The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-06

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IS the Protective gauge Wednesday even
s ing, Aug. II. The initiation Will o
= postponed to a pecial meeting thurs
day evening, Aug19, when the first ant
r second degrees will be conferred
/. Friday was the hottest and mos
J. disagreeable day of the summer, Hu
S mildly was extremely high as was ais,
a the temperature. AT 3 O'Clock in tn
afternoon one thermometer in shaded
, notch of the highest the owner eve
!, saw it.
3 Bacon & Whitneys rejuvenatet
! speed boat was taken to Spofford LAKE
Saturday by II; +. Whitney, who has
been spending his vacation there, anC
the craft has been showing it's stern tx
everything on that body of water. II
is estimated that the boat makes about
IL miles an hour
Work was begun Wednesday on the
construction of sewer from point
near A. ID. Wyatt Is house on North
Main street to the West river. The
ing up for building purposes of the land
on the west side of the street. II. L.
Emerson has house nearing completion
on the tract 1t will be necessary to
blast through several hundred feet Of
hedge to build the sewer.
The First Regiment band will give
its next concert Wednesday evening on
the Common. Following is the pro
gram March, Prince Henry, Ellen
berg; overture, Semiramide, Rossini :;
waltzes, Southern Roses. Strauss; selec-
tion of MendelssOhn IS songs, Mendels-
sohn; Pilgrim s Chorus from Tam
hansen, introduction to Act 3, LOhen-
grin. Wagner; melodies from The YeO-
men of the Guard, Sullivan; the Star
,Spangled Banner.
Harry l.. Piper counted up his foe k
| of chic kens Sunday and discovered that
the head of the roost with three hens
had disappeared during the night pre-
lWious. Up to date the birds have not
returned and Mr.. Piper has abandoned
| hope in the matter. When it became
known that a chicken thief had shown
his hand in that part of the town all
poultry keepers got the habit of count
ing their focks. During the week there
have been half-dozen reports of short
ages in morning inventories Of several
coops. but investigation has shown that
the parties counting were not sure Of
their figures.
The insurance agency of H. E. Tay-
lor & Son has adjusted the loss occa-
place in Chesterfield, n. H. recently.
and he will receive the full amount Of
his insurance, $4,000. Mr.. Fisk has not
decided to rebuild at present and il is
somewhat doubtful whether he does re-
build. The inUesti cation made by the
adjustors shows but little reason to be
Heve the fire was the work of incen-
DIARIES. While it might possibly have
resulted from the occupancy Of the barn
by tramps who We're smoking the ad-
juster was inclined to believe that damp
hay resulted in spontaneous combustion.
Tuesday will witness a unique base
ball game at the Valley fair grounds.
The famous Indian team from the Cher
okee reservation at WatervIiet Mich. |
will meet the aggregation of fast ones
from Company at $50 in the after
noon. For two innings in the after
noon game Miss Maude Nelson, 1.-THE
world s star woman twirler, will put |
the sphere over the rubber In the |
evening a game will be called at S |
0 clock which will be played under cleo
trio lights. This sort of baseball will |
be an Innovation to Erattleboro. The
indians carry a portable fence. grand
stand and electric lighting plant and
me listed as ball players rather than
diamond has been skinned on the fair
grounds and everything WILL be in read
ness when the Indians arrive.
R. c. Bacon finished taking deposi-
ions in the quo warranto proceedings
+ George E. Alderman at South Yer
on Friday. The testimony was taken
y Miss Katherine g. Dunlevy before
haley of Chase 4 Daley represented the
The testimony was upon
he same line as given in the last issue
+ The RefOrmer and was intended to
ipal village in the town of Vernon ac
ording to the Interpretation of the stat
te touching the issuing of liquor Ii
ense in town on the state line. Mr.. ,
aeon represents Mr.. Alderman in the
ase. The testimony will be presented {
} the supreme court for decision as I
} the legality of the license under which $
rietor of the South Vernon House. 5
he briefs in the matter will be sub +
tilted to the supreme court in Octo Y
ar. q
Evidently when the fire escapes d
ere placed on the town hall building +
re fact that there is deep stairway v
the foot of the escape on the south f
de was not taken into consideration $
being at all dangerous to persons at V
mpting to make an escape from the a
hiding The matter has been brought il
the attention of the selectmen and {
i'll probably be remedied by the plac- h
G of some sort of flooring or guard s
'er the steep flight of stairs that leads p
the engine room. This stairway in N
with the fire escape forms f
e bottom of letter Y and as there m
a piece of granite at each side of the X
airway of sufficient height to trip a Ell
rson hurrying from the fire escape Y,
e result can only be imagined if any 81
eat number of persons should attempt in
make hurried exit by way Of the Y,
e escape in the night. The fire es.
pc at the east is especially dangerous
relation to person leaving it at the ile
tom, as one can take but two steps %
thout making an abrupt turn to the al
t. III
BY the will of Mrs Mary F. Snow so
Hartford, Conn, Miss Phila G. Miller, 81
3pinster living in Orange, Mass, and fir
ter of II. II. Miller of this town, will sa
GIVE the income from $4,000 for TAX di
, care of Mrs. Shows two small i'm ia
tied dogs. To show her devotion to ite
four-foote friends, the deceased hi
t her husband but $4,000, while sew of
j smaller requests went to charity tie
i the remainder Tor the care OF the of
rs. According to expert dog fan TIN
RS, the dogs are among the smallest tn,
II imported into this country. One tn.
4 Mexican spaniel and the other is a eal
black and tan, imported from Ger hill
ny. The dogs are no larger than are
Use eat. Miss Miller is nearly 70 apl
RS old. She is one of three sisters Tn
D live together. She was the fav- an,
e friend of Mrs. Snow and is herself ito
reat admirer of dogs. By the pro I'm
on of the will Miss Miller will re- VIII
'e the income from $4,000 during ley
lives of the dogs. In the event of Sec