The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-19
-Rand mlnstrels May ] and 5.

/ meeting VIII De IN chhfso Oh lhV lVuht
people.
The W, Q, I, U. will hold regu'
lar meeting Tuesday afternoon at !
o clock in its rooms ON Elliot street
The valuable driving mare owned
10y Dr. Il, IL, O'Conuor fell dead OF
heart disease ON South Main street Sat
urday afternoon.
The First Regiment band is prepar'
ing for the annual minstrel show May
! I aud 5 in the auditorium IL is n
well known fact that the band must
give nm entertainment of some kind
each year to secure funds for running
expenses, and minstrel show such as
has been given in past years has PROV
cd the most popular form of entertain
ment.
Rev. Il. Y. Mathison gave a lecture
ON Petra, the ruined city of Syria, in
Festival hall Tuesday evening. The
lecture described in detail all the won
ders of the strange old city and told
OF travelling across the desert to reach
the ruins. After the lecture was CIV
On Mr.. Mathison showed many stere-
opticon slides, giving pictures OF the
interesting scenes aud places around
Jerusalem.
A summer school conducted by the
philanthropic committee Of the Won
an 5 club will be held in the high
school building during the month OF
July. Chester NJ. Green of Maiden,
Mass, a graduate of the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology and a
teacher of several years experience in
manual training, will teach Sloyd and
Venetian iron to boys, and Miss Flor
cnce Goodenough will give lessons IN
basketry and railia TO girls.
Frank Martin, an employe of the
Brattleboro Cabinet company, lost
three fingers of his right hand last Fri
day afternoon by getting in contact
with circular saw. Martin was run
ming the saw and in an unguarded mo-
ment reached too far and the three I'm
gers were severed clearly. He was
taken to the Memorial hospital imme-
diately after the accident and the in
iured hand was dressed. He will not
be able to resume work for several
weeks.
AT a recent meeting of the vestry-
men of st. Michael 5 Episcopal church
il was voted to extend a call to Rev.
w. j. Hamilton of Delaware City, Del,
provided the consent of Bishop y. Z.
4. Hall could be obtained. Congress
man Haskins received a letter Wednes-
day from Bishop Hall expressing his
approval of the action taken by the
church and giving his consent to the
call. Mr.. Hamilton has been in Della,
ware City for the past seven years and
previous to that time spent seven years
in travel and study abroad.
John Martin, a sawyer employed in
the mill of Holden 4 Martin on Blrge
street. sustained a compound fracture
of the left arm yesterday just before
noon while attempting to put large
belt over a pulley. He was using a
stick which became caught in the belt
and he was whirled completely over the
pulley with his left arm under the belt.
Bv the violence of the jerk and the
crushing of the belt his arm was frac-
tured in two places above the elbow
and near the shoulder. He was sent to
his home nearby in a carriage and DR..
Lynch was summoned and reduced the
fracture. He is resting comfortably at
the present time.
There are Gcisha girls, yachting
girls, japanese dancing girls, society
girls and all are pretty girls in The
Mayor of Toxic, Richard Carrie 8
sprightly, farcical opera that will be
the attraction at the auditorium Thurs
day evening. The story is said to be
funny, and the dialogue bright and
snappy and there are number of very
catchy songs. Toxic, Pity Ny Pltiful
Plight, Cheer Up Everybody, Cruising
Home, The Silver Sea of Love, When
the Ocean Breezes Blow, Foolishness,
and | Like You are all good and have
become popular wherever light, tune
full music is enjoyed. The company is
an exceptionally large and well select,
ed one and the scenery, costumes and
electrical and mechanical effects are all
new and said to be the very best prod
ucts of the various crafts that turned
them out.
Joseph A. Fontane, SO, who died
in Greenfield last week Thursday was
father of Joseph d. Fontaine who mar
ried Miss Irma Dion of this town
few wears ago. Mr. Fontaine was a
native of Montreal, but came to the
states when a young man. he enlist
ed in Company E, 14th Regiment, Yer,
mont Volunteer Infantry, and served
on picket duty about Washington,
Alexandria, Wall Run Shoals, and was
in the battles of Fairfax Courthouse
and Gettysburg and received an honor
able discharge at Brattleboro. Later
he lived in Williamstown, Mass, and
in 1869 went to Greenfield He then
went to Middlebury, where he mar
ried. For II years he was employed IN
S. B. Payne's harness shop in Green
field. He was a member of Edwin E.
Dav post. G. a. r., and was man
highly respected and good citizen.
William Fl. Bingham of Boston,
general manager of the Baxter Broth
ers' canning factories, was in town
tbe first of the week to make arrange
ments for the coming season OF the
Snowflake factory IN this town. Mr.,
Bingham says that the farmers VINO
furnished corn for canning last season
are so well satisfied with the profits
thew received that little trouble has
been experienced this year in getting
an acreage that will supply all the corn
factory can attend to. He expects that
verv nearly 100000 cans will be put
mn at the local factory this year. In
former years the cans used in Brattle-
boro were made here but now one CON
Germ supplies cans for all the factories
controlled by Baxter brothers. For this
reason the local factory will not be
...a,.,I until harvest time. The seed