The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
THE BRATTLEBORO REFORMER, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1907


Several loads of ties have been
dumped at the north end of the West
river bridge and will be used to re-
pair the track of the West River road.
Frederick l., Houghton was unan'
imously reelected secretary of the
Holstein. Friesian association at its
annual meeting in Syracuse, N, w.
yesterday.
Rev. Delmar w. Trout will occupy
the pulpit of the Universalist church
Sunday when chidren's day will be
observed. All children are requested
to assemble in the church vestry at
1915 Sunday morning
In defiance of the season some
merchants have had the hardihood to
erect screen doors and a woman was
seen on the street yesterday morning,
dressed in white shoes and presumably
white stockings besides other wear OF
summer design.
The band concert Tuesday even
ing brought out one Of the largest
crowds that ever attended such an
event, it being estimated that fully
1900 people were on the common lie,
membrance of Liberati, the cornet
solo by Carl Leitsinger, was especially
enjoyed.
Mrs. Mary L. Rudd has sold to
parties in Hartford, Conn, her real es-
tate consisting of % acres of land on
Blue Hills avenue in that city The
land will be laid out in building lots
and developed. The sale was made
through the agency of S. W. Edgett a
company.
Martin J. Schlaugenhauf has sold
his Main street restaurant IN ureeu'
field to Constantine Corsiglia, who has
given the management of the business
to his son, John Corsiglia. Mr.. sehlau.
genhauf has taken a position as chez
/ in the White Mountains lie was for
merly chef at the Brook House.
Two new BARRIERS have begun work
! in the Brooks House barber shop for
James II. Allen. They are James \.
Navlor, who has been in charge OF
the barber shop of the Berwick
House in Rutland and G. \. McCor'
mick of Boston. They are both men
of experience and excellent workmen'
Edward A. Bailey, who is EN-
ployed as electrician by Horton d.
Walker. and Miss Louise G. Gilpatrlck
were married Wednesday afternoon at
$50 at the home of the brides grand
mother, Mrs. Carrie Fitzpatrick, IN
Lewiston, Me. Mr.. and Mrs Bailey
will return to Brattleboro next week
and make their home at S Western
4 avenue.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Brattleboro Water com
pany was held Monday night when the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, II. i. Cham
berlain; directors, E. c. Crosby,
George L. Crowell and H. G. Streeter;
secretary and treasurer, E. G. Phil
lips. An assessment of one dollar a
share was voted
Charles Smith of McIndoes, VT,
who has been a patient at the Brattle'
boro Retreat for the past few years,
died at that institution Wednesday
and it is understood that he commit
ted suicide by hanging. Until about
week ago Smith had been a familiar
figure on Main street and about the
railroad station. The body was sent
to McIndoes Falls yesterday and the
cause of death given on the certificate
was heart failure. Mr.. Smith was
formerly a railroad engineer.
Miss Mary L. Deane, teacher of
history and the classics in the high
school, on account of i'll health will
not give instruction next year. Dur
ing her absence Miss Florence E. Al
len of this town will teach in her
place. Miss Allen is a graduate of the
Brattleboro high school of the class
of 1898, and in 1897 was graduated
from Middlebury college. Since that
time she had had several years sue
cessful experience as 4 teacher, her
special branches being Latin and
Greek.
AT the meeting of Protective
grange Wednesday evening the lee
turer had charge of the program which
included piano solo by Miss Eloine
Franklin. a piano duet by Misses Ger
trude and Florence Barker, a song by
Harland T. Miller, reading by Mrs
Alice Spaulding and a very interest
ing paper on My Winter in the South
by Mrs. Florence Wall. Philip E
Franklin spoke on the topic for dis
cussion, What Is Intense Farming
The next meeting will be held June
10, and is neighbors night.
-Brattleboro chapter, D. A. R., will
celebrate Flag day, Friday, June IA
at o'clock in the afternoon, when
Mrs. j. E. Hall will entertain the
chapter in her home on Chaplin street
The paper for the afternoon will be by
Mrs. +. L. Smith, her subject being
LAFAYETTE and the Contributions OF
France to the Colonies During Theil
Struggle for Independence. Members
are requested to respond to theil
names at the roll call by giving names
of ex-governors of Vermont. Two
flags which were loaned to the com
mittee for Feb. % were not marked
and are still in the hands of Mrs. &. f
Barber. If the owners will commum
ciate with Mrs. Barber she will return
them.
Mrs. Bridget Moran McCabe, 81
died at the home of her parents OF
Beech street Tuesday night after {
long illness. She was born in this
town December 7, 1870, the daughter
of Patrick and and Barbara Moran
She spent the first years of her IRE
here and attended the parochla
school. Later she went to New NorF
and remained there for several years
She leaves father and mother anc
one sister, Miss Margaret Moran OF
this town. The funeral was held al
St. Michael's Roman Catholic churcf
Yesterday morning at s o'clock, Rev