The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-08
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

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the ; o'clock service at the Home fol
The Aged aud lnhrm next Sunday,
Alice in Wonderland was given al
the Retreat Friday evening for the
benefit Of the inmates OF the institu
lion,
The annual meeting of the wo
man 5 Alliance will be held this after
noon az ; O'Clock at the home of Mrs
L. q. ). osgood.
"A new drying system is being in
stalled in the dry house of the Estey
Organ factory this week. Harold T.
Brasor is supervising the work.
Gov. T.. u. Proctor. Lieut.. Gov. G
II. Prouty and Mrs. L. L. llazen OF
81. Johnsbury were in town yesterday
to inspect the Brattleboro Retreat.
DIR. Thomas Rice has bought .
Buick runabout. c. 4. Boydcn has sold
his Rambler TO Joseph Lowry of Gnil
ford and has bought a Buick touring
ear.
George c. Averill was appointed
of the estate of julia
Knight Pmmmer Monday. Charles W
and Charles G. Staples
were appointed commissioners and ap
praisers. Mrs. Plummer left no will.
The last issue of Golf, the olieia
organ OF the sport in Great Britain
contained an extract from The Med
dler column of The Reformer in re
gard to the dissolution of the Wantas
tiquet Golf club of this town.
Charles W. punham will build q
large summer cottage on his land Dor
dering the Connecticut river this sum
mer John and Guy Tasker will build
ON the land near the old ferry place
which they bought last season.
On their return from Washington
the senior class of the Brattleboro higi
school sent boxes Of maple sugar e
President Roosevelt, Vice President
Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon. Let
tiers of acknowledgement and thanks
have been received from the president
and speaker.
The young peoples union of the
First Baptist church held its annua
meeting Tuesday night and electeC
these officers: President, Edward V
Morse: vice president, Will b. Smith
secretary. Mrs. W. b. Douglas; treas
urer, Howard S. Wellman. 1t was vot
ed to hold an annual strawberry fes
tival the 10Th.
A delegation of 80 from Brattle
boro lodge, N. +. o. r., went to Spring
field. VT. Tuesday evening to work thu
degree. After the work they wer'
entertained and gwen
fine supper by the Springfield lodge
George knight, who went to Spring
field with the delegation, was takei
seriously i'll with appendicitis ina
night and was brought to Brattlebor'
the following morning. Yesterday n,
underwent an operation at the Lyncl
hospital.
The funeral of William F. Nea
was held at the house Friday Afternoon
at 9 o'clock, Rev. George b. Lawson
officiating. The bearers were Alison ?
Harris. Arthur d. Horton, Horace .
Goodenough and Charles w. Puffer
The Odd Fellows attended in a BODY
and their ritual service was read at IN
crave. Burial was in Prospect Ill
cemetery. Roland Neal and Mrs lsaa'
/. Ashley of New Bedford, Mass
brother and sister of MIR. Neal, attehu
ed the funeral.
The woman S auxiliary of the I
NJ. C. A. held its last meeting OIL lh'
season Tuesday afternoon at the res
room. There was a good attendance
The devotional exercises were leu y.
Mrs. A. II. Webb. An enJoyapie leat I
ure of the afternoon was paper rea'
Nv Miss Susan Clark, her subject pelhs
Greece of Today. Miss Clark shoWe'
large number of views illustratln;
how snbiect. The meeting closed witl
well rendered piano selection II
Miss Emily Clapp. The auxiliary VII
hold its annual strawberry supp
early in June.
Mrs. William Hayden, %, uie w q
her home in Springfield, Mass, Weu
nesday after lingering illness ME =,
HAYDEN s maiden name was MafS ~ nu
tber. She was twice marrieu' ~
frst husband was William Wlnahs wiz
died several years ago. They had wv
danobters who are Mrs. Bertha Waa
and Miss Edna Winans, both OF spring
ella n Mass. Her second husband
William Hayden, and her two uaus |, i
tors survive her. Mrs. Hayden VIII D
remembered by many Brattleporo P to
nile as she has been frequent N,sisu
+ town at the home of her cousins
Edward G. and Miss Abble Duhhlee'
Work at the dam-site has peer 81
ouiet again this week on account ~
the high water that overWne,iieu 20 q
nIaca last week. The high wale
rpa pa it's peak last Friday norma an
r rspon II was well over the Golfer. oin NJ
t w. 4 has been subsiding gradually
.ncn thn bio 12.inch centrifugal puml
" 1uas mt TO work Monday afterneo, y.
Bv tomorrow the inside OF 1 u, o ,mne,
dam ought to be pretty wen apo nlptt
ont and the work OF laying ~ ~
viii he resumed early next weeh .h;n
s+raom of water has been wasn 4I
o o Tho remainder of the BLUM Oh w
New Hampshire shore to max h;eh will
se" 4ha concrete abutment when WI W.
extend some distance nort q, iio on
extreme east end of the spiii way
rho front season as far as IA IKE :.
no - ore concerned opened Il
Vermont last Friday. Since tn a. r
= = number of anglers have G peeI y
Marlboro pond in search a OF speGbn av'
beauties be but few good l.n eat eapaht 81,
t eesn ie e the pond saturday, the las sg
est iss T fer trout viii begin next f rDta
and it is safe to predict q! t1a III ' nvtreme
of the first day or two VIII r. IL advance,
" large as the season is wen wa was Ion,
y A. water in the brooks Waa 80