The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-26

closed hext week on account af III
large number IL employees At iin
flslns, n, W with Company l, and b.
csasr - many WISH 10 take q yacaiia
al this time 81 year,
The Baptist picnic sill be held o
July 4 In the grove at the fair GROUND
This has been dermed more e0nvsnien
than the golf grounds, The ehuIche
at uuilfeId and West hraiileboFo hAy
been invited 10 join. Principal bal
game will come in the forenoon ah,
general athletics In tho afternoon
Special cars will run TO the grounds
A large crowd expected and welcome
Weddings IN which the bridegroom
were hfaitleboTo young men have iakci
place this week IN South Newfane an,
North ilinsdale as will be seen IN N,
correspondence from those towns
George A, upham, who IL employed by
the March Trucking company, and Mis-,
kitiie l.. Lowe were married In North
liinsdale Tuesday, Herbert G. Sparks
u member Of the firm Of Sparks Broth
ers Of this town, was married In South
Newfane Wednesday TO Miss Iva Nun.
dell
No trace has vet been found II
the man who was drowned in the Con.
neciicui river just above the dam site
Tuesday morning. II is believed. how,
ever, that the man was John Mae.
Sherry who was employed on the night
shift. lie has not been seen since
Tuesday morning. The man evidently
arose early and went 10 Hinsdale. ON
his return he did not attempt 90 cross
I he bridge but instead went 90 the point
Of rocks some distance above, Invested
himself Of his clothing and started TO
swim the river. When about halfway
across his cries were heard by some Of
the workmen but before help could
reach him the man sank.
Mrs. r. r. Young sustained
sprained ankle and severe bruises by
falling the entire length Of n flight Of
stairs in her home Saturday evening
NJ $50. Mrs. Young was carrying bun
die OF clothes 10 the second story aud
reached the last stair when she lost
her balapcc and fell backward striking
with her full weight near the foot Of the
stairs. Mr.. Young, hearing the noise,
fastened 10 his wife Is aid and found
her nearly unconscious. A physician
was summoned and the bruises received
immediate treatment. II will be al least
.wo weeks before Mrs. Young will be
lble TO be about. II is possible that
he fall could have been prevented il
here had been railing on the stairs.
Rev. Father NJ. j. Carmody pur.
biased last week Of +. +. Wright lot
n Putney on which a Catholic church
n chapel will be built. No definite |
,lans have been made, however, in re
'ard 10 the time of construction or the |
lind of edifice TO be erected The lot |
S situated on Main street at the june.
ion of the two main roads leading TO
he station. 1t has frontage of 100 |
eet. Father Carmody said that it
eemed good time TO buy lot and
hat when the number of Catholics
n Putney grows large enough they
ill have a place on which to erect
hurch. At present 35 attend the serv.
.es in the town hall which are held
nder his direction. During the sum
Ter months services are held every
ther Sunday, but during the winter
here is but one service a month. Lo-
alton is also being sought out in South
ernon with view of building
lurch thereon in the future. Servi.
IS are held in that town by Brattle
pro priest.
People who visit the dam site in
ernon for the first time in several
eeks will hardly recognize the place
much has it changed recently. In
lie first place the old coffer.dam has al
ost entirely disappeared and water
flowing through the flood-gates in the
'mpleted section of the dam. The
w Golfer, which extends from the
est end of the old one to the Vermont
ore, is well on toward completion and !.
G last section is now being constructed. /.
hen it is dropped into place sometime ,,
KIT week all of the water will be
rned through the openings of the :;
mpleted section. Work has also been :
irted on the downstream crib for the !
W Golfer The logs which were used >
the crib-work of the old Golfer dam
e piled at convenient point near !
is end and are being used in the new u
'rk. When the annual log drive of =
g Connecticut Valley Lumber com =
ny reaches the dam -site it will be :"
iced through one of the openings in
, completed section of the dam, and u
this way the work will not be ham n
red. Within few weeks the con q
ctors hope to begin on the founda- II
n for the power house. m
The summer timetable on the Bos- 81 2,
/ and Maine and Central Vermont \,
lroads will 90 into effect Monday. -
e schedule as far as it affects Brat. m
boro is about the same as that of last v
inner except that the 11.45 south II
md and the 4.40 p. m. northbound g. g.
ms will not be put on. The first ~
train on the Boston and n
inc will pass through here at 2.2S 81
M; at $40 a train will leave here -,
White River Junction, connecting IN
h a train for other points as far e.;
tn as Sherbrooke; there will be no On q,
nge in the running time of the 9.03 s Sp
11.07 The north-bound White ~,
lntain train will leave here at 2.16 fn
there will be trains going north do
5.4l and 10.1S as usual. The first no
Inbound train goes through here or,
'.25 a. M, meeting the north-bound sv,
1t express at this station. The M,
W. train leaves at $50 and the iee
as usual. The White Mountain an,
n, south bound, leaves here at 1.52. emf
accommodation train from the
h will arrive in Brattleboro at 2.10 mr.;
leave at ESQ for South Vernon, mn
re it connects with a train for is
ngneld. rms Tram Will reach erh
tleboro on the return trip at 4 siol
,ck. Other trains for the south lies