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


- DIR. G. S. Pratt has bought a BIZ
n lex touring car through the Il. X. Clar
/. Automobile company.
The listers have filed in the tow
h clerk s office today an abstract of tn
$ individual lists They will meet in tn
e listers room in the town hall Tuesday
/ May 20, to hear all who may feel ac
grieved and to correct any errors.
i. Bellows Falls grange has accepte,
e an invitation to be present at the mex
Y meeting of Protective grange Wednes
!. day evening, May 10. The third an,
fourth degrees will be conferred fol
lowed by social hour. The harves
,, supper will be served and all member,
, are requested to contribute generousl,
without further solicitation.
Miss Dora Todd, clerk in the loca
freight station, was called to Boston
Sunday, on receipt of the news that he,
brother, who is employed on the Boston
Maine railroad, had been seriously in
jured in a wreck in East Cambridge
He was crushed between an engine and
a car. Unless new complications de-
velop he is expected to recover.
A semi-annual meeting of the Yer.
mont Branch of the Woman S Board of
Missions will be held in the chapel of
the Center Congregational church Thurs
day, May 20. Services will take place
at 2.30 and 7.30 p. m. The sneakers
will be Miss Alice NJ. Kyle. field secre.
tary of the Woman s Board, and mis-.
sionaries from the field. A cordial in.
vtation is extended to everyone.
The Brattleboro bailiffs met in the
Vermont National bank Friday evening
and organized for the ensuing wear,
Ernest j. Waterman was elected chair
man of the board and he was also elected
village counsel to succeed A. F.
Schwenk j. E. Brockington was reap.
pointed superintendent Of the fire alarm
system. The remainder of the evening
was spent, with routine business. The
matter of chief of police was laid
over until later.
Two solitary DRINKS were roped in
by Jim Evans Tuesday night, and the
municipal court was thrown into a hut-
ter of excitement by the unwonted oc-
currence, the respondents being the first
who have graced the court for nearly
three weeks. They gave their names as
Joseph Connors of Maiden. Mass. and
Daniel Monahan of South Boston. At
ter bordering deeply, Justice f. J.
Waterman, before whom they were
tried, fined them S. and costs for
drunkenness, and being unable to nav
days at Newfane.
The annual meeting of the Wo-
man. s Christian temperance union was
held Tuesday afternoon. The follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Mrs. Henry Tucker first vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. A. J. Currier; second vice
president, Mrs. Harriet Tucker: cor
responding secretary, Mrs. F. Farnum:
treasurer, Mrs. Anna Whittier: audi
tor, Mrs. Frank Perry. The reports of
the secretary and treasurer were acted
upon and the reports of the commit
tees were read The flower committee
report was especially gratifying,
that over 100 bouq6ets had
the past year.
The Centre Congregational church
was well filed Friday evening when
Roy B. Guild of Boston, q, nephew of
former Governor Guild of Massachu
sets, gave very interesting illustrated
lecture dealing with the problems of
1t was entitled the Man
from Italy and His Companions. The
work of these people, their habits, and
anecdotes taken from the |
personal observations of the speaker |
md numerous photographs made by him
IN various journeys through Europe en-
lanced the interest of the lecture and
eldom has the Brattleboro public had |
he opportunity to listen to more in
tructive address. An offering was
AIKEN, no admlttance fee being charged. |
The first liquor raid Of the season
vas pulled OF Sunday afternoon when
Deputy Sheriff Myron P. Davis assisted
y. Harold Smith and Elijah Wales
aided the premises occupied by the
he D.
treet and the house on the Hinsdaie.
y. H., road occupied by Ella Bean Ber-
'eron' Nothing was found at either
lace except number of empty pint
no half pint bottles at the Bean home
ear the bridge. The complaints against
he places, which have been under sur
elllance Tor some time, were made by
}. =. Cam, county solicitor of Keene.
!. H.. and Robert G. Bacon, town grand
nror OF Brattleboro The search on the
Jew Hampshire side was authorized by I
heriff w. S. futile of Cheshire coun- !
The West River branch of the Cen :
al Vermont railroad appeared in the ,
dent of a minor character at Will !,
tied up the road for the !
etter part of three hours. The regu-
r mixed train had just left Williams :
lille when one of the rear trucks on :
freight car was derailed and turning :
around scraped along over
lie road, tearing up the track bed for
Dout 20 rods before it was discovered. F
hen finally noticed enough damage t
I'd been done to the roadbed so that r,
aveling further was out of the ques b
On although few intrepid Brattle- h
,ro lawyers fixed things so that they p
ached Newfane by riding on a fiat Il
r. The other passengers were obliged II
wait while a wrecking train from II
'attleboro was summoned to repair rs
e break The train was in charge of Il.
nductor Thomas Rouse. d,
The funeral of Charles Henry Pres al
tt. 90, who died Thursday at the Brat .
boro Retreat, was held Saturday af- ilee
moon at the home of his sister, Mrs III
NJ Tue ker, on Chase street. Rev. ID. al
Trout pastor Of the Universalist -
nrch officiating The bearers were A. to
Boynton, n H. White, J. j. Knight
d J. M. Tucker all relatives. Burial Y
* place in Prospect Hill cemetery. AZ
was born in Newfane, Jan. 81, lS47, 90
) son of Joseph and Persis (Thomp ST
y Prescott, and until young man in
de that town his home. He then in
ne to Brattleboro to live. For many m,
irs he was clerk in the store of w,
W. Kuech, but left his employment no
ew years ago to enter the hotel bust in
IS in Bristol, N. H. He was en- or,
,ed in this business until two IN,
IRIS ago when failing health an
de. It imperative for him to re- no
luish his business cares. He is sur He
ed by the widow. who was formerly an
S. Alice A. Knight. and by his sis wa
Mrs. J. NJ Tucker. wa
Mrs. Lucv (Minotl FpIler * d;ed Ii: