The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-09-02
THE BRArrIEBORO REFORMER FRIDAY SEPTEMBER .. 1910


-neHeEly, a dIamatisailen II George
Issn Mr1'asshssa 5 beverly 81 nFaas'
IaTs. sill be the attraction AZ VIC
sadliariam ihs afIsEaeea aad sSealhs
81 reii, 10,
The ,asisfiee will be epeH from
Ia n a'rlask Monday snotnlhs, Ia
boz nay. The local satiien wlil maA.
the early maTniag delivery ohlN anu
lhe rural carriers will mah" 30 DO
livery.
All a meeliHg Of the board 81
haillffs Saturday evening IN shait'
man 4. !. Waterman office htr DC
parlmenl matters were dissas.e.l.
lhief EnglnaeT Harvey W, saniris
aud Assistant Chief Don H. MllrI
a.re present and talked over dinrirn'
phases 0f the proposed reorganization
~ The aspartmen, which WAS decided
npan at III. village meeting, No de
fniie action was taken, Tho adNlsa'
biiity ~ purchasing a hose wagon was
discussed,
The board Of civil auihoriiy wall
hold meeting In the selertm"n =
room tomorrow evening Ia revise he
cheek list for use at the election
Tuesday. There are doubtless 4 mum
her cot young men who have become
veisrs since the listers made ~ their
Feporis la the spring. There are also
nrnhablV a number ~ men who are
entitled Ia vote f0T the state ticket
Though they have not been In town
long enough 60 vote for town repre-
sentative.
The women Of the Congregational
church are collecting clothing 10 be
made over or repaired for school ~
Mac kintosh, Ga. A sewing meeting viii
i. held an Tuesday afternoon ~
q 'eleek on Mrs. Averill's lawn, II a
pleasant day. aud In ease of nnfnsor.,
bls weather in the church parlors; all
are invited. Miss Olive Gibson OF the
Rio Grandc Industrial school 81 Albn'
on.faue, y. Mex. will be IN Bfaitle'
horo AZ that time aud will speak dur
Ing the afternoon,
As an incentive 10 the voters ia
come Ca the town hall early TUESDAY
morning there will be n meeting OF
the board Of listers 90 listen TO persons
who feel that their real estate has
been oyer.yalued in the qnadrennisl
nnnraisal. From hints dropped ocen,
sionnllv about the streets there Will
moi be lack of attendance at the
listers meeting. The campaign man
nsers are satisfied that this meeting
Will bring out men who ordinarily dc
ma, bother to vote even at state elec
lions some Of the local political
prophets are wondering whether th'
apgrieVed ones won't bolt the admin
! istration that has found II eNpeuien'
10 raise the valuation OF real eslat'
and lend their support 10 the uruh"
Gratis. The democrats are mol lhelihe'
To borrow trouble on this account
There was narrow escape from
a serious accident on the Putney roa'
lust above Crosby pond "Wednesday
afternoon when the horses attached .
a surrey containing Mr.. and Mrs; halp'
Reed of New York and Mrs. {. +. kee'
AMI Miss Minnie scott of this tow
were frightened by l.. l.. Durham
automobile. Several automobiles ha'
been met by the driving party bn
their horses showed no fright unit
/ suddenly confronted by Mr.. Durham
ear on the narrow road Just ms side
the Frank johnson place. Mr.. Dunhan
was running his machine slowly an
Immediately brought il 10 standstil
one of the horses, however, smed an
threw itself heavily against the. rail a
the side of the highway. TVS CAV
way and LET the horse ran: tine ha'
ness preventing the animal from golh
70 Tho bottom of the embankmen'
The other horse was drawn under IN
mole but the surrey was not overtime
and the occupants We're able TO &c
ont With the assistance of Mr.. Dun
ham Mr.. johnson and Rural Carrie
CON Mixer Mr.. Reed was able to eA
tricate the horses from the wreckag
Inv emitting parts of the harness. the
were not badly injured.
Representative of the tran
Trunk railroad secured this week
conference with the officials OF Tn
Connecticut valley street railway, .
, which time the question was taken u
of a connection at Millers Falls p'
tween the Central Vermont, tracks ~,
|, the street railway line. The lmineu
ate purpose of the Grand Trunk Is !
secnre n connection with the Turner
, Falls mills, and this represents a pai
+, of their general scheme for gettin
new connections in Massachusett
: They NAV also have in mind the po
sibilitv of getting freight IN Greel
6 feld The street railway officials al
e non. committal as to their attltud
, hnt of course they would be glad, !
' accept favorable proposition. ~
S permission of the railroad commission
b ers would have to be secured 70 40
9 freight business. Some opposition W. "
u aNnfpsSpu L
. merger of the New Haven and Is. \
!. roads. on the ground of the destru
Y tion of all competition, SO that
! wonld seem as if that village wou
G like TO oct a Grand Trunk connectlo
:. and as if there would be no local o
l. lection. unless there was opposition
t The idea of running freight ca ca,
l. through the business streets. IL
l. railroads already controlling this hel
G however, might oppose such move
d Greenfield Gazette.
!, The 18th annual meeting OF u
. Windham County Baptist associate
will be held in East Dover next Ihui
I, day and Friday. The opening sessi'
d Thursday morning will include neV
# tional exercises led by Key. y.
r Clarke of South Newfane ana addre
IS of welcome by Rev. w. G. Russell WI
d resnonse nv fhe moderator and the a
e nnal sermon by Rev. w. M. Hiitchco'
e, of West Halifax. In the afterno'
t. there will be an address on The Sea
It dal of the Cross by Rev. John h. 60
l. and a discussion on problems OF t
,. country and village church by re
o !. d. Berry of Putney, Rev. W. ). y
n, of South Windham, Rev. &. >. Dame
= Of Heartwellville and Rev. ". ). Boar
Ell man of West Wardsbosro,;, Kew ". :
l. Davidson, secretary or the Nelino
le state convention, will also speak
y this session. The speakers Ihq pso,
n. evening will be Rev. Silas +. PERI
p president of the Vermont Baptl
a Young People S union, and hev. ..
'e Norcross. district p.a seefetaMyE Mission oi
re ciety Friday morning will be devot
to tdet reports i' Of committees and pap
! nv t Rev. <. ALBERT of Wilmington. I
:, a AZ session will be a women
Y meeting at whfch Miss a. A. Brigha
~ ~ state a Secretary of foreign mission
re- Mrs. n. n. Bishop, New England $
10 retary of the Women $ Home MISS
IL soc;ofv and Mrs. J. S. Greenwood