The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-19

-Johh q. Howe purchased yesisf.ia.
} valuable Mofsah hsfse in Middle
; bury. The hofse arrived In hrattlsboF'
last nighi.
About 800 people are expected q
attend tho high school reunion in ih.
high kshaai roam this evening. Tbs
tlFsi u the session will be devoted q
singing Of old songs aud there will be
Presentation OF gifts BY several Of the
alumni. After Refreshments the yafl,
Gus classes will hold reunions.
Tho announcement Of the winners
81 the prizes offered last year BY the
high sehoal class of isss Tor the best
debating by the seniors aud juniors
the past year was made AT the opening
Of school yesterday. The winners were
as follows Seniors, iiyland u. Tas,
her, co. second, Margaret q. Barber,
~; juniors, Nina Gilman, sai second,
Elizabeth Taylor, ~.
The eivics committee Of the Brat
tleboro Woman 3 club will bring out
big attlaeiion ON the afternoon Of the
ith Of July when baseball nine com.
posed Of lean men will pit themselves
against team made up ~ the fattesi
men In town. 4, has been suggested
that the lean men appear In tights aud
members Of the opposing team appear
In bloomets. The game will be played
on the island grounds. ID. 4. shea will
lead the fat men and J, 4. Rogers the
"skinnics. II. y. Brooks will be the
tat men = mascot.
The Connecticut river rose about
six feet Tuesday night. Wednesday and
"Wednesday night, interfering some.
what with the work Of tearing down |
the old coifcTdam AT Vernon. Most /
of the stone IN the old crihwork has 4
been taken out aud piled where IL can
bc used readily In filling the new cot.
fer on the Vermont side. The tim.
beers in the old Golfer are also being
used in the new one. II Is hoped that
the river will be turned through the
sluice gates of the completed section
Of the dam by next week.
IA conference between the com.
mittee representing the local society of
needle women and shop.
girls and H. NJ. Bradley, one Of the
Thompson fund trustees. was held in
he office of llaskins a Schwenk Wed
lesday for the purpose II possible of
an understanding in regard
10 the administration Of the fund. Mr..
Bradley. il is understood, was asked by
he committee why Mrs. Currier had
been discharged and replied that il
vas because she served the interests of
he sewing girls rather than the trus.
ees.
-Brattleboro chapter, ID. A. r., cele
,rated Flag day Tuesday afternoon AT
he home Of Mrs. Irving Crosier on
North Main street. Mrs. Crosier and
Yrs. Dare acted as hostesses. The
avn. was decorated with flags in honor
4 the day A business meeting was
eld at which Mrs. f. /. Swift and Miss
Slate read reports of the or.
of the General Lewis Morris
HAPPIER of Springfield which started
nth membership of AZ. Mrs. W. T.
Iaigh read selection on Flag day and
irs. II. Hayes Bigelow read an article
n the Oldest Flag in Existence.
A big red touring ear filed with
Dad pirates or some other equally law
IS creatures tore down the highway
rom Brattleboro to Vernon Sunday af.
,rnoon with utter disregard of human
fe TO say nothing Of speed regula-
ons. II. /. Hartman, general man
ger of the Connecticut River Power
,mpany, was driving his machine from
ernon to this town when he saw the
x car coming toward him on the fiat
st below Broad Brook bridge. Bound
x over the road at a frightful clip
Ie car made not the slightest effort
turn out and III order to escape col
sion Mr.. Hartman was obliged to run
5 machine nearly over the embank-
ent at the roadside, almost tipping
'er in SO doing. With Mr.. Hartman
ere his wife and daughter and Miss
ortense Hall. The strange car passed
EN- at such speed that none of
EN- was able to read the number, al.
ough the letters n. Y. were discerni
e on the plate A little farther down
e road W. A. Morse met the ear
lich passed him so rapidly that Mr..
orse, who is professional painter,
emnly asserts that he was unable
tell what color it was. He did no.
c that it contained two men and
rec women all of whom were yelling
d acting as if they had been partak
, of something more invigorating
IN Moxie. Mr.. Hartman was un
lie to get his machine into the road
ain and he was obliged to walk to
attleboro to secure assistance.