The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-26
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

All the barber shops will keep one
. until III =. m. ON July and close 1
= 10 n. m. July 4.
II The free kindergarten will clos
II this week. The vacation kinderrarte
at the playground will open July q.
III Million Weed Pierce, son Of Geore
III W. Pierce, was graduated this wee
from the University Of Vermont d
Burlington.
Leon Akclcy took charge this wee
Of the boot blacking parlor in Horiol
block. lie will also make a bushes
of cleaning straw hats.
Among the appointments nm
nounced last week Mt Norwich uniyer
siy were those Of Paul :. Emerson
| Of Brattleboro 10 be sergeant Of Com
pany ID aud Crosby Adams TO be cor
poral Of Company A, signal corps.
III. A. Manning & Company OF
Springfield, Mass, began Monday on
the new directory which will be pub
lished ms soon us corrections and add,
tions can be made 20 the last year Z
issue.
The Brattleboro delegation in at.
tendance nj the democratic state con.
vention today is made up Of Rollin :.
Childs, NJ. j. Moran, A. p. Carpenter,
John Fitzgerald, 7. w. Plimpton. Ja.
cob G. Ullery, A. W. Roel and ID. j.
Stolte.
Over 1000 people attended the
openair meeting on the common Sun.
day afternoon. The First Regiment
band played n number of sacred selec.
tions before the devotional exercises.
Rev. l.. NJ. Keneston. pastor Of the
First Congregational church, spoke.
Nellie A. Prouty, daughter Of A.
w. Prouty of 1l2 Western avenue, will
take Miss Minnie !. Rawson Is place as
teacher Of the sixth grade in the Ca
nal street building. She is graduate
of the Randolph normal school and has
had considerable experience in teach
ing. Her last position was in Gardner,
Mass, where she was engaged in grade
work.
The first evening band concert of
the season was given Tuesday night
on the common and was largely at
| tended. The women of the Baptist
church served ice cream and cake at
the corner of North Main street and
Park place. The number on the pro.
gram most appreciated by the audi
ence was a selection from the Mikado.
No concert will be held until the band
returns from Pine Plains. N. Y.
The outlook for a successful sea
son at Spofford Lake is exceeding good.
Pine Grove Springs will again be filed
throughout the summer months, so the
management declares The hotel was
opened Saturday with large number
of guests and the seasons booking
shows that nearly every room will be
taken by the last of next month. To
day 65 Knights Templar from Boston
will visit Pine Grove Springs and will
remain until Monday. Mrs. L. d.
Greene IS cottage will be occupied We'd
nesday by a number of girls under the
direction of Miss Wheeler of New York.
Professor f. T. Cole will open Silver
dale Monday. Over 80 boys from Co
lumbus. O., will arrive there and re-
main the summer.
A very pretty wedding took place
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Mather of Marlboro when their daugh-
ter Lottie A. was joined in marriage
with Peter j. Hopkins of Brattfeboro
The ceremony was performed by Rev
r. RI. Shaw at noon Wednesday. The
couple stood under large horseshoe
arch of white daisies and red clover
blossoms. The bride was gowned in
white chiffon trimmed with lace, her
travelling dress being of pearl gray
French panama material with satin {
trimming. Many valuable and useful
presents were received. After the
ceremony refreshments were served and '
The couple started on their wedding F.;
tour with the best wishes of all friends. S
fter a few weeks at the beach Mr..
and Mrs. Hopkins will reside at oo 1
Western avenue, Brattleporo, "neie
hey will be at home after August l. \
-Brattleboro lodge, N. E. 0. Py held e
me of the best meetings in its history
n Red Men IS hall Wednesday evening S
yben a class of 80 candidates were +
,iven the third degree in the presence h
r Sunreme Warden Frederick Peabody n
nd Grand Vice Warden Arthur Wills a
e Massachusetts, in addition to visit a
re- from Bellows Falls and Springfield, 81
n The work was unusually well done u
nd was complimented by the grand CO
Ulcers. At it's close the local lodge re
resented Degree Master II. E. Harms W
18th a valuable gold ring in aapprecla- al
ION of the excellent work ne mas done u
ere. After the regular work was com 81
leted a banquet was served. Speeches W
ere made by the visiting grand officers IN
nd nv DR.. E. r. Lynch of this town. @
ancing was enjoyed until 1.30 to mu- Ii
q bv The N. E. o. P. orchestra. One St
1ndrred and twenty-five people were tn
resent. -
According to an order from State s
ttorney R. G. Bacon the stores OF +. a.
iexander & Company, W. G. Horton, u ~,
p. Miller and Alright q Casassa w;
are closed Sunday This action was w. w.
a result of complaint filed by q. b. 10
,mson in March. Mr.. Lamson asked VI
o. tbe store of P. Alexander u Com %,
nv be shut up Sundays Nothing was u,
no however. until Saturday and at IL;
at time Mr.. Bacon visited the above, 81,
mod stores. read the law and toio ot1
q nronrietors what would follow II ~
; law was violated. The stores com va I'd,
ed with Mr.. Bacon s ordef put ~ o. ha. viii
been received with favor: oIne, NO,
res were allowed to remain open M c
ndav and sell ice cream, SOFA anu frs
,accos. These were offered dor saie nor
the stores ordered closed All OF the ssho
,nr;etors who were visited by tne 9UU
drney declare that they Will MAKE sp