The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-15


Mass. will preach in the Universalist
church Sunday morning at the usual
hour,
The body of Mrs Maud a, God
dard, 80, who died at the Retreat tues
day. was taken TO South Londonderry
Wednesday night for burial
The Ladies' Catholic Benevolent
association held the last of its whist
parties before Lent in Eagles nan
| Tuesday evening Enough players were
present TO I'LL 10 tables. The prize was
won by Miss Hannah Hanlon, and MISS
Helen Leahy received the consolation
Dancing followed the card playing
The annual inspection of the First
Regiment, V. n. g., will be held some
time in March. The date set for the
| inspection of Company is March u
and the First Regiment band will be
inspected at the same time Inc or
ders do not state who the inspecting
officer will be. All field and stan ON
GERS are directed to report at the IN
speetion in uniform.
The Central Vermont railroad com
pany has finally issued annual passes
10 the officers Of the Brattleboro q
Whitehall company in accordance with
the contract made by the two compan.
les when the Brattleboro 4 Whltehail
corporation agreed not to hght iofe'
closure proceedings The central yer
mont management claims that its rea-
son for not issuing the passes sooner
was in order to ascertain whether they
could be given under the present Ia"
of Vermont
The Snowshoe club was entertained
Wednesday evening 10y DIR. and MIS- -
ID. Wilkins. The club met at the re-
treat in the early part of the evening
and took a tramp Just long enough To
set a keen edge on each ones appetite
AZ about Q o clock the whole party
came TO the Brooks House and partook
of supper, as guests of DIR. ana MIS-;
Wilkins, Those present were Dr. ana
Mrs wilkins, Miss Mary Croker, MISS
Edith Stolte, Miss Meta Stolte, Miss
Marguerite Tucker, Howard Wellman
George Wellman and Dan stolte'
Judge f. W. Gibson, captain OF
ComnanV |, V. n. g., sent in his resig
nation last week and the Resignation
has been accepted to take effect nex'
Monday. A meeting of the company Ii
= called for the evening of the same day
IN elect an officer to fill the vacancy ano
any other that may arise through pro
motion. The meeting will be under th'
I presidence Of Col. J. Gray Estey. Inc
report has been in circulation that Lieu
tenant c. H. Davis, who is the losiea
p candidate for the office, would not &c
cent the election owing to lack of time
, when he was interviewed in regard tc
. the matter he refused either to conhrn
or deny the report. In case he refuses
, IN accent the election, Second Lieuten
| ant Louis Henkel will probably b'
] chosen.
Acting under orders from Governor
Proctor. Adiutant General W. Ii. Gil
more has ordered that Company OF
81 Adams be disbanded and mustered
ONT of the service of the state. Ih'
time for the disbandment is set for TO
q morrow. Major Lee S. Tillotson is or
D dered 10 furnish an accounting for al
the officers and men on the muster ROM
e tomorrow and the company Will then d.
5 mustered out of service. When Govern
/ or Proctor was at the school for otllcer'
he stated that there were companies II
l the state which were not conforming u
the national regulations as regards drii
0 and attendance. He stated at the TIME
= that unless an improvement was nouce'
these same companies would be ais
! banded. 1t is not unlikely that th'
0 company will be reorganized,
The senior class of the BrattleborC
high school will start on its trip Il
; Washington next Friday morning OF
: the early train, reaching the capita
= Friday evening. The students VIII re
!, main in Washington until THURSDAY
: morning when they will return to New
York city where they will stay unt
the following afternoon, reaching Brat
. tleboro on the return trip on the lat
!, train Friday, March l. During then
! soiourn in Washington they VIII sta!
= at the Metropolitan hotel 1t is eN
pected that 10 or 10 people besides The
:. class Principal +, b. Smith and Mrs
>. J. p. Elmer will make the trip. The
/. stay in New York city was not original
. " planned by the pupils but the fun(
. is large enough to make this possible
r What remains of the fund will b'
r turned over to the junior class.
i A wheel on loaded steel coal ear
, in a northbound Boston 4 Maine freight
, train. broke about a mile below Tho
coal chutes Tuesday morning. The
+ wheel which was one of the inner oil
the front trucks was dragged along
humping over the ties, until the side
track at the coal chutes was reached
There the train was to be sidetrackeC
to allow the northbound passenger anc
mail train. due at 1905, to pass. Al
the car approached and took the frog
of the switch the trailing wheel caught
on the point of the frog and the cal
4 was derailed. The track was blocked
. and all trains were held up until the
track was cleared at LIS by lacking W
the car, placing a new wheel truck
. under it and then putting the train on
, the siding as had been at first intend
5 ed. A large number of passengers
{ were on the 1905 train and they either
! walked to this town or waited until the
train came up. The train which usual
" leaves the station at. lilo did not
) get away until las, and others were
, late accordingly.
One of the most valuable and i'm
portant of the buildings erected in
Brattleboro the past year was the big
factory of the Estey Organ company
1t is four stories high, 100 feet square
= and is slated on the exterior to con
form as nearly as possible to the other
factories. The new factory comprises
Nos. and 5 of the old series of eight
shops. but it is one story higher 1t