The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-31
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

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excursion Sunday.
The Ladies' Rnterprise soei.,,
VIII meet with Mrs. George Pnller -,
noon. "''''
Canton Palestine. M. al n n
? T., viii sell icc.eream aud cake on m,
common Wednesday evening. Auy h
during the baud concert.
The Springfield Vt. fair Of wbiel
~ i, Crosby, formerly of fills town. 1,
president, will ho held "Wednesday ana
Thursday, sept. aud 3. Premium list,
have been issued already.
"A service will be held on the com,
mon next Sunday nc $50 O clock. pre
reded bN band concert af sacred mn.
sic. Rev. DIR. Rraislin will preach. N
stormy, he service will be held in the
Baptist church.
II II, Chamberlain has completed
the grand list for the inroTpernteJ
school district which amounts To si5.
OBa.a. The school tax of 80 cents will
raise S32,Sg9.13. Collector Shnmwav
began Monday. TO collect the town. vii.
lagc and school taxes.
AT the fifth annual department con.
Nention OF the state department, United
spanish War Veterans. in Burlington
. X. n
son OF this town was chosen department
surgeon and Col. j. Gray Estev a mem.
her of the council of administration.
! Charles Bashaw of Burlington was
elected commander.
The Boston SUNDAY Post contained
an illustrated article on Charles Cakes
and his icecream tent on the island.
| The article contained pictures of
charles Cakes, tho lone TefreShment
vendor of Brattleboro who is fighting
theN SUNDAY crusaders aud Of the
lee cream tent which is now disturb.
ing the Sunday peace of two states.n
beginning next Sunday the U-nita.
nan church will be closed until the
first SUNDAY in September. Mr. and
Mrs. Osgood will spend the month of
august with friends IN Newtonyille
and Cohasset, Mass. The second Sun.
day in August Mr.. Osg0od is 70 supply
the pulpit of the First church in PLY.
mouth, having thus an opportunity TO
preach to his former parishioners.
According to n recent reorganiza. |
ton of the New England Telephone
company western Massachusetts and |
the contiguous territory is divided into /
four districts Greenfield is the center /
of the district including Greenfield, |
South Deerfeld. Turner'S Falls. Athol,
Orange. Northfeld, Brattleboro, Bel
lows Falls and Keene, and other smaller
places. +. b. Langmaid, formerly of
Holyoke. Mass. will be district man
ager and will have q exchanges under
his supervision. He will begin his new
duties tomorrow.
The state railroad commission,
John w. Redmond of Newport. $. Hol
lister Jackson of Barre and Eli II. Por
ter of Wilmington. made trip of in.
spection over the West river branch of
the Central Vermont road Tuesday
in company with G. c. Jones.
general manager. W. p Elrod, general
roadmaster. J. NJ Morrison, superin-
tendent of bridges, and J. +. Cole, gen
eral foreman. The party came to Brat I,
tleboro Monday afternoon on the Off
,ial train and left Tuesday afternoon ,
for White River Junction.
The rotary pumps which will re-
move the water from the inside of the {
new Golfer dam on the Vermont side of !
5he Connecticut River Power com !
Dany's scene of operation were started J
Wednesday and the water has been {
owered perceptibly since. The pumps |
nave been run slowly. however. in or G
Ter that the toe filling on the outside {
If the lower crib may be completed
Thus far very few leaks have appeared
md it is hoped that the pumping may {
,e completed by the latter part of next !
week. As soon thereafter as the river
led can be prepared work will be start !
ID on the foundation for the power !
louse.
The first logs of the Connecticut i
Valley Lumber company's drive began i
o pass Brattleboro Sunday afternoon. F
The logs this year are much smaller q
han usual and look as if they had been ;,
objected to an unusual amount OF n
ardship during their passage down the n
iver. Since the first of the week the +
vater has dropped rapidly and, many OF O
he logs have become lodged, on the Il
hores and shallow PLACES, The drive q
his wear is only about half as large as o
sual and should be only short time
assing Brattleboro. A crew of river
zen passed this town in bateau Mon e.
av afternoon on their way to the dam 81
tie to begin preparations for slulclng a
t that point -
Arthur P. Carpenter presided az W
he democratic caucus Saturday night T,
nd Frederick I. Swift was secretary; h,
hese delegates were elected to attend f.
ne county convention in Newfanee, yes AZ y,
,rday: Arthur p, CARPENTER, NJ j. W
[oran. F. w. Childs. D. IL. Davenport G
!. +. Roberts. J. J. Eckels; r. ;. Chllds' M
. w. Roel, J. II. Fitzgerald, p. Y; w Duh' cl
lee, NJ. J. DOYLE, J. G; Henkel, W. A. A. pi
runway p. Fleming, DR.. E. r, Lynch q,
nd D. i. Stolte The alternates were f.
7. Swift. J. G. Ullery. r. e. Dunkleee, o.
A. Boyden, Dennis Duggan, a; L. Ia
ice W. J. Boyce, j. T. Kaine, M. :. vi
a ker John Fenton, H. B. Haus, +. .. ar
oster a. c. Spencer. M. Austin, Jr., in
/. +. Shea and J. T. Baker. be
The commercial course, the new re
,nartment in the high school, Will pc in
1en to seniors and post graduates FOR tic
one-vear course. The course will take pc
, English including business CORE
,ondence, commercial arlthmeticc' he
,ok- keeping, stenograph1yy, tyPe ewinrs Tt
g. penmanship and speil1ng., =. i yun,T, te
III be allowed to take book,keeplng pa
u stenooraphy. In the second year at
a English will include business cor ba
snondence. Graduates in, the com an
ercial course will receive the diploma att
the school Just as those. taxing any tn
ber co,Irse Principal Smith will con pil
Ier # a favor if those who expect to fin
ira nm the commercial course Will no th,
" ~ him as early as possible in August uis
The vacation school which -. closes s III
u nnce and has been fitting seeguel at
last 10 ct summer IS splendid story: Ches- ee
. i" Greene has accomplished In TOUR Oh
,aks with his 81 boys an amount o. eA
,rk that seems incredible tnoug5 ~
, efforts have been unremltung anu ~
has given freely of his aIter4 Trons f Ha
the bows who cared to return. f fL9ni 1 Toi
.mentary whiting 70 70 . ca,ian low low
J loe wo , of every boy has been ms 70 70
:. wa. ottainment. Miss Olive Wealth 2G1
~ bao ;nsnired such regular at ~