The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09

ne q clock.
n The women of the Method,
v. church will hold food sale 10 EmeI
1. sst block, Elliot street, Saturday afieI
a. hoon from 2 10 d o clock.
~ Carl Leiisinger is PLAYING in ID
ioil, Mich, this week with the salei
= cadet baud, accompanying the Ancient
and HohoTables Of Boston.
Capt, Z, l.. Hall. brother Of :. \
hali OF this town and formerly super
! lhlendent Of schools here, has reeenill
V lakrn the position of librarian at ih
., shclburne Falls, Mass, library, III
II VIII begin his new duties next week.
Men who are familiar with the M
anu downs OF the Connecticut river IA,
4 mat The water ~ lower now than il hai
4 been al any time for H. or 20 years
{ During one season something like .,
( years ago the river was foot or two
lower than II has been this summer.
4, wv, u, Root has been In Montpeliei
this week 20 attend the quarterly meet
. ing OF the Vermont state board Of phaT
/ macy and 10 supervise the examination
Of candidates for certificates a. regis
tered pharmacists. OF the IL eandi.
! dates who took the examinations two
were women.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph 5. Massec X
Of West Somcryille. Mass, celebrated
heir 50th wedding anniversary at their
home Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Masseck
have four children. one of whom is
Rev, Frank l.. Masscek of poislam. ~
y, formerly pastor Of the universalist
church in this town.
Judge y. NJ. Tyler was unable 10
attend the opening of the October
term of Supreme Court in MontDelier
| Tuesday on account Of the injuries
which he received in n runaway aeci,
dent two weeks ago yesterday. lie 4
improving rapidly. however. and will
probably 90 TO Montpelier next week.
"A regular meeting of the local
council. Daughters of Pocahontas. was
held in Red Men IS hall last evening
After the "hurry homes had left a
corn and venison supper was served,
followed by season of sociability
which proved 10 he one of the most
enjoyable in the history of the organ.
ization.
The third annual roll.eall of Oasis
encampment, ]. o. o. f., will be held in
connection with the next regular meet
ing Thursday evening. Grand High |
Priest O. W. llarwood of Bennington is
expected TO be present and a banquet |
will be served AT the close of the meet |
ing Every patriarch whether a mem |
her of the local encampment or not is
invited to be present.
The Western aqueduct association
has a 30-inch tile drain laid from West
ern avenue in Centerville TO the Whet
stone brook in order to protect their
spring on the steep bank from surface
water. The work was done by Crosby
& Parker The same firm has recently
laid tile drain for the Prospect Hill
90, tart lot ION
TO the Connecticut river, passing under
Vernon street, to replace the old
wooden drain.
The 42d annual session of the ma.
tional grange will be held in Washing
ton, d. c.. Nov. 10.17. There will be "A
personally conducted tour from New
England, taking in Philadelphia and
New York. Everything in connection
with the trip will be frst.class and the
rate is very low. Assurances have al.
ready been received that the party will
be large one including the most prom .
inent grangers in New England. Those j
tce to George X. Drake, secretary of
New Hampshire state grange, Manches- !
ter, n. II. 6
The lecturer presented the follow v
ing program at the grange meeting
Tuesday evening: Song, +. NJ. Good 9
enough; readings. Mrs. NJ. A. Fisher. !
Miss Grace Clark. Miss Louise Will q
Jams, Miss Nellie Eddy, and Mrs. Bes- :
sic Franklin. A paper on Home Laun'
Try Work was read by Mrs. Ada Niles. h
Tie subject, What Benefits Were De !,
lived from the Valley, ,FairI was DIS o
.ussed by p. E. Franklin, c. S: Hop n
sins, f. NJ. Goodenough and W. L. r
Banks The program for the next meet n
ng, Oct. 81, will include a magical en- n
by ii. F. Jordan. A II APP /
,lications for the November class must p
,e presented at the next meeting. n
A grange store delivery team load
ID with 60 dozen eggs for the Brattle- /,
,oro Retreat and sundry other grocer m
es stood in front of j. f. Hall Is on m
,hapin street Monday afternoon when Y
heavily loaded furniture van came w
round the corner of Oak street and cl
ollided with the lighter vehicle. The Is
orse attached to the grocery team was in
cross the lawns of L. w. Hawley and y,
FRS. Abbie Fits, spreading the eggs Fl
nd other groceries about without re- 10
ard to their fragility. The animal 10 i,
hen continued down Oak street to the -
orner of Chase where it stopped of its ~
wn accord. No damage was done to i"
he wagon, but nearly all the eggs were -.
roken n,
-Windham county court convened e.
lst Friday morning to finish the So he
allied Londonderry horse case, suit nj
rought by James A. Garfield against o.
delbert Boynton for alleged fraud and III
eceit. The case went to the jury 10
and decree for the plaintiff n n
, recover 1925 and costs was rendered. p,
he court adjourned Saturday. after nv ~.
Don to enable Judge w. W. Miles to n,
t with the supreme court at its Octo- ~, rn
pr session in MONTPELIER. 1t will re- ~,
,nvene Oct. 90 Before adjournment ;n'
ldge Miles announced that most of the 49, 49,
,ses which had been marked on the "a 70,
ial docket as doubtful would be tried, oo
I'd the prospect is that the term will as
, an unusually long one.
What will undoubtedly be a treat sol
r lovers of good music is announced ~
the coming engagement of Knapp s OF
illionaire band in the auditorium to- I'm
orrow afternoon. This new organiza- 20
IN created furore in musical circles WI
herever it has been heard, due not POI
Nv to the brilliant personality OF IT'S nlo
under, Charles P. Knapp, but, to the re- r.
usual excellence of its, individual sh !"
embers. 1t is composed of 40 sololsts, cid cid
d each one is actually sololst IN e ,,ih
ery sense of the word. Mr.. Knapp or w
Sharley'' Knapp, as he is more often e els
lied by his friends and admirers. is a ",
llionaire banker and publisher of ~ ~ !
nobamton and Deposit, N. Y. He "
s one hobby. That hobby is music, :
4 the one hobby horse he rides more ton
an anv other is his band. He has hea
emf money lavishly in its organiza- 81
N and equipment, and the result has noe
an that from the start the band has fci