The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-18
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

III s"'rs' ~ ~ =" 'hNPiH hi''lf N"hHHN
II April l.
II a sugar supper will be served a
Tie lniNefsalisi church next Thursday
NJ d o clock.
II The Woman : Relief corps will hol,
sewing meeting In Grand Army hall
Thursday afternoon.
II Ashton T.. Taylnr has sold his hous,
and lot ou Maple street 10 Dana |. How
II ard, who recently sold his farm In Gull
II ford,
II Georpo onkes, agent for the Gray
III marine motor has IL horsepower
II motor of this ma kc on exhibition In the
II window of oakcs : barber shop,
II Frank !. sherlock, special agent Of
II the National council, knights of Colum.
II bus. viii address the members of Leo
II council saturday evening ai q clock.
II The teachers training class of the
II Centre Congregational church will meet
II Monday evening Ht Iij with Mrs.
II George Boorn on Green street The
II subject is Adolescence.
Il A spelling match Wednesday after.
noon held in the hish school building
J between the fourth grade in that build.
: ing and the same grane from the Canal
, street school was wen by the former.
William Henry Coudfay. Is. who
died suddenly at his home in Wcthcrs
field. Conn, Saturday, was n native of
Woodstock and father of Mrs. Allyn
!. Crosby of Springfield, W. onc of his
three sons. Frederick j. coudray. mar
red Miss Annie Wyman, formerly Of
this town.
Charles 4. Smith of this town has
been granted a patent oh an automobile
starting device through the firm of
Davis a Davis, Washington patent at
torncys. The attachment makes possible
Il the starting of the motor from the driV
cr : seat Mr.. Smith has used II sue
crssfully on his own machine for sew
eral seasons.
--Chickering Evans. a brother of /
| James II. Evans of this town. left this 1
week for Atlanta, Ga. for spring prac'
i tice with the Boston National league
/ baseball team. He is one of l. pitch.
ers now with the squad, which will re-
main al Augusta .until the end of the
month and then work its way north
gradually
Percy Brown, 30. known on the
stage as Prescelle, died in Jersey City,
\. j., Friday He had gained consid
cradle fame as n hypnotist and mind
reader and will be remembered in Brat
tleboro as having appeared in the audi
forum on several occasions. OF late i
he had been on the Keith circuit He ,
was member of the Montpelier lodge
of Elks. ,
The illustrated lecture on Norway i
at the Universalist church Sunday even ,
ing was well attended. 4 large number !
of stereoptieon views was used to illus i
trate this interesting land of the mid d
night sun and Rev. ID. T.. Trout s lee +
ture dealt with the life and customs of
the people of Norway in a manner that y
was not only interesting but highly in .
\
The Brattleboro Woman S club will V
observe Reciprocity Day at its next 5,
Wednesday, March %, at 3 p. o
m. Mrs. Ilazen, president of the State b
of Women 5 clubs, will 7
.pea k and guests from nearby clubs will fl
give accounts of the work of +
their organizations. The program will c
include music, and a buffet lunch will l.
be served TO guests and members at the pi
conclusion of the program. re
A painter employed in washing the IA
.eiling of the Central Vermont passen- ht
.er station fell from a staging Tuesday II
afternoon and was unconscious for sew
raj moments. Ticket Agent ID. 5. II
'arey sent in hurry call for physi- tie
ian, but traveller who was waiting go
or train proved himself so skillful in at
living first aid to the injured that the fa
ummOns was cancelled. Aside from a ST
lump on the head the man was not in ur
ured and resumed his work. pl
The McKeesport basketball team. up
which has Just won the championship IN
f the Central PENNSYLVANIA league, is We
aptained by Andrew Sears, who will be nc
emembered by local fans as a frequent WI
laver on the Brattleboro Athletics sew. sh
raj seasons ago Among the other nc
lembers of the team are Boggio. who rec
remently used to wear a Brattleboro pa
inform, and Swenson and Henschell, TO
Tho were members of St. Johnsbury S "a
i star aggregation two seasons ago. oe'
Blank schedules have been sent to ar,
Il manufacturing concerns in Brattle. no,
or by the census bureau. and Special ST
gent O. B. Hughes for Windham coun- o.
! will soon call upon each concern to 81
,sist in filling out the blanks as re. w
lired by law. f. A. I. Anderson, chief No
rent for Vermont and New Hampshire, NO
lit with Mr.. Hughes concerning his an
,ties. Mr.. Anderson has charge of Is d.,
ecial agents in this state and New nm,
ampshire. not
Local fans will have an opportunity wol
witness another basketball game to- nit
chit in Festival hall when Brattleboro dur
II meet Bellows Falls in the second Thi
the series of three games. The up. the
yer team won the initial game and bee
is evening Brattleboro is anticipating had
netting more than exercise. The line thol
for the local team will probably be: real
inter-. Bothwell forwards, Ellis and Doc
erleth; guards, Riley, Stafford and
hnson. Cakes, Brattleboro boy, will scbr
" with the visitors. in +
As there has been much discussion ing
lcerning the quality of liquors sold ente
local druggists on physicians, pre- men
iptions the seleetmen decided Satur- con
' to have an analysis made OF such VINE
uors as are carried in stock by Brat OF $
boro druggists. Deputy Sheriff MY W.
p. Davis made an official visit to the
h drug store in town and took sam Y. /
S of each kind of liquor kept for spoil
dicinal use. He secured "a samples, Free
h of which was sealed in the pres adl'
g of the druggist when taken and beha
warded Saturday afternoon to the gave
tie laboratory in Burlington. The mer
lalty for dispensing liquors below emit
STANDARD adopted by the United prev
ties pharmacopia, which is the stand ing
adopted by the state of Vermont, is new
ne of 800. way
Judge E. w. Gibson of the munich
court went to Putney yesterday
arnoon to hold court in two eases OF II. I
r chasing dogs. The first was that treds
Roy Nichols, who was charged with held
ping a dog known to hunt deer and selec
Rod