The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04


- odd Fellows ALL held the slssen
~ aanss II The series Friday, March
ilolh halls sili be- ol9h and the mu.
Al sill hf iAs same A. usual
v Mr., D, D., Willard wiii cni.ra
- the i.adirs u, q, club this si.rFnao
sanseF sill be- served, followed by
m raid l,ariy Ia the evening.
>, -Jllls haTil.li has retained fFa
\ NsN York with many pretty laess Il
" y .Iflnr styles and paper models I
all Kinds, Tel, ss's,-sdy. SO
n Sydney II. Nison, Who recently pu
= chased the harness business ~ HenI
Il u, hf"Nh, is prepared a. take oTdel
q Tor hainsss of every description, ~
adv, N another column,
j, --focahahias council. No. 4, nj
J. adept Il candidates al their mee,lh
/ Thursday niphi, After the degree wor
: banquet will be served, several al
Z plrailons for membership were receive
last night.
4 meeting 81 the Bra,tleboT
!, branch IT the Woman = Alliance will b
held with Mfs. ChhIles Mafdef, Hip
, street, neat Saturday evening AZ -
? o'clock, ". l., Piper will give tai
an senc phases of nature study. supple
meniing the talk he gave before ihi
alliance a few weeks ago
, -.her wa . hacked house AZ ih'
, l.NIir last evening on account Of u hr
inP amateur night, Harry ~, CyT woi
fret prize With tramp luggleT act
Charles hrl'irn, second with a musirA
act aud fud 'uTfieT third, with q bon,
and tHmhauTine act. A. the drawing
eauiei "Wednesday evening the gfixa.
were wen a. follows; firsi ladies Mr.
". !. Andsf-nn: "a ladies Mrs T.. W
Bushnell hrsl gentlemen :, 4. ", SheT'
win; 81, !. Anderson.
Mr. and Mr.. John Wilson of 8:
High street entertained few 81 their
friends Tuesday evening, the occasion
tcing their 93fd wedding anniversary
The evening wa spent ~ PLAYING whist
and music cuiuyed. Light refreshments
were served Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Were
presented with several pieces 81 silver
IN remembrance IT the occasion. &. r.
Simouds made the presentation speech.
] Nj departed AZ late hour wishing Mr.
and Mr.. Wilson many happy returns.
The resignation Of Frank q. llrl
var ~ head of the department Of agri
culture ~ NJ. llcrmon means without
doubt that the Valley Fair association
Will have Ia choose new member for
D
Of - cattle department. While Mr.
llelvar has not vet resigned these office.
Il j. not likely he will attempt 20 hold
them now thar he i going Ia Morris
Vile, y. \.
%. l.. French has sold the Vermont
Phoenix 10 Walter T.. Hubbard who will
Incorporate NJ the Vermont Phoenix
company Of which he will be president
and treasurer Mr. French whose con.
ncction with The Phoenix a. publisher
dates from September 1873. will give M
active work In The newspaper field. The
new proprietor has been connected with
The Phoenix for nearly % years and j.
conversaut with every detail of the husi
ness.
Civil Engineer George Pearson ami
Carl Hcnkcl will attempt TO open up
the ice in the Connecticut river below I
the iron bridge this afternoon with /
dynamite The work l. being done hv 4
the Connecticut River Power company I
that channels may be- made 10 the end +
that the lee rill rot away rather than +
break NJ and form jams. A. the use /
Of dynamite throws To ice TO the /
height Of $50 10 500 feet il will be well
for spectators 10 keep a safe distance
from th" blasting operations this after
noon.
A small band OF would.he bad men
nf tender age have on several occasions
looted the bakery wagon of &. +. War
pcF 4 COMPANY. while the outfit was
in stable on Clark street.
Pies and other good things have been
stolen bv these boys and evidently the
laud has become brave, for within the
last week another theft has occurred.
The names Of the boys are known and
he parents of the youngsters will be
permitted 10 impose punishment upon .
he boys and likewise to make good the
mount of the several thefts.
-Louis Grotto of Esteyville. who has /
cen employed at the Estey Organ fac.
ory. recently had one of the fingers
{ his left hand injured while handling :
revolver Friday afternoon. The !.
oung man, who is about Is years old.
'as showing a small-calibre revolver to :"
companion on Fiat street and en- q
eavoring to sell the weapon. To Il
the use of the gun Grotto
cld il in his right hand with one finger y
/ his left hand closed over the muzzlc y
/ the weapon. He snapped the trigger :
nj the result was a lacerated finger. u
O bones were broken. u
III. +. Eddy and C. c. Fits. attor. \
'ys for the plaintiff have filed suit !;
county court for David NJ Morris =
Rockingham against the Union Soap :, :,
one company of Chester. and the ~
ravelers Insurance company of Hart =,
rd Conn. The damage claimed is -, ~
10000. The plaintiff claims to have ~
ceived injuries March II; 1902. by a y. ~,
asst in the company's works at Chester "
ind. Al that time the plaintiff was y!
years of age. The plaintiff alleges Ut
at he was directed by the company e.
remain. Ernest Marble, to perform GER -
in work and that in performing the err
SIX assigned to him he caused the ex- n
,sion of charge of dynamite that nc
d been left in the stone upon which ma
was working wholly without any 10
llt upon his part He alleges that ea'
arble ought to have known that the OF
exploded charge of dynamite was in IN
, stone. but that he did not know it cet
cause of ineXperience and careless wv
S.. The Travellers Insurance com sio
ny is made co-defendent in the suit enc
&c company had in force a policy in
ing the employees of the soapstone Ro
npanv. The case is returnable at the ing
Ri term of Windham county court. the
A Greenfield man who went to Dunn oWl
rston, VT, yesterday to look after his pre-
m there, found that the already ex con
tionate fare charged by the Central n
rmont road from Soufh Vernon To cou
had been increased 10 cents, one
on account of the building of the Dec
' station at South Vernon, short
lance to the south of the old one lol
used to he 10 miles to Brattleboro the
m South Vernon. but since the new the
ion was built the distance has in pro-
ased mile and is now II when the clrc
1eler has mileage book. The ticket seer
n South Vernon to Brattleboro. Owe
ch has sold for 30 cents. is now 40 and