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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
GILMAN-HovEY WEDDING.
Brattleboro Man Married in Northfeld
Saturday.

Saturday evening at half after eight
o'clock the marriage of Miss Clara Drum
mond, daughter of Major and Mrs. Henry
| w, Hovey, to Dana Howes Gilman was
soemnized in st. Mary's church by Key
Homer A. Flint, rector of Christ church
| Montpelier, in the presence OF large
number of friends and relatives.
d her p and was was attended by Miss Nina
| Gilman. sister of the groom, as maid of
| honor, and the best man was Bradford
Pierce Hovey brother of the bride.
Miss Hovey had an unusual wedding
gown it being a most beautifully embrol-
dered white silk japanese gauze, which
her mother brought her from Yokohama,
mon the recent return of Major and Mrs.
Hoyey from the Philippines. She wore a
long tulle veil and carried bouquet OF
lilies of the valley. Miss Gilman was
charmingly gowned in lemon, colored mes E,
saline and carried chrysanthemnlmis; me
n n; of which Mr. Gilman was mem
he a,., and were Ward NJ. Libby, Charles, N.
Barber. Carl Sabin and Harold Gordon.
Mrs Robert Davis played the wedding
march The church was decorated with
ferns and trailing evergreen, which was
very effective and artistic, II, ~
After the ceremony at the church a lit.
tie gathering took place at the nome OF
the bride with only the relatives: Of the
contracting c parties and most intimate
friends present. Refreshments were served
and most enjoyable time, spent, until
about 1880 O'Clock, when Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilman departed for Montpelier IN an au,
tnmobile, amid showers. OF confetti and
The cheers and good wishes OF those pres.
e snt The The couple were the recipients OF
ma, beautiful and valuable. presents.
'' The bride is graduate, of the n North,
fold high school in the class OF u and
has MANY warm friends in Northileld who
regret ns to- lose her. Mr.; Gilman was form o
erIy Of Bratteboro, and graduated ed at Nor
wicb university in the class OF iyoo: since
fiat time he has been employed IN tne
Dem and Southern railway service
With headquarters at Fort Worth. texas las:
H He was one of the brightest men OF ms
lass has made good in his chosen work
s and has a received excellent promotions.
an, After tI' spending two weeks IN ~, Brat de
boro with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. III
man will leave for their new home i,, IN I. me
un'tbwest and for the present w MIL DC 10
Gated at Fort Worth, Texas. Inc young
oeonie will carry to their new nome .he
beet wishes Of large circle of friends
Northfield News.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23

. heavy leather strap. When hs had mn
welded about halt the length ol Main
afe.s he deridei that hls constituted
hscird The refreshing eleinent al an orang,
phosphate, Sailing action 10 tie Thought
nc hrofr 10 The Brooks llonse whets hs
hiehssi his horsv Ga one at The ,s.a ta,.i
~ mont ot that hasielfy, tying him by
The bfi,ile lao.e enough 10 give the horse
about sls i.ei ii l.rway,
lie hal ma sooner lsii him, how.,.r.
when an automobile owned and driven
~ DR. T., :, Bowen came bowling FUN
High stTe~t down the lhoroushiarr al a
IAN, rat. 81 .ls.si, The horse bcoamins
frightened made leap toward the Brooks
House and dashed ~ an the Sidewalk.
TIE birdie was broken, III. bin MAS
,ank~i ifom the animals mouth. aud
mix cans, siopp~r, wagon seat. rins,
ship ani carriage rohes wem mixed up
~ q heap, the cans falling with crash
which could be heard the entire length III
the str~ci, Not content with this much
damage the ,rlnlnr dashed along the side
walk towards the sin-,i, yanking the
shafts out oi the wagon and otherwise
damaging IL. Across the street was the
team owned hy Lewis LIND. III DUN.
merian. The Smith eluipagr made a
dash for this and hit Il. dumping the
wagon completely over. spfinging the rear
axle. smashing the seat aud badly fright.
ening everybody Ia the vicinity. Then
jumping over this wreck. the horse con.
iinuod down Main 10 Elliot street where
he turned. lie was stoned q short dis. |
iancc above the junction ~ umen aud |
Ellioi streets aud restored TO his owner |
History does not ncconl whether Mr.. |
smith got the orange phosphate
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23

