The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25
THE BRATTLEBORO REFORMER, FRIDAY JUNE rs, 1909

The band Will Rivo oonsoi1 W
Cannon. also Wednesday evening.
The women of the Episcopal churcl
held an ice cream saie Oh .he com
mon during the concert wednesday
evening"
The Baraca class of the Baptist
church will serve ice cream and cake al
tbe hand concert on the common next
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Wilbur Is class of the, Metho
dist Sunday school will hold lawn SO
ciai nj his home, "a Canal street, the
Ievening Of July /. Everyone is wei
come.
THE Woman IS association. of the
F;rst Congregational church in West
Rrattleboro will serve their annual
strawberry supper next Tuesday in the
church parlors at 6 o CLOCK.
e. e. Mayfield Of Northampton
Mass. is canvassing the town in the
Interests of H. A. Manning q Company
Springfield, Mass, who are preparing
a new edition of the Brattleporo d.
rectory.
THE annual meeting of Oft the e, local o, al
society of seamstTessSe scr bed in Pesfi
val hall Wednesday evening. at 9
n clock instead of Monday evening as
announced.
Henry r. Brown sold his riding
school and livery business together with
his real estate in Northampton Tues
dav at auction. The horses and other
en1ipment of the establishment brought
GOOD prices. The real estate was pur-
Chased by T. J. Pearson of that city.
H. L. Emerson gave the children
of the free kindergarten. an automo-
bile ride to the Wilder farm and re-
turn yesterday forenoon several trips
had to be made to ACCOMMODATE the
20 who are enrolled. Seldom is more
n oloa " EXPRESSED than by those whose
privilege it was to be among the par
Elephants.
! At the regular meeting of the N.
r. O p in Red Men IS hall Wednesday
evening several applications for men,
bership were received. Plans are un-
der wav for the initiation Of large
class at a district meeting to be held
in This place sometime in August in
Grange hall. At the close of the
meeting dancing was INDUCED in. The
N. E. o. p. orchestra furnished music.
Everyone who is interested in the
work of the public schools should be
present this evening in Festival hall.
Principal f. B. Smith will speak on
tha Present and Future Needs of Our
Public School System. An opportunity
will be afforded all who may wish to
discuss matters pertaining to our
schools. The invitations sent out by
Secretary Fox of the board of trade
say "come and bring your wife. -
The Valley Fair Kennel club is be.
ginning preparations for it's show to be
held in connection with the. fair Sept.
%, 20 and 30 It is probable that
Fred Smith of Leeds, England: will be
the all-round judge, taking such classes
Mrs. j. N. Champion of New Haven,
Conn. has agreed to pass on Boston
terriers while Dr. William Jarvis of
Claremont. n H. will give out the rib
bons in the sporting classes.
Specimens of the chirography of
Lieutenant Governor Mead have reach
ed this section during the week past
in the form of checks against his bank
account. Sheriff Thompson of Bellows
Falls received DR.. Mead's personal
check for the amount due him for pub
lie service to the state of Vermont.
While this is a somewhat unique way
of paying the states bills Windham
county officers are offering no obJec-
ton. There are yet several yellow
slips due Windham county officials
from the Rutland county philanthropist.
About Is local Colonial Danes
were entertained at the home of Mrs.
C. F. R. JENNIE Saturday afternoon from
to 5 o'clock at her home on High
street. The report of the program
committee occupied a large share OF
cal solo by Mrs. Arthur Brasor, read.
ings by Mrs. E. D. Wilson and piano
solos by Miss M. Pauline .Jenne were
part of the afternoon s program.
A luncheon was served. The report OF
the committee on the removal of the
Fort Dummer market was made and
adopted.
The Vermont public service com
mission has issued the following order
to the electric railroads of Vermont;
@ beginning with July l., 1909. and
thereafter till further order OF this
commission, each of the corporations
operating electric railways within this
state is hereby ordered to adopt and
use the uniform system of accounts pre-
scribed for electric railways by the
Interstate Commerce Commission on
June l, 1908, and which is fully de.
scribed in the classifications then issued
by said commission, which are descrlb-
ed in the notice above recited, and
copy of which has been furnished by
this commission to each of said cor
porations. -
Frank w. Rich, the supervisor of
schools for Vernon, Guilford, Halifax
and Dummerston, is to hold a summer
to be announced. Applications may be
sent direct to him. The school will be
conducted by Mr.. Rich and such com
potent lecturers as he can secure. No
charge for tuition will be made to the
teachers in the union school district or
to those who apply for positions In the
district. The aim of the summer school
will be to give to some extent the ad,
vantages of formal training or at least
to bring them into touch with modern
of teaching. To this end it is
to cover a review of those
methods. with a discussion of the
principles deemed neces-
sary: also modern methods in use In
teaching arithmetic, reading, ygeogra-
ply, history. English and physical ed
ucation. A large enrolment is antici-
pated
Two hundred voters of Gardner as
sembled in special town meeting, Fiji
day evening, and voted unanimously
not to grant the petition of the Con-
necticut River Transmission company
for a right to erect towers in the Crys- !
al lake cemetery T. B. Dunn, attor- |
new in Gardner for the company, was /
he only one at the meeting who ia
vored the petition, and when he saw |
low strong the opposition was he did |
not press a motion which he had made
% have the cemetery commissioners
md the park commissioners of the town
meet with officials of the Trans
mission company to adjust the mat
er. Several Gardner manufacturers,
Who favor the entrance of the Trans
mission company into the town in the
interests of cheaper power were all |