The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-28
De witt Grocery Companv
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


Burrows 4 company coal office
will be closed Tuesday and Thursday
evenings during July and August.
The W. c. 4. U. will hold food
sale tomorrow afternoon at its head
quarters ON Elliot street from . until 6
o clock.
The funeral of Eli Clark was held
at the home of his nephew, J. T, Hill.
dreth, on the Putney road Saturday
afternoon at o clock, Rev. II. r
Miles officiating. The body was buried
in the Locust Ridge cemetery.
-Winona Verneta, the infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert O.
Ware, died Tuesday afternoon at the
home of her parents on Oak street.
Funeral services were held yesterday
from the house, Rev. II. X. Miles Off
ciating. Burial was in Morningside.
The Stephen l.. Dutton farm in
Dummerston has been sold through a.
V. Mays agency to Marcus l.. Rob
bins, who it is understood has pur
chased the place as a summer home for
his son. Merton Il. Robbins of Chica.
90. The timber on the Dutton farm
has been bought by Holden & Martin
THAT weather again. During the
years 1873 and 1874 the writer lived in
Vermont. a little northwest of Brattle'
boro. One of those years the snow in
front of our home measured over three
feet deep MAY 3. There was sleighing.
One of those years there was bank Of
snow back of a neighbours house the
first week in June sufficient to cool a
hog freshly butchered.-Athol (Mass,)
Transcript.
The Anti-Tuberculosis league of
New Orleans recently decided to erect
sanitarium on the cottage plan and
accepted the design of Crosby 4 Hen,
KEEL. architects. Francis w. Crosby of
that firm, a son of Mr., and Mrs. Il. e.
Crosby of this town, has been chosen
secretary and treasurer of the Teehnol'
orv club of the South, an organization
recently formed by graduates of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mrs. Jane w. Davis, who deals in
| imported laces. claims to have mac
about 800 worth of goods stolen from
! her home within the last few months
She saws that about $40 worth of the
merchandise has been returned ano
she hopes that the remainder VIII be
Forthcoming before legal steps become
necessary. Mrs. Davis lost number
of valuable coins in a similar mannel
a short time ago but most of them nave
| been returned.
--Brattleboro lodge, New England
Order of Protection, will have a baske'
picnic at Harvey Mobiles in distnc
! No. 6 July A and the occasion Will b'
made very enjoyable. The committee
in charge has arranged for ditferen
contests such as potato races, PIE eau
ing contests, etc, for which prizes VII
he given There will be speaking an,
recitations and ice-cream and cake Wi
he served. In the evening there VIII
be a large display of fireworks Ie9m
have been engaged to accommooaV
all who wish to go.
The horse attached to the denver ",
wagon of the Twin State Gas " EleG
trio company became unmanageaoi
Monday afternoon on Maple street AM
began to run. In spite of the e orr
If w H. Bryant and E. NJ. Smltl
who were in the wagon, the ANNA
+rrnnd the corner at Canal street a
snch speed that the wagon struck Tn
cnrb and was overturned Mr.. Smlt
landed clear of the gehicle but MI
Rrvant was caught beneath It, some
one promptly sat on the morse e eea
while Mr.. Bryant was extrlcated lrol
his perilous position and with Ihe eH
cention of a few minor bruises he wa
nniniured. Mr.. Smith escaped unliur
The funeral of DR.. G. E. Sevel
ance was held at his residence at NO
North street Saturday afternoon aV
q clock and although the funer"l W.! we
nrivate large number Oh lninleu in"
TTaIa tives were there besides laLs
doIegotion from the Knights Iehlpia
Tho foral offerings were IN great pr
fusion Rev. D. L. Sanford OF beilo"
rails conducted the funeral services
The absence of a local Episcopal re,
tor The body was taken to oheiOI ~:
nail for burial. Congressman M M
| tredge Haskins, Col. II. e. layiUr' w
| G. 4. Miles, James B, RanGon Gno wv
! l,am Fl Vinton and Farley f. crow
all Knights Templar acted as oeafei
The seventh grade vacancy 1 c[ga
ID nv the appointment of Miss M"p |,
a. nn IL to succeed Miss Williams, + +
a appd is to be filed by Elizapetn "
l Cgoweil. Dennis, Mass, nlgh S0n Inv
I graduate. student of syracuse ob Gr
5orsitv and of three years tea aInlI
,orionce in Connecticut schoCi
NJ Me- Crowell has resigned as sen,
4 teacher aa1 and principal of the o oene,
teacn n9 IN Northfieid, Conn., to aceel
scno1 pra ~ position. Mrs, Hem
\ II. Crosby has resigned .S So and h,
4 drawing in the public sc Noon F Flor
n Mace is to be taken by Ml9 e +ha Rra
\ PiIG oodenough, graduate Oh t me "a
4 L. l;o, 49, hig6 school and for the p"
4 e sioDo vears supervisor of art III 'n0 pO
4 lev Eo schools of Orange, Mass
\ ~ Mrs Josephine E. Henderson, d9 ro :
4 one Of the best known Ia eO'J was owe
J J dents of Springfield, Mass INV was . we we
I come bv heat while ATTENDING aa mo Al
: COM r IN that city Tuesday evening evening e. a.
ainS few moments later OF heart 10, 10
: uleo She had hurried to the cnu .,
l. ulo, On time for the ceremony g.
t TO pe sba entered the crowded ve' ),
r when sue e,;nt Her friends helped II
became nomfortable position and CAV. ~ u
to a cum o;a as was possible and TN
such aiu 40 N onditorium. Durll
: t Hen ceremony Mrs. Henderson i,, a5' a fe
Iast breath. A physician I arrl Efrs. He
r l l,,or, eI before she died; MIS- Mas