4 aiii Maffiniale weie thrown fnom tb
overturned engine. the lalters death Ia.
ing instantaneous. The former lived abou
Two hours. The msn oh the ears, Moui
and daley, we've allowed more time ina,
Their more unfortunate COMPANIONS In IN,
engine cab, aud bath leaI,ed from the ear,
al about the same time, Morris landed
iiai on hts lace and escaped unhsrined. buI
Daley SUSTAINED long cni over his lefi ,ys
which required several stitches,
Men employed ia the stone cr,,sb,n,,
plant were the tint 10 reach the soen, M
the disaster aud the, removed the dead
and the injured ~ soon as il was deemed
advisable 10 do 50, AZ the time Il wa.
feared that the engine might eNplo1e n,
almost any minute. The rscuinc pariv
found Cutler, ooycrd with blood and lea.
tnirs almost unI.cognizable, lying on the
subway Mariindale and Parker wer
ionnd close TO the waters edge.
Medical attendance was hastily sum.
mohed nom nearby towns, and in response
nfs' George u. Foss aud II. l.. Brown Of
,iinsdaie, aud DR. George X. Anderson Of
iiiaitleboro hurried 10 the scene 10 ren.
der what AID was possible. liy applying
the stethoscopc u was found that Cutler
was beyond all human aid. aud the atten.
ton OF the doctors was applied 10 Parker
lie was. removed TO a temporary hospital
at the dam where the extent Of his iniur.
les was asceftalned. II was found that
he was suffering from broken wrist and
iislocated shoulder. a broken kneceap and
other injuries To his left side. Cutler re,
covered consciousness long enough 10 say.
Its no use, boys, I've got 10 die" lie
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
TWO EMPLOYEES AT DAM KILLED
Double Fatality Occurred at the Works Early SATURDAY.
Morning-Two Others Badly Injured.

q. ,.4Hl -rIions fatality Of the veal
,i.-frH lion II the new dam Of the
ss.ftui kArr Power company he
~ M. aIt. y. H.. and Vernon, &C,
- "A an rarlA hour Saturday morning
Hs,a., men acre killed ani two others
-, nni by the deiailment Of a
IN n5IT suagr traction engine, The
~sI,f umled the rails which run
~. M .-.f Hl completed section Of the
y, I'M hrl down ~ feet Ia the bot ;
,-n ii ala arplns IN the spillway, pulling
u, lao DID gG, Il was hauling along with
y hthI .ah IT the derailed engine wec
4 rn.in.,. his fireman and pipeman
'si,,,l H lbr dam, and ON the cars were
a. rsI'Ir rIrW, a brakeman and his as,
W" NJ dead are Engineer Eugene Cutler.
a r,iI.u, ol Ilins,lale. y. H.. and his
.,.gsn. Marvin Maftindale. -. OF Gin.
~. III uIuIrd are Chester Parker OF
e,,.B 49,. q pipcman who has been EN-.
'i.,l .f hoo dam since the ground was
h, broken aud Edward Daley, brake
r,n. l,.rflnt,
an oi f.a men wcr members Of the
~ ,l'l 10 the dam aud al the time oi
n ia4im, which happened about Las
9,k anr working by the aid Of arti.
.allsIt starting from point ON the
IA llam -lrr shore. where the concrete
~ iar uIlling the dam Is mixed. and
,s6fns rll.rl with the river 10 the
,Ini uit,, she track makes a sharp turn
, M completed section OF the dam he.
.cn thr shore and the river. the engine \
a rmsrl,i about half the length Of its
h when without warning il left the rails |
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
Railroad Notes.

