The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-09

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The annual sleciien Of the officers
LEI tahlah ialesi.ae eiil DO held
Thursday evening, hea. -
The neat special term af the sn,
pIrme eonFi 20 be held AZ iiraiilehoTo
viii renNsne Nov, -. 1911,
The regular nian,hlY meeilng 81
the iiraiii-haFe Mutual Aid association
vail be held Monday al $50 Al the
headquarters. 81 North Main street,
At the meeting 81 Oasis eneamP'
ment "Wednesday evening the noldeh
kule degree Was rohieffed on class
~ six candidates, The annual nomina'
ton Of oiicefs MAS made.
The subject VI the sermon al the
CentTe Congregational church Sunday
morning will be- Why Jesus Came,
The brotherhood class will have an
open discussion 81 child labor,
The regular meeting ~ the W. q,
r. u, will be held Monday afternoon
al clock IN the rest rooms, A. this
will be the last meeting before Christ
mas il il urged that a large number be
present.
The subject Of Rev. u, l., Trout :
illustrated lecture In the IniNersalisi
church Sunday evening will he Inter
esiing Scenes In Interesting Countries,
A trip around the world will be taken
In the series Of siefeopilcon slides 10
be shown, The lecture will begin NJ
$50 o'elock
Lady Isle. the mare that made such
a favorable impression on hofsemen
when raced az the Valley fair IN 1909.
won $1,000 for Walter Cox ON the
grand circuit the past season. Cox
won nearly $4,000 In purses and
stakes during the summer, his biggest
winner being Branham hanghman, with
$3.50 10 his credit.
Miss Eliza Sessions, travelling rep
ressntaiiVe for the knrn llniiin Homes,
Is In Bfattlcboro making her annual
visit to those interested IN the work of
the homes. She i stopping NJ Linden
hurst during her stay IN town. Miss
Sessions SAYS that the homes are IN
highly prosperous condition, and that
the work they are doing Is increasing
every wear. She will call upon the
business men Of the town aud also
upon all other persons who NAV be
interested in financially assisting the
homes.
Allyn T.. Atwood has issued his
BrattlehOro souvenir calendar for 1911.
The calendar is an artistic production.
aud besides pictures Of the picturesque
spots in this vicinity. there are several
pictures of human interest. The faces
Of the several local elergymen have
been reproduced in an artistic halftone,
aud another interesting picture is u
group of pupils taken ON the lawn OF
the high school small nieture OF
Mr.. Gunzingcr. the sculptor, and pic.
torial representation of his mammoth
bas.relief of lion in clay are shown.
The calendar is one that not only
Brattleboro citizens will find of inter
est, but also those who may seek n fit
ting souvenir Of the town.
Mrs. Eunice fBrooks) SAWYER. -,
widow Of Frederick 7. SAWYER, died at
her home in Washington, ID. e., last
week Friday. She was a native OF
BrattlehorO. Her narents We're Simon
and Eunice (Ladd) Brooks. who lived
on the Dummer farm for many wears.
Mr.. and Mrs. SAWYER went to Texas
soon after their marriage, and lived
there until the close of the civil war
when they moved to Washington. Mr..
SAWYER had charge of the transnorta;,
ton of mails in Texas for several
wears. Their son, Frederick r. Saw.
yer. ir., lived in Putnev for several
wears. and moved to Washington five
wears ago. Mrs. Sawyer is the last OF
her family. She was an aunt OF Mrs
T.. ID. whitney of Brattleboro.
The firm of Mosher & Putney, liv.
erymen. has been dissolved and Charles
Putnev has sold out his interest TO j.
w. Cobb of Brattleboro. Mr.: Putney
will return to Keene. \. II. The new
firm of Mosher & Cobb viii add several
new hacks to its present equipment OF
vehicles. Both members of the firm
went TO New York Tuesday to purchase
the vehicles. They will also operate
several automobiles the coming season.
Since the change in ownership OF the
stable was announced last week the
new firm has ordered two motor ears.
The firm will conduct the livery az
Pine Grove Springs next season, as
usual. and in addition to the regular
equipment of an up-to-date livery sta
BILE Mosher & Cobb intend to add a
number of vehicles that will appeal to
the more fastidious, such as traps
drags, rubber tired runabouts, buck
boards, etc,
The selectmen plan to make still
further improvements on the common
the coming spring by using broken
stone on the walks. The cannon mas
been placed in a more commanding po-
sition, and a concrete base has been
built underneath the gun. Many of the
citizens who pass the common make
guesses as to the weight of the piece
and also as to what type OF ordnance
il is. The cannon is 2O-pound FAR
rott siege gun, and weighs without lts
caisson l.760 pounds. The ten prolec,
tiles. which are ARRANGED in pyramid
form. weigh 1860 pounds. The gun is
the property of the federal government.
and was loaned by the war department
to Sedgwick post, G. A. H., beng
shipped here from the navy yard az
New York. The committee from the
most which had charge of placing the
gun on the common was 7. W. Eason,
George H. Bond and Ornan Prescott.
An alarm from box 46 called the
fire department out at 6.55 last even
inc for a fire in the two-story house
and barn on Brennan street owned by
Mrs. Frank Adam and occunied by Mrs.
George Harrington. The fire was dis
covered in shed connecting the two
buildings by Thomas Clune, and the
alarm was given by James Clune: nose
No. 6. the hook and ladder, engine NO
4 and the chemical RESPONDED. The
harm and shed were totally destroyed,
and the house badly damaged in the
upper story. Practically all of the fur
niture was saved. Mrs. Harrington
carried no insurance. but there was in
surance of $1,000 on the house. The
cause of the fire is unknown, Mrs
Harrington and her children had occu ecu
pied the house about two months; ana
She had been i'll all day. Neighb,ors
cared for Mrs. Harrington and her
children. and her furniture was stored
in nearby barn.
The second supper given under tne
ire lr church was held in the chapel Wed.
nesdav evening. About 70 members Of
the Brotherhood attended, and ample
Justice was done the meal served PPy