The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-12

lism al The sp@nihg u tho meEeln
service 10 the Congregational ehass
!. nahday, fhis service Hlli be devote
|. 10 GhildrsAis day exercises,
/. Tho T~in nlAIe Gas and fiecsTl
eampahy k4s received THE seek = cal
load 81 q zach sas ppe which siil b
nse.i "a imIasVs tho distributing 81
lem 90 Canal street aad Prospect Mi
Al.eai $50 feet u ihls Plps wiii b
laid immediately.
Fire ia the rear II l. II, YauSuy
eaal sheds an the river bahk frida
evening" gave the hTcmeh siabbor
fight faI an hour An alarm lrpm bal
Sd az s.l0 brought the hFc depaTtmeh
promptly 10 the scene, The cehieat
~ the chemical engine MAS not snhi
Client 90 qurli THO blaye aud a line q
hose was laid from tho hydFani nea
the BTaitleboFo House, A quantity q
larrod paper aud rubbish made goo,
material for the IRE 10 work Ia ans
il was some time before the nTemel
could set Al ih. blaze. No damage wa
done 10 any 81 the buildings.
Tho trustees under the will Of Tho
mas Thompson for the fund left for the
benefit Of the srams,frssess, needieNe
men aud shopgiFls in llmillebofo, VI.
and Rhineh.ck, y. ", have received
many applications for aid from persons
outside Of those towns This has been
due 20 4 mistaken impression gained
1 from report 81 the recent litigation,
60 the effect that the use 81 this fund
was 10 be extended 10 other towns, The
/ Judge made a remark that such a
course might be adopted under certain
circumstances. bat ne such course j.
under contemplation by the trustees.
Miss Edith Elizabeth Cray, daugh
ter Of Mrs W. II. Cray, 81 Canal street,
aud Charles Lewis Raymond Of Water.
bury, Conn, were married al noon Mon.
day at the home Of the bride by Rev.
Luther N. Keneston. The double ring
service was used. The bride wore a
white serge suit and the couple were
unattended Only immediate members
Of the family Of the bride were present.
After wedding dinner the couple
drove TO South Vernon where they
boarded a train for New York city.
After a short trip Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond will make their home at 80 Ridge
wood street, Waterbury. Mrs. Ray,
mond has been clerk in the store Of
%. y. Pratt several years The bride
groom is manager OF the Douglas shoe
company in Waterbury. Mr. and Mrs.
RAYMOND received many gifts, includ
ing presents OF cut glass, china, and
silver.
Arthur W. Childs and Fred ". Put.
nam, Vermont and New Hampshire
agents for the Travellers Insurance
company. have completed arrangements
TO dissolve partnership July ], Mr..
Putnam will have his Office in Brattle'
boro ms formerly and Mr.. Childs will
make his headquarters in Manchester,
which has been his home for the past
several years. Childs & Putnam took
the Vermont agency for the Travellers
Jan. ~, 1895 and added New liamp'
shire to their territory two years later.
During the ten years the firm S bust.
ness in this state has averaged $780,.
900 annually, and in the two states the
firm has written 100000 insurance
in ten wears. Child Is q Putnam cele.
brated their tenth anniversary in bust
ness Jan. IL of this year, receiving
at that time from their various agents
applications representing $4,000 in
new business.
The friends of +. X. Barrows are
him TO considerable good |
natured ioshing on account of an ex.
perience he and Fred l.. Howe had on
a canoe trip up the river early this
week Instead of going to the trouble
of polling their craft through Hastings
rapids they took off n considerable por.
ton of their clothing, put it in the ca.
noe and began to wade, towing the
canoe after them. When part way
through the swift water the tow line
parted and the canoe containing the
clothing floated down stream. Mr.. Bar.
rows, having on more raiment than his
was obliged to hustle down
The railroad track as far as the Connee-
lieut. river bridge where he had the
good fortune to find a motor-boat own.
n who was about to start out. A short
distance up the river he met his runa-
yay canoe and took il back upstream.
"A substantial addition to Brattle-
Doro s merchant marine is the power
,oat which John B. Manley recently
bought of J. II. Brink of Bellows Falls.
The boat is 20 feet long with Z IL
loot beam and contains 25-horse-
power, four.cylinder futile motor. The
,oat is so constructed that the propel-
or turns in a cylindrical tube, this ar.
.angement being to reduce the draft.
The boat was used on the Connectl-
nut above Bellows Falls last year by
George Van Dyke of the Connecticut
River Lumber company. 1t was put
nto the river below Bellows Falls last
friday afternoon and began its trip
o Brattleboro with crew composed
# Charles Cakes, Dominick Belleville
md Benjamin Akeley. The motor had
lot been adjusted, however, and re-
used to work regularly so the sailors
we're obliged to spend Friday night in
barn near East Putney. They re-
umed their voyage at daylight Satur.
lay morning, reaching Bacon s wharf
t about s a. m. The boat is being
thoroughly overhauled this week and
7ill soon be in commission.