The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-14


: +. X. Barrows Saturday.
Murray M. Tucker has broke
ground for house on the lot adioil
ing that of his father on Chase street.
. A preliminary committee, of whic
Mrs. G.. II. Thompson is chairman, ha
been appointed to see what can be don
} about a tuberculosis camp for this sun
mer.
Members of the Brattleboro We
man s club who hold tickets for tn
May brea kfast can have their none
refunded by presenting tickets to Mrs
G. Il. Warner, treasurer.
The Ledger Dispatch of Norfolk
Va, of May IL said: "The Trucker
have the best second sack artists in thu
league. Guiheen fields WELL bats wei
and runs bases with good Judgment
Mrs. w. F.. Mixer of Brattlebor,
lodge, n. +. O. F., was in Boston thi,
week in attendance at the meeting OF
the supreme lodge of the New England
Order of Protection as delegate from
the local lodge.
The granite shaft for DR.. H. ID
Holton S monument in Prospect Hill
cemetery was drawn there from the
Grant granite works Tuesday, morning
Six pairs of horses were attached to the
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The Young People S union of the
| First Baptist church met Tuesday even
ing when the following officers for the
ensuing year were elected: President,
f. V. Morse; vice president, Miss Ruby
Thurber; treasurer, Clarence r. Merrill ;
secretary, Mrs. w. B. Douglas. She ex-
ecutive committee of the union will be
appointed later.
Henry |. Hartman, general man
ager of the Connecticut River Power
company, is negotiating for the pur
chase of water rights on the North
river in and about Shelburne Falls,
Mass, for the purpose OF developing
them for the production of electricity.
river have been approved by the county
commissioners and it is expected that
the arrangements will be completed
within short time.
A special meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Connecticut River Power
company of Maine, the corporation
which holds the stock of the Connect
cut River Power company of New
Hampshire, will take place in Portland,
Me-, tomorrow. The meeting is called
for the purpose of amending instead the
charter to provide for holding the an
nual meeting in October instead of
June and to increase the authorized
capital of the company from $2,5OO,OO0
to $3,220,000
-Arbor day was celebrated through
out the state of Vermont on Friday ac.
cording to the proclamation issued by
Governor Prouty as Champlain Arbor
day in honor of the discovery of Lake
Champlain by the French explorer 800
years ago. The day was celebrated in
he local graded schools with appropri-
ate exercises in the different grades. |
Short talks about the explorer and his |
work were given and booklets prepared |
by the Champlain Tercentenary com
nittee were distributed.
Less liquor has been consumed in
3rattleboro since the first Of May than
n any fortnight for years according to
hose who are in position to know Elk
'ress men say that since the wholesale
in North Walpole, N.
L., and Greenfield went out of business
eople who have been in the habit of
aving their "booze' come regularly
very Saturday seem to have stopped
rdering. This is probably because they
re not used to the new arrangement
nd it seems likely that warm weather
ill force them to find a new ordering
lace. Express men say there is no
eason to expect that the light liquor
lipments are due to any spasm of vir-
lie on the part of Brattleboro people,
According to figures taken from
le report of the statesinsurance com /
issioners the total fire loss in Wind
am county in 1908 amounted to 1885,.
80. Following is list of the towns y
18th the number of fires and the amount
loss in each: Brattleboro, "a, $6.470;
over, 2, $21; Dummerston, 4, $1,476; ]
uilford, 7, 1924; Jamaica, /, So; Lon
onderry s, $2,679; Marlboro, l, $74; $
ewfane, 2 1896; Putney, 8, 1858;
ockingham, 30, $22,324; Townshend, s
$40; Vernon, 5, 1924; Wardsboro,
CHAM, 4, 1854; Wilmington, 3, $780, !
IS; Windham, 3, $1,S17. No fire losses t
ere reported from Athens, Brookline,
ration, Halifax Somerset and STRAIT
A camp or instruction for rifle prac (
ce will be held at the state range I
Northfeld commencing June A. The :
mp will be occupied by two com
mics per week each company to de-
tie three days to this duty. Col. J. G. t.
stey of Brattleboro has charge of the Ii
engagements and will issue further C
ders soon respecting details of the Ii
egiment, V. N. g., will 90 into camp Ii
the state camp grounds near the Mil V
Try Post on Sunday, July 4. On Mon a
y and Thursday of Champlain Ter c,
ntenary week, the regiment will par IL
ipate in the parades here and will al
obably take part in the exercises at "
e La Motto and Plattsburgh on h;
ner days of the celebration. Every tr
mpany is busy drilling for the en- ii
mpment and parades and they will be
, to appear to better ADVANTAGE than re
9r before. ca
"A runaway accident which all but 70
ulted seriously occurred on the noun q
n road shortly after 3 Sunday at tuhl
noon. William Brazzee, Charles N'
Ring and Miss Elizabeth Granger,
employed by the New England Tel co
zone and Telegraph company, were tie
mpshire side of the Connecticut riv- ].
They had reached turn of the f.
d, the high banks on one side of ch
road cutting off the view ahead. F.
EN- without warning a large auto an
bile hove into view directly in front to,
them. It's unexpected appearance He
ghtened the horse, which dashed tn,
one bank, tipping the carriage on sol
side. In the melee the seat became me
sened and slid off and the three cal
ng people were thrown into gravel ve
k. They did not sustain any injury. +.
horse was not so fortunate. His a I
became tangled in the harness and ne
one wheel and as he started on the ga
run toward Chesterfield the dan We;
e wheel cut his legs and body Sc ma
ely. Parts of the wagon were left lin
the roadside for about mile and a viz
f. The horse and carriage were Mi
ed by John Baker. ter
The Connecticut River Power &