az
thn horse went between telegraph
mole and the windows of Mancinl
Shoe repairing shop and then headel
across the street where the wagon col
lided with another pole just below Mo
ran 3 store Mr.. Ingraham still re
tanned his grip on the reins and stopped
the horse. He was uninjured but The
left forewheel of the wagon was smash
cd TO pieces while the axle was alst
sprung.
Chief of Police Evans has decided
to break up the practice of loafing OF
fine street corners Sunday afternoons
and last Sunday Officer Merton Amidol
was detailed to patrol the streets al
day According to the usual custom
large number of youths and young
men had congregated at the bank cor
ner but Officer Amidon kept then
moving at all times. One individual
who resisted the officers advice tt
move ON was summarily thrown int
the street. In the future but it'll
time viii be spent by the officers il