The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-11
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

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day hy Miss Florence liemenway,
The RIaliloboro free library vii
hc closed Monday aud Tuesday Tor lh'
purpose of taking inventory Of ,h'
hooks.
side If High street opposite the resi-
dcnce 81 Dennis Tasker the rain Snnda,
night gulli.d cut the gravel sidewalk q
a depth ~ nearly foot,
The teachers training class of ia,
Centre church sunday school met Mon
DAY evening with Mrs 4. &. Dyke ou
GUESSED was The Child = Expression
Through Play.
l.. ". Bush of Brooklinc reported
10 County Fish aud Game Warden Il, l.,
Frost "Wednesday that a deer had been
killed aud nearly eaten np by dogs in
that town, Mr., Frost will investigate
The ease carefully,
The kindergarten committee of the
Woman : club hopes Ia realize as large
sum of money from the sale OF old
! rubber ns was received last year.
Everyone who has old rubber goods Of
amy description l. asked TO have them
ready for the boys who, little later
| will make the houscsto. house collection
for the benefit of the free kindergarten.
Big crowds went 20 the Lyric thea.
ter Saturday and Monday 10 see moving
pictures of the recent fight between
Jack Johnson and Stanley ketchel. Gu
| Tuesday evening pictures of the John
son Burns fight in Australia aud of two
rounds of the Jcifries Sharkcy battle
of ten years ago were exhibited In
Grange hall to audiences which packed
the place.
State Highway Commissioner
Charles W. Gates of Franklin will be in
Brattleboro Thursday. March ~. To pre-.
side at the annual meeting of the road
commissioners of Windham county. The
duties of commissioners in expanding
the maintenance fund will be one of
the principal topics for discussion. All
who are interested in the subject of
highway Improvement are invited to at
tend this meeting.
What the American advertiser can.
not coniure up in the way of a novelty |
TO exploit his wares is not worth talk |
ing about. One of the newest wrinkles |
in advertising a certain brand of to. |
bacco is TO enclose in each package a |
coupon. 10000 of which may be ex-
changed for one artificial arm or 10000 |
for an artificial leg. 4 representative
of the company distributed $500 sam
pie packages of this brand of tobacco
in Brattleboro this week.
The first boat to make its appear.
ance on the river this season was put in
commission Wednesday by Charles
Cakes and Harry Gould who used the
craft to salvage number of oil barrels
which had formed float used by the
Boston & Maine construction gang in
its filling operations last fall. During
the week the ice in the river has been
breaking up gradually and there is
open water along this shore from West
river to a point some distance below
the village.
The time is drawing near when
every dog owner must secure his an.
nual license permitting such canine to
i've within the confines of Brattleboro
for a period of one year. The fee is 81
for male dogs licensed on or before
April |. After that the fee will be
doubled and the time limit will expire |
May ID. After that date it is case of |
/ dead dog if the official dog catcher :
IAN locate the animal. Female dogs :
will be assessed usual fee of "a up to
Nay 10. After that they will stand the /
anne chance as males. q
A call has been issued for a meeting !
n Burlington this afternoon at clock !
# those who have interested them
elves in the formation of Green = !
fountain club, which will make the
yermont mountains play larger part
n the life of the people. The work of
he club will be to awaken an interest y
n the mountains of Vermont, to en- b
ourage mountain climbing, to make Ii
10 hni holt n i.
reparation of maps and guide books. o
he call is signed by George Aitken, Il
Iatthew H. Buckham, Frank H. Clark, a
harles W. Gates, Frank l.. Greene, A. c,
!. Halves, E. l.. ingalls,, George B. Law W
IN, A. Buel Sibley, Edgar Burr Smith, q
harles. II. Spooner, Mason s. Stone, r.
[. G.. Thomas, Allison E. Tuttle, J. w. Fl
otey, M. f. Wheeler, G. B. Wright, e;
ames P. Taylor. m
&C. E. Matava, an employee of Crosby .,
Parker, while engaged in superintend ";
70 the blasting operations on the ice ~ ~
{ the Connecticut River above the ~ y,
.idge Friday afternoon received a ~
licking and had narrow escape from "
,ing under the ice. He was at work a
ort distance above the gas house and m
emit to the river bank where he pro- bl
red so pounds of dynamite in box til
i'd started toward the spot where it p;
as to be used. He stepped into an be
r hole and man and dynamite went bl
'wn. Matava let 90 of the explosive DIT
id caught hold of the edge Of the ice tn
his chin struck the water. He clamb- al
ed onto solid ice and, after turning be
e water out of his high rubber boots, an
ent home and changed his clothing. m,
lie dynamite is still unexploded at the err
tom Of the river. During the after tn
on several holes were made in the M
to assist the current in breaking up tn
e river. The work was done for the ws
River Power company. The br
cond blast of the afternoon broke liz ca
mes of glass in the warehouse of E. an
osby & Co., and many in the gas br
use.
In a late review of theatrical pro- no
ctions by prominent dramatic critic, Of
3 play, The Girl From the U. s. A., me
,eived full measure of praise. The TIN
nv deals with an American girl, who Co
) been placed in a aristocratic convent an
Paris. France, that her education On
ght receive an ultra "finish. " There the
J has formed a deep and lasting friend we,
D with Vivienne de Voltone, French tai
l. The play opens with deep in Br;
que, both social and political, on the ter
It of the Turkish ambassador to cor
ance. The girl follows her abducted bee
end into the ianermost recesses of the sin
redly guarded harem of Turkish age
,ha, and in the guise of new ia Liz
.ite'' is terrorized to find that the dar
" Turk whose scheme she is trying to of
strate has fallen in love with her. wit
Iy BY shrewd diplomacy can she save and
self from the clutches of an unli- Owl
cod barbarian And later in the GER bro