ii. II. Harwood has been appointe
foreman OF the freight house and q.
Cunningham is taking his place in the o.
flee.
w. j. Anderson took Conducto
|O'Brien's place this week for a round tri
to White River Junction while OBriel
was out in society.
j. j. Riley OF the ticket Office spent las
Saturday in Vernon with friends. jim
never takes any chance of missing hi
friends and takes them right with him.
They say that Dave Carey rehearset
his speech for the Burke supper for two
weeks and then got up and told us it wa,
a surprise. Talk about qualifying for the
Ananias club.
We are not i'm politics but we are work
ing for living and we hope that "Bill
Taft rings in this fall o. X. We haven't
anything against Bryan only this: we
want three square meals day and the
chance looks brighter with Taft.
Work at the pit is progressing in good
shape and w. p. Elrod, who is in charge,
has proven that ,he. is, the man the doctor
prescribed to do this work. He is ably
assisted by Conductor Aher and 1--WE near
ly forgot +. w. Verdon, who shoots cur
rents through the wires and makes him
self generally useful as well as ornamental.
Right here at this stage of the game we
want to speak few cutting words to the
travelling public who throw papers on the
tracks at the depot, and then kick be-
cause the tracks are not always clean.
Section Foreman Base does his best, but
he cant keep pace with some of these
people who would rather throw papers,
banana peels, ETC., on the track than step
over to the receptacle provided for these
things and put them there out of sight.
And the women seem to be the worst Of
tenders at that.
We noticed our friend Jack O'Brien at
the Burke supper the other night and
were particularly struck with his charm
ing appearance on this gay and festive
occasion. There is no question in our
minds but that he and Tom Rouse were
the finest looking conductors in the room
next to Jack Kierce.
And speaking of that entertainment,
wasn't it the candy? Every one seemed
% have a good time and helped everyone
Else to have the same kind of fun. There
ire very few men in this part of the coun
ny that would have had the send-of our
I'D chum Burke received, and you can
,amble that he won't forget the occasion !
IS long as he stays in this vale of tears. |
\. p. Abbott of Springfield was there,
nut asked to be excused from speaking. |
We have since learned that Mr. Abbott |
las w. j. Bryan faded to standstill
vhen it comes to singing bouquets; if
We had known this at tie time he would
ot have gotten by us. Carwheel.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23

at the most dangerous part of the trestle
cure. At the time of the accident the
engine was hauling two fiat cars loaded
with concrete for use in the construction
work inside the Golfer dam on the Yer
mont side Of the river. The engineer and
the fireman had taken their stations inside
the cab preparatory to their last trip, and
Edward Morris, the brakeman, and Ed
ward Daley, his assistant, were in their
accustomed places on the cars. just as
the tram was about to start from the New
Hampshire shore Parker stepped in the
rear OF the cab for a ride across the dam.
The train was travelling over the route
at its usual speed and all went well until
the curve was reached. Here for some I'M
accountable reason the engine left the
rails One of the trucks smashed through
the flooring Of the trestle, and the derailed
engine, poking its nose through the hole,
turned a complete sOmersault over the
south side of the dam to the bottom of the
concrete spillway % feet below. Bounding
from that it fell into the waters of the
Connecticut river, where it remained par
tally submerged with its front buried two
feet deep in the mud of the river bed. As
the engine went over the edge of the tres
tie it dragged the two cars after it, the
force being so great that it yanked the
Ears from beneath their loads which were
left intact on the rails. As the men on the
ars felt the jar caused by the derailment
hey jumped, but in the small cab of the
nglne the fireman and the engineer were
mabIc to make their escape. Parker,
loweyer, made the attempt, but was
aught ON the running board of the en-
me and hurled to the spillway. Cutler :
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
OBITUARY.
William Sanders.

