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

also went "Wednesday 10 South londoi
derry, They, with Mr.. and Mrs, lialehe
der, wall attend the lh,eheldet iamil
picnic. 90 he held q, The homo al Mn
I. Herbert Swift, in Peru, Friday,
. Col, Alvin Franklin. II. II, ilolhool
! Martin Sparks and W. II. Miles went !
= Rawsonyille. Friday. 10 represent Birel
ani Post al the funeral Of u, :, johnson
{ who was a member Of the post. III
c Grand Amy burial service was used,
. Melvin Austin Of Westminster aud hi
sister Mrs; Augusta Wlswell. with. he
son and his wife, q Worcester, Mass
Randall. Mr. Wiswoll, who Is druggis
in Worcester. brought his auto with him
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Allen Of Hartford
Conn. and Mrs. Smith Of New Haven
Conn, have been recent visitors at DR.
Nashs, II viii he remembered that MI
Adams was merchant here, aud wa
burned out in the fire which swept III,
south side OF the common II years ago
aud that after selling the goods which
he rescued from the flames, he moved I,
Hartford.
There will be an examination held al
school No. q, Townshend, W., Thunda,
and Friday, Aug, ~ and %, for pupils
who desire admission 10 secondary
schools. Candidates failing in any pre-
yious examination may enter this aud. II
successful, viii be entitled 10 free tuition
The. examination on Thursday will include
arithmetic, geography, grammar, and
physiology. The remaining topics viii be
given Friday. Examinations viii begin
promptly at o a. m.
Edwin d. Harris died Wednesday at his
home in this village. Mr.. Harris was
born April %, lsas. in Townshend. his
parents being William n. and lydia
| Harris. lie was twice married. One
child. Nellie 4. Harris, was born Of the
iirst marriage, but died when eleven years
old. He il survived by his wife Stella
! Harris. Mr.. Harris spent all his life
in this town, and built the house which
| he occupied for so many years. The
funeral was held. this afternoon at two
O'Clock, Rev. Daniel Mcintyre officiating
The passengers on the morning train
from South Londonderry had narrow
escape last Friday. As the train rounded
curve between Winhall station and ia.
maica, the engine dashed into large
rock estimated 10 weigh 3h tons. which
had fallen upon the track. Had the rock
been little differently placed, the train
would have been hurled down a 2jfoot
embankment into the river, As il was,
the cow-catcher on the engine was
smashed. The wrecking train was sum
moned from Brattleboro and with the der
rick removed the rock, so that the train
reached this place about six o'clock in the
afternoon.
1t is fitting that the grave OF every sol.
der who fought for his country should
have above il some mark 20 perpetuate
his memory There are doubtless in this
and neighboring town, graves, OF those
who fought either in the Revolution, the
War of 1872, the Mexican War or the
Civil War whose graves are still unmark'
ed Now, the United States Government !
furnishes stones for all such soldiers W. !
II. Miles of Townshcnd has charge OF |
this matter for Birchard post, or for the |
towns OF Newiane, Brooklne and Towns |
bend, and stones may be obtained by |
sending to him, before Oct. |, the name, |
date of death, company and regiment, OF
such soldiers. This is not an unimportant
matter, and should be attended TO at
once by the authorities of each town.
The weather was most suspicious and
the grange picnic held on the common
last FRIDAY was a great success. About
70 sat down to dinner, some about the
Widespread tables and Others preierring to
camp on the grass in true picnic style:
Guests were present from Newfane and
w
we're songs, readings and speeches The
time passed quickly, and all present ac-
CURED keen appetite for the next pic.
mic. The following was the program OF
The exercises: Solo, Mrs. +. l.. Osgood;
Miss Mildred Palmer; reading,
Mrs. w. II. Miles; duet, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Cobb; reading, Mrs. L. Cutler re-
marks, Deacon j. o. Follett; Rev. Joseph
Mexican, Rev. Daniel Mcintyre, Deputy
Winchester, Charles Kimball; song,
Grange. This program was followed by a
,all game.
Read the posters and attend the con ,
ert to be held at Academy Hall next
Wednesday evening, Aug 20, under the
re Miss Esther Dale, soprano; Miss Mar
uerite Harding, contralto; Miss Rather ;
ne Norton, pianist, and Mrs. Francis p. {
Blake, aceompanist. Miss Dale needs no 6
Introduction in Townshend, where her
ower as soloist is well known, That
er ability is recognized elsewhere is ,
roved by the position given her as assist S
mt instructor in music at Mt. Holyoke
ollege. where only the best is recognized. q
liss Harding is one of Boston's fayorite $
ontraltos, who has studied in this coun-
ry and had the benefit of foreign train :
lg. She is the leading soprano in the !
h
{ the suburbs of Boston, and teaches in r
ne Commonwealth avenue school. All :
ho have heard Miss Norton speak of her
over as a pianist, while Mrs. Blake is
20 we'll known here to need any recon- v
endation. d
Fred Randall and 0. w. Folett, who =
ent Thursday to Stratton in search Of n
ueberries and black bears, returned y
ONE Saturday evening with blackberries
nd blue shivers, occasioned by hearing a :,
lid animal at night. 1t seems that Fri y
ny night Mr.. Randall CHANGED to be !.
wake and heard peculiar noise in the q
lshes at the rear of the tent He at =
ice aroused Mr. Folett, who also lis ).
ned with all his ears. Now it so hap 81
med that neither gentleman had taken
S gun, each being sure that the other pl
ould do So Accordingly there was moth sc
G to do but let their hair rise, until it re
CURED to them to raise their voices .,
so. At this point they made an exit OF
ON the tent, danced a fandango, and q
outed to the best of their ability until
ey heard the beast turn tail and bound NJ
,ay Now they wish that they had let of
G animal come near enough so that they so
,uld have known whether it was bear, r.
panther, deer or hedgehog They he
d all the trout they could eat but it pr
interesting to know that the berries OF
re picked just across the river in 81
wnshend. IN
WEST TOWNsHEND. T,
George Houghton of Brattleboro visited 4, Ia
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