The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-12

ham county court will convene in the
county clerk s office Monday, Judge w.
IL. Taylor presiding, II is expected
that AT least week will be taken M,
One of the principal eases set for trial
is the Davenport Crowell cause eelebre'
The Ladies' Enterprise society
will meet with Mrs II. IL. Burnett on
Vine street next Thursday afternoon
instead of Wednesday At o'clock.
The society will hold lawn party and
ice.cream sale Wednesday evening at
Fuller park during the band concert
there,
The biennial meeting Of the grand
lodge, Knights of Honor, was held IN
! Rutland Wednesday with an attend
ance Of about 80. c. l.. Piper Of Brat
,leboro was elected grand reporter, H.
| +. Patterson of Putney grand guide, C.
b. Dix of Jacksonville grand sentinel,
J. d. Smonds of Brattleboro grand
trustee for three years and j. O. Stone
of Brattleboro member of the finance
committee.
The Atchison Globe makes the fol
lowing pertinent comment on the ease
of Miss Celia johnson of Vernon, this
state: "Two girls met at the World $
fair. one from st. Louis and the other
from Vermont, became infatuated and
vowed TO be Friends Forever, One was
rich and ON going back to her home IN
Vermont, took the st. Louis girl with
her Their compact lasted three years,
the rich girl sharing everything with
her friend. Then the rich girl got mar
ried and the poorer girl was left with
out home, but instead of feeling
grateful for past favors, she sued her
bcnefactress for $4,000. That S graf
itude for you"
The pay schedules under the recent
raise in pay granted Boston q Maine
cmployes in the maintenance of way
and construction department have been
worked out, and it appears that the IN
creases, which became operative July
|. will average anywhere from to IL
per cent. The wages to be paid under
the new schedule follow: Section
hands, $40 per day; section foreman,
1925; yard foreman, 50; spare crew
foreman, 1926; carpenter foreman,
SIS. Is; carpenters, S2.75; blacksmiths,
S2.75: blacksmiths' helpers, $40;
foreman of steamftters and plumbers,
1926; steamfitters and plumbers, s2.4O;
tinsmiths, S2.6j; rail-sawyers, 500;
painters, $40.
The summer school under the aus
pices of the woman's club opened in
the eighth and ninth grade rooms of
the high school building Monday morn
ing with an attendance of 10 girls ard
SO boys between the ages OF ~ and
II years. The children were divided
into two classes, one in manual train.
ing the other in basketwOrk. The man
nal training class is under the instrue-
tion of Chester Green of Maiden,
Mass, and the basketwork class is IN
charge of Miss Florence |. Goodenough,
who will succeed Mrs. II. H. Crosby
next year as supervisor of drawing IN
the public schools. Over 100 pupils
were enrolled and the classes Will be
increased from time to time through
the summer as those who are out of
town at the present time return. The
school will close August 2.
Work is being pushed on the new
candy store in the American building
and if nothing happens to prevent the
opening will be held next Friday af-
tenoon when free ice.cream soda and
icecream will be given to all visitors.
A large part of the furniture is al
ready in place. The new fountain has
been installed and is one of the most
attractive looking affairs in town. 1t
has Is compartments for syrups and
is built of agate. Over the syrup tanks
is a large mirror framed in quartered
oak. The counter in front of the foun-
tain is built of solid marble slabs. On
the north side of the store are the
show eases and the walls are covered
with large mirrors. The windows are
also fanked with mirrors. AT the back
of the store which is separated from
the front by an archway of lattice
work will be the ice-cream parlor The
whole interior is well lighted by night
by a large number of incandcscent
bulbs. The basement will be used for
storage purposes as well as for a room
in which to make ice-cream.
Local automobiles will be inter
ested in the announcement that the
factory of the Grout automobile com
panv in Orange, Mass, was shut down
Monday for an indefinite period and
an attachment for 100000 placed on
the company's property as the prelim-
mary step in an action brought by w.
L. Grout of Greenfield who is large
stakeholder of the concern. The near
" $50 men who are temporarily out of
employment as well as the residents of
the town hope that affairs will be so
adjusted that the factory will resume
operations soon. 1t is stated that the
financial standing of the company is in
no way involved in the situation as
business has been good and the com
pany has been prosperous. The Circuit
company is incorporated, the principal
stockholders being W. lie Circuit of
Greenfield, G. B. Circuit and K. A. Grout
of Orange. 1t is the understanding
that some time ago the question of re
adjustment in connection with certain
stockholdings came up and that the
outcome was not satisfactory to W. L.
Grout, who, as result, has now in
stituted suit, the writ being return
able in September. The action is I'M
derstood to be to recover money ad-
vanced or loaned.
No more entertaining play has
been offered this season than The Toy
makers, coming to the auditorium
Aug. IA, presented by The Jollities I'M
der the management of Charles F. At
lslnson and James Thatcher. The Toy
makers is by Charles FELTON, Pidgin,
who wrote Quincy Adams Sawyer uni