The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23

| Judge u. II, Martin W. ~ w 41o,'
pelier Aug. to preside at regular
Session Of the United States district
court.
Owing to the absence of A. T.. Car
nenter. counsel for Patrick Lynch, the
iatter's case in municipal court was
continued from Monday morning until
Q clock tomorrow morning.
The Frank A. Robbins circus will
appear on the island Friday, Aug. 6, in.
stead of Aug. 4 as previously announced.
The Robbins show is one Of the old,
fashioned kind where you can see all
that is going on. 1t IL said TO DE one
John Flaherty of Brattleboro was
arraigned in city court yesterday morn
inc charged with intOxication. He was
fonnd guilty and fined So with costs of
$3.50. Mr.. Flaherty preferred the. al.
ternate sentence of 10 days in jail
darlington Free Press Of Tuesday.
Lack of patronage is the reason as
stoned for the discontinuance of the
narlor car on the New London train.
The colored porter and the car were
laid off last week. Only. by accident
was it discovered that this luxurious
piece of equipment had been called in
by the passenger department.
The police department was kept
busy Saturday endeavoring to locate a
neepinp Tom or whatever his name
NAV be. The curious one had his at.
tention centered upon the residence of
Ernest L. Winter, Is Cedar street, and
it looked as though his intentions were
sinister. A patrolman stood guard for
several hours but the elusive pepper
was not corralled. 1t seems that this is
that he is charged with boring a hole
through one building that he might as
certain what was occurring within. The
police have a pretty definite idea of the
offender.
-Messrs. Darcy and Leisure, the
Keene. N. II baseball promoters, visit
ed Brattleboro during the week and en-
deavored to stimulate local interest in
the national game to the extent of rails
ing 800 for a game between Woodstock
and Keene teams. In addition to the
800 guarantee additional funds
were asked to put the island in shape
the fact that two circuses are to show
ON the island shortly and that it would
be useless to attempt to construct ball
field until after such performances had
been given the local enthusiasts believe
it is too late in the season to attempt
such plan.
AT the dedication of a bronze tab
let in memory of the soldiers of the
war of 1912 at the University of Yer
mont. Burlington, July 10, the presenta-
ton speech was made by, Mrs, G. F. Il.
Jenne of BrattleborO. She told of the
gallant deeds of Vermonters in that
war var" and especially of the seizure and
occupation of the college buildings at
Burlington for military purposes during
the war of 1912, when college work was
suspended Miss Theodore A. Peck un-
| yelled the tablet and President M. FL.
Buckham accepted the bronze in be-
half of the university Governor Prouty
and Gen. 0. O. Howard made addresses.
Mrs. William Gerry Slade of New York,
the national president of the society,
was present.
Unless extreme care is displayed
upon the part of the employees at the
passenger station the chances are ex
aellent for bad accident some day.
It would seem that the travelling public
evidently goes upon the assumption that
trains do not run according to any par
ticular schedule About every morn
ing a number of men and women try to
get aboard the IL o'clock train after
it has started to pull out OF the station;
While the local papers have published
the summer timetable OF the rallroa1s
and explained the equipment OF the
trains there is evidently a prejudice
upon the part of travellers to disbelieve
that the train which formerly left for
the north at 11.07 now goes at ii
'clock. Accordingly such travellers
reach the station Just in time to take
chance with their lives in jumping
the train as it pulls out
After a prolonged illness, George
H. Dean, who for many years was ac-
tive in the hay, grain and Hour 6usl,
ness in Boston, died at his home there
recently. He had been in Boston since
1871. when he went there to enter the
employ Of Eleazer Porter, dealer IN
hay. grain and -four, and two years later
he bought out his employers interests
and thereafter conducted the business
for himself. He was born in Weathers,
field. VT, Dec. p. 1910, and received
his education in his native town at
Springfield, vt. For a time he was g
successful school teacher. ne enll Sue.
in Company X, Sixteenth Vermont Reg,
iment in 1862 and served until the end
Of the Civil war, being mustered ont
with his regiment at Brattleboro Mr.
Dean had won notable reputation for
his ability in checkers, in which he had
become an expert player. For long
time he had been member of the Bos'
ton Checker club and at the time OF his
death was its president. His wife and
a daughter survive.
Mason s. Stone, state superintend-
ent of education, was in town Tuesday
in consultation with Supervisor +. w
Rich of West Brattleboro upon matters
pertaining to Mr.. Rich g duties. When
Mr.. Stone was Intercepted as to the
reason why the entire class of Brattle
horo pupils failed to pass the recent
examination he explained that hereto
fore examiners had been inclined to be
more charitable than was the case re
Gently. He said that in the past the
examiners had used rather elastic sys
fem in marking examination papers and
that when Mr.. Rich followed strictly
the plan used in marking college en-
trance paper it resulted in whole class
being funked. From what Mr.. Stone
: said it would seem that in the past
some examiners have used sort OF
an imaginary examination and tine
marking was carried out in rather
yague way. which resulted in everyone
setting by who wanted to enter higf
school. It comes to light that the SCI
of examination papers was prepares
largely from questions taken bodily
,, from a set of entrance questions uset
, in the state of Washington. Mr.. Stone
offered no explanation as to WHY il wa
necessary to use such list of questions
when the state of Vermont has wha
purports to be highly organized system
; of public schools.
Health Officer Henry Tucker made
an official visit to the Italian camp a
Elm Corners yesterday forenoon an'
: the padrone eyed the doctor g motor ca
! suspiciously as the official hove to along
, side the villa and meandered up to tn
, main shack. The object of the officer I