The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-28
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al 4 o clock.
-Iseai milkmen have agreed :,
raise the price Of milk 10 seven cent
quart SEPT, l. This Is the sam,
course that the milk dealers adoptet
last season, u being necessary on nc
count Of the high prices Of grain aud
feed.
&C, II, Crowell returned Saturday
from Norwich, Conn.,, where last week
he participated In the annual tourna
ment Of the National Rogue associa
ilon. Mr., cTowcll finished about mid,
way ~ the second division, winning
six out Of ls games,
Special electric ears will carry the
Vermont Wheel club members 10 the
elan bake and field day will take
place. Tickets for the outing are sell,
ing rapidly and everything promises
delightful occasion.
As many ~ the Vermont Wheel
club members ~ can should purchase
their tickets for the field day and
olam'hakc by next Wednesday In or.
der that the management may know
how many will attend. Tickets may be-
secured Of II. II. Lawrence and y. q.
Bnrpee.
The premium lists for the a3rd
annual Valley fair have been issued
today. The pamphlets are similar In
form 90 those Of past years. being well
arranged, handsomely illustrated and
neatly gotten up The classification in
the various departments Is about the
same ~ in previous years.
The ever popular Bennett Moulton |
will inaugurate is week \ en-
gagcment next Monday night. Al. |
though they have been in existence /
for the last 30 wears. the management |
believes in keeping up with the times.
Their motto isl" Always lead, hut
never follow This season, they have
added new scenery, costumes, in fact.
that is Necessary 10 give a
production.
Eight thousand lingering brook
rout from the government fish hatch.
'ry sub station in East Arlington were
eceived in Brattleboro Monday and
distributed in streams in Brattleboro
md Marlboro. The fish were in unus.
ALLY good condition and ought 10 do
much toward improving the fishing
ext season. as under favorable condi,
ions they will be Of legal length by
he latter part Of next summer.
The national rifle team match
nded AT Camp Perry. o.. Wednesday
a general defeat Of the national
uard teams by the quasi.professiona !
'nited States service teams. which d
pend weeks and months drilling for I
his fight. The Massachusetts national +,
uard team finished in sixth place. {
'hiie Vermont, new at the game last
ear, ended i3rd with score of 2i50.
la in a all FL | r
,mpetition had score of 1924.
Tho North.end tennis club was de. ;
'ated al Charlestown. y. H.. last Fri. '
nv. losing three ont of four matches
singles and both matches in doubles l
he scores were ms follows: +. H. /
arris beat Brooks 20. 60, 60;
awkins beat II. i. Greene SO. Ga
God beat 4. :. Thompson 6.S, rs.
Z; Perry beat c. II. Thompson 2.6, 5,
3, o.; Hawkins and Brooks beat q
arris and Greene 6.S. 4-6. Ga; Wood d
ID Perry beat Thompson and Thomp. y
n SO, 6.3, 81. n
People who were sitting on the oil
atform of the station at South Yer in
N yesterday afternoon about 9 F
clock thought for moment that
ev were the victims of dynamite
ploson. There was tremendous
but it was found that the
Use was due to the bursting of the a
g water tank directly across the ri
lcks. Without any warning the of
ives of this tank flew in all direc. m
ms. scattering about $4,000 gallons II
water and setting the roof of the al
TX on the ground some distance so
av. The accident was due TO the co
sting of the iron hoops on the tank. Al
William Wallace, the demented Fl,
n who escaped from Deputy Sheriff on
II. Patten at the West Rutland de- ne
board an electric car for this city an
night, was again captured this a
rning at a neighbor Is house by Con. ed
Bile Ralph Crawford of West Rut- of
d. He was taken on the / o clock De
in by Policeman =. II. Conlin of PHI
$ city to the Brattleboro retreat. daI
will be committed to the institution this
his own expense. He was adjudged the
1ne by Drs. w. w. Townsend of an,
city and j. B. Guiltinan of West pla
land. When Wallace escaped he was lllr
handcuffed. He slipped out of his bee
and left it in the officer Is hands. sol
was considered harmless, but talk dat
wildly at times. He gave the GOO
.ers a short chase this morning be- aga
, he was caught and handcuffed- per
land News of Monday. nc
The unpleasant effect of the ex- VIII,
nelly high prices of grain. partic- son
lv corn, in Brattleboro, is being |
in variety of ways. Cracked bee
/, retailing at $3.50 and $1.S5 per goo
pounds. or 81 bushel has not as
,iously been as high since the civil a |
Prices of grain were on the up not
4 mye last autumn and many cha
1ers sent to market all the cows the
could spare rather than keep
4 through the winter. A shortage
milk resulted, consequently dealers
up the price of milk and cream :.
dry weather of the past summer M
ID to the gravity of the situation der,
rying up the pastures and still fur at
reducing the milk supply. This M
ted demand for more cows, but urds
farmers cannot get them for love resu
money and the milk dealers are Sept
ng among themselves about put r,
milk prices up another notch. and
n the pastures were dryest there ,unr,
an unusual demand upon the a nq,
neiy aor oit bmttor anu .l,s teuuue h trip.
xtent that the butter market has M
cramned ever since A number of HON,
~ makers increased their mice the MED
week Rather Than Inv grain Fost
ers have been feeding green corn, with
and peas for fodder. These crops Nj
done well the past season. for day
i the farmers are duly thankful has
SINCE
morror cusbino days
$50. 90 III MI
llen ousnlnE; 70 u,eu nai ~ Va,, extei