The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-09-10

| lot adjoining the home of O. r.. Randall
on Oake street and is planning to cree
Il house on it soon.
-Wantastiquet Lodge of Odd Eel
| lows opened the autumn season Monday
| evening with work in the first an'
second degrees. This was the first de
gree work done since early in June.
The Grange Dramatic club will hole
a meeting Thursday evening, Sept, 10
business meeting followed by an enter
tainment and dance. A large attend
ance is hoped for
Ida Whitney, claimant, has brought
suit against the estate of Nancy S. f
Whitman. The parties live in Putney
The claimant appeals from the account
of the administrator allowed by the pro
bate court and alleges that there is
$4,000 due her for services largely. II
G. & +. +. Barber appear for the
claimant.
Charles n. Poulin, 50, who was
killed by train at Pointland Point
n. Y, Saturday night, was brother of
Peter Poulin of this town. He was born
in Upton, p. c., and was in business in
Rutland for about 20 years, leaving
that city for New York state about 10
wears ago. He is survived by widow.
three sons and a daughter.
The First Regiment band will give
its last concert Of the season on the
common Tuesday evening. Program:
March, the Moose, Flath overture,
RAYMOND Thomas; Love Song, Nevin;
Cavalleria Rusticani, intermezzo, Mas
capni; selection, Bohemian Girl, Balfe I;
Hello People, novelette,, Leslie Stuart;
waltz. Knoll S Ball Klange, Lumbye;
grand march. Tannhauser, Wagner;
Star Spangled Banner.
-Brattleboro S tennis team won its
third match from Charlestown, N. H.,
at Charlestown yesterday by a score
of 81. The results of the matches fol
low: f. H. Harris defeated P. Brooks,
6-3, 6-3; A. S. Thompson defeated G.
Hunt, 10, o.; c. H. Thompson defeat
ed R. Wood, 90, 6-3; Harris & Green
defeated Brooks and Perry, Ga, 20,
81; Hunt and Wood defeated Thomp-
son and Thompson, $40, 60, Ga.
j. Edward Hall S Sunday school
class of the Baptist church attended a
corn roast Monday as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Enos White at their farm on Or
chard street. The party, numbering T.,
carried their luncheon. While the al.
ternoon was devoted to many kinds or
amusement the baseball game between
most interesting event of the OCCASION
Roundball was played and l.. W. Haw-
ley officiated as umpire. The features
of the game was the base running of
both teams. The corn roast was pro
nounced a success as was the occasion
Ivan Carter, 3, youngest child of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gibbs of High
street, died Saturday evening after a
brief illness of dystentery. The little
fellow possessed an unusually lovable
and his death was severe
blow to the family Funeral services
were held in St. Michael's Episcopal
church, Rev. Andrew Harper officiating.
There was music by the vested choir
and a profusion of floral tributes. The
bearers were Fred Gibson, Fred Howard
Arthur Cain and Harry Montgomery.
Out of town people who attended the
funeral were Mrs. c. A. Osterberg of
Boston, Mrs. Emma A. Gibbs of West
Andover, n. H., Robert E. and Harry
l.. Short of Chicopee Falls, Mass, and
Mrs. Edward Short and daughter Ger
trude of Franklin, N. II. Burial was
in Morningside cemetery.
-Brattleboro is to have taxicab
service in the near future if the plans
IF the Manley brothers are carried to
fulfillment. This firm has ordered two
Ford taxicabs Of the latest style and
me of them will be in continual service
IN the street ready to take passengers,
while the other will be at the Brooks
House garage for telephone calls. The
olans have not been fully developed,
out it is expected that the charge per
passenger will be % cents for dis
ances within mile of the railroad sta
ion or postoffice and % cents for each
additional mile or fraction thereof, with
n n of an ThpGn
aXicabs will be painted green and will
De operated by competent drivers. Man
ev brothers have sold in Vermont this
5ear 105 Ford automobiles and have
. more on the road from the factory.
-Supt. Elbridge l.. Knowlton of the
Prospect Hill cemetery is very much |
disturbed over the appearance of a
peculiar boring worm among the prom
sing young shade trees and has notified |
he trustees of the cemetery that some
action should be taken to pre-
ent the destruction of the trees. The |
worm which does the damage is white |
nd makes a hole about the size of a
cad pencil right through the wood of |
he tree trunk. AS many as a dozen
oles may be found in a single small
rec. This pest is confined to a small
ection in Prospect Hill cemetery and
earby, but there is no reason to sup
ose that it will remain confined to this
Dcality unless immediate steps are
AIKEN to prevent its spread. Mr.. Knowl-
on has plugged up the holes in these
xpect that this will stop the damage,
$ it will be necessary to use some
leans to destroy the insect Mean
lille the trustees do not seem inclined
0 take any action in the matter.
The clambake of the Hydrofoun-
ain club Saturday afternoon at the
alley Fair grounds was an unqualified
lccess. A special car left the corner
f Main and Elliot streets at l2.45 car
wing about 30 members and guests of
ne club including representatives of
ne board of bailiffs. Chief of Police
Gorge Wilson was one of the invited
uests. As the club is composed of
re fighters, arrangements were made
protect the village even though manv
/ the firemen were wrestling with I
ans outside of the danger zone. A
,ecial car with a motorman on the I
b was waiting the bring the firemen 5
Dwntown in record time if they were
,eded. The bake was in charge of the {
,ecutive committee of the club, and t
orenZo Leach was the chef of the oc
sion. A baseball game was INDUCED '
between fire companies No. ) and No. I
As the occasion was purely social &
fair no score was kept. The tug or {
ar occurred according to plans but t
record was made of the winners, 1
ough it is claimed that there were I
inners in the contest. 9
-Gwilym Miles of New York, bari !,
ne singer of remarkable power and !
ide experience in concert work, gave a
cital of songs at the Baptist church /
ednesday evening, accompanied on a
q magnificent EsteN ORGAN hN Ed {