The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-06-24
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


The regulA, monthly session Of the
probate court will be held tomorrow
morning. Judge A. y. sehwenk pre-.
siding.
The third food sale Of the series
Of six being held by the women Of the
Baptist church took place Saturday after
noon and evening.
The listers began making the quad.
rennial appraisal Of local real estate
yesterday. They expect tb. work wfl
take about two weeks.
The summer series Of open air
meetings ON the common will begin
Sunday afternoon. Rev Roy NJ. Hough.
ton win give the address.
The graduating exercises of the
ninth grade Of BratflehorO academy
will be held this evening az 5 clock
in the First Congregational church nj
West Brattleboro.
The Ladies Enterprise society will
conduct an iee-cream sale next We'd
nesday evening on the common in Esiey-
willie during the band concert which IL
10 be given there.
College entrance board examina.
tions have been in progress In the high
school building this week under the
supervision of Rev. +. Q. ;. Osgood.
Six pupils. four Of them from this town.
have been taking the examinations.
The annual meeting of the Dangh'
tiers of lsl2 will be held with Mrs.
III. +. Bond Monday afternoon. Follow.
ing the business session n reception
will be rendered Mrs. C. F. Il. Jenne
who has just returned from a year IN
France.
A carol service took the place of
the regular morning service IN the
Unitarian church Sunday. G. Nj. Dugan
assisted in the musical program and
Rev. +. Q. $. Osgood preached a ser
mon for the children. There was one
baptism.
N. w. Niles, who is well known in
Brattleboro through his visits here in
past wears, won the Massachusetts, state
tennis championships at Boston We'd
nesday by defeating Il. G. Seaver, for
several wears the title holder. in straight
sets. The scores were SO. 60, 6.3.
The fall term of the Brattleboro
high school begins at SIS o'clock
Tuesday morning. Sept. 6. There Will
he n meeting of the teachers at )
O clock Monday afternoon. Sept. D.
Examinations for summer reading IN
English and for passing off conditions
will be held in the high school room
SATURDAY, morning. Sept. 3.
Clifton Fox launched his speed
boat Yesterday and quickly demon
strated that he has the fastest craft
now on the river. Since last year Mr..
Fox has replaced his 6-horsepower Gray
engine with l5-horsepower motor OF
the same make, and in an informal
brush with Commodore Z. X: crosby
YESTERDAY afternoon showed his boat
10 be much the speedier.
The first. second, third and fourth
grade pupils of the Washington ana
Canal street buildings celebrated the
last dav of school Friday afternoon
with trolley ride to West Brattie,
boro. There were three carloads OF az
noisv Youngsters as could De Sotte.
together. The teachers of the dliiere en-
Grades accompanied the pupils. A no,
eral supply of iee-eream IN cones addeu
TO the pleasure of the trip.
Last Sunday was observed az
Memorial day by Quonektaeut tripe OF
Red Men. At 2.30 0 clock the pro.n,
ars assembled in their wlgwam ana
baId br;ef services in memory of the
"a denarted members of the order.
George A. Collins, sachem. acting as
marshal. followed by the memorial com,
mittee r. r Clark, John Wilson ana
II 7 Parker. and some 80 of the broth'
ars repaired to Prospect Hill and Morn.
;noside cemeteries and decorated the
graves.
About 90 members of Quonektaeat
tribe No. 2. /. O. r. NJ, met TUESDAY
evening in Red Men s hall and oTgaI-
;aaj company of the Red Men :
laame This is the military branch OF
tba order The following officers were
e ehe CAPTAIN, H. E. Harris; flrst
i;entesant G. A. Collins; second lieu
tenant William Thayer; quartermasteI'
q r Simonds; adjutant, q. A. !W.,,
cbell. The object of the league y y
nernetuate the memory of the oohti.
Mental soldier The league UNIFORM .h -
the same as worn by the soldiers OF snr
Continental army. and wlthln ~. IN
weeks the newly formed prahcn u az,
league will make a public appeaian ~.
The rear Of the log drive Oh .nv
Connecticut River Lumber colapans
reached Brattleboro SATURDAY ny, ai 90
and by noon the river above !ne pl annb.
was clear. This season g drive rea:n
ma' hara more than a month carrier
thop that of last year. whlch III, uIu
~ make its appearance until Yuis
~ ~ ond there was no delay IN ge,tlhs
~ Inos through the dead water apohe
w w Vornon dam. This was due 10 thc
fne+ that the height of water ma9e q
nercentible current clear TO tne 70
pSa.t ,notor-hoat owners continued "
~. MS tbair craft while the logs weas
., ~ and at no time was the rlaei
p p.,s;c;ently blocked to interfere SCI
iousIv with this sport
After a lapse of over two months
~ s,ate i attorney will probably ma ils
oh1 n a, in the matter OF proseGiu:.inaE-
sha Rrattleboro druggists whose liqaao e.
failed TO come up to the sta1uia a and
manded under the pure Ioou Ia o,oa;a
nv the United States pnarHi . ~ the
a. The time that the resui. select.
analyses was made known ~ -. Charles
nm tnrned the matter over 70 o .tota e
men Williams uu1n of Bellows Falls, state
a n; mari At that time Mr.. Miil aanrt
a a1 n,mher of state cases IN cout
nay soraral cases in his private pratt
anu anu Semanded his attention. me t; in a..
tee uein ano;n been brought to ms at,
yer mas and while no date has peeH
ten.ioi i aynected that an early dlspo'i
Sc. :. I'll; II he made of the matter. -
lion rhar,es Nathaniel Herrick, A. ~,
~. loh 1ata Tuesday afternoon at tIe
1Ieu .., id Retreat of heart troa s,.,
elae.rf an illness ef only a ar"
io,lo" II He was born in Brattfeg9o obn
aass 1862. and was the son u TN Tn.
Aogg,on and Julia Bush Herr1ch. M.
~ Iaav;no school he was empio lived
o on his fathers farm ana na wear
there all of his life until a9 ;th his mar
400 when he went to ll.e T Ne married
Mss At Alice carre f Pans SONS ha Be-
s Tss is fhs5 and q T Hst he Of BSat
ale PrSs. and two sisters MIS- Mrs. Melva