The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22
THE BRATTIEBORO REFORMER, FRIDAY MARCH %, 1907

| tlebOro board OF trade VIII De heid
April ..
Leon Il. whitney filed his petition
in bankruptcy yesterday morning The
schedule shows liabilities Of SSl2.45
aud assets Of Sl30.26, the latter most,
~ in personal property, clothing and
furniture claimed to be exempt under
the law. Mr.. Whitney was formerly
proprietor of the City Lunch room but
sold out about three months ago.
&C. J. Davis of Seattle, Washington,
is spending n few weeks at his old
home in Vernon with his father, G. b,
Davis. Mr.. Davis went west several
years ago and has been there ever
since. While on his way east he
stopped at Denver to attend a bowling
tournament. He is champion bowler OF
the state of Washington and took sew
eral prizes at Denver. He is broth
or of Mrs. Adelaide Davis Reynolds,
editor of The New England Farmer
--Stetson 5 Uncle Tom s Cabin com.
pany played to good sized house in
the auditorium last Friday evening.
The troupe was above the average Of
the companies playing the well.known
drama. The show in itself amounted
to little although the scenery was ex-
cellent and the EliZa'crossing'the'iee
scene was good. The feature of the
show was the dancing by the dusky
chorus which was one of the best exit
billions seen hercabouts in long time
The new metal fling case for the
county clerk IS Office has been put in
place this week and not only adds to
the appearance of the room but facil'
itates the work of the clerk in keep
ing records The ease is about Is feet
long and eight feet high and is painted
dark maroon. In the upper section
are about $50 compartments for legal
papers, while the lower section is de-
voted to book shelves and drawers for
blank forms. The case was made by
the Metal Art Construction company
Of jamestown, n. Y.
Thomas Guiheen is preparing TO
report for the baseball season at ran
River, Mass, April 4. The team VIII
have but two veterans of last year
team rs a nucleus to build upon. The
veterans are Jerger and Guiheen. The
rest are would be s. The list to be
tried out contains many men who have
made a name for themselves IN the
| bush. leagues and il is expected that
under Captain Guiheen they will round
out into a fast aggregation. Guiheen
has been spending the winter at his
home here and is in tip.top shape 10
begin play. During the last season ne
was one Of the lights of the New Eng,
land league with the knock'stick ana
also rs a short.stop. He is expected
to break into faster company within Il
season or two.
Lorenzo d. Elmer, who died IN
Millers Falls. Mass, Wednesday morn
| ing. was born in Vernon 20 years ago.
! He spent his early manhood in Brat
tleboro. where he was in charge of the
section for the railroad. Later he was
transferred to a similar position at
Templeton and II years ago was
obliged by ill-health to give up his pc,
sition. lie went to Millers Falls and
opened a newsstand, which he contln-
ned until the fire of 1895. Increasing
infirmity compelled him TO give up all
business. and his son-in-law, [. Il.
Cook. took il up Seven years ago he
had shock, since which time he had
been great sufferer. The character
istic of Mr.. Elmer's life was reliabll,
ity. He had been a helpful citizen and
kind neighbor. and will be mourned
nv n large circle of friends. He was
soldier in the 9th Vermont regiment
and was wounded on the day of Sheri-
dams ride. Besides widow four
children survive him, Mrs. c. l.. Cook
and Frank r. Elmer of Millers Falls,
Mrs. Fred Rowland of Portland, Me,
and George D. Elmer of Boston. The
funeral services were held today at 10
A. m. and the body will be brought to
Brattleboro, the family burial place.
ireland has long been enshrined
in song and story, but for the first time
in its history it has now been en-
hrined in enduring moving pictures.
Splendid animated pictures of its prln'
| cipal places of interest; the habits,
customs and industries Of its people as
well as its historic and natural beau
ties will be shown by Lyman H. Howe
in the auditorium tonight. The scenes
include n trip through Dublin S prln'
cipal streets. It's many monuments
that speak of days of strife, noble
deeds and enterprise make these PIE
lures extremely interesting. The bank
of Ireland-regarded as the handsom,
est structure in Dublin-is portrayed
magnifcently. The imposing O'Con-
nell and Nelson monuments; the post
office and Trinity college all add dig.
nitv to one of the finest features of
Mr.. Howe S new program. Less dig
nifed but more quaint are the scenes
shown in the zig-zag STREETS of Cork
The vivacity and happy go lucky tenn
permanent of the easy going Celt is PIE
tured to the life The actions of the
typical Irish characters of the old
Clothes Market; an Irish "Suffra'
gette" and the town crier are most
amusing. Barney Castle and its world
famous Blarney stone that has "a dale
of power in it," and Limerick with
its history lost in antiquity give this
production a rare historic value.
One of the most enjoyable events
ever held under the auspices of the
Vermont Wheel club was the concert
given last Friday evening in Grange
hall by William Schuster, the occasion
being the last in a series of ladies
nights. Although a Brattleboro boy
Mr.. Schuster's voice has not beer
heard here for many years and the
larger part of the audience which
gathered Friday evening listened to il
then for the first time. Everybody
was charmed. Mr.. Schuster sang fol-
considerably over an hour without
leaving the stage more than once o.
twice, but his selections were so varied
and his rendition of them so exquisite