The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16


boro Memorial hospital Sunday
The Ladies Enterprise society will
meet with Mrs. +. p. Hopkin, Cherry
street, next Wednesday afternoon at 4
o clock.
The Ladies' Aid and Epworth
league of the Methodist church will
serve ice cream and cake on the com
mon during the band concert Wednes'
day evening, July 81.
At the annual meeting of the Span.
| insh War veterans of Vermont held at
st. Adams last week Thursday Col. }:
G.. Estey and Capt. E. j. Waterman of
this place were elected members OF the
council Of administration.
The kindergarten play ground open
ed this week with good attendance. TO
the usual equipment of sand pile, tools,
pals, dishes, bean-bags, reins, Jump
ropes, etc. have been added this week
a modern see saw and individual alumni
UNI drinking cups. bought with money
from the sale of old rubbers.
There was hearing before the Sc.
lectmen last evening on the question OF
cutting down large elm tree on South
Main street near the north end of Pros.
pect Hill cemetery. The custodian of
the tree was unsafe and therefore APP
pealed to the selectmen for permission
| to cut it down. A number of people ap-
peared in opposition to such a course
and the town fathers decided that the
tree was in a good place where it is
Some 80 or more Italians to be EN-.
ployed by Crosby & Parker in laying
| the new water main between this vii
| lage and West Brattleboro arrived We'd
nesday and went into quarters in Crow
ell's Park AS the campers were in
al; 70 mort c,1la attention
toward safeguarding the water supply
at the park the health officer requested
the contractors to provide other quarters.
Crosby & Parker will construct camp
for the men at West Brattleboro and
the Italians will vacate the premises
they are now occupying.
The selectmen have received word
from Prof. Votey, the engineer for the
state board of health, that he is in com
munication with several concerns man,
ufacturing blowers and that he Will
come to Brattleboro and confer with
DR.. H. D. Holton, secretary of the state
board of health, as soon as he gets the
desired information from the manufac-
turers. He will then be ready to re-
commend some adequate system for the
proper ventilation of the Brattleboro
auditorium. The selectmen are trying
to get satisfactory system at a min,
the health board must have the system
installed before August 15
Charles T. Hawley, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. W. Hawley of - Chaplin street,
has received notification that he has
been appointed fourth assistant exam
iner in the United States patent office,
and will go to Washington early in Au-
gust to take up his new duties. Mr.
Hawley has for five or six years been
1, ~ Low Low
company in Gardner, and prior to that
was for several years with the Draper
company of Hopedale. Mrs: Hawley
and the children will spend several
weeks at York Beach with l.. w. Haw-
ley's family in August, and will go
from there to Brattleboro for visit
with her mother before going to Wash
ington.
-Gwilym Miles. known as the Welsh
baritone, had an imprompt song recital
in the Baptist church between and III
0 clock Wednesday evening, furnishing
keen enjoyment to the group of music
lovers who were fortunate enough to
learn of the event in time to attend.
Mr.. Miles, who with his family is
spending the summer in Keene, n. H.,
happened to be in Brattleboro Wednes-
day afternoon in company with E. II.
Holbrook and Nelson P. Coffin Through
lutHl bHc dll 1Ul On lHIoi
recital were made and as many music
lovers as possible were notified. Mr..
Miles excels lin oratorio and his mag
nificent voice was heard to great ad-
vantage in selections from Elijah.
John Wilson, 81, of Johnstown, \.
Y. and Napoleon LaPlant, 81, of Hol-
yoke, Mass, who have been confined
for some time at Newfane awaiting trial
for an alleged break committed in O.
O. Ware S store at Wilmington recently,
were brought before Judge Butler in
county court Tuesday and upon plea
of guilty were sentenced to the house of
correction at Rutland for not more than
three nor less than two and a half wears.
In view of the. age of both men the
court extended leniency in sending them
to Rutland instead of Windsor. Mr..
Ware recovered the bulk of the articles
taken from his store, principally jew
pawned in Springfield, Mass. Deputy
Sheriff d. ?. Thompson took both men
to Rutland Wednesday.
The fourth annual fair of the j. H. |
G. club was held Yesterday afternoon
on the lawn of G. L. Durham S home on
North street. Fancy articles and candy |
were sold in the summer house, flowers |
under the grapevine. lemonade on the |
piazza and cake on the lawn, while the
post office and grab-bag were conducted |
in the playhouse. The net receipts |
to $95 which will be sent at |
once to the New York Association for |
Improving the Condition of the Poor for |
use in carrying on its summer home. Sea |
Breeze, near Sea Gate, Conev Island. |
The receipts of the first fair of the club |
amounted to $l5; the second. $40; and |
IN third $67 The members of the club
are Evelyn Harris, EVELYN and Marion
Durham, Margaret and Harriet Mellen,
Allethaire Estey, Margaret and Ger
rude Robbins, Gretchen Goldsmith and
Lillian Lawton.
State Fish and Game Commissioner
Henry G. Thomas of Stowe has advised
Town Clerk Newton that he will for
ward the necessary license blanks to
Enable local nimrods to hunt after Sep
lember /. The laws of 1908 make it
necessary for both resident and non
resident hunters to carry on their per
IONS properly authenticated statements
from town clerk that they have paid
he requisite fee before they can legally
shoot game except on their own pre-
serve, pasture, lawn or roof 1t will
cost a non resident hunter $15 for a IL
:ense while resident can buy one for
10 cents. As any town clerk can Issue
'uch a license it would seem that it is
useless for man to claim that he lives
n Oshkosh, Hinsdale. OF Wal1a Walla
when he can say that he resides in Slab
Jity, st. Adams or Peru and save S14.50
hereby This would be perjury but
ust how formidable perjury looks to a
ION resident hunter who knows where
here is herd of Vermont deer is mere
The Starr homestead on Western
venue has been the scene of an en-