The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25
LOCAL, NOTES AND GOSSIP.

last meeting of the summer season
Tuesday evening.
The Ladies Enterprise society met
at 4 clock Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. A. D. Fessenden, 81 Elliot street
The reduced rate from Brattle'
boro to Burlington during the tercen.
tennial week will be fare and one-hat
or $500.
Il. d. Taylor, local agent for the
Oldsmobile, received two l9Oo runa,
bouts Monday. The cars have been
bought by John Babbitt and Arthur
Williams of Bellows Falls.
20. F. Benson, secretary of the Val
lev Fair association, is busy arranging
schedule for the class races to be
held at the coming fair, Sept %, "
and 80. He expects to be able. to
announce the list the coming week.
The National society of the Daugh,
tiers of 1912, state of Vermont, will
hold their annual meeting at the home
of Mrs. Charles HI. Thompson, Main
street, Monday aftrnoon, June %, at
3 clock. All members are requested
to be present
Next Tuesday the members of the
Woman's Relief corps will observe
memorial for deceased members. Will
meet at G. A. r. hall at 4 in the af-
UGTuOOu W lldhC llOl al plONSo GIL" P'o
coed to cemetery on car leaving West
Brattleboro at 6 o'clock.
-Brattleboro will receive visit
from a circus sometime during the
season as the Frank A. Robbins aggre-
cation has been routed to make this
town on it's southbound schedule. 1T
will come here from Bellows Falls and
90 to point in New Hampshire.
The regular Wednesday evening
concert by the First Regiment band
on the common drew a large attend
ance as the heat of the day was tenn
pered with the evening breeze which
made stroll through the common a
treat and doubly so with the concert
program rendered.
Sunday afternoon youngster in
diving from the Connecticut river
bridge struck the water on his side
instead Of the way generally adopted
by divers and the impact was so severe
that the little fellow was partially
stunned. A passing motor craft picked
him up nearly exhausted.
William C. Horton and his dog,
while making a pedestrian tour be-
tween this village and West Brattle2-
boro Sunday, came across black
snake. The dog drove the snake to
cover and the latter wrigglled himself
bush where Mr.. Horton killed it. 1t
measured 81 inches in length.
The last meeting of the summer
season of the Woman s exchange was
held at the rest room Monday after
noon. The reports for the past year
indicated a prosperous condition OF
the organization s treasury. The final
meeting for the summer season OF the
Ladies Enterprise society OF the Bap-
fist church was held Monday afternoon
The balloon North Adams No. 1
made an ascension from North Adams;
Mass, Sunday y m morning at at 81 800 n ana
1t contained Pilot N. H. Arnold and
William E. Coffin and son of New York.
On it's trip the balloon skirted the edge
of Guilford and Vernon and was seen
by members of Company | who were
in camp near the J. Henry Pratt farm
in the former town.
Of the class of 1909 of the Brat
tleboro high school Helen Betterley,
Ruth Brown, Irene Plimpton and Faith
Yeaw will enter Smith college next
fall Helen Martin will enter Wellesley,
best Taylor will enter Mt. Holyoke and
Russell Kuech and Ruth Dewitt will
take a post graduate course. Paul Whit
taker of the class of 1908 will enter
Worcester polytechnic institute and
Howard Brown Brown university next
fall.
Occupying his former pulpit in
the Baptist church Sunday morning,
Rev. George B. Lawson, principal of
Vermont Academy at Saxtons River, re-
viewed his work at that institution
compliment to the cooperation of his
colleagues and referred to the heavy
strain that had been imposed upon
the entire faculty during the twelve
months past Instead of the deficit of
from $4,000 to $4,000 that has usually
confronted the institution there is a
small balance on the right side of the
ledger. Mr.. Lawson laid stress upon
the need of added financial resources
for the academy.
Deputy Sheriff D. p Thompson
went to Rutland Wednesday with Da
vid lombard of Bellows Falls who has
been sentenced to three months at the
house of correction for larceny COM
mitted at Bellows Falls June 2. Bonn
bard is 16 years of age and has fig
ured in another similar affair. Having
stolen $1S from house in Bellows
Falls he went to Springfield, Mass, and
to work the same game at
The home of policeman. Jumping
from rear WILLOW III attempting 10
escape he fractured his wrist and in
iured his head. Upon being released
from a hospital he was told to get into
Vermont and stay there.
-Brattleboro chapter, D. A. R., held
is annual meeting Tuesday afternoon
With Mrs. H. H. Thompson. The meet
ng was largely of a business nature
md following the reading and adoption
If the reports of the officers the new
BOARD of officers was elected. The
July meeting will take the form of a
rip to Deerfield at the time of the pub
ic exhibition of arts and crafts on
cached the 100 mark in membership. |
The new officers are: Regent, Mrs: T. |
J. Pettee; viceregent, Mrs. c. L. Stick
icy; recording secretary, Mrs. William
corresponding secretary, |
Hiss G. NJ. Slate; treasurer, Mrs. F. l.
swift; registrar. Mrs. W. F. Root; his |
orian, Miss NJ f. Smith; chaplain,
gers: Mrs. H. W. Spaulding, Mrs.
/. w. Sargent, Mrs. W. H. Corser, Mrs.
3. S. Miller, Mrs. E. E. Flagg, Mrs.
Imogene White.
"A civil suit has been brought
ric company by Philip Thomas and
'eter Alexander for an alleged breach
f contract Aug. Is, 1905, claiming
hat a damage of $4,000 resulted from
he alleged action. The plaintiffs al /
sge that they had contracted with the
efendant company for the delivery
{ gas through an automatic coin-in-
he-slot meter and that the company
emoved such meter while the mech
nism contained a credit balance in
avor of the plaintiffs. The allega-
ons of the plaintiffs set forth that by
Jason of the removal of the meter