The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-09-09

There will be an auction sale OF
the personal property 81 Y, u. WILEY
| Tuesday at the q. II, Wheeler farm oh
bnmmenion hill
The regular monthly meeting Of tbs
hraitlehoFo Mutual Aid association VIII
he held Monday al a.aO AT the hoadlnnf'
tefs. "a North Main street.
-Aulom0bilisis report that the cross
ing ON the l'uineY road, which ws'
made while the new bridge WAS being
built. h very dangerous and solicit the
attention Of the Dnmmefsion road com
missioner.
DEPUTY sheriff u. T.. Thompson took
| William paTrott OF bellows Falls u
NcWfane Friday 90 serve a sentence OF
not less than two and half nor more
than three months In Jail for the larceny
~ harness,
The meeting Of the ". q. T. L. viii
be held in the rest room Monday after
noon az 3 o clock. This Is the. first
meeting after the vacation and impof'
tant business will be discussed, IL u
hoped that a large number will be pres
ent,
The Twin State Gas 4 Electric
company has been giving a demonsira'
/
Gas water heater for several da'js and
| "Wednesday awarded the holder Of the
lucky coupon with heater free, Wal
ter :. Stearns was the lucky person,
AT the north side of the common the
bank sloping toward the Retreat build
ings has been used as n dump until u
presents an nnsightly appearance %
persons using the path through that
Part Of the grounds. Old newspapers,
candy boxes. paper bags and broken
limbs which have fallen from the trees
on the common hardly appeal 10 the
aesthetic taste. A. this debris Is in plain
sight il i an cyesore.
The Hinsdale. y. H., hose team of
which II, y, Riley Of this town Is leader
won over five other teams nc the races
in North Adams, Mass. Monday, max
ing the run and coupling in illa see
onds ON a slow track. This team, which
| IL considered one of the best in the
country, will be one of those TO compete
in the hose races 10 be held on the hrst
dav Of the Valley fair.
-Brattleboro chapter, d. \. r.. will
hold basket picnic with Mrs. IL. II.
| Harris aud Mrs. Laura PlantZ at the
home of Mrs. PlantZ in Putney Wcdnes'
day. Response 10 the roll call will be
quotations from colonial governors
Delegates 10 the state conference al
Montpelier will he elected at this meet
ing. Mrs. Plantz will give short ae'
count of the early history of Putney
and Mrs. Love will read a paper on Old
| Newfane. For those who wish 20 20 bN
boat, the boat will leave the vermont
side of the river AT Lab.
John Jones. a middle.aged man civ
ing his home as ST. John, L. O.. was Sc
l tttf A
ping upon a rotten plank in the platform
AZ the railroad station Monday after
noon. The plank is supposed TO have
struck him on the side of his head when
he stepped upon one end of It, The man
was waiting for a train for Greenfield
when the accident occurred about LIST
in the afternoon. He was taken TO the
Memorial hospital unconscious and dld
not regain his senses until late IN the
afternoon. He remembered stepping
upon the plank, but could not tell what
happened afterward.
Andrew Lucies of Templeton
Mass, father of George Lucies of Brat
tleboro. lost SIS while visiting the
Athol. Mass. fair Monday afternoon
The money was in wallet in his inside
coat pocket a few minutes before the
loss was discovered Mr.. Lucies put
his hand inside of his coat to make sure
that his funds were safe and discovered
that his pocket had been cut ont and
that his money had vanished. few
minutes before he discovered his loss
he was iostled bv three men. Last yeal
his son. George Lueies, contributed $lOl
TO pickpock ets nj the same fair while
he was boarding train for Brattleboro
The Grinnell dry system of auto
matte fire sprinklers which has been
| oil al A
ings of the Brattleboro Retreat pro
vides system of fire protection that
is admirably adapted to buildings in
locality where the temperature runs
down far below the freezing point
There is over a mile of piping connected
with the system and vet il is dry at al
times unless fire should fill the system
This kind of a sprinkler system pre-
vents freezing and the damage tha'
might result from tampering with
sprinkler head is reduced TO a minimum
because of the absence of water in the
pipes except when called into use tt
drench fire.
Felix Conwell. 81, died at his home
| Vernon street, at o clock this morn
inc after an illness of about three
months. He gave up work early II
June and since that time had been con
fined 10 his home the greater part OF tht
time. Mr. Conwell was born in Malone
i Y. V. Feb. Is. 1889 the son OF REM
and Mary Cassidy Conwell; lie wen'
1 to school in Malone and lived there
much of the time after his marriage II
1875 to Miss Harriet Towns of Crow
Point. n. Y, who survives him as dc
also two sons. Philip and Aliston, OF
Brattleboro. Mr.. Conwell came to Brat
tleboro with his family II years ago
and for nine years was employed in tn,
stable of Henry r. Brown. He hat
worked at other occupations about TINS
village Funeral arrangements nave
not been made this morning, but tn'
services will be held in st. Michael
Catholic church probably Monday morn
ing
Beverly. the dramatization OF
George Barr McCuteheon s successIu
novel of that name. the sequel to Graus
tark. which will be the attraction al
the auditorium on Saturday., matinee
and night. is story of real life told IL
a real and convincing manner. 1t re-
lates the exciting adventures of al
American girl, Beverly Calhoun. OF
Washington. D. c., while on visit tt
the ruling princess of mythlcai prln
cipality in the eastern part or Europe
one of the Balkan states. In staging
the production the management, Dela
mater & Norris. have endeavored tc
make every detail true to life and 1t Is
only necessary to state that they have
been aided and advised by that master
of stagecraft, David Belasco, for thea;
| terooers to realize with what care and
EXPENSE Beverly has been produced
Belasco has a standard from which he
will not recede and anything that bears
his imprint must be as perfect as money
and artistic genius can make it. Bev-
erlv was staged under the personal d.
rection of Oscar Eagle, one or MI De
lasco S highest salaried aids.
Rachel Ellen Andrews. 10, wife OF
Samuel W. Durham, died Tuesday morn
ing of heart failure at her home in
West Paris, Me-. after an illness dating
from April when she suffered a stroke X