William Sanders, q. died Monda,
morning al his home on Chase strcct o
tuberculosis after an illness OF over tw,
yeaIs. MIR. Sanders was born in Spring
field, VI, Aug. 70. 1851, son Of William
ID. and Mary H. Sanders, and when q
young boy he moved with his parents "a
Bnttleboro, where he attended the pub.
lie schools, In ls9s he went TO Putney 10
work as decorator for the Stowcll Manu-
featuring company, of which his father
was superintendent, and he married Alb.
bic ;. Kendall OF that place. daughter Of
Mr., and Mrs. !. ID. Kendall, Sept. 10,
1903 In the fall Of that year they came
To Brattcboro where Mr. Sanders entered
the employ Of +. l.. Hildnth 4 company
and was employed continuously by that
concern until September 1907 On Nov.
II, 1907. he went TO the Massachusetts,
state sanatorium at Rutland, Mass, and
this change seemed to benefit him for a
while. but II was not permanent and on
May Z, 1898, he returned to his home here
where he had been gradually failing ever
since.
Besides wife, he leaves his mother,
Mary 4. Sanders OF Springfield, Mass,
two brothers. Edgar Sanders of Brattle-
boro and Arthur Sanders OF Springfield.
Mass, and one sister. Mrs. Tom Hart OF
June Z, 1902.
The funeral was held at the house
Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock, Rev. G..
Is. Lawson officiating and burial was. in
the cemetery at Putney. Mr.. Sanders
showed remarkable patience throughout
his long illness and seemed ever thought
full of others. He was always popular
among his associates and fellow-workmen
and was fully prepared to face death when
IL came
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23

passed away at 1926, death being due to in
ternal hemorrhages. Martindale's skull
was fractured at the base of the brain.
Cutters body was taken to Hinsdale
while that of Martindale was removed Il
Brattleboro. Parker is at his home neal
the dam, where he has lived since the con
struction started. Morris and Daley were
taken to their quarters at the Vernon no
tel.
Fireman Martindale was % years of age
and unmarried. He had lived with his
sister and her husband, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
l.. True, at the home of Henry Faiman
in Vernon. He attended the Mt. Hef1non
school, class of 1908, until September, 1907,
when he left to assume his duties at the
dam in an attempt to earn funds to attend
college. He was a member OF Hinsdale
lodge, |. o. o. f., the Gill, Mass, Baptist
church and the Hinsdale grange. His par
ents, Mr. and Mrs Horace Martindale, re-
side in Gill, Mass. He is also survived by
four sisters Mrs. 4. l.. True of Vernon,
Miss Clara Martindale of Mayfeld, N. Y,
Misses Anna and Bertha, both attending
Mortified seminary, and two brothers,
Richard and Julian, who live in Gill;
Cutler was about 30 years of age. He
had been lifelong resident of Hinsdale,
where he leaves a wife and child, and
brother and sister, the brother, Leon Cut
Ter, being employed at the dam. Both of
the dead men were men OF good habits and
were great favorites among the workmen
with whom they were associated. Martin
dale had been working on stationary en-
CINE as member of the day force, and Sat
urday evening was his first experience at
night work.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23

pursuance Of the duty enjoined, you will
hereafter comply with requests OF the ex'
ecutiye, 30 far as possible. As coniiden.
tlal advisor OF the governor, and also OF
the secretary. OF war, your duty is TO work
for the efficiency Of the militia and for
harmonious cooperation between il and
the regular army. Your observations
should embrace everything pertaining TO
the military aspect OF the militia and you
should impat instruction in regard 10 all
professional matters whenever requested.
As instructor OF the organized militia OF
tie state of Vermont, it is your duty TO
give both theoretical and practical in.
struction TO the state forces as far as pos.
slb!e, and for this purpose you should visit
the various commands OF the state when.
ever the governor desires such visits TO
be made
The special orders of the governor TO
Lieutenant Chapman will be communi.
Gated to him as occasion demands"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
High School Notes.

