The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-29


Friendship circle will meet In Odd
Fellows hall Tuesday afternoon, Sup
per will be served al ola,
-IIeftzberg brothers have ceased q
store In Retting block, ; High street,
where they will carry fnli iino OF
wall papers and painters furnishings
Quantities Of carp have been
caught In the water ON Hunts meadow
during the past two weeks. The hsi
are from 10 inches 10 . foot long AMI
have furnished considerable sport.
There have always been more or less
carp In the river but. few have been
caught previous 10 this season.
The Ladies' circle Of the uniyer'
salist society will hold q business meet
Ing Ia the church parlors Thursday
afternoon at I o clock. Al Jia n char
ing,dish supper will be served an the
European plan, followed by q sale OF
fancy articles, aprons aud candy
MIR. aud Mrs, Albert Putnam OF
GuilfoTd, will celebrate their golden
wedding anniversary Monday al the
home ~ their daughter, Mrs. Z, W.
Berry, 81 Main street, An informal re-
cep,ion will be held from 10 . o'clock
aud relatives will be entertained
throughout the day.
News has been received Of the
death Of Mrs. Victoria Nj. Richardson,
70, AT her home in Princeton, Ill, April
10. She was the wife of Charles j,
Richardson, a former Brattleboro man,
and a brother Of the late w. y. Richard
son Of Brattlcboro and Of i. q. Rich
ardson Of Chicago. Mrs. Richardson
was born May l6 1897.
While the season has passed for
the successful spraying Of trees and
shrubs infested with San Jose scale the
number of trees cut during the pas,
fortnight by property owners indicates
a desire 10 exterminate the pest. Tree
Warden George Bishop says that with
very few exceptions owners OF trees
and shrubs have been glad TO be noti,
fled Of the presence oil the pest ana
many have cut down trees at no eS'
pense TO either the town or state.
DIR. John X. Cow, pastor of the
Baptist church. read very learned
and carefully written paper on Some
Fundamentals TO the Understanding OF
Browning's Poetry before the Brattle'
boro Woman 3 club Wednesday after,
noon. Miss Gertrude Matthews and
Mrs. Blake furnished music. The an
nnoI meeting of the club will occur
Wednesday. MAY 4 at $50 p. m. in the
Congregational chapel. Every member
Is urged 10 be present TO hear the re-
ports of work done during the year
and to vote for officers for the next
club year.
An attempt to smooth the surface
Of Elliot street between Church and
Main streets with the steam roller yes
terday disturbed something somewhere
beneath the surface and leak IN the
waters company's mains resulted. Inc
roller was being used to smooth the
ridge along the line of the ditch dug
by the Brattleboro Water Works com
pany and rocks or soil in some man
ner put crimp into the pipe line,
force of men with pump was kept
busy near the Lyric theater Yesterday
afternoon until the break could be To-
Gated and repaired.
The enumeration of the people of
Brattleboro by the four federal census
enumerators will be completed tomor.
row night and the final reports Will be
forwarded to l.. NJ Hays May j. Rob
ert Mitchell was the first enumeration
to complete his duties. finishing his
work Yesterday. Harrie Chase, Hugh
Agnew and Clifford Cook had few
left.overs to attend to this morning
and expected to complete their WORK
nv tomorrow evening. The enumera.
ton of farm properties being made by
+. G.. Frost does not close until May 10.
The population of Brattleboro as deter
mined bv the new census will probably
NOT be announced for sometime as the
figures will have to be forwarded to
Washington.
Road Commissioner David T. Perry
saws that he can see plenty of opportun'
ity to spend his appropriation tins year.
During the week he has devoted much
of his attention to Western avenue.
The steam roller will be used to smooth
out the wrinkles in this thoroughfare
caused by the digging of the Brattie-
boro Water Works company's ditch our
ing the winter. Within few days Mr..
Perry will turn his attention to Flat
street Probably this street needs re-
surfacing more than does any other
piece of roadway in the village. me
sidewalk is also in bad condition. just
what he will do with the street MI
Perry has not decided. AT present the
grade is such as to make q mud puddle
or slough hold of about 10 rods OF the
street and the odor arising from TINS
spot is highly obnoxious as the warm
weather approaches.
As the $50 train from Brattleboro
was pulling up at the station at Putney
Monday morning it smashed into the
end of a freight train. The impact
crumbled the end of the caboose and
overturned a large number OF cans OF
milk in car attached to the passenger
train besides doing other damage suen
as breaking windows and door: One
of the crew on the passenger tram had
one of his hands cut by broken WIN.
dow. The cause of the mixup IS not
known but evidently resulted from an
attempt of the freight to back onto
the main line. Those riding on the pas
senper train were given a thorough
shaking up. If the passenger tram was
equipped with air brakes the passengers
were unaware of the fact for the tram
came to standstill apparently without
any attempt to check it until it struck
the end of the freight train.
Mrs. Louise Bardwell, 50, widow
of Warren Bardwel, died at her nome
in Montague, Mass, Tuesday, a1ter an
illness of several weeks following a
naralvtic shock. Mrs. Bardwell was a
woman of fine and strong character,
we'll known in this part of the state
through her long and active interest
in the Unitarian church. Mrs Bard-
well was born at Plumtrees, Sunder-
land, her maiden name beng LOUISE
Cooley. From her marriage throughout
her life her home had been in Monta,,
one. where she was actively interested
in the welfare of the town. She leaves
six children. Henry Bardwell, of North,
field, James of Brattleboro, Edward
s. of Rhode Island, Miss Emma Bard
well. of Boston, Mrs. Julia Farweell OF
Montague and Charles Bardwel OF
Montague. Miss Emma Bardwell, who
is nurse, has had the care OF ner
,,o+hor dur;pp her last illness, being