The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21

] Pocket knife sale now on at RI
i bins & Cowles. adv-21.
: Jesse c. johnson has bought t
Jerry Frost place on Forest street, t
purchase being made on Monday.
The certificate privilege has be-
L eranted to the Brattleboro high scho
i for another three years by the Ne
# England College Entrance Certifica
0 board. The renewal begins Jan. !, l9l
e A still alarm from the Central We
t mont railroad station called the chem
;. cal to small blaze in the sand hou
y in the railroad yard Sunday. The dar
age was slight.
Bingham chapter, O. E. S., COZ
ferred the degrees at astated convoc;
ton Tuesday evening. 1t was voted {
present the Masonic Building associi
tion with 5000, the proceeds of the fai
held April %.
The star Memorial day orator wi
this year be James F. Hooker M
Hooker is to deliver an address befor
the pupils of the Brattleboro high schoc
Friday. another before the citizens o
IIinsdale, n. H., on Saturday, Monda
morning he will give an address a
Cavendish and Monday afternoon viii
speak to the veterans at Ludlow.
The Windham association of Con
oregational ministers will be held Tues
day, June |, in the parolrs of the Cen
tire Congregational church. The meetin.
will open at 10 o clock and a program
consisting of the following numbers
will be given: Devotons. John Ii
an essay. The Work of the Christian
Minister. Rev. Oliver Brown: paper
Christianity and Modern World Move
mentS, Rev. A. II. CHATTER.
The funeral of Charles c. Miller
was held at his home on Main street
Saturday afternoon at 3 O'Clock, Rev
! Roy NJ Houghton. pastor of the Cen
ter Congregational church, officiating
| The bearers, all past commanders of
Sedpwick post. G. A. R.. were Luke
Ferriter; j. P. Elmer, John Tucker
Edward Lepp. musician in Company |,
V. n. G. Burial was made in Prospect
Hill cemetery.
third and fourth degrees Wednesday
Mountain grange of Bellows Falls were
present and the other neighboring
oranges were well represented.> Re
marks were made by the master of Fall
Mountain grange. the master of Mari
horo grange and General Deputy H. w.
Sargent. The harvest supper was
served. followed by an hour Of sociabil-
ity and dancing.
On Sunday, May 30, two priests of
the Paulist Congregation of New York
city will open a mission in st. Michael s
Catholic church on Walnut street. This
mission will last for one week and will
close on the following Sunday. June 6.
These Paulst Fathers are famous
preachers and lecturers and during the
exercises of the week of the mission,
they will explain the doctrines of the
Catholic church and answer all Ques
tions concerning the discipline and prac
tises of Catholic faith.
The members of the Mutual Aid
association have for some time felt the
necessity of raising the standard of
their work A fat on North Main
street is to be fitted up as the head
quarters of the association. One of
the graduates of the Memorial hospital
Miss Loomis, is now in Boston taking
some additional training and upon her
return she will reside at the headquar-
ters and be supervisor of the attendants
who will also reside there. The office of
the secretary will be there, and all bus
mess will be transacted at the associa-
ton house. Miss Macleod will be in
charge until Miss Loomis returns.
Roger Rourke is to begin at once
to train four horses at Franklin park
for racing the coming season. He will
rain Jubilee, 2.06H, belonging to DR..
Leisure of Keene, and an unmarked
3acer G belonging to JoI1 Noble of
marked trotter, both the last two be-
ng his own. His first entry will be at
he stake races at Athol July A. Soon
after that he will 90 to Dover, n. H.,
md he will begin the rounds of the
New England circuit about Aug. l.
Jubilee will be started at Readville this
ear in the 2.O1 pace. Rhue Gleason
will have charge of his stable at the
'ark.-Greenield Gazette.
West river bridge was opened for
rattle Sunday afternoon after having |
,een closed trife over three weeks. |
he structure has not yet been raised |
o put it out of the way of high water,
he Connecticut River Power company
to do this work in the fall,
ut it has been strengthened to such
n extent that to all intents and pur-
oses it is as good as a steel bridge
he number of edle-beams-the tim
ers that support the floor-has been
Dubbed, these beams now being six
eet apart instead of II feet The
lain chords have been strengthened
y lHt dIuIllUu Oh IDuG In1c kDeSSpS !
f plank. All iron rods have been
ghtened, thus putting the structure in
roper alignment once more.
A meeting of all those interested
boating will be held in the grange
ienIng for the purpose of organizing
boat club. At an informal meeting
'veral weeks ago a committee was
)pointed to draft a constitution and /
y-laWs and the report of this commit {
e will be heard at the meeting We'd 7
'sday. For the present season at !
asst the work of the club will probably c
limited to providing docking privil- c
res and storage quarters for its mem /
RS, but the Intention eventually is to a
yn G clubhouse on the river. The com n
lttee has been negotiating with the e
Dnnecticut River Power company re- +
riding docking rights and will have O
me. interesting information to make I
lbilc. 1t is hoped that all interested e
river sport whether owners of boats /,
not will attend. n
TO the presence of mind of f Fl t.
iro, employer in the American build
9 as elevator boy, Miss Olive Jones. r
.employe of the Holstein- Friesan as, f
clatloh, owes the fact that she was t,
u more seriously injured Wednesday h
orninp. Miss Jones came into the !,
lllding Wednesday morning lust as o.
e elevator, started on an upward trip. d
lro was closing the door to the eIe l.
tor well when Miss Jones pushed If r.
ide and attempted to board the NOV. Q,
. car. She stubbed her toe on the NJ
or of the elevator. Paro shut off the ri
wer Immediately and brought the car al
stop, but not quickly enough to al
event the young woman S foot being Al
ught between the iron cage surround, lly
2 the elevator shaft and the floor of hi