The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-10

The Il. r. Clark company received
yesterday carload of three Buick au'
tomobles. Two were runabouts and
there was one touring ear. The new
garage will be ready for occupancy by
the end of next week.
All this week o. j. Hale has been
giving demonstrations in the manufac'
ture of pure candies from the raw ma
terial in the window of ID. Frank Shea s
new store. The candies have been sam
pied by many and pronounced o. X.
Marley Brothers received yesterday
carload of new model Ford Runabouts.
The machines differ slightly from those
previously in town. They have wheels
30 inches in height, or two inches high
er than formerly. The bodies are green
and there are running boards on the
sides instead of steps,
-Rollin S. Chlds, local agent, has
received statement from the New
York Life Insurance company stating
that the company has paid out from
January | to April |, S2S4,OOO to 2599
policy holders. OF the number 72S died
! OF pntuUoHlu anu foi ul'u VI N"'o"''F
ton.
Charles w. Pollard Of Washington,
d. c., secretary and treasurer of the
National Society for the Preservation
of Wild Flowers, will give a talk on
| Present and Future Preservation of
/ Wild Flowers before the Baptist Young
Peoples union in the chapel the even
ing of May %.
The summer dancing season at the
Centerville rink will open tomorrow
evening with waltzing party. The
management will have dances every
Saturday night during the summer and
engagements for other nights will be
given later. Music will be furnished
by Leitsinger & Dugan and the round.
trip tickets on the electric cars Will
hold good for these Dances
There will be a demonstration of
cooking by gas in Grange hall May q,
%. 90 and "a by Mrs. C, +. Draper of
Hamilton, O., employed by the Twin
State Gas & Electric company. Mrs
Draper is an expert and will show
methods of cooking with gas stoves in
the morning of each day from until
-. In the afternoon of each day ways
of cooking different kinds of foods VIII
be shown.
Freight conditions in the local rail
road ward are worse if anything than
they were a week ago. All the sidlngs
are filed with ears and the main lines
are frequently blocked to the delay OF
passenger trains. The Central vermont
train due in Brattleboro at SD wed
nesdav evening was obliged to wait in
the lower ward one hour and forty min
utes before it could get clear tracB
to the station.
Caleb Willis, IS, died at the Home
for the Aged yesterday morning after
an illness of two weeks duration due
to general breakdown incident to al
vanced years and heart disease. lie
came to the Home seven years age
from his farm in Vernon which he ha6
conducted for several years. Up Il
two wears ago he was able to be about
p and do light work. He was born Apr
IL, 1922. He leaves but one relative
Henry Willis, a nephew living IN Merl
den Conn. The funeral will be helt
saturday afternoon at 2 O'Clock at the
Home.
N. Coumanderous, representing th'
United States Soda Fountain company
was in town yesterday taking measure
ments for the new soda fountain whlcl
will be placed in the central store o.
. the American building by Philip Thorn
ne and Peter Alexander. The fountain
: will be 10 feet in length and contain J.
different syrup compartments me ma
. terial will be onyx. The fountain AM
y store will be lighted by electricity AM
: MANY lamps will give an abundance o
LIGHT When completed the store WI
be the equal of any in the state and tn
: soda fountain will be the largest
= town.
: Several changes have been brough
q about in the local freight yard durin
q tbe mast week. W. F. Duffy has bee
= transferred from New London to tax
, the position of night station agent. l
4 fine past there has been but one agen
. and now the work will be divided be
h tween J. NJ. McCraw, who came her
n three weeks ago from st. Adams, an
Il Mr. Duffy. Bartholomew Riley, nigh
G ward master, and Richard Heaphy, var
clerk. have finished work for the Cei
tral Vermont railroad on account of
. ont in wages. f. J. Lavelle left yestel
=, dov morning for Amherst, Mass wher
9 bn will take the position of static
II !, aGont He was accompanied by Home
Il Tonsor the auditor of the railroad.
n A pretty wedding took place Mt tn
s home of Mrs. Henry A. Chaplin on 70
e est street Monday evening at 7 o'cloc
II when her daughter, Miss Marion Parn'
Ie Cbonin. was united in marriage to ART
d mas Orlando wilkins by Rev. Il. Z.
Is Osuood. The ceremony, which was WI
1t messed by a company Of 10 guests, u
s. Immediate relatives of the two famine
IS fool, place in the parlOr before a ban
Ie of laurel and carnations The bride VIZ
prettily gowned in white pongee an
10 carried bouquet of Enchantress earn
Y. tions. Her travelling gown was
:, brown panama cloth. After the Ger
ID monv the guests and the newly Marie
n connle sat down to a dainty weddll
a. lunch and then Mr.. and Mrs. Wiki
q loft in an automobile for South Verne
as , Where e they took the train for Bosto
r, They will be gone for several days a
u fer which they will make their home
=; = Cedar street. The groom is the SC
IN If A. w. J. Wilkins and is employed
IN tbo Brattleboro Machine Works. II
q. bride has been employed as stenogr
ID pher by E. L. Hildreth & company
IS The annual parish meeting Of {
C. Nichael's Episcopal church was he
rs last Monday evening. The report
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