The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-19
BJuttLebOrO Local
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

10 a expected that n new chapter
oil, urH.r of the Eastern Star will
..aaI n Townshcud within a few
aras. ...--
v..re will be a business meeting
..'. ,a.nbrrs of the Baptist Young
... union in the chapel the even
n,u. AlTil 80.
..Iuwt.k Relief Corps will serve
..,.T I'm a.. 4. r. hall Wednesday,
a.. "a. tnm $50 to p. m. The
ma.. !. invited.
Mark Gilbert Spaulding, one
.....nai ,uu OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred },
s..r.5iar died ut their home at 20
r,r.I street Wednesday morning,
r.. infant never had been well and his
i.gfn WAS not unexpected. They have
.ymrathv of the community in
th.r bereavement.
"A good sized burglar scare was
..arrrl bv number of imaginative
GTlrap living in the vicinity of &C.
iar .ra MYRTLE streets early in the
,"o.t An investigation of the report
.t,p.J fhat the foundation rested upon
q, .r.d Hebrew who had been seen
ai,rg III, street gathering old iron and
other junk.
-preseclIe closed his week S enter
tqirmppt in the auditorium Saturday
cyouipg with about the usual stunts in
bynrotism With all his subjects hyp-
rotizoi he imbued them with the idea
,ra, they were on roller skates and
tIr;r movements were ludicrous. Fri
lgy NIGHT there was a one ring circus
ami many stunts were performed.
The evening entertainment in con
re,ton with the Congregational fair
Nav is to be under the direction of
Wales. who will present among 9th
or features a Red Riding Hood dance
Nv lG little girls. This is said to be
miouc and pleasing and to contain
same SURPRISES. 1t has never before
been produced in Brattleboro.
Henry Temple Piper, three-months-
old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l.. Pip
or died at their home in Esteyville
Tuesday night. The child had been
healthy from birth but was taken sud
denly III the morning before the night
when he died Mr.. Piper is the local
raporter for the Vermont Phoenix and
with his family has recently moved
here from Springfield, Mass. The peo-
pe Of the town who have occasion TO
know Mr. and Mrs. Piper deeply sym
pathizc with them in their loss. Flu
neral services were held yesterday at
trrnoon at the house, Rev. E. Q. 5. Os-
good officiating, Burial was in Morn
iugsijc
Tile annual meeting of Bingham
chapter, 0. L, s., for the election OF
officers for the ensuing year was held
in Masonic hall Tuesday evening. a
SUPPER was served to members and
their families at $50 and the election
followed the reports of the secretary,
treasurer and other officers. Follow
Ing is the list of officers elected: Wor'
thy matron, Mrs. Martha Swift; wor'
thy patron, Milton Eddy; assistant
worthy matr0n, Mrs. Sarah Dickinson;
secretary, Mrs. Eugenia Pettee; treas
urcr. Mrs. Mary A. Randall; conduc-
tress, Mrs. j. e. Lawrence; assistant
conductrcss, Mrs. Ida Coombs. The Of
fcers to be appointed will be an
uonnccd at the next meeting of the
order
A delegation from the Greenfield
union Of car workers and inspectors OF
the International association waited on
officials Of the Boston g. Maine road
Saturday and handed in resolutions,
not only from the IS members of the
Greenfield union, but from the car
workers of Springfield, Northampton,
North Adams, Bellows Falls and
South Vernon, asking an increase OF 20
cents a day in their pay. If granted,
the request means an increase Tor thls
class Of employees all over the system
The delegation was received courteous
" by the officials, but no answer was
gwen TO the request. Representatives
from all the unions mentioned met at
Greenfield Friday evening, and the dis
cussiOn of the matter of the increase IN
pay lasted until 2 o'clock Saturday
morning,
TO the number of attractive stores
IN town a new one has been added by
D. Frank Shea. who has remodelled his
property on Elliot street. The build
ing has been entirely fixed over. Inc
basement is to be used as fish market
ana has been fitted up with new asbes-
tos lined ice chests and porcelain tit.
nngS. The ground floor is to be used
as grocery store. This part has re-
celyed the most careful attention, with
new plate glass windows added IN
'front.' new metal ceiling and new
electric lights The upper floor OF the
pudding will be used as a residence by
mr. Shea and family. A full line OF
|h will be carried both fresh and
Sated, and a choice line of groceries,
especially canned goods, will be Kept
III stock MIR. Shea will do business on
basis Of strictly cash on delivery.
The drama, As Ye Sow, which has
caused No end Of talk throughout the
entire country, will be produced at the
auditorium tomorrow afternoon ana
evening. Rev. John Snyder's play
Geals with New England people, and
III particular the men and women OF a
Ilall town on Cape Cod, where Rev
"oAn st, John is pastor of one of the
rru lVche Into the quiet life of TINS
a n,ue place comes all of the passion and
EAlr Of the great world outside,
breaking for a time the serenity OF life
lOE the villagers. The working out OF
Anotty problem in sociology-the
s'efnal problem of the love between
leA and women-cOnstitutes the Sc
r r portion Of the play, while love
, NV less powerful, fills in the pauses
oIl a rather more cheerful effect, the
human r'lan and more humorous aspects OF
~ mug grand passion being shown in the