The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-24
LOCAL NOTES AND oossrP.

through The month Of August there wi
pe no services IN the uniyersaIi,
% sunshine society. branch l. WI,
meet with Mrs. y. A. Thomson a
Western q. avenue Friday afternoon. Jul
7 The :. a. Smith factory bera
fuhhing. hse DAYS week instead q
four Monday, The schedule will h
followed until further notice.
a new iee.water tank has bee,
supplied with ice during The snmme
: by the generosity Of Mrs. Hamilton a,
the crystal Springs Ice company.
The steam roller cracked n wate,
NAN az the corner of Elm and Elliot
\ streets Monday evening and the street,
were Hooded In short time. The breal
was repaired as quickly as possible Ia
prevent the waste Of water from the
Chestnut Hin reservoir.
, The woman society of the First
r Baptist church will serve supper in Inc
lawn IN the rear of the church Thurs.
day afternoon at O o'clock. II the
weather proves nnfavorable the supper
will be held in the social rooms. A cor.
ed TO everybody.
The city council of Fitehburg.
Mass, Tuesday granted permission 10
the Connecticut River Power company
TO erect poles and string wires within
the city limits. II. !. Hartman ap.
peared before the council in behalf Of
the company and stated that II expect
ed to have power ready for delivery by
Jan. l. 1909.
The Sunday school of ST. Michael's
Episcopal church will hold n basket
picnic Tuesday at the Valley fair
grounds. A baseball game between the
choir and the members of the congrega.
ton will be one of the features of the
sporting program. Members of the
Sunday school are requested to meet at
the fair grounds at an early hour on
| Tuesday prepared to make day of
picnicking.
Edmond Kempton. who died Sun. |
day at his home in North Brookfield. |
Mass, was for years a peripatetie |
clock and watch repairer. travelling
through Massachusetts, New Hampshire
there as the demands of the farmers
timepieces required. He was a native
of Waterbury, VT, and spent his early
life in that town. Older residents of
this section remember Mr.. Kempton
frequent visits here.
The summer school at the high
school building, rooms and 4. is open
every day in the week except Saturday
from a. m. until noon. There are so ,
boys under IA. from district No. 2. in
the sloyd class. instructed by Mr.. .
Greene of Worcester. Mass. There are j
80 girls in the sewing class taught by
Miss Olive Weatherhead of West Brat ,
tleboro. Mrs. Leonard. chairman of the !
yoo t;np coban1 enmmittpa of tho Rrat- a
tleboro Woman IS club, is manager. The =
school has been open since July 6, and :,
will continue until July 81, a period of !,
four weeks in all. Any person who is .
interested is invited to visit the school :
any morning and will receive cordial :
welcome from those in charge. n
Two suits against the Lowell Scale
were set for hearing in the >
court Saturday. but as the g
defendant did not appear, Judge f. w: =
Gibson ordered Judgment entered n
against the company by default. One +
,uit was that of the Twin State Gas & >
Electric company WHOSE es clam twas was
against the defendant company, max ~ ~
ne the total judgment .$13s.S9: The 8,
,ther suit was on a claim of $1lS;5S 7,
Iue to Barrows & company. In this !,
ase the costs were the same, 1927, y,
making a total of $130.95. The cases h,
f the state against Arthur Williams, 10
sosa Williams and Fred Grover, for. In 81
oxication, were continued to Saturday. a
There has been much criticism al
ere in regard to the recent lunket OF to
he selectmen and Leominster people TO hi
'ernon, VT. where the plant OF the Sc
Connecticut River Power company Is he
seated. The purpose Of the trip, par,
cularly the purpose Of the seiectmen NJ
n the trip was No investigate and to 10
,arn as nearly as they could the pos n,
bilities Of the new company, and its NJ
hility to furnish municipal light to IN
ne town of Leominster. The criticism To To
made because the company. or Others no no
, whom the making out of the list was a pn
,rned over did not see fit to invite n.
" this inspection of plant that pro- NJ
oses to furnish all the power the town in
eeds for a municipal hghtlng tia M "
le special lighting committee OF the an
,wn. the committee that was appoint 0 1us
at the annual town meeting IN on
arch 70 have full control of the mat b be-,
r of street lighting and of making p
,ntracts. letter in Fitch W
lrg Sentinel. Fa
was INVADED Gay pe, w
no Yesterday by small army of the WI
he of ennomos subsignarius, the ofl on
al name for the small white, moths
hich swarmed into New York city last cor
eek Thursday for the first time since do,
90 and have since been pushing inc
The moths made their APP sW r
arance in Springfield, Mass, Sunday fru
d were noticed in Brattleboro for the we
ct time Wednesday evening When for
ev futtered by the hundred about arc tha
hts and illuminated store windows, tina
,ese insects are commonly known 40 the
~ suri np-worm moths. They do little YES
mage to foliage but the measuring bee
rms which will hatch next sprihg ma
I'M the eggs laid now will eat nearly the
kinds Of foliage and are part1euMIahl tina
fond of maple and elm leaves. ING ne not
.oiish sparrow was imported ABOUT oe ing
ars ago for the express puipose; % hen
the ennomos, su5sig aaa hns The
that species of feathered pest ,h has cid,
i a good opportunity to snow les a tLo mos
in this line during the past '"o trai
vs.. wot
Since the death of Mrs. Nancy A. m mel
oshrook which occurred June rs, CLOS
: 1ei iusfpmments each purporting to be loss
: lnst will and testament have been 1--WE
!, iaS' +he nrohate court. The. result -
: ,, ~ oh he a contest as the two a C
! piyt differ considerably. w. d. was
- Iett fled with the probate court gum
=, " will dated in March ana VII opp,
sso5 bv Mrs. w. B. VintOn, MISS An IN, that
SON SON and II. E. Eddy, In, this VIII for
) so Esferbrook bequeathes the , sum OF OF cou1
I'm 10 her nephew, Don I'll. Miller Oh Their
ttIeboro and $500 in trust 70 an tive,
er nenbew. William Miller OF Greeh ope1
4 Mass. The second VIII, wn1o os sesss