The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-09-20

evening at the huA uhlcts
j. J. o'Ncil has bought a Ford
runnbont and will erect a garage for
il in the rear OF his home ON Western
avenue,
a corn roast was held at VIII
Pellerin : on the Capen farm last
evening, many people attending from
this village aud West Brattleboro'
A new lnoleum has been laid IN
the foyer Of the auditorium this week.
This Is a needed improvement and
adds much TO the appearance of the
floor.
Emerson Flagg has nearly com
pleted the work of furnishing the Ar.
mory Apartment rooms in milestone
block and will have them ready for
occupancy Monday.
The Ladies Mission circle of the
universalist church held its annual
meeting Thursday evening, Sept. H.
The following officers were elected;
President, Mrs. j. II. Stearns; vice
president, Mrs. j. l., Newman; secre'
iary, Mrs. w. c. Stone; treasurer,
Mrs. II. NJ. Wood.
The piano recital given nj the
home Of Mrs. J. ID. Barrows, Oak
street by Garfield Morgan of New
\ ork last Saturday afternoon was at
tended by 60 guests who were unani'
nous in their approval of the merito'
rious manner in which Mr. Morgan
rendered the varied selections of the
program.
Tracy Park avertcd serious ae'
cident Monday when he refined the
horses attached to the village hack
into the bank on the hill at upper
end Of High street after one of them
had fallen from stepping on n rolling
stone and broken the pole. The ac-
cident occurred in front of i. A..
Wells s house.
Edward Weatherhead of West
Brattleboro was taken into custody
early this morning by Chief of Police
]. H. Evans rs a result of an over IN
diligence in liquor at the fair IN
Greenfield. In the municipal court
Judge 4. C. Spencer gave him the us
ual fine of So and costs amounting to
5000. which he paid
Reserved seat tickets for the Val
ley fair grandstand will 90 on sale at
7 D. m. this evening at the auditorium
box office. They will be on sale at
the same place Saturday and Monday
from $50 to IL, 1880 to ., and to y
and Tuesday and Wednesday from I
to Q D. m. Tickets will be sold at the
areh-way entrance of the grandstand
each day of the fair. No tickets will
be saved after II o clock of the day
for which they are good.
Watson French has brought suit
this week through his attorneys,
Chase and Daley, against Mrs. Nioia
! E. Miller for the recovery Of par
of Holstein steers French claims
+ that he pastured the steers in ques-
/ ton on the farm at 30 cents week
and that when the farm changed
hands he supposed that they would
be kept at the same price. The amount
| he claims due Mrs. Miller is 81 and
when rendered to her she refused to
accent the money or to deliver up the
Holsteins. The farm in Dummerston
has been attached and the writ is re-
turnable Saturday, Sept. rs.
Mrs. Martha Boyden Snow, n,
died at the home of her niece, Mrs
! Charles +. Knight, 20 Oak street, yes
terdav at noon. Mrs. Snow had been
in failing health for more than year
and the end was not unexpected. For
the past 80 years she had spent the
winters in Palatka, Fla, living the
rest of the time with relatives III
town. She was born in Guilford June
), 1880, and at an early age came to
Brattleboro. She was married in 1SiS to
Oscar E. Austin and in 1879 welded
Charles w. Snow. She is survived by
a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Todd of New
York. two nephews, George A. Feels
and Charles A. BOyden, and two
nieces. Mrs. Charles T. Knight anC
Mrs. Lillian c. Royce, all of this town
The funeral will be held at the house
tomorrow at 8 o clock, Rev. E. Q. )
Osgood officiating. Burial will be il
Prospect Hill cemetery.
The September meeting of the
Vermont society, United State
Daughters of 1912, will be held will
Mrs. George Shea and her daughter
Miss Mary Ritter Shea, at theil
home. 4 Oak street, this afternoon
The guest of honor who will glv'
greetings to the Vermont society
Mrs. William Gerry Slade of New
York. president of the National so
cietv and the organizer and first presl
dent of the Society of New England
women. Mrs. Slade and Miss Shea
who returned recently from a trlI
around the world, will give addresses
The poem, A Dream of The Flag
written by Miss Theodore Peck o
Burlington, an honorary member o.
the state society, will be recited b,
Mrs. Charles Demo of Lowell, Mass
An original paper will also be read BY
Miss Shea. Mrs. Slade came herr
Wednesday and is the guest of Mrs
C. F. R. Jenne, president of the STATE
society.
The concession to sell post cards
on the Valley Fair grounds has beer
sold to the senior class of the Brat
tleboro high school, the profits to b.
used toward increasing the fund TO
the trip to Washington by the elias
next winter. Principal e. b. Smltl
and committee from the class arr
having several thousand post card
and post books of various Fair pic
lures printed and these will be sol
in two special booths on the ground
and in the educational exhibit II
, floral hall. All the supply of Brattle
boro post cards is controlled by tn
local dealers who were not willing t.
pay SIS for the privilege of selling
on the Fair ground, and to protec
themselves from outside competition
the dealers made an agreement, be