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


pany Monday.
DIR, Thomas Rice has rented rooms
and 6 in the new American building
and has moved his office furnishings
from the quarters which DIR. w. H.
Lane formerly occupied, The new Of
fees are commodious and airy and es'
peeially well fitted for his use.
Togo, the valuable Boston terrier
belonging to DR., Henry Tucker, was
run over and killed by a train near the
West river bridge Tuesday afternoon
The dog followed Holton Davenport to
the swimming hole near the bridge and
wandered upon the track where he
was hit,
On Friday evening at the Baptist
church Miss Alice White of Montgom'
cry, Ala, will speak of her work there
over 20 years ago Miss White, New
York woman of fine culture, established
this school and she speaks out of n very
rich experience. An offering for her
work will be made.
p. II. Hadley of Bellows Falls, who
was chosen second lieutenant Of Com
Ipany Il Monday evening to fill the va,
cancy caused by the promotion oil
| Lieutenant Lawrence, enlisted in Com
pany | of Brattleboro three years ago
and took part in the manoeuvres at
Manassas ms well as at Mt. Gretna,
lie was transferred to Company Il
when it was mustered into service.
The program for the third annual.
Z II.
Field Day association, which will be
held in Brattleboro Sept. 2 on the Val
lev fair grounds, has been issued this
week and promises a full day. In the
morning there will be a band concert
and ball game while the afternoon will
be devoted to a competitive drill for
cautons and a program of athletic
events.
D. F. Shea and Bert Spaulding re-
turned Wednesday morning from
Springfield, Mass, with a Cadillac De
livery van which Mr.. Shea will use IN
| his business. The van is one of the
first of its sort to be used in town and
has attracted much attention. Mr.. shea
Gpures that the machine will do the
same work at less expense than horse
He also has a new delivery wagon to
use in his fish business.
Charles X. Field is on his way
from California to Brattleboro with
the ashes of his father, Henry X. Field,
who died in California last month.
Mr.. Field was former lawyer IN Brat
tloboro and Montpelier, and for the
past 20 years had been resident man
ager of the New England Mutual Fire
Insurance company in San Francisco.
The burial will be in the family lot in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
The Sunday school picnic of the
Methodist church was held at Brook
side park in Centerville Wednesday
but the heavy shower of the afternoon
marred the pleasure of the event. Din
ncr was served but just as the shower
came up the party returned home by
trolley car. The Universalist Sunday
school picnic was held the same day at
Spofford lake and the same shower
spoiled the affair. The party returned
home in the heavy shower and every
body was drenched.
Floyd. Henry Prouty and Miss
Lena Mabel Wheeler were married
Wednesday evening at the Methodist
parsonage by Rev. A. II. Webb The
couple were unaccompanied and as
soon as the ceremony was over went
to live in the Watercure building
where they have rented apartments,
The groom is employed by II. NJ. Bar
rett on the Bradley farm and the bride
came here a short time ago from
Wardsboro. She is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Emery Wheeler.
The case of Mrs. Eva Bell of this
town against Daniel Gallup of Whit
ingham was to have been tried in the
municipal court Saturday. Mrs. Bell
charges that Gallup unlawfully convert
ted to his own use 90 bushels of pota'
toes and half ton of hay which were
her property She seeks redress. When
the trial began Charles S. Chase for
the defendant moved that the case be
dismissed on the grounds that it was
out of the jurisdiction of the local
court. Judge Gibson took the motion
under consideration.
The unwritten law cuts more ice
so to speak, than the written law
There are vacation schools where man
ual training is taught in Brattleboro
and Windsor. In Brattleboro the Wo
man s club is back of the movement
In Bellows Falls there is a small army
of BOYS from 10 to II years old who
have nothing to do in vacation. A
manual training school would be q
mighty good thing for them. Here is
! hint to the Bellows Falls Woman &
club for next year if the Brattleborc
experiment proves successful.-Bellow'
Falls Times.
A force of men has been at work
all this week in giving the Ullery build
ing a thorough house cleaning both in
side and out. The front has beer
painted a cool dark green and the int
rior has been washed and painted
The part of the second floor which was
reached by a stairway from the Moran
& company's store has been changeo
over for an Office by taking out the
stairway and laying a floor over the
aperture. Two new swinging doors OF
! plate glass will be placed at the en-
trance of the top stairway. The tor
floor has been changed over into ar
! apartment which is occupied by Mr.
{ and Mrs. E. f. Coxson.
1t was announced yesterday that
John McCraw, who has been station
, agent here for the past four months
, will be transferred to the New London
end of the Central Vermont railroad
August l to succeed o. ]. Howe, who
will enter the employ of the New York