The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-11-12
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


The Ladies Enterprise society wi
meet with Mrs. A. A. Blanchard Wed
nesday afternoon at o clock.
The winter meetings of the JUNO
auxiliary of st. Michael's Episcopa
church began Wednesday afternoon.
-Pocahontas council will hold it
weekly dance in Red Men s hall to
morrow evening. Leitsinger's orches
ira will furnish music.
The regular meeting of the Brattle
boro Mutual Aid association was held il
the association s rooms on North Mail
street Monday afternoon.
The Boston e. Maine pump hous'
near the passenger station has beef
| undergoing repairs during the pas
week, and has been raised about fouI
feet.
"A delegation from Beauseant com
mandery went to Putney Saturday tt
attend the 50th wedding anniversary
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. d. Whitman. The
cOmmandery presented Mr.. and Mrs
Whitman with purse of gold.
H F. Weatherhead, agent for the d
A. Strout company of Boston, has sold
the farm in Dummerston belonging to
of Augusta, Me. Mr.. Hulett buys for
a home and immediate possession was
given.
Chancellor Alfred A. Hall of st.
Adams held hearing in the Office of
the county clerk yesterday in the case
of the Jamaica Lumber company
against Henry A. Mclean. The case
has been on the chancery docket for
two years.
The $4,000 suit brought by Abbie
Duggan of Montpelier against I. j.
Heaphy, proprietor of the Pavilion ho-
tel, for injuries received in mangler
in the hotel laundry last December has
been on trial in Washington county
court this week
The junior auxiliary of st. Mi
chael S Episcopal church held a sewing
meeting Tuesday evening with Miss
Helen Brown. Supper was served and
the attendance was large. 1t was the
first meeting this season and the work
is for mission work.
The New England Telephone Tele-
graph company is distributing new
directories this week and request all
patrons to look up the number of the
party with whom they wish to speak
before calling the operator. By doing
so prompt and satisfactory service is
rendered.
Captain B. Hoke and Lieutenant
Graham, both female officers from the
Boston headquarters of. the Salvation
Army have arrived to succeed Adjutant
Howard McGrath who went to Pitts
field, Mass, last week. Captain Hoke
will be in command of the corps in
Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro Water Works com
pany has installed two four-way hy-
drants on Main street this week. One
is located at the corner of Main and
High streets, and the other on Main
street, opposite the People s bank cor
ner. In addition to increasing the
outlets of these hydrants the leads
have been changed from six. to eight
inch.
The Battenkill Inn, Manchester, and a
former state legislator, died Sunday
afternoon, Oct. 81, at the Brattleboro
Retreat, where he was taken week be-
'ore for treatment. He was 50 years i
I'D, had served in the Vermont house
and senate, had held many other public
offices, and was formerly proprietor of
he old Bromley house in Peru.
-Elroy Kent who in supreme court |
at Montpelier last week Tuesday was
sentenced to death, was taken to the
5ernOon to begin his sentence of hard |
abor until October, 1910, after which he
S to be kept in solitary confinement |
until the day of the execution of the |
leath sentence, January 10, 1911. He |
vas handcuffed when taken to the train,
out was putting cigar and did not
seem disturbed
Another move was made Saturday
n furtherance of the hotel project.
Articles of association were filed in the
,ffice of the secretary of state at Mont
Itrt hn fol
ANY for the purpose of erecting and
hotel in Brattleboro. The
apital stock will be $l50,000. The in
orporators are Kittredge Haskins,
)ennison Cowles, w. H. Vinton, M. j.
Ioran, c. L. Stickney, L. E. Holden,
nd G. l.. Durham.
JUDGE E. L. Waterman, who is
residing over the Washington county
curt, was surprised Friday night at
lontpelier when he got word that the
urymen wanted to see him in the court
DOM. He responded and was more
when E. D. Bartlett stepped
p and presented him gold-mounted
ountain pen and set of thermos bot
es. Judge Waterman responded ITO
lr. Bartlett s speech of presentation
| happy manner.
Users of electric lights on both I
utS u hdln street. anu OH v tl non
rect Sunday evening were obliged to '
sort to gas and kerosene. During the '
ay these three circuits had been cut |
yer to the power coming from the dam t
Vernon and the equipment was not t
working order. Three transformers t
ave been connected with the ''juice y G
the Connecticut River Power com c
my. The Twin State Gas & Electric
mpany is obliged to do this work of ::
tting over Sundays and it will take !
lother week and perhaps two before :
e work is completed. \
"A rapidly driven touring car in i
arge of Brainard Taylor frightened a t
rise driven by Charles NJ. Brazer on n
,uth Main street Sunday afternoon, {
ID in lodging the machine the animal t.
rev Mr.. and Mrs. Brazer out into II
e paved ditch at the east side of the S.
rect, badly shaking them up and p
aver were driving down South Main h
rect hill when Mr.. Taylor came up n
e street at a rapid pace and his ma {,
inc passed so near the horse that the m
rse was obliged to dodge. Mrs. Bra cl
r was thrown heavily upon her hus h
nd. who was severely shaken up and S;
ned. The horse was captured on %
nal street, having slowed down to a h,
TX. The animal ordinarily pays no al
ention to automobiles and would not pl
We done so Sunday afternoon had not bl
? machine come so close to him that
evidently thought he was to be run
wn. III
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