The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-21

-. F-~sfso Aselin arEsearcd in VI.
municipal court Mehday evening and
=. cation.
Il II. =. Hall Of Piishburg, Mass,
ahd J.. ~ Hall 81 this town viii hans
|. charge 90 the sieiaaling department Of
I There Is talk ~ y base hall game
Il nr.nrrn the teams representing T.. l.
lilirih a COMPANY and the Vermont
Z PRINTING Company saturday. Aug. -,
Mrs A, \. Thompson aud Mrs.
y, a. whitney will entertain the In,
irtnhtlonal Sunshine society, hfanoh 1,
~ he home Of Mrs, H. II. Thompson,
friday afternoon, Ang. ssth. at $3.50.
Assistant Judges =. II, Pier Of
. Jamaica and Frank Worden Of Hall.
Ias are IN town today 10 designate the
towns from which infymen shall be
dfaMn Tor the September term 81
county court. The Jury will be drawn
by Sheriff A. II. Thompson.
M; J. cayanaueh has removed the
Catholic church steeple this week and
new Greek Grass will be nut in place
within few DAYS. Mr.. cavanangh :
work on ton Of the sieeple has been
watched with no little interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse C. johnson
were given n surprise Monday evening
AZ their home. 20 Forest street hy 4
Few 81 their most intimate friends. the
occasion being the fourth anniversary
OF their marriage. Book games We're
enjoyed throughout the evening and
light refreshments served. Mr.. and
Mrs. johnson were the recipients Of n
purse OF money and several copies Of
favorite books.
| The following extract from the
annual report Of the state supervisors
OF insane IL Of local interest: One
OF the deaths which occurred here the
past winter was that Of woman
eight three years Of age. who had been |
az Brattleboro and here sixty years. |
Another was that of man committed |
10 the retreat AZ Braitleboro in 1854 |
who had been a resident Of that and |
this hospital ever since. Reference 20
our mortnary tables will show that the
average age al death was far beyond
that of similar institutions.
The 18th annual reunion Of the
Stacy and Larrabee families was held
Wednesday at the home Of &. l.. Stacy. |
Fl Chestnut street. 90 registered and
picnic dinner was served on the lawn
\ short business meeting was held and
the officers elected for the coming year
were; president. Alva q. Stacy; vice
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Mrs. C. II. Learned. Games and
musical program furnished the enter
tainment. Relatives from Greenfield.
lIolyoke. Bernardston and Colrain.
Mass. and Halifax and Gulford were
present. The next meeting will be
with Mr.. and Mrs c. II. Learned in +,
Halifax.
The business of the Lowell Scale
company was disposed Of at sheriff g ,
sale Tuesday morning TO Charles A. 1,
Smith of Lowell Mass. the heaviest i,
stakeholder in the concern. the price
being between $4,000 and $4,000. Mr. +.
Smith il is understood is willing TO !,
sell the business and an effort is being =
made by local business men TO form a
for the purpose of taking IL =
over and keeping the industry in town. !,
The proposition is good one from a
business standpoint and the unsuccess ,
full outcome, Of the eompany's affairs \
thus far is believed TO be due 10 mis-. !
1t is understood that
the attaching creditors will receive :,
about 80 per cent on their claims. '
An automobile accident occurred at i
Walpole Tuesday morning which might b
have resulted more seriously if not /,
fatally. II. G. Baxter, proprietor of the h
aiming factories at Westminster and ii
his son and w. III. Bingham, ID
of the Baxter factories, 4
we're going up High street in Mr.. OF
3axter's auto. This street is quite q
teep and when part way up the Of
lot work and the auto began to slide h,
backwards. The machine pitched over ii
bank, overturning and burying the ii
underneath. The accident a,
vas seen by several people who ran TO of
he aid of the victims. expecting TO ii
ind some of them dead. However all W
scaped with few injuries and were be
nhurt beyond severe brusing and m
baking mp. The auto was somewhat in
Fred II. Harris of this town lost W
he state tennis Championship to ty
gorge w. Pike of Springfield, Mass, pl
hat was unquestionably the hardest M
ought match of the tournament. The W,
,ore was 60. 81, 1.6. 16, 6,3. After of
sing the first two sets Harris made TO
rand rally and won the third and to
,urth with apparent ease. He then
,ok three games in the fifth and de. tel
ding set but at this point took n REL
lmes in succession from the Brattle. ut
BRO man. Pike won his semi.fnal CT
und easily defeating s. w. Rowland, me
e Maine champion, in two love sets. ter
Ike and Thomas Hooker of New Ha- thu
IN, Conn, won the doubles champion- pa
in bv defeating Parker and Sibley ho
Wellesley, Mass. Semp Russ of to
,xas. who won the state championship tea
st season. defaulted the title to Pike. G.;
At a meeting of the Valley Fair Re-
ennel club held in the office of r. G.
icon last Friday evening the follow ON,
o officers were elected: President, J. an'
'av Estey; vice presidents, Frederick y,
Houghton and James T. Hooker; III III
cretary and treasurer, H. G. Rice; On On
perintendents, W. j. Pentland IT., b bne
d R. c. Bacon; delegate to A. K. e.; , ni,
II. Evans of Townshend; general p pa
mmittee. j. P. Ferriter. c. II. Wei, "a
me, L. =. Ellis. j. r. Brasor, David t the
Dugh. HI. L. March and DR.. G.: F. 1he |;
rber of Brattleboro. Fl. W; W,eey- a q
IS IS of Marlboro, N. H., C. H.. Evans coo co.,
Townshend, DR.. D. j. Smith Of Ter yer
N. H., Henry Isaacs Of 9aPe
eenfeld, w. P. Gessner and w. H. N ii.
Conner of Boston, Plans for the alti
.thcoming show were discussed and 10
was the consensus of opinion that ear ear
mes Mortimer of Hampstead, L.. l., zee.
secured as all-round judge. Mr.. law law
rtimer is acknowledgedly the best IGss
Ice in the country and has expressed VA
willingness to come to BrattleDoro o of
Judge the show. =, me ciasslncatlon fact
/ prize money will be the same as LAY.
! year and work on the premium list any
! begin Immediately. More local IL
ple than ever are interested IN the luz Tue
w this wear and it promises. to be M hno
of the best features of the fair. W
A pretty home wedding took ror,
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