The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-16


-feoa hantas council called . sno,i.
: msrilhs last nlghi faF the Is,Tt.s.e n
! aasysias candidates After the dsesrs
!, s"raal time Was held and ra
. iteshihehIs were served.
a The Ladies' Enterprise society vii
met nith Ms, q, y, hawHef I'D Cat,
{ lssr sifcci Wednesday al 2 a isioek. n
hnlsr'i There sin b1 a good attend,
, ahe" ~ There ate quilts 10 " tied,
special eohyocaiion will be held
MAsehlr hall this evening when Part
buninef chapter, No, ~. Il, 4, NJ, will
work The ROYAL Arch degree ON several
candidates, Refreshments will he
srf'cl Following the degree work,
II he Green street book club held m
annual meeting at the home ~ Mrs. Il.
barber last Friday afternoon. The
un'viA elected nefei President, Mrs
H. Thompson; vice president, Mrs
W, Z, stone, secretary and Treasurer
Mrs y, ". Hall, hoax eommitise Mr.
J. silcknsv, Mrs. T., u, Whitney ann
Ms, !. l., Durham.
The " G. 7, Z. held a mee,lny
Tuesday afternoon aud Voted 10 boil
PRAYER services for the success OF ibe
halinsn meetings. which viii open
aheni NoN ]. The hfst of these ser
vices Nill be held SUNDAY afternoon.
Oct. u. al $50 o'clock. AZ Inc res,
fooms, Everybody l. cordially invited
10 attend these meetings
Seymour Scott, 80, died AZ his
home N sodns Point, y. Y. SEPT, -.
AFTER an illness Of several wears. lie
hAd Tor several wears been wenefal VA,
reFiniendeni for the American Mailing
company. aud was the organizer aud /
lal partner FOR some years Of
D. d IA Pa FlHa
scott II known IN Braiilcboro tbroueb
has marriage TO Mary Atkins, formerly 1
oi tins Town, who survives him with
two sons.
Marshal \. Hudson, president az
The bnfaea Union Of America, will give
an address on organized Bible classes
Tor men next Tuesday evening M $50
clock. IN the Baptist church. The
men of all churches are invited 10 M
tend, aud an evening of great profit l.
assured. Mr.. Hudson is also 10 deliver
an address NJ the Vermont SUNDAY
school convention TO he held nj Bellows
rams next week. Women rs well a.
men who are interested in SUNDAYS
lecture will be cordially welcomed.
Harry GRAY, for the past wear col.
iieetor for the local telephone exchange. ,
has been appointed manager of the Bel. !
lows Falls exchange 90 succeed e. II.
Burr. who has held the position for the
past ~ years. Mr.. GRAY will 20 TO =
Bellows Falls next week 20 assume the u
duties Of his new position. The Bel. /
lows Falls exchange is the fourth lare. i
st In the new Greenfield district of the \
New England Telephone and Telegraph / n
and embraces larpe out. n
wing territory. Mr.. Gray's place MS 4
collector for the local exchange will be o
aiken by Harry Davis.
N. II. Arnold of North Adams. Il
Mass, whose balloon, the ST. Louis, was q
animated from the international bal. Il
Don race which started in Berlin Sun. Il
lay by landing in the yorth Sea Mon. Fl
lay night, will be remembered in Brat. Il
leboro as captain and drillmaster of 81
he uniform company of Knights of 10
'ythias, which was one of the attrac. Il
ions AZ the Valley fair here four years r,
20. Mr.. Arnold was one of the first h,
zen in North Adams 10 become inter. 10
Sted in ballooning. and has made many Il
scents from that city during the past Fl
lmmer. One of these ascents landed
! Gulford last June. 10
Traffic on the West river division Cl
the Central Vermont was somewhat do
elayed Wednesday morning. several NJ
rge boulders which rolled down the bI
settling on the tracks of III
nat branch and effectively putting it br
At of commission for about an hour an
nd a half. The mixed train leaving &c
at 7.45 proceeded for about vi
ree miles toward its destination sis
hen it encountered the obstacles, and r.
e efforts of the train crew M remOv- NJ
g the boulders from the tracks prov ro
2 unavailing. the train was sent Tie
lck to its starting point. Engine "a, he
it'll a wrecking crew and travelling
ane. in charge of Conductor Frank NJ,
was despatched to the scene no
the trouble and after a few min CIV ~p
es work, the line was opened to Gle
avel. ve
There seems to be general apathy pol
long the pupils in the Brattleboro Of
Oh school toward fall athletics, foot. lde
II and basketball in particular, and del
SO far as the present indications an
ow the school will NOT have repre- cor
ntative team on the. gridiron this Nc
II. 1t is now so late that even Mr.
sirous Of having a team, before it goI
aid be developed to proper strength ma
2 season would be over and the work Sti
uld be practically useless In OH
,rked contrast to the spirit in the for
III school is that manifested by the the
pills in the grammar grades Elevens con
We been formed in the seventh, INA
nth, and ninth grades of both the y
nal street and high school buildings, CIV
der the able coaching of Diedrich t tLo
lite very creditable aggregations the
We been turned out in both schools r ia
| the rivalry that is being mani the
ted promises well for a continuance -
the games throughout the present hel,
season. Mel
About S.45 Monday evening the me!
king on the plunger which operates catl
Brooks House elevator blew out, ana
before the flow of water could be exp
+ off considerable amount of dam I las
was done to the office ceiling, the we!
pets in the corridors of the second achi
r, and to the basement. The water oprl
n the plunger valve, forced upward as
the exceedingly high pressure, 70
,hed the rooms and corridors of the lne
md floor, and carpets in the hall sary
IS were somewhat damaged by the pc
ting which they received. Not only lhstl
the water damage the floor cover W
!. but it trickled through the floor year
badly discOloring the frescOing on 10 s.
ceiling of the office. The floor of and
office was covered with water to cure
depth of an inch, and the entire anpe
= :. tba 1eak had been located in date
eping the flood into the basement Weel
a., 81 wotar lasted about eight spec
MES. The pressure forced the ele- the
# to the top floor of the building, stree
re it remained out of commission ance
the remainder of the evening. ness
The first issue of the Dial, the =
t1nborn b;ob school paper. for the islam
school wear will be issued this ION ;,
~ The editor-in- chief has not vet Cr0ll