The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-06
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

About 80 people went to Lake Sun
apee on the Sunday excursion.
--Ariola, the phenomenal female bar
,e itone, will be at the Nicolet Thursday
Friday and Saturday.
!, Through the Streeter pensics
agency Levi Moore of West Brattleber'
has had his pension increased to $50 {
month,
q The regular monthly meeting OF
= the Bratt)eboro Mutual Aid association
$ will be held Monday afternoon at 3.3(
o clock at the association headquarters
81 North Mann street.
The Raymond French case w0IIl 'ex
perience another period of anrEnatlon
i. Aug. 81, when the time limit will eX
pire for the filing of an amended bill as
permitted 10y the supreme court.
-Altera tions on the second floor of
. Hooker block for the expansion of
Houghton & Simonds s garment depart
, ment have been completed this week,
and the work of building the fixtures
has begun
Fly screens. We will mak Ike best
grade sliding screens fitted ITO any win
dow at lowest cost prices, Also screen
doors Sn all kinds of wood. Orders
should be sent in early, HC@den 4 Mar
tin, 21tf
- Rev. Cyrus p. Osborne of the Sea
man s Friend society OF Boston Will
! preach ,at the open-air service on the
common Sunday afternoon. L.. w. Haw-
lev VIII preside at the meeting. Mr..
Osborne will occupy the Congregational
pulpit Sunday morning. son Aug. ID
Clarke G. Fits will preside at the
| Sunday afternoon meeting and Rev. X.
O. Sherwood of Attlebora Mass, viii
be the preacher DR.. G. &. Wheeler
wifi preside at the meeting on the 22nd
and Prof. WiIliston Walker Will preach.
A. F. Roberts will preside at the last
meeting of the season, Aug 90. Rev
+. f. Marble, Ph.D.. Of Cambridge,
Mass, will preach. There will be no
/ day afternoons.
"Wednesday morning about two
Q clock "a party of three Joy riders
claiming to hail from Saxtons River
called al the residence of NJ. f. Dutton
on the Dummerston road and wanted
to purchase milk. They Were IN a large
touring car. Just what excuse they
had for destroying large hydrangea
bush or carrying away a mat from the |
front of Mr.. Dutton s residence is not |
known. unless it was because of their |
inability to purchase milk. The party |
is understood to have made inquiries at |
other places for milk and to have pur-
Joined BASKETS and apples. Teiephonic
advites to Brattleboro failed 10 head
dents hereabouts,
THE automobile which fgured in
the accident told of in last weeks Re
former was raised Saturday from the
gulcb beside the Vernon road into which
it was hurled Thursday evening with a
party of five tourists. The machine
was drawn out of the ravine by. the: aid
of tackle and horses and the job fgas
done by the March Trucking company. !
The car was shipped to Minneapolis
where ii will be repaired. The injuries
received by the machine included about
III that could happen to a motor car. l
)ne of the forward wheels was torn 1
If the car, all the ornamental hardware G
vas stripped off and the varnish was +,
ntirely gone from sections OF the ma 9.
hine. to say nothing of various in5ur- "
es to the snechanism. t,
Fred II. Harris has been playing m II
he annual tennis tournament at Craw- G.
ord, n H., this week, being put out in il
he third rOMnd Wednesday by w. B. t
IRA Gin. If. The match was one of the n
losest Of the day, Harris lat one time p
icing within one stroke of winning. s.
The score by which Crag1n won was t
is beat r. Currrer 6-3, SO, and in the D.
econd round disposed of F. Ill. Batchel- f
Ter 60, 60. Harris and S. Henshaw II
ave been playing in the double, de- ST
eating Kendall and Walker Wednesday a
IL. 6-1. Next week Harris will 90 to
It. Johnsbury to participate in the Yer ri
nont staie championship. In doubles ~ ~
e will pay with George W. Fike of =,
springfield. Mass. who now holds the -
fngles championship of this state n
A party of 10 Young women from IN
he Holstein Friesian Office enjoyed a g
lotor-boa trip to Putney Wednesday re
vening, but were obliged 10 return 10y d;
rain instead of boat as was planned. a
he party left here early in the evening, bt
aking their lunch, and were finally pl
inded at the appointed place after al
ice of the captain the girls took a e
troll about the town for short time W
nd when they were returning TO the ty
cat he met them and told them he ia
luld not make the return trip by boat ia
wing to the storm and darkness. BY ba
lively hustle they were able to reach an
re railroad station in time to catch pc
le train which reaches here at S.34 in mi
le evening. Some were without wraps
money as they had left their belong
gs in the boat, but fortunately one of ~
le party had mileage book which VI
as pressed into service. 20 20
CONTRARY to expectations the Van tn
yke log drive passed Brattleboro Sun tn
~ and the rear is now at the Vernon fig
I'm. through which the logs are beng ad
niced as fast as possible. The wind, NJ
hich blew from the south all the first TO,
last week. veered to the north Fri ca
" night. and from that time the drive to
ade rapid progress. The rear force, Ba
hich consisted of four boat crews, ar att
we'd opposite the village Sunday morn if
g and by afternoon had practically all ma
e logs below the upper island. A tan
ON made of timbers and held across vii
e river by a boat at each end was ley
ed to assist the rear of the drive it
wnstream From the time the rear on
'uck dead water above Putney the ent
wv worked in two shifts night and say
V. No horses were brought down the of
er from Putney. the animals being L
wen from that town to a point be- tho
Y the dam. Boating began Sunday ligl
soon as the river was open above the Wis
athouse and has been continued chi
oughout the week, many taking ad-
ntage of the fine moonlight nights.
The first appearance of the new tar
lcoln pennies in New England was sue
de in Brattleboro Wednesday. Tues pan
? morning the issue was released the
m the mint in Philadelphia and E. mel
lton Dexter, who was Just leaving for Fir
ittleboro. had an linking that the ten
Y coins would be ready for circula- Hell
D that day. He was among the first Sto
receive a roll of the new samples of G..
Icoln cents and left the Quaker city Tho
few minutes later. He gave away son,
ny of the coins en- route to Brattle emo
o and the impression became current Abe
{ he was new type of millionaire Bet