The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-18
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Flag day was observed Monday.
en- -Pocahontas council held dance a
Red Men S hall Saturday evening.
DIR. w. II. Lane will move his of
fee from Ullery block to room IL
American building July l.
The women of the Baptist church
&c will hold a lawn tea on the grounds in
the rear of the church Wednesday even
ing, July 7.
The five weeks old daughter of Mr.
lie and Mrs. Michael Fleming was buried
: in st. Michael s Roman Catholic Gene
rs terry Saturday morning.
The Northampton Riding school at
Northampton, Mass, owned by Henry
r. Brown of this place, is to be sold
with its equipment of 20 horses Tuesday
e at auction.
A parlor car has been added to the
New London division of the Central
Vermont road arriving in Brattleboro
. on train No. 3, and return to New Lon
don on No. daily.
Mrs. C. r. R. Jenne will entertain
tho local members of the Vermont So
ciety of Colonial Danes Saturday at
ternoon, June 10, from 2 to at her
home on High street.
The shoe repairing shop and tools
r OF the late Hiram F. Stevenson were
sold Monday to Emidio Mancini. 1t is
expected that it will be operated by
relative of the purchaser
Fly screens. We will make best
grade sliding screens fitted to any win
dow at lowest cost prices, also screen
doors in all kinds of wood. Orders
should be sent in early. Holden & Mar.
tin. 81 If
Miss Mary Cabot s Sunday school
class held a basket picnic at the Ma
l,,1o -, +loI1 Of
ternoon in honor of Miss Florence
Clark who sails Monday for an ex-
tended tour of Europe.
The reunion committee of the high
school held a meeting at the high school
building Monday evening and issued
the invitations to the several class sec.
retaries asking attendance at the third |
informal alumni reunion.
A meeting of the Woman's Elk
Monday at $50 p. m. The board of |
government will meet at 3 o clock. This |
will be the last regular meeting of the
exchange before the summer vacation.
The annual meeting of the Brattle
boro chapter, d. A. R., will be held at
the home of Mrs. H. Fl. Thompson on
North Main street Tuesday afternoon
at $50. The members are requested to
make special effort to attend. The
annual dues will then be payable.
The June number of the Cavalier
magazine contains a short story, Trod
den Paths, by Arthur w. Peach, a
Brattleboro boy. Mr.. Peach will grad
uate from Middlebury college this {
month. The. past six issues of the Cay
alier magazine have contained poetic
contributions from Mr. Peach
The committee in charge of rails b
ing funds for the building of the pro- u
posed Masonic temple have sent to all G
of the order belonging to the \
different bodies of this place state I
ment of the proposed plan together b
With pledge cards. Personal calls will Z
alter. re
The body of Mrs. J. L. Burnap, ac- o.
by her son, Edward H. Bur N
nap of Boston, was brought here from S;
Mass, Friday and burial was le
made in Prospect Hill cemetery, Rev. 7
Roy M. Houghton, pastor of the Centre h
church, reading the o,
service.
Rev. George B, Lawson, principal c;
# Vermont academy, will speak Sun q
lay morning at the First Baptist b.
;hurch. DR.. Cow will conclude his al
series of sermons on Superlative Truths "
n the evening, speaking of The SUI m
Dreme Achievement of God and Man. III
This will be the last evening service OF
his summer. m
Harry L. Currier of Boston, son of CT
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Currier of this town,
Who has for some time past held a city pl
position at Deer Island, recently sue he
essfully passed civil service examina pc
ions and has been assigned a state po c.
ition. Mr.. Currier stood first out of ii
GA applicants and a few hours after as
eceiving his returns from the exami- fe
ations he received his appointment. co
Ir. Currier has many friends in Brat til
lebOro whose heartiest congratulations tn
re extended to him in his success ne
Abbott M. Frizzell of IS Brook
treet, an employee of the E. L. Hill pc
reth company, was badly injured while pr
ngaged in his work in that shop Mon br
ay morning. He was attempting to Bl
ttach piece of cardboard to leather pc
cit for use as fan, when the rope di
aught his wrist and he was drawn to lie!
he ceiling his left arm being wound DO
round the shafting. 1t was broken tw
! two places and his hand was skinned. Of
he rope broke, probably saving his tic
fe. He was taken to the office of DIR. ca
. r. Anderson, who dressed his injur-
-Champlain Valley grange, No. 400 Ca
nnounce to the Patrons of Husbandrv no
rat grange headquarters for the week thu
the tercentennial celebration at Bur tel
ngton will be at the Adams Mission tin
reefs. All members will be welcome. fro
LENDERS of the order will be on duty Oh
inform visitors where rooms, cots La
nd meals can be procured at the least ID.
,st. There are enclosed grounds con- an
acted with the home and tenting priv G.
eyes can be procured for those desir- Sa
e to camp. Any advance service can An
: obtained by addressing George F. am
atch, secretary. Me
The small boy and his sister with
nOked glasses watched for the sun to cul
t in an eclipse yesterday and an argu- me
ent arose as to which of the bodies Off
as the larger. Apparently both are ant
the same size but this is explained 4
: the scientific student telling us that the
e sun is about 93,000.000 miles from int
while the moon is only del
e short aero trip of 23S,000 miles pla
ne sun is somewhat ahead of this Sh'
nth in size and some one with a gift mil
r playing with figures has arrived at mo
e conclusion that it is 100000 times Ro'
ice as large though it only weighs san
] 200 as much as the planet upon r.
lich Brattleboro is located. con
"A vocation department to assist no
ung people into the employment for POT
lich they are best suited is one of :
e features of the Clawson- Hamilton wa
loOl. If person is interested in any teri
lde or profession, he is put into com YOU
with men who are actively v
gagged in that particular work, and to
given advice as to the requirements gag
the work and the best way to under ests