The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-05-13
THE BRATTLEBORO REFORMER, FRIDAY, MAY Is. 1910

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Woman : exchange al the rest room ON
Elliot street al $50, May 10, The
heard Of government will meet AZ
| o clock.
The exchange sale Of tickets opens
tomorrow morning at : o'clock NJ the
hox ofiie. for the hand opera, Pirates
of pensane.. No line will be fecos'
nisei before 7 clock.
The Girls club cooking class VIII
serve a public supper ON the European
nlan SATURDAY from 3 10 clock IN
The rect room. The management OF the
rooms has given their use 10 the elnb
during the pas, year and the proceeds
from the supper will 20 ~ benefit Tor
the room.
| AT the annual meeting. OF tue
Woman alliance held with Mrs. Mary
4. War,icr al the Colonial Wednesday
afternoon the following officers were
elected: President, Mrs Mary q. War
der, yice.prcsidcnt, Mrs, John Bar
rows; secretary, Mrs. T.. z, ;. osgood
treasurer. Mrs. Harry Z. Freeman.
Plans We're made for entertaining the
Woman alliance Of the Connecticut
valley ON june :.
| The tuberculosis camp will open
far pationts next Wednesday. Tn
Tuesday, from . Ia q y, M, the towns
people aud all interested friends are
invited 10 inspect the house, which mas
Ind extensive improvements during me
past few weeks. Transportation TO me
enmp will be provided at reasonable
rates for all who leave their names
with Mrs. &. &. Fits or Mrs. Z. H.
! Thompson before Tuesday afternoon.
| The start will be- made from the ,on'
gresational chapel.
The track meet Of the grades IN
the Main street and Canal street
scbools will be- held on the Valley Far
grounds Saturday afternoon, June .;
| There will be six events; lOuyaid
dash coward hurdles, quarter'niie
run running broad jump, running high
inmp and pole vault. This promises TO
he one OF the events Of the outdoor
season and those attending the meeting
Of last wear may expect 10 find not only
all az the winners, but n big bnnch OF
new material A class meet VIII prop,
ably be held Wednesday afternoon Oh
next week.
While Austin George of the Brat
tleboro garage was attempting 10 cram
DIR, c. :. Pratt's automohic IN W. ~
garage Monday afternoon nv -'2u
o clock the engine back fired, ana ~
an instant was ablaze beneath the noou.
An alarm from box 30 brought lhe
chemical TO the scene, but MI ueoiss
had practically subdued the names WIN
n Ere extinruisher before the apparatus
arrived The blistering of the paint
an the front end of the ear, on the mnd
| ,mords and on one wheel was the
nrincipal damage. The wall OF the
buiIdinp near where the ear stood was
badly scOrched.
The annual meeting of Windham'
Union Congregational ministers WIN ps
held in the parlors OF centre ehurch
Monday. May %, at 10 a. IN: Follow
ing is the program: Devotlohs, hcn'
| BENJAMIN Pennoch, Grafton; book re-
view. Rev. C. +. Hayward, Springfield;
ESSAY. Rev. W. J. Ballou, Ludlow; ser
mon. Rev. John LcFevre, Jamaica;
Biblical study. Rev George 7. Chapln'
Savtons River. What Do You Mean
nv the Divinity of Christi Three ten
minnie papcrs by Rev. Roy Nj. Hough'
ton of Brattleboro, Rev. =. ). Lewis
of West Bratteboro, and ReV. Dahlei
Mcintyre of Townshend.
Road Commissioner David T. Perry
has n force of men at work laying the
new surface drain through Washington
and Central streets. This is part OF
tbc work that Mr. Perry promised 10
attend to as soon as possible AFTER ms
election. and the improvement Will DC
especially appreciated by residents on
i HIGHLAND and Central streets, for eN'
erv heavy shower makes pedestrian
ism practically out of question NJ the
foot of Highland street where tha'
street Joins Central street: During the
mast wear the soil has washed down the
i Highland street hill and covered the
concrete sidewalk for "A distance OF
about 200 feet. When the new dram IL
laid the sidewalk will be uncovered.
DIR. L. r. Lynch was called to The
home of Thomas White, about two
miles beyond Willamsville, Monday
afternoon to attend l0-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. White, whose. righ'
leg was badly cut and broken twice pc
low the knee, a heavy barn door fall
inc upon it. The boy was playing
about the barn and his mother wa'
nearby. In some manner tine door wa,
, loosened from the track that carries u
!, and fell upon the boy. No one saw th'
accident, but shortly afterward MIS-
White heard noise and dlscoNere,
that the door had fallen. She managet
| II
the lad s injuries will contne him II
his home for some time it is not ex
: nected that he will lose his leg.
! Reports of the analysis of waite
samples taken from both reservoirs D,
Selectman Calvin and Dr. +. IL. O'Coh
, nor, acting health officer, at the Tune o
5 the finding of the carcass OF dee
above the Pleasant Valley reservoir
g pie taken from the Pleasant Valley res
!. eryoir showed no colon bacilli and thu
S report states that the sample is "nor
NAL surface water. The chlorine IS
e little above the average for surfac
e water but this is constant condltioi
: in this water.' The amount OF chic
. rine found in the sample taken from
. Chestnut Hill reservoir was 10, tn
same as found in the Pleasant Valle,
samnle. Normal surface water was TN
J, report from the laboratory. No colol
), bacilli was found.
j. Some slanderer of Brattleboro IS a
: work in Rochester, N. Y. According T.
|. a recent despatch from that city; "Bes
sic Bristol. a pretty 1S-year-old whit
girl, was arrested here with a ,40-y,ear
f Gid neSro. Daniel Linsey, with whom
!. she had eioped from her home in Brat
t tleboro. The couple had been trace
/. from Buffalo. The Bristol girls fathe
n is one of the leading, merchants 0
$ Brattleboro. She had been well edu
4 Gated, and abandoned luxurious hom
! to flee with the negro. She declare,
s her affection for him when, arrested
S and is plainly the victim of infatua
: ton. She claims the negro and she ar
+ married, despite the fact that ne df
$ serted his wife to elope with her. L
is needless to add that none OF Tn
parties mentioned are known IN I'M
a town.