The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-28
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Red Men y hall Wednesday evening
b.. 3. All are cordially invited.
NJ. Howard l. leaving town and
lfi his Prospect street livery stable
adv ia
The women Of the Centre rongrega,
hal church will serve AN cscalloped
tieT supper In the paTlors next Thurs
evening. Feb. !,
The teachers training class will
et next Wednesday evening with Mrs,
IA Brown ON Bnliock street, The sub
!, i Nervous aud Defective Children,
Glen {. Gould Of this town was q
inner of one Of the " fifth prizes Of
i In an advertising contest recently
nducted hy Colgate a company Of New
prk,
Owing 10 the condition Of the roads
iur,laV after the heavy rain Of Fri.
n night the sleighride of the employees
r. l., lloughton : Office was postponed
Definitely.
The selectmen posted notices al the
FRANCES of the West river highway
dee Saturday calling attention 10 the
/ eeTous condition of the approaches
ilc the repairs are in progress.
al the meeting of the woman IS al.
hce saturday evening AT the home of
X. Charles Marder, Harry L. Piper
H. talk upon birds which was fol-
we'd by discussion of the subject.
Special attention has been paid by
Mhitcside-Strnuss management 10
specialties offered between the acts
this company which will he at the
litorinm all next week with matinees
rdncsday and Saturday.
The heavy rain of Friday afternoon
Il night sent the water over the spill
" of the big dam in Pleasant Valley,
is completing the filling of the reser.
ir about ten days in advance of the
h. prophesied. 1t is estimated that
Pre- are 10000 gallons Of water in the
Eervoir.
a T.. Carpenter was in Bellows Falls |
kterday acting ms auditor in the ease |
Angelo Bertilli against Pasquale Bal |
ssaro. The suit is an action on ac'
pnt 10 recover $500. George A. IVES.
of Bellows Falls appeared for the
intiff and G.. II. Williams and T. T..
Bricn for the defendant
10. f. Benson. secretary of the Val.
Fair association. went to Sherbrooke.
O.. Monday night and Tuesday at.
bdcd meeting of representatives of
zen fair associations in Vermont and
nada to arrange certain race SEIZED
= The meeting of these representa-
les will be held next year IN Brattle-
TO-
1t may interest landowners and all
fsons interested in forestry in this
tion to learn that the dreaded gypsy
th has appeared on a considerable
h in central New Hampshire. \
nttleboro man has received this week
ftter notifying him that he must take
assures to suppress the pest on certain
q owned by him in New Hampshire.
State S Attorney Charles H. Will
|ns has taken an appeal from the de-
on of Judge z. II. Albee of the pro- I
court re-committing two insane pa !
It's, Scanlon and Dillingworth, to the !
ttlebOro Retreat. Mr.. Williams is of I
belief that they are not insane and !
that one of the men was allowed to I
outside of the institution at work /
hut the streets of Brattleboro and !
h the records of the institution do not
p out the decision of the court as TO n
man being unsafe. |,
The next social of the girls club 7
be held in the rest room at s o clock 5
(dnesday evening. A business meet "
will be held at 40. All persons in t
ested are invited to attend and an b
itation is extended to all persons to Ii
Ing some small article suitable to be h
ID at auction for the benefit of the S
10. Such articles are to be wrapped tt
a manner that will give no hint of Il
? contents of the package. Following C;
auction games will be INDUCED in
d refreshments will be served. ;,
During six years of work as agent H
b the Keene Humane society Mrs. Ell
|nnie B. Powers, formerly of this town, in
IS investigated 2,073 complaints shot to
} horses, 6 cows, hogs, ! sheep, ID "
rs, chloroformed so cats, and killed q
hens and few birds. She has also p
d off 81 horses, made 81 arrests, cared to
II children and many old people, ii
u numerous barns and hog pens "
aned, horses blanketed, binders re- ii
red, overloaded teams attended to, al
dogs and cattle cared for in cold ri
Iather. In her trips about the country
! has had to contend with all sorts 90
weather conditions at all times of 81
y and night and over roads Of every ~
$cription Needless to say she has ~
pit with all kinds of people and re- 7.
ived all kinds of treatment. =,
1.-The Whiteside-Strauss company, tie
! of the most popular stock compa re
Is ON the road, will be the attraction FL
the auditorium all next week with A,
|tinees Wednesday and Saturday. de
6s company has received flattering su
ticisms from both press and public M
|the cities visited. The plays are all pr
" and presented exclusively by this su
hpany for the first time at popular me
ices. They include several well-known of
Nv York successes. Several high au
IS, America S foremost singers and 10
beers, Miss Maude Clement. the petite e. e.
(nedienne, Burdette brothers, the 10, ~.
latest of all comedy acrobats, Miss pa
kian Laid Law, in character songs, ~,
Ill Fl. Strauss. that funny fellow, ~ ~
wev, trick violinist, Joe Hurl, singer t ths
I dancer Ladies tickets will be is , .ne
ID for Monday night only. /; ;si
More or less has appeared in Yer pre-
mt papers concerning. a baseball of
que to include Greenfield A member sta
the association that managed base on
| in that town several years ago will
ted Friday that the only way to lag
Ike the game pay was to have a re. col
nsible association or an individual tow
h plenty of money behind to keep the rec
ne going. These essential requisites bal
believes are lacking in Greenfield at bui
present time, and so far as the man yea
ted is informed no one has visited for
enfield from Vermont for consulta- for
! with responsible parties in Green. mel
1 with reference to the formation of pan
,ague. The national game at Green :
l is further handicapped by the alb Incl
ce of grounds, since the town ac- NOR
red Shattuck park, where the games of $
Z prayed Wnen pasepali noerlsheu q Sou
nd stand som
"A general order has been issued by the
T e. Fstev commandinp First Tn proc