The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-10
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

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s ~ Tuesday afternoon,
m T., :. Bowen has bought
.,,fsl unahout this week througl
- agency IL Manley Brothers,
Member, II Dennis Rebekah lodg'
-. invited te attend the first lee cream
- NJ iAr season next tuesday even
ife .. -,
IN, ,iyits committee Of the Wo
..,s tluh uriicd sl65.6d from III
s.sslsll uamc last Saturday afternoon
m, amount will be spent in improving
~ appearance Of the town.
-fIy3s 4. Cutler. an employee Of the
R,,os, House pharmacy, passed the ex'
,-iration, given by the state board of
'l,rmssy al Montpelier this week and
now d registered pharmacist.
There will be the usual service ON
81. common next Sunday at . o clock,
R,y Mr.. Lawson will preach and there
III be singing by a quartette. II
.ormy the service will be held in the
congregational church.
At A session of the court of claims
!, Noa,pglier Tuesday the claim of
Charles :. White OF Londonderry for
refund Of a fine paid by him for sell
f,r cider when the law under which he
~. Bped had been declared unconsti.
,p,ioual by the supreme court, was con.
,i,ued until the full court be present.
-Ope Of the best strings of bass
,keu from Sponord lake in many years
I'M 10 the rods of John l.. Stewart and
william F. Dunleavy Saturday morn
i,s Inside of an hour the former
landed three weighing three pounds
,nieee aud the latter took four
pS1Bdcr. two weighing two and three.
spar,ers pounds and another weighing
three pounds.
About 80 members of the Methodist
Sunday school attended the basket pie
,is al Central Park Saturday. Many
al lie number took advantage of the
oporunity to inspect the construction
d the dam. 4 baseball game was
pl2yed between teams composed of mem
bers of the Sunday school. No record
was kent of the number of runs made.
4 penie dinner was served at noon.
The partv returned on the 5.41 train in
he afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ. Smith were
married % years ago Sunday. The cele.
bration of the event, however, took
place Monday and came somewhat as
surprise Eighteen relatives of Mr.. and
Ms. Smith gathered at their house, 10
Canal street, and presented the couple
with gifts of silver, glassware and china.
A dinner was served at noon on the pic.
nie plan. Those who were present from
out Of town were Mr.. and Mrs. Newell
Eigerton, New Haven, Conn; Mrs. A.
y. Swain of Bellows Falls, a sister of
Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. w. Z. Clark and
Josiah Putnam of Charlestown, n. H.,
sister and brother of Mrs. Smith.
The completion of the dam which is
being built across the Connecticut river
six miles south of Brattleboro is likely
10 make necessary the removal of the I
monument set up by the Colonial Danes
On the Brooks farm mile below the
village The monument was set up sew
eral years ago to mark the site of Fort
DINNER, where the first permanent
white settlement in Vermont was es-
tabhsbed. It is close by the river, and ! !
It is expected that the new dam will :
raise the river to such an extent that ;
The ground there will be overlooked, !
at least in high water. The matter is ,
being considered by the members of the
society, but no formal action relative :
to it has been taken.
The funeral of Prescott S. Eames |
took place Friday afternoon at l !
oclock, Rev. D. L. Trout officiating \
Ms. W. L. Hubbard sang several Sc \
eetonS, A large number of floral n
nbutes included gifts from the Pro- 7
ettiye grange, Bingham chapter, Unity "
odge and the Columbian lodge, +. & A. I
u. A delegation from the Columbian W
0dge was present and conducted the /
onmittal service at the grave. Burial d
vas in West Brattleboro. The bearers n
Iere 0. II. Stickney, James B. Randoll, fl
V Z. Mitchell, Z. l., Roberts, Farley f. b
Town and Warren E. Banks. Among
hose who were present from out of al
OWL were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dunk =,
e Miss Hale, Mr.. and Mrs. William b.
ong Mrs, Frank Jarrette and Mr.. and -,
u.s. Charles Minis of Greenfield, and s. .,
H. and Mrs. Albert Thurber Of Hall 81
AT Tuesday evenings meeting OF IL
lie city council the mayor and alder cl
en- received from the Connecticut to
Ner Power company petition for 1t
Z fight to erect wires and poles in and in
ef public roads and streets of the to
" 1t is interesting to note that the til
npany's petition seeks the right to of
;ate close to the plants Of the Park
manufacturing company, the head Al
winch concern. Arthur III. Lowe, is m,
director of the power company; the WI
=, johnson Arms & Cycle works, the tn
Nloqrg Steam Engine company, the ra
a ii "orsted company, and the Louis CT
N"Hlpdhy. IHeSe pciHiooiono, IL
granted, will also give the company ru
dticnS convenient of access to all we
~ Olg manufacturing plants in that Ra
!, ,aon Of the city. 1t is understood ca
u with one or more of the above sci
led plants contracts have already 6
~ placed for supplying power and
Ia. are in progress with 9th II
'-fltchburg Sentinel of Wednesday. e. e.
francis :. Fit2gibbons, George Fecto, of
!. leq i Ryan, Patrick Doyle and Ber- rec
" DU1nleavy came up before Judge for
W. w. 6lbson Friday afternoon on the II,
n ns OF petty larceny. A judgement H.
s .: was entered but sentence was ret
.i until August 8. The facts the
:. case show that the respondents tig
: : concerned in taking watermelon con
!. lle store of H. S. Goodenough Wi
atreSlay OF last week. On complaint for