The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-17

tng. over 90 couples attended the
dance held there last week.
The International Sunshine 30
eiety. Branch I, will soil ice cream al
the hand concert on the common next
Wednesday evening,
Mrs, l.. NJ. Coolidge has sold this
week 10 George A. Eels the blacksmith
and carriage painiing shop ON the cor.
ner Of South Main aud Canal streets.
The sale was made through the agency
Of W, @, Horton,
-Pniney, Halifax and Guilford are
among the towns that have not filed
their grand list schedules with the see
rotary of state. Each ~ these towns
Is liable 10 fine Of $500 for such de-
linqueney.
Rev. A, II. Webb IL away ON his
vacation aud there will be no morning
service IN the Methodist church for the
next two Sundays. The Sunday school
and the Sunday evening and mid week
services will he held as usual. IL is ex.
neeted that Rev, y. y. Morgan OF BIOS,
ton will speak Sunday evening.
Road Commissioner j. T.. Nichols
Is trying the experiment Of putting a
top dressing of gravel ON portion Of
the maeadam roadway In Main street
by means Of the steam roller he loos
cned the surface of the highway aud
then put on a generous coating of river
gravel which has been rolled down
hard. The section Of road on which
this experiment has been tried is on
the east side Of the ear track nj the
top Of Main street hill The outcome
will be watched with interest although
there are many who doubt the wisdom
OF the experiment.
The annual Van Dyke log drive Is |
expected 10 reach Bellows Falls next |
week. II will contain only about 80. |
100000 feet. little over half the size 4
Of many former years. The water IL 1
low and the logs are running slowly. so
that in spite of the fact that the drive
is smaller. IL will take nearly as long 10
pass as other years. The reduced size
" the drive is not due 10 the business
depression but 10 the illness of the head
If the company. George Van Dyke. who
Is at his home in Lancaster. y. H., Il
where he is improving slowly. Mr.. Van
Dyke was taken sick early in the win.
er while the cutting was being done.
md his incapacity caused n temporary
setback in the work.
Nearly 100 Knights Templar at.
ended the informal reception given by
Seauseant commandery Wednesday
vening, in honor OF Past Commander
David A. Young of Seattle, Wash. who
las been visiting at his former home
Iere for the first time in seven years.
after an excellent supper served in the
,anquet hall by Hall 3 restaurant there .
we're informal post prandial exercises, !
I which Eminent Commander Arthur |
;. Simonds presided. Among those who /
lade brief remarks were Mr.. Young, +. !
;. Brooks of Gardner, Mass. and Col. 4
:. a. Miles, first commander of the I
\ stated conclave was /
the reception. a
The recently adjourned Massachu. S
etts legislature made number of I
anne law changes which will interest G
portsmen hereabouts. The open sea- C
IN for partridge, woodcock and quail S
ow covers only the month of October. Y
heasants may not be killed at any =
me. A close season on grey, squirrels
established After Jan. /. 1909. any (
erson desiring to hunt birds or ami. c
als protected by law must procure j
cense from the town or city clerk, the Ii
cense fee TO be 81. This fee need not {
g paid by those who cOnfne their 5
uniting to foxes. skunks or wood ?
iucks. The fees thus paid are to be i
lrned over to the fish and game com s.
ission. the funds TO be used in stock
z game covers and trout streams. s.
Mrs. Jennie Ethel Edison. 81, h
idow of j. NJ. Edison. died suddenly at a
n home in Grafton Saturday of heart Ii
ouble. Mrs Edison was for many ii
- 1nl
10 was well known as a milliner in the Ii
nploy of Mrs. j, l.. Walker. Mr.. Ed Il
n died September %, 1883, and since
at time Mrs, Edison had made her
me in Grafton. She leaves a sister, o.
ISIS Gertrude Marston. who is ~
acher in Lebanon, ~ H. They had q
led together in Grafton, but Mrs. Ed NJ
n had spent the greater part of the a
nters in Brattleboro at the home of ;,
RS. Marshall Grout on Washington d
rect. Mr.. and Mrs, Edison came here of
on after they were married from ST. sc
Inns, New Brunswick, and lived here le
til the death of Mr.. Edison. The fun NJ
al was held in Grafton Tuesday, and wi
e body was brought to Brattleboro isl
r burial tb
The First Regiment band will give en-
concert on the common next We'd sh
sday evening, with the following =
Dgram: no
Garland 80. .Boehnlein. no
erture-All Hands on Deck .Suppe. me me
nse des Sultans ......... Daniels. en-
lecton-The Partisan Model, an
Hoffman. me
nee Waltzes from The Soul Kiss, ell
Hoffman.
to Race, descriptive ...... Missud. COZ
dley Overture .............O Hare. COZ
Texarkana, When You sti
al Kiss or Two. just Because He Ju
lldn t Sing Love Ne and the World ha'
Mine, just Some One, Since Ny IN
rinda Learned tho Merry Widow me
ltz, Somebody's Been Around Here We
ce we Been Gone. As Long as the wa
rid Rolls On and True Heart. ed
Banner. out
Five Pullman coaches of the White bus
untain express due in Brattleboro at sioI
yesterday afternoon, were demol- less
I'd near the Greenwich. Conn, sta lat,
l yesterday morning, the accident par
ng due to spreading rails. One per. con
was killed in the accident and bac
ut dozen others injured, while the
rly all of the 100 passengers were ven
'e or less shaken up. Among <the GER
er were Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Feth aga
IS and daughter and Misses Laura Gov
Edith B. and Grace Fethrecks of trio
v York, who were on their way to nici
ttleboro. They were in one of the
Imam cars. Mrs. H. Monahan and -.
children, Mrs. Alexander and Miss MA MAJ
tin of Brooklyn, N. Y, were in one W.. va
he day coaches on their way to visit I Iata
J. Y. Hanlon who lives on Cottage la'e
ct. They were unhurt, as the car a aln
rhich they were riding was not over l pun
ed The disaster blocked the I
not roach Rrattieboro until LATER capt
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