The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-05-20
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

The band VIII give u inntihoc ".
the Pirates Of Penzanee tomorrow Nv
s.3o. Reserved seat tickets are now
ON sale nj box office.
The last supper Of the season was
carved nv the women of the Unitarian
saeicty in Wells hall Tuesday evening.
There was a good attendance.
The last dance in the series OF les
sons given by Miss Ethel Biodgett IN
West Brattleboro will be gwen FRIDAY
Nav 81, In Academy hall. All are cor
daily invited. j,
A,o,ber waltz party will be held
4, oSJ Eellows hall Wednesday even
ing. This is the third and last opp9i,
unity 10 enjoy round dances on tine
new floor this season.
The asth annual convention oil
the W, c. T. U. will be held in New,
fame Thursday and Friday, June : and
3. Those who intend to 20 should SEND
their names to Mrs. j. ID. Pierce
MANY local people are taking adj
VANTAGE of the might letter" tele'
graph service by which the Western
Union company sends 30 words al the
regular price of l0-word message.
Rev. George II. Watt, colportenr OF o,
the Baptist state convention, occupied
the Baptist pulpit Sunday IN the 40.
sence of Rev. John X. Cow, VINO has
been attending the northern Baptist
convention in Chicago.
AT the strawberry supper and sale
which the Congregational women are
70 hold .June q, a treasure table VIII De
one of the features. There Will also
he an apron table and a booth Tor the
sale of home. made CONNECTIONS.
The trustees of the Austine fund
will make a statement through 'ae
local papers next week III 5ega,u ~ Nv
what disposition will be made OF the
hanmest of $4,000 left by Col. William
anHst;ne for The establishment of
hosn;tal "for the temporary treatment
If strangers and local invalids pecu'
l;arlv situated At present the trus'
tees refuse to make public any details
recarding the plan further than to say,
that il Is one in which the people OF
BrattIeboro will be greatly interested
Parents day was observed TUESDAY
afternoon by the seventh ana eignln
grades in the high school buiiaing.
This afternoon the parents OF .he
sixth grade in that building are invited
10 visit the school and see the pupiis at
their regular work. A NUMBER Oh par
ents were present Tuesday AFTERNOON;
No attempt is made to give any speoi.a,
work, and parents have an opportunity
to see the actual school WORK py AZ
tending the session on parents oass'
The Canal street school VIII hoiu par
ents days next week.
The bailiffs will take up the mat.
ter of a safe and sane Fourth OF July
Mt the next meeting of the board frl'
day evening, May q. 1t is not I'm IN.
probable that some action VIII pe
taken as that recently taken by tne
aldermen of Barre. This would mean
prohibiting the sale or use OF nre
crac kers containing chlorate OF potash
or other high explosives, hrecrackeis
more than FIVE inches long ana one lhcn
in diameter, toy pistols, cannGnsi canes
and other appliances using p Wnta,, rai
notified ali dealers in such articles that
tba sale of cap pistols and blank ear
.r m would not be allowed and his
order was observed.
At the meeting Of Protective grangg,
Wednesday evening the lecturer, oali
S. Hopkins, had charge OF the P rossada
Have Won Started Your Garden Yet!
II Il" Not, Why Not? Are You Going to
Have q Garden9 If Not, Why Not
What When, and How Shall Plant
Thnss taking part in the discussl92iI
were n p. p. Franklin, C. S. Hopkins; r,
a Phelps, Mrs. +. D. Tucker, Mrs Ia, Ada
Niles K. J. Currier, and others. Mlss
NalI;e Eddy. Mrs. H. w. Sargent, ana
NJ Ado Eddy spoke on porch ana
.m;n5ow hoxes for flowers. A recitatlon
WAS Siven by J. Z. Lawrence, ana A. .
Currier gave an interesting talh ~ =
tha dnties. labors, and perplexlties Oh !.
1;sto r" Mrs. P. Z. Franklin gave
select reading. .a
Patrick F. McCarty OF Bafre, Sc"
torv and treasurer of the Quarry
wa International union. was
eaU U, unconscious Friday morning a,
his desk in his office in barre Will q.
h hls had evidently been all night. h y
ne nav s;tt;nn at his typewriter, whicf
was to;na s partially written letter
G g aaIenhoned his wife at 9 o,clocf
T M evening that he, would D'
,,a mu as soon as he finished writing
i ho IN a relative, but no alarm wa
lea ..e; because he did not return
4 o. mas constantly attended by twe
nhvs;cians during the day and regaih.e,S
p righteousness in the evening. :. a.
thnnGh his condition is serious ~
thouSht he will recover: MI; Meo ors
~ formerly lived in West Duhtn nn;'
t9n and is a son-in-law OF MIS- Anni'
Hopkins of this town.
Henry A. Bowen, 70, father OF ID
Z s Bowen of this town, dled r SUI SUI
+. ?. h;s home in Shelburne fails
H Mass Wednesday morning. ne h LA,
/, moor health for some time, W
. n ~ was not considered SER
MS ms Death came while he was slt1i4s
Jus chair waiting for carriage =.
~ III him tn the railroad station. MI
LAM nn ni" vas horn in Nottingham, Du
L bo"I haen a resident of Franklin couElS
s nav tha greater part Of his lie. roi
~ ~ nast 30 wears he had been engase.
i'm; IN the H manufacture OF paper po orh
IL ~ ,ros we'll known as an active woIh
d ne IN tbe Universalist church, a PROM
O. Cont Odd Fellow, and a democlLa' ~, ~
tbn old school. He was Formerly en u,
n ,Io as railroad station agen' Do "a
Ereenfield and Shelburne balls. ND
s;des his son, he is survived ny S In
o o one daughter, Mrs. =. u. A n;sters
Of Sbelburne Falls, ana thre1 s,aa hi,
Funeral services Will take pi"oo
afternoon. - 70. of vii
Anna Goodrich, 81, wlfe OIL oren VIM
l;om r. Childs, died Saturday eveI Rnr
nt her home, Clarke street ~ pats
i;noton. She was a natlVe " oh,
mnnth. N. H. Besides her auspana one
leaves one daughter, M MIS- Mazda,
Childs. The funeral was nelI home ant
# sssg at assa # t. ny M .s2gys
Tuesday an wae late in the afternoon
Was Was eSndS NJ. Blae kford, pastor of tn
G Gn11srs and E. S. Adsit Accompanies an e.
I'm hod~ Mr.. Childs was unable 10 +