The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-08
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

| dTu DlOCk anu inc MeIHOulSG CHuTCH I'D
been rebuilt during the week by job
!. O'COnnOr.
The roof over the sidewalk in from
b of Market block has been repaired dun
ing the week and tin covering place.
over the boards.
John LaPOrte, who is engaged il
e writing history of Brattleboro, lee
tured in different places in the northern
part of the state last week.
The Prospect Hill Aqueduct com
pany will hold it's annual meetin,
Thursday evening, Oct. IA, at 7.3t
o CLOCK, at Washington street school
house.
"A consignment of $500 lingering
trout was received from the state hatch
cry last week by E. j. Waterman and
other local fishermen. The fish were
nlaced in several nearby streams.
During the three months since the
institution of the local lodge of indie
pendent Order of Foresters member
ship of 20 has been built up. At the
meeting Monday night five were admit
ted to membership.
E. Wales will meet his dancing
classes at Grange hall. Children s class
reunion Saturday afternoon, Sept. .25,
Thursday, Oct. Z, at 8 clock. Circu.
lars ready Sept. 1s.-Adv. soft
Marley Brothers have unloaded
three carloads of Ford automobiles
within week. The first load of three
| machines arrived Saturday and the sec
Ond and third shipments numbering six
machines arrived Sunday. The ma
| chimes were for stock and to fill upstate
| orders.
Work was begun Tuesday on lay
ing the new high pressure water mains
on High street. The main leadina
will be six-inch. It is planned by the
water company to have the contractors,
Crosby & Parker, push the work of lay
ing the new mains this fall.
Manager J. J. Leonard has complet
ed the alterations planned at the Nico
let theater and the establishment
changes its name to the New Empire.
The seating capacity has been material
ly increased by moving the, box office to
the extreme front of the building and
the operator of the picture machine is
placed above the office.
The Girls club will meet in the
rest room Monday evening at 8 0 clock.
AS this is the first meeting after the
summer vacation it is hoped there will
be lerge attendance. Important bust
ness will be brought before the club and
plans made for the classes. A short
program will be given and refreshments
served. There will be board meeting
at 7.30.
With 20 Windham county cases en-
cred on the docket of the supreme
'ourt for the October term which
,e brought on for trial before the !
pecial tern. in February. It is quite
likely that the case Of Brown VS.. Alder ,
nan in the matter of the selling Of !
liquor in the. South Vernon house will /
,e tried at the present term.
Judge J. 4. Martin has approved
he decision Of W. N. Theriault of Mont
'elier, referee in bankruptcy. refusing
3rattleboro, from bankruptcy. Brady's
liabilities were $4,000 and the grounds {
# the denial Of the discharge are al {
eyed irregularity in book keeping, fail {
ire to keep proper accounts of money &
received, and because the petitioner ,
lad compromised with creditors within s
tx years.
-Gaetano Vardgtoro. 4s, employed
~ Crosby & Parker on the work of =,
xcavating for the new reservoir at (
Pleasant Valley. died Saturday at the
vas taken there about 10 days ago i'll 7
With pneumonia The body was brought
ere Monday accompanied by son of !
he dead man and c. w. Henkel who I
epresented Crosby & Parker in ar
anging for the funeral. Burial was
n Meeting House Hill cemetery Mon =
ay afternoon. =
"A long engagement in New York
oes not necessarily prove the worth
f play. That city's Judgment often :
fagrantly bad in estimating dram I
tic values. But when the metropoli- !
an verdict is pronounced correct by !;
tiles as widely separated from New i
'ork and each other as Chicago, Wash a
lgton. Minneapolis Denver, San Fran
sco, Baltimore and Los Angeles, the {
ig town may be said to have spoken !, 1
ann Kennedy's drama. The Servant 2
/ the House, in which the famous p
riginal Henry Miller associate players e
i'll be seen at the auditorium Friday u
vening, Oct. Is.
Hitherto those whose circumstances s,
reverted them from travelling had to f
e satisfied with travellers tales or B
ooks. Nowadays there is much bet ii
II substitute for everybody can 90 II
7erywhere via Lyman III. Howe IS trav- a
. festival in the auditorium Saturday m
leasing features of the new program 2
not only the originality of the p
their careful arrangement. d
ne subject is placed in sharp con- 81
asst with another For instance tropi Sc
Il sunlit Algeria is followed with snow II
ound Canada; and the boom of can. e,
On on a big battleship by the peaceful b.
enes of sunset and moonlight on land p:
I'd sea. In every series only the most s.
ri king, stirring or beautiful views are
tanned while anything bordering on =,
lie tedious is eliminated entirely. Then I,
gain there are numerous humorous e'
ctures placed just where they should " y.
to relieve the serious and purely in u'
ructive kind. These are only a few W
the reasons why Lyman H. Howe's 81
avel festival is one of the most pleas is is
@. satisfying and successful entertain tu
ents before the American public to. SO
~. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph j. Martin and eft
rty of friends made trip up the hi
yer Tuesday evening that proved more tn
citing than they anticipated. At ev
r lunch at a point several miles north ie,
Brattleboro the party embarked for 10
me just as the fog settled on the river. Ps
lille the occupants were getting set m:
d for the homeward trip the boat tn
fitted toward midstream and the pilot, SIX
r. Martin lost his bearings The fog wi
Is so dense that Mr.. Martin could en-
{ see whether he was going up or he
wn stream. Mrs. Martin was in of
ned to the belief that boat was be- me
2 propelled northward while her m;
sband held an opposite view A AN
lding was made but the party were ms
able to decide whether they were on ele
, Vermont or New Hampshire side of fo,
: stream. All sorts of schemes were shi
ID to ascertain which way the cur gai
II was flowing but to no avail and the 50,