The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Sunshine society, Branch !, wi
nee, with Miss Mabel Hunt Friday a
ternoon. Oct. 30, at $50.
Constable A. W. j. wilkins Ia
posted warrants for the freemen
meeting Tuesday. Nov. 3, at Q a. m.
Tickets for A Knight for a Da,
which will be seen in the auditorium
Monday evening, are now on sale a
the box office.
United States Judge James |
Martin was elected a director of tn
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance con
pany at its annual meeting in Mont
pelier last week.
The women of the Congregations
society will hold their first foreign mis-
sionary meeting in the church parlor
Thursday at $50. The meeting will b'
followed by an afternoon tea.
A sale of goods will be held b,
the Salvation army the last Thursday
Friday and Saturday of this month
Ensign Gullage would be glad to re
ceive anything from a pin to piano
for the same.
Rev. C. II. Grosvenor of East
Braintree became mentally deranged
Friday evening while attending 9
moving picture show in Randolph. He
was brought to the Brattleboro retreat
Saturday for treatment.
While oiling a power dough mixer
at the Brattleboro Retreat Tuesday af,
ternoon, Joshua Dalburg. commonly
known as Josh Dale, employed as a
baker at that place, injured his left
hand so badly that amputation was
necessary.
The members of the Washington
county bar are planning. to give q
banquet to Judge James M. Tyler of
the Supreme Court, who retires this
fall, after 81 years of service. The
banquet will be held at date agree
able to the judge.
Prospect Hill Aqueduct company
held its annual meeting Oct. 8: and
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent C. L. Cobb; directors, G. f. Mason,
|. L. Barker, w. NJ Irish; secretary and
treasurer, F. A. Bagg. 1t was voted
10 raise tax of so cents on share.
State s Attorney r. c. Bacon has
fled the following informations with
County Clerk Stowe: Nick Anty OF
Vernon, assault with intent to kill and
breaking jail; Eli Bartlett of Bellows
Falls, grand larceny and breaking JAN;
Charles S. Streeter of Greenfield: Mass,
burglary and breaking Jail; Robert, A.
Kirkwood of Londonderry, grand lar
ceny; George ,Goyette OF vernon p pur'
glary; Jesse Tenney of Vernon, bur
glary.
The lecture by Bliss Knapp of Bos-
ton. n member of the Christian Science
e eGa1e Of Of chrs nj sns Boto
which was given in the auditorium
Sunday afternoon under the auspices
of the First Church of Christ, Scientist,
of Brattleboro, was well ATTENDED. ana
a clear idea Of the principles OF the
faith was given by the speaker. The
full report of the lecture will be found
on another page of this issue.
Henri Bernstein, the brilliant
Young author of The Thief, which plays
here next Thursday evening, is the
leading dramatic writer of the French
theatre and one of the most command
mo figures among modern playwrights.
The author of other plays OF ingenious
blot and finished workmanship, 1t re-
NAMED for The Thief to secure FOR
Bernstein his most emphatic success.
With an original plot, developed with
,emarkable adroitness, creating an in
;ense and anxious suspense that IS
maintained unbroken till the very, end,
The Thief ranks with the best OF the
'ew MASTERPIECES of the modern theatre
md entities it's author to the highest
,lace in his art.
On Nov. II, new storage Teg,uia-
ions affecting less than carload snip
nents, 90 into effect at the local sta
ion. The primary object of these
hanges, it is understood, is to facili-
ate the prompt delivery Of freight to
onsignees by keeping the freight house !
lear of freight so that both incoming !,
nd outgoing freight may be, handed
o good advantage. 1t has been tne ,
ractice in the past for some shippers
nd consignees to use the local house l
or storage warehouse, thereby de- !
lying the delivery and receipt, OF other 9
reight and causing more or less COM l !,
Iaint. It is hoped that the new regu- d
ltions will prove of benefit to all con
prned. The free time as given by the I
ircular is six days from the date OF a
dvice of the arrival of the freight e
18th the proviso that the railroad COM v
anv is not responsible for loss or "
amage to any freight after it has I
cen on hand 4S hours. a
People in Brattleboro and the rest s
{ Windham county will be interested y
the bill introduced in the legislature q
lis week by Representative Frank e. +
owe of Bennington and providing Tor u
4 appropriation of $4,000 a year II
it'll which to build eight lines OF high e
avs in this state. One of the pro- N
,sed highways would extend from the 9
nth line of Guilford or Vernon along A
e Connecticut river to the north line p
Derby in Orleans county and an I II
her from Bennington to Brattleboro h'
, way of Wilmington. These are the II
ly two of the eight proposed roads re
at would pass through Windham n
unity. the Others extending up the q
est side of the state from Pownal to ne
Ighgate. across the extreme northern re
TT of the state from Grand Isle to "A
sex county. across from Burlington an
st. Johnsbury. from Burlington to dc
hite River Junction, from Poultney u
rough Rutland to White River june it