The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06

W hfaitieboto. an action 81 tfosef 10 q
re cover $500, ended In county court q
rs Newfsns yesterday afternoon. the jur
Q, returning a verdict Of tss5 for n
u plaintiff NJ $50 o o'clock.
Tho famous matinee marc, Dodi
n X, s,l3is, has been sold 10 q wealth
IL Austrian hofseman who will take be
a 10 his native country. Dodie X. is
II daughter Of Electm0nt OF the Connect
cut River Stock farm aud Was eshibiie
/. At the Valley fair as yeafiihg ally.
/. Harvest day was observed At III
Y Home for Aged on Western avenue yes
Z. terday from 10 q, M. 90 4 y, M, Durinl
Y that time between 70 and 100 peopl
2 visited the institution and the nnmhe
Of gifts left was unusually large. In
|, Guiding silyerwafe, table linen, came,
a fruit and money. Mrs, q. III, Rydel
II and Mrs. T. Il, Davenport received an,
4 coffee was served In the dining room.
Q The Ladies' Aid society Of III,
Q First Methodist church held sociahl,
In the church yestry Wednesday even
a ing. there being about 90 present. II
was called the "dollar social aud each
1 OF the members in attendance were re-
. qnired 10 state in rhyme how they
raised the sum of 81 for the benefit Of
the church fund, After the reading Of
the poems an informal musical program
was enjoyed, followed by collation..
"A number Of the boys Of Brattlc.
boro who are interested in the work Of
the sloyd classes of the Centre Congre
gational church wcra at the church
Monday evening. and the work Of the
winter was discussed. The bows met
Louis A. Whitney. Arthur l.. Clapp and
Harry i, Nelson in the Sloyd rooms in
the basement Of the chapel. aud about
- signiied their intentions of carving
on the Sloyd work during the winter
months, and Of joining the classes which
will be formed. work beginning early
next month. Mr.. Whitney and Mr.
Clapp will have charge Of the senior
class while Mr.. Nelson will conduct the
junior branches Of the work.
The funeral of Mrs. Harriet NJ.
Wing. one of the victims of the Green.
field tragedy OF last week Wednesday
night, was held nj the home of Henry
Bates in Greenfield Friday morning. |
The clerks of Wilson Is department |
ed in body. Mr.. Wilson and his
clerks contributed set floral piece, AT |
Rest. There were other floral offerings. |
The services were conducted by Rev. G. |
w. Merriam of the Second Congrega.
tional church. Misses Lillian and Flea,
nor Williams sang Jesus, Lover of my
Soul. The father of Mrs. Wing. +. 5.
Jones of Townshend, was present. as
was her mother. The body was taken
to Saxtons River for burial Friday af.
ternoon.
"A visitor TO the meadows owned by
the Brattleboro Retreat is somewhat
surprised at the present time to view
the amount of progress which has been
made by the force of men employed in
the dixie TO prevent howage {
when the Connecticut river is raised ,
through completion of the dam. The
long earthern and stone dixie across the
meadow has been completed and work
on the pumping station and the spillway
at the Connecticut end of the dixie is
fast assuming shape The concrete !
walls are being built and the founda. {
lion for the pumping station will soon O
be completed. The entire work will be
finished and ready for the rise of water 4
when the gates are closed at the main 2
lam at Vernon.
Shortly after clock Wednesday a
forenoon a bell alarm from box 80 10. c
ated at the Brattleboro Cabinet com. "
,any's plant on Vernon street sum. f
aoned the fire department to a brisk Y
'laze in freight car owned by the ii
irand Trunk railway and used as
leeping quarters for bunch of Ital q
ans working on the new roadbed of ii
he Central Vermont between Brattle- r,
oro and Vernon, The fire is supposed ~
o have caught from an overheated m
tove used in heating the car. and be. II
ore the flames were out the interior of n,
he car had been seriously damaged. II
he loss will reach $3.50. The first n,
larm to reach the fire department was in
still one sent in from the freight sta m
on, closely followed by the bell alarm. m
The second dancing party Of the tie
ear conducted by Brattleboro lodge. nc
u in Red Mems hall with the largest ar
tendance which has graced any dance
I'D in Brattleboro during the present
ason, there being So couples in at.
ndance. Final plans and arrange
ents are being made for the banquet Q
I'd reception to be held in Grange hall
,xt Wednesday evening, and the class +b
hich will be initiated will exceed the Wv Wv
lmber expected. Mrs. Twitchell has pa
ZEN appointed chairman of the supper ~,
mmittee. This will be served be. w
yeen 6 and 7.30 o clock to members of lol
e lodge, visitors and candidates for 1ol
pointed chairman of the reception fro
mmittee and she has appointed eight sp,
sistants to help her in the work. MI
The extensive alterations on the
ADDED of the Central Vermont rail Co
ad, which have been undertaken as a Ca
cessity owing to the construction of spe
Q dam of the Connecticut River Pow
company between Hinsdale, N. H., MI
d Vernon, are well under way, and far
the present time the roadbed has ha,
en- practically finished from Slate 7
nding to the coal shutes located NJ,
,rt distance below Brattleboro. There ~, ~
still a great amount of work to be H. ri.
le to the tracks in this section, es- 80. ~
tally to keep the water from under ton
ming the banks. To prevent this a
re is to be large amount of rip.rap low
nped alongside the tracks. The her
dye over Broad brook is being raised, ton
| will be lifted about six feet. There dec
also stretch of construction work wer
ng done on the West River branch N
far as Dummerston. This work con- posi-
IS of raising the tracks and rip.rap- of
g the banks. The abutments of the vac
st river railroad bridge are also be- Mis-
renewed and new underplnnlng is wee
ng placed on the bridge of the Bos- stay
and Maine railroad. sThe stone for d
this work is being taken from the Van
st Dummerston quarry. z,
The grammar school football sea M Mrs
is drawing to a close. The boys wed
he grades have practiced faithfully ing
,ughout the season, and several good MISS
MS have been developed from the at
erial which was available. The ,,.
les have been closely contested, the IN. M
Its which have been worked are alea
l. The sport which has been pro- ing
~ ia" s,,;r;t of 10 whola tb;ng las in {
'ne sp f to o r;volrv w w;+bn,,t that Miss
l L cf1