The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-02-18

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Sunday evening The nrN siaii9ns NrI
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a Iound fabiu handicap biliian
tournament has hern uIEaniEri amop
III mrmhrfs II the Vermont Wheel rlui
and tho hnt games will bu PLAYED ~
sninlng Werk. II s sNrrtsslAkr
event, the entry Zee being ~,
The Yale Slurk company began
thfrr nighis engagement ~ the andl
iaHlum last evening On account uf lL
storm only a small audience was pres
eni, hui those who went Appeared I,
be satisfied with the offering
The Grange Dramatic club vii
bold business meeiing Feb, -. Ate
ihr business meeiing d two act coined,
entitled 4 fefpleNihe situation, wal
be given, aud this wall b. followed b,
dance, Al members ~ ihe club IA,
grange are cordially Invited,
The February number u the High
Sehaol Dial i aui today, containing
a vivid advance description u J b. fair
which the pupils will hold Monday. d
poem aud several short stories aud The
usual departments devoted a. happrn
/ ings Ia the school room.
Canton Palestine celebrated ladies
/ night Tuesday evening in Odd f.llows
hall, \ gtand march opened the enter
/ taiumcui, Lrfsingrrs orchestra fur
I uishcd the music, dancing aud cards
were the order II the evening, 4 cnlla
tiun wac srfNed aud there was a good
attendance,
The measles epidemic still rage.
I hefpab0uis. 4 number ~ eases have
I been reported To- the local health officer
I this week. most Of the new ones being
among adults, who NJ rule are much
SEEKER than children, Reports from sur
rounding towns indicate that the di,.
ease has spread To- a great extent aud
ia numerous eases h followed by pnen,
munia.
George h. shaw. who was arrested
in liutilcborO Sunday M the direction
Of Aihul. Mass. authorities, WIS given
a hearing in that town Tuesday on the
charge ~ larceny Of property 10 the
amount ~ slnt 80. lie pleaded not
guilty aud was bound over in tho sum
II $500 until tomorrow when there will
Ice continued hearing. Being unable
10 get bail he was lodged in the Fitch
burg Jail.
Il man who has occasion ta drive
about town more or less calls attention
to the practice indulged in by many
people Of shoyeliug paths across the
highway from their homes 10 the edge
of the electric ear track and suggests
that the excavation for this purpose be-
~ slight ~ possible. When a deep
track is dug across the highway a bad
"dip hole - is Immediately formed and
series Of these dcprcsSiuns Is enough
to try the good temper Of even the
most amiablc driver.
With nine matches played in the
Vermont Wheel club : pool and billiard
match Capt. \. T.. Wood : team leads
Capt. Wcllman 5 aggregation by ~
points. The scores are a. follows, the
first name of each pair being that Of
Wcllman : representative; Haskell, 80
Cowles, 80; Fletcher. AZ, Pratt. so; H. !
Brasor. %, DR.. Greene. so; lizard. 80, J.
Allen. 80: \. Thompson. 80. Hunt, fl !
Whitney. 80. Tasker. IS; Rice, 80. ". l.. |
Jones, so; Dewitt. 80. Randall. %; g. !
Jones. 80. Dr. Rice, so
Daniel johnson. 90. an honored and !
citizen of Bellows Falls died |
sunday morning at his home. Hap !
good street He was n Civil war veter .
IN and has served as postmaster at
Bradford, W., for many years, his ca
Ger in that capacity beginning during
he early part of Lincoln 5 administra
2. I
v c.. and Melvin III. johnson, and two
IVA \. Johnson Mrs. Charles r. Dunk
ae of this town is granddaughter. The
uneral was held Wednesday afternoon.
SO wide is the popularity of the
lara Turner company that The an.
ouncement that This excellent com
any will appear for three night en-
agement at the auditorium beginning
has stirred the liveliest ex-
ectancy on the part of theater patrons
{ every mind and taste. No roper
lire company ever offered 10 the pub.
c has been so much talked about and
ritten about as has the Clara Turner
,mpany, and none has been enjoyed
Y so many people; therefore, indif
rent indeed is the person who has
1t keen appreciation for this com
any and its talented little star.
Il. FAY Bowker. about IS. died yes
rday at his home in Meriden, Conn.
is death was due to paralysis from
hich he had suffered for some time.
r. Bowker was former resident of
ilmington and Brattleboro. He was
nployed by the Estey Organ company.
is body will be brought here tomor
W and the funeral service will be held
Al Is al Of
4 Eliot street. Mr.. Bowker was a
vii war veteran, a member of the
,al Grand Army and of The Pilgrim
lthers He leaves one daughter, Fan
e, wife of George Vassar of New Lon
n. Conn. Mrs. Bowker died several
ars ago.
j. Adams Puffer of Needham, Mass.
/ many years an officer of the Lyman
nool for boys. gave an stirring ad-
ess before the Woman S club Wed
sday afternoon. Mr.. Puffer took for
! subject. Boy Gangs. and his inter
citation of boys and boy nature was
cidedly Illuminating. His work has
en- conducted on the principle that no
Y is fundamentally bad and that his
ywardness has resulted from bad sur
lndings. Mr.. Puffer asserted that
had never known an erring boy to
ne from good home. Some homes
oeared to be all right on the surface,
an investigation showed that there
S something fundamentally wrong
ich was reflected in the boy nature.
interesting feature of the address
S the summing up of study he made
to what made certain boys leaders
gangs. In every case the leader had
greater lung capacity than his fell
IS, he was a good fighter and was able
keep things to himself. In lesser
rec generosity entered into the Sc
ion of n lender Mr. Pnffer made 4