The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-21
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


"A new floor is being laid in the
offices of DR.. Pettee in Crosby block.
Sunshine society, Branch l, will
meet with Mrs. j. u. Hall on Chaplin
street Friday, June 2S.
The next regular meeting of the
w. c. 7. U. will be held at O'Clock
Tuesday in the w. C. Il. U. rooms in
Emerson building on Elliot street.
The open season on black bass be.
gan last Friday and several caught
good strings in West river and at its
mouths. No record catches are report
ed.
A. V. Mays agency has sold for W..
A. Burroughs two houses and five build
| ing lots on South Main street to George
II. Thomas who bought for an invest
ment.
The women of the Baptist society
will have a strawberry supper on the
| lawn in the rear of the church We'd
nesday evening, June 26, at $50. Cake
and ice.cream will be served during the
evening.
-Leitsingcr orchestra of 10 pieces
has been playing four days at Ash
burnham, Mass, for Gushing academy.
/ The Fitchburg Daily Sentinel speaks IN
1 the highest terms of the work of the
orchestra.
E, ID. Whitney returned from
Springfield, Mass, Monday with new
| Stevens Duryea six.cylinder touring
ear. The machine is a deep red color
and adds another very attractive ear
to those already in town.
The annual meeting of the Ma
tional society, United States Daughters
of 1872, state of Vermont, will be held
at the home of the registrar, Miss Della
NJ. Sherman, Thursday, June q, at 3
clock. The cabinet council will meet
at go for important business.
DIR. Louis Pettee was badly injured
by the "back kick" of the engine IN
his motor boat Sunday afternoon. lie
was attempting to start the engine
when it kicked and struck him on the
right wrist tearing one of the liga-
ments and spraining the member badly
He will be unable to work for a few
weeks.
Thomas McGrath was saved from
drowning Tuesday afternoon near the
engine house by the work of two com
panions, Michael Clarity and Jesse
| Bailey. McGrath had gone out beyond
his depth and was rapidly becoming
exhausted by his efforts to keep atloat
when his two companions went IN and
pulled him out of the river.
The children of the North Main
street neighborhood will hold lawn
partv on Mrs. N. |. Hawley's lawn
Tuesday afternoon from until D
q clock for the benefit of the Sea
Breeze rescue mission. Candy and lem
onade will be sold and the young peo-
pie are hoping for large attendance
If Tuesday be stormy the event will be
held the next pleasant day.
Work preparatory to moving into
the new telephone exchange IN tine
American building is rapidly nearing
comnIetion and the date for "cutting
over" to the common battery system
has been set for June 20 at midnight
II is expected that the change Will ar
feet the service only slightly if at all,
the only trouble being likely to ARISE
from mistakes in connecting the wires
in fine cables. After the operating
force gets well acquainted with the ne"
hoard the new exchange will be thrown
open to the public, :,
The last number of the High
school Dial for the year was lSSueu
Yesterday. The paper is larger by
eight pages than usual and contains IN
od1itidn TO editorials and jokes, the
nrooram of commencement, lst OIL
The graduates, the president S address
hv y Murray Frost, the class oratloh
by Harry c. Sargent, the class song 'ne
words of which were written py H. LES 'E,
lie Frost. the ivy Grafton by fi9rence
+, strong. the ivy ode by e. Murray
Frost the class history by Miss Marion
r Simonds and Miss Pauline ). Miller
and the class prophecy by 0Ienham
Jones. ,uo
A hearing was held before Judge
r T.. Martin in the United STATES oio
trct court Saturday on the Petlcion VI
creditors for the appointment OF re-
caivor of Thomas Brady's estate III
Rarrp An involuntary petition to nave
Mr. Brady declared bankrupt IS Peha-
mo The court appointed Richard A.
H@ar of Barre temporary receiver, con.
ditional upon his filing pohu ~ ~
Gqn00 There was also hearing on the
notition of the receivers OF the 81; al,
hams Street Railway company TO haEo
the priority of all claims against Cno
raiIroad established. The court aPpolnG,.
90 i'i Rogor w. Hulburd of Hyde Fark
ou W master to take testimony 10
sPot and r. E. Cushman OF burning,
. -" anneared for the receivers ana
IT, Harris of Worcester, Mass
a lu,l for the Jerome Marble estate'
Which ii is the largest creditor
A meeting Of the executive com III
,,;t4oa of tbe Valley Fair ASSOCIATION
ma as' hold in the Brooks House SATURDAY
"iab+ when the final arrangements lol
the FACING schedule for the next Iali
S Ca d b and 26 were made f .I,
t;oppiiv everything had been dec iis4Io
r ,,1, before then, but there was lI ny
1 III about one of the classes l nv no
Ell schedule is as follows: flfSt u%S
% "a pace and 2.3O trot, purse q 900
90 stake pace, purse sou; "a ,d pa
and oil trot, purse $500; second aa i5oo.
Sl7 mace and 2.14 trot, purse 7toJ'
9'3 20 Stake pace, purse $500; 2,S2 ttT II
nurse n,py $500; third day-free,f9 9 F;ari'
Purso sfOo. 2.2l stake trot, purse $ &ooo
! Pu - mace and 2.23 trot, purse 49, .
M M: max makes a total of $1,000 in purses
f hniS the regular races, and in addition paial