The annual reception given by the soph
ignores Of the high school to the new
high school laboratory this evening. A
general good time will be enjoyed, and the
evening will be spent in furthering the
acquaintance of the upper classmen with
the members of the class Of 1912. The
committee in charge of the arrangements
is as follows: Helen Kenney, chairman !;
Edith Kendall, Jessie Ransom, Evelyn
Emerson and Gertrude Hunt, Robert
Fits, Appleton Miles and Onslow Thomp-
son
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
MARRIAGE ENDS LONG ROMANCE.
Brattleboro Man Recently Married tt
Sweetheart of His Youth.

After being separated from his boyhooe
sweetheart for more than score OF years
Charles l. Finch of Brattleboro, VT, re
turned to this city recently to beglr
again his wooing of "the girl he left be
hind him. On Wednesday evening they
We're married--Charles Finch, widower
and Mrs Jennie Spafford, widow. There
were two weddings. 1t was romantic
and unique ceremony; romantic BECAUSE
one marriage was the. fulfillment OF the
promises and hopes of school days, and
unique because the second bridegroom was
the son of Mrs. Spafford.
This good, old-fashioned romance had
Its beginning many years ago in a little
country schoolhouse. The Borrens and
Fmches and Spaffords were the leading
families in the village OF Conklin Forks IN
those days, and the children all attended
the district school, There were Charles
and George Finch, and Jane and Frances
Finch, and Jennie Borren and Henry
Spaiiord and one or two others who M nave
since died. in this particular group. Ihsy
We're all good friends-went to school anu
played together-and were as happy as
only children of the country can be. on
all the berrying and chestnutting trips, on
sleigh and straw rides and when they were
older and had graduated from school, at
barn dances, Charles Finch and Jennie
Borren were constant companions Every
one thought of course that Charley would
settle down on the farm and marry ms
,schoolmate, but the young man was am
bilious and wanted to leave the farm. 6.
Twenty-Five years ago Mr. Flnch lel'
Conklin Forks, going to New, Loho ~
Conn, Later he was employed Dy 'to
Boston & Maine railroad and s,a Wed' he IL
Brattleboro, where he is now located. ~; ~
married his sisters sister-in-law, VINO dleu
two years ago. His wife, was formerly
Miss Julia Miner, sister of Hiram Miner
of this city. Meantime Miss jennie BOT
rem had become Mrs. Henry Spafford.
Her husband died nine years ago. A1ter
the death of his wife, Mr.. Finch came "
Binghamton and Conklin, Forks frequentt-
y and called on his boyhood swee!nea;i,'
The courtship was resumed ana !ne ~ u
teerrupted wooing had happy , endins
Mr.. Finch's duties required almost con-
slant attention and he found it difficult
to leave his work. 1t was finally decloe N
O'Clock ON Wednesday night, at which |
time the nrospectiye bridegroom could
come here without Inconvenience. incf
ientally Elmer Spafford, son OF MIS-. bpa nf
ford, and Miss Flossie Flning, pceI ~
lonklin Forks, decided to be naarrieu az
he same time. nh. poll 175
So at the home of Mrs. POLY Del Mrs
estal avenue, Charles l. flnc1n anu hN Rev
apf S B. s%h wf pastor Of the HawsSy
on NJ. q. church, and as soon as .ns
eremonv was concluded the minister wa, was
aiied on to A oficiate at second !, wedding Snng
The bride was Miss Winning and the g n3on
he son of another bride.-binghan''o"
\. Y. Press, Oct. II.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
Henry r, Winter.

