The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-22

: good HamheF u sales made,
The Twin State Gas and EleciIi
A aaaI.aRy has this week shipped the eeE
, orator ahieh has been in nee al tho csl
h IrtNille power house 90 the t-hlfal Ia
diana Lighting company al Columbus
n lad,
a The seel.iy u the rhiisd State
Q Daughters ~ lslg II Nefmoni will tab
4 III. car leaving IVES, nfaiileboro at
4 o clock Friday, May ~, and 80 Ia th
!, cemetery where they will meet al Col
iilaks's grave At the top of the hall
: Each member ls requested "a bring fii
I nals
!, III. puJdis ~ ID. hfa,llrboro hisl
/ school will serve supper IN ufahs'
\ hall this evening al d o clock for th'
n benefit u Tho Dial. A considerable,
amount II money l. needed % pull th'
schaoi paper through the year, and al
!, who attend tonight vii help along |
: worthy cause as well a. paf'ake Of a.
I excellent meal.
! Two Italians who live on kees
street were driving from iiinsdale yes
, ieTday afternoon when their horse be
came frightened In some way and over
turned the carriage, The men were more
or less intoxicated. one az them -
!, much ~ that Il was feared nj first be
was seriously injured. The horse ran
for short distance and was stopped
near the Schorling place. The two men
were loaded into one Of Mr.. Schorlinf :
wagons and brought 10 their home. ~
this town,
The funeral Of Henry q. willeuti
took place az his late home on Clark
street Saturday afternoon at $50
o clock, Rev. u. 4. Trout, pastor Of
the tfniyersalist church. officiating.
Burial was in Prospect llill cemetery.
The bearers were George Willcutt, Fred
A. Richardson, W. II. Richardson and Z.
G. Frost Of Bratileboro aud John
Wright and T.. II. Akley Of Vernon.
Among those present at the funeral
were Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney May OF
Springfield. Mass, Mrs. Rose Grecnleaf
Of Winchester, n. H., and Will Bannis
ter of Fi,ehburg, Mass.
The fifth, sixth aud seventh grades
in the high school building observed
Wednesday afternoon as parents Is day.
/
took occasion 20 visit the schools and
TO observe the work. The program
consisted Of singing. gymnastic work
and recitation Of poems and was given
without special preparation, heing a
part Of the regular school work. The
eighth grade observed parents S day
from . TO $3.50 this afternoon. The grad.
uation exercises by the ninth grade at
the end Of the term will constitute pa.
rents's day observance by this grade.
The grades one TO -four will hold their
parents day exercises in connection
with pre- Memorial program Friday OF
next week.
A new rule, chasing dogs as excess
baggage. is reported TO be about 10 be
put in force by the railroads of New
England il the interstate commerce
commission approves, about July ]. II
the rules 90 into effect dogs will be
carried at regular excess baggage rates
under numbered tags giving destination
and necessary information, and the |
owners of the dogs will have TO sign |
slips releasing the railroads from all re-
sponsibility in the care and transporta-
ton of the animals. All the railroads of
New England except the New Haven
road were represented at conference
Mt which the new rule was decided upon.
There has been considerable trouble in
the past over the transportation of dogs,
and it is expected that the new rule,
if allowed by the commission, will be
generally adopted
Daniel Towne, 81, former resi-
dent of Marlboro, n. H., died Monday
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Albert
Davis, in East Sullivan, \. H., where
he had spent most of his time for sew
eral wears. The funeral was held yes
terday at the home of Mrs. Davis and
burial was in East Sullivan. He leaves
five children, Mrs. Albert Davis of East
Sullivan, Mrs. George l.. Capron and
Lester +. Towne of Marlboro, y. H., Il.
W. Towne of Los Angeles, Cal, and Mrs.
George II. Clapp of Brattleboro. Mr..
Towne will be remembered by many
people who have met him at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Clapp.
She was been spending several weeks
with him also his granddaughter, Mrs.
Louis Whitney. Mr.. Clapp and Mr.. {
Whitney went Wednesday to East Sui
ivan to attend the funeral.
Road Commissioner John p. Nichols
las practically completed the work OF
,craping the highways throughout his
portion of the town. The scraping has
,een much more thorough this year than
or several years past, Mr.. Nichols be-
ng q strong believer in the value of a
wise use of the road Sraper. He ex-
,ects to improve the condition of Elliot
trcet this season by removing large
PORTION of the soft earth and sand which
urn into mud every time it rains Mr..
Nichols and County Road Commissioner
Ferry have not yet decided just where
he state money will be spent this year
nut it is probable that the stone road
n Canal street will be extended to the
cot of Pine street hill. Road Commits
Toner John p. Sargent is putting in a
ection of permanent highway near the
Copeland Mill in West Brattleboro.
The prudential committee of the
school district No. have
this week some important
hanges in the teaching force which
ill take place at the close of the pres
Mt term. Miss Emma Gregg, teacher
{ music, has been granted a years
ave of absence and the committee has
ngaged as her successor Miss May
oodhue of Westminster, who has been
,acher of music in the Wilton IN. H.)
hools during the past year. Miss
oodhue is sister of Mrs. A. F.
,hwenk of this town. Miss Katherine
prkins, teacher of English in the high
hool, has been granted a year s leave