The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-11
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

The Geddis store will be open every
night until Christmas beginning next
Tuesday.
The probate court has appointed
DIR. Smaller +. Lawton administrator OF
the estate Of his father, Benjamin
Lawton.
r. ID. f. Stowe shipped six Of his
game bantams 10 Woonsocket, II. l.,
| Wednesday, where they are 10 he eN'
hibited at the Rhode Island poultry
| show.
Charles Oakes caught an excellent
string of pickerel in Kilburn pond the
| first of the week. He had 81 fish, the
largest of which measured nearly 10
inches in length.
The cold weather of Friday night
and Saturday covered the ponds in this
section with coating of ice thick
enough 10 enable the young people OF
the town to enjoy skating Saturday and
Sunday.
-Brattleboro g first real snow storm
came early Monday morning and be-
tween three and four inches of snow
fell. The storm turned to rain about
daylight and continued until Monday
afternoon.
The quadrennial task Of weighing
the mails for the, purpose of establish,
ing the price which the government
shall pay the railroads was concluded
at the local postoffice Tuesday. The
work was continued for 1O5 days hy
postoffices all over the country.
Herbert f. Miles, chairman OF the
tariff revision committee OF the ma
tional manufacturers, ASSOCIATION, Is
brother of Rev. RI. r. Miles, formerly
nostor of the Centre Congregational
Church of this town. Mr.. Miles has
been one of the most important wit
nesses at the tariff revision hearings
before the ways and means committee
of congress. and now that the commit
fee has authority to put witnesses I'M
der oath will probably be the first to
testify.
The gross receipts of the Brattle,,
boro post office during the month OF
November were $4,175.59. or $361;S4
more than same month last year. me
receipts of the past three months
amounted to $11.672.25, or $S62;52 more
than same period year ago. Receipts
for six months past, = $21 ,670.s6.-,
were S2.44S.29 more than same period
in 1907. The office paid net revenue
to the government during the past SIX
months of $11,313.91, or 81 .433,34 more
than during same six months OF l9oh'
The report that the Boston and
Maine railroad company is planning to
spend 100000 on improvements dur
inc the next year is of interest Locally
FOR the reason that a portion OF TINS
eYnenditure may be made on the Con
necticut and Passumpsic division. 1t is
known that railroad engineers nave
heen at work on the line north OF
Rrattleboro within few weeks ana
while the purpose of their work Is not
made public it is thought IT may nave
to do with the proposition, OF con
tinuing the double track when no"
extends from Bellows Falls to Putney'
As seasonable topic, one that Is
,lvavs linked with the coming OF colo
weather. comes the price OF coal, ana
n those who spend good part OF the
winter shoveling the anthraccite IN an
effort to keep warm, 1T Will DC goou
news to know that unless. UNFORESEEN
occur there VIII not pe
Use in price during the present SEASON. S1', H.
an chased throughout the winter, IN
~. are ~ or small quantity, although there
nay pe The local coal dealers have
a;d in a good supply Of the heatlng
d n and no coal famine is ex-
)ected.
rho resnlts of, the eye and ear test
Lib has been conducted among the
',,;ls Of the Brattleboro graded schools
uare made public Tuesday, 6y MISS
S NE Weliman supervisor OF grades.
=, III o nost ,uoe anplied to the children
I ne .on' tho aces of s and Is, and IN
~ ~ee were Examined. 1t was found
~ IL 81 ner cent we're defective either
Ia :. s;ah+ or in hearing. The defectlve
Il an SOC were prevalent among, the pooyss.
Sho nnmber of girls examined was ~
. no whom "a per cent showed. deIects,
nd the number of boys examined was
o. Of whom "a per cent snoWsaf nc
Gets Seventy-one children nag aefec
! both eyes, but only I'VE NAG feot%
! both ears, although u nau ue1 nS civ
caring in one or both earsst and in
rere defective both N sign on;ouslv
caring. Only one chlld no' pdefectiye
Lot The statistics will be returned
l ! no state superintendent OF educa-
ion.
Arguments WERE maui ,,n;c;na1 |!
Judge e. ". G!bsohh n IN ease ss of John
tanks of Brattleboro; pya nf Nash ,
riend, against z. r. Me,en ac{;on of as
a, ~; Nj 70 ~ recover wages claimed 10 pe
un The nlaintiff was employed on
,mber job in Athens betT Tsenar nas and
BOZ, and the following nIsymegnt sa in money,
aceivea o,a sH that there is still due q
a as in charge of foreman n,a as agf by
Icy that that t ssvf SS@a9 an SPsps
of the ad %0P By the that s;s
anss sssf him and him ts Ssrt fd
MOUNTS Ooug as needed, and that ar ans
Mount had been naid. The be, aTg9 for the q
ere madefby William II pa n for the t