A telegram received by the local polic'
from the department at Oneida Depot
n. Y, giving the first news Of the deatl
of Henry r. Winter, formerly a residen,
of Brattleboro, reached here Sunday morn
ing, and q search was instituted at once
for trace of his relatives. The body OF
the unfortunate young man reached Brat
tleboro Wednesday morning and it was
forwarded from this town to Townshend
where burial took place. Young Winter
was killed at Oneida Depot shortly after
s o'clock Saturday evening. After. eating
a luncheon in restaurant opposite the
station at that place he started to cross
the railroad tracks in the freight yard
instead of taking the longer route by the
road. 1t is believed by his friends that
he was struck and instantly killed by a
switching engine. His skull was crushed
and one arm was cut off. The body was
found by his associates about half an hour
later. Winter lived in Brattleboro about
four years leaving here shortly after his
graduation from the Brattleboro high
School in the class of 1905. The following
fall he entered Colgate university. His
body was accompanied to Bratteboro by
two young men, both classmates at Col
gate. While in Brattleboro he was
member of the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION and took an active part in the
work of the young peoples society OF the
Baptist church. He was working his way
through college. He was about "a years
old. He is survived by a sister and an
aunt in Boston. When Winter was a
small boy his father disappeared, and the
Young man did not hear from him until
,hree or four years ago, when he received
, telegram that his father was dying in a
New York hospital.
While in Brattleboro the young man
boarded for several years with Mrs. Z.
". Bushnell, and worked while attending
school in j. E. Bushnell's store on Flat
street. Until he became of age his legal
guardian was DR.. Z. S. Bowen of Brattle
,oro.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
MILK CANS IN MUSICAL COMEDY
o+ner characters Were Two Horses an
Benzine Buggy.

A noooeful equine. a load OF mix cans,
A peaIcGh, orse and carriage and the chug
Of ssef Ssn1 hessf buggy aS figured d the gns
Main Ma street Tuesday morning shortly al. al
ter o o'clock, which created an uproar anu
an n o' s Smith was returning to n; ;nn nome me
Of Y West Brattleboro from morning ;1I1 oa ue.
livery Of milk With ad 80 1 loapded into the
and other En- R 9sam and fastened there with
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
BENJAMIN Lawton.

Benjamin Lawton, 50, father of DR.
Smaller f. Lawton, superintendent of the
| Bratteboro Retreat, died Saturday at
Linden lodge, where he had lived about
| 10 wears. The cause of death was valvular
heart disease Mr.. Lawton was native
of Hartland, Conn, and was born May
81, 1926. He was one of five children of
Acors and Betsey Clark Lawton and
of those five two brothers, Nelson IL. and
Giles Lawton Of New York, survive. 4!
large part of Mr.. Lawton's business life
was spent in Great harrington, Mass,
where he conducted wholesale and retail
baking business, making speciality of
crackers, which went to market points in
various parts of New England. At one
time he was proprietor Of the Miller
house in Great Darlington, which he con-
Quoted in, connection with his bakery.
From that city he went to Bridgeport,
Conn, where he was successful as a pro-
duce dealer up to the time when he re-
tired, in 1898, when he came to Brattle
boro to live. In his early. life he lived in
Cornwall, Conn, where he took an ac-
tive part in the affairs of the Baptist
church and where he was the leader of
the choir long time,, his wife also sing
ing in the choir. He also was member
of the Masonic fraternity, and he was
leading citizen in the communities where
he lived. Besides his brothers he is sur
vived by his wife, who lives at Linden
lodge, and three children. DR.. Lawton,
Frank H. Lawton Of Bridgeport, Conn,
and Mrs. Idella j. Fitch, superintendent
of Linden lodge. His wife was Jane E.
Nettleton of Cornwall, Conn. She is a
lineal descendant of DR.. Samuel Fuller,
member of the Mayfower company and
physician to the Pilgrims.
Funeral services were held at Linden |
lodge Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock, Rev.
George B. Lawson, pastor of the First |
Baptist church, officiating. The bearers
were G.. w. Pierce, VIM. T. Haigh, F. w.
Spaulding and Mr. Lake, all employed at
the Retreat. Burial took place in the
Lawton family lot in Morningside Gene
terry.