The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-09-09

street "wednesday afternoon,
lowing 10 the rain Tuesday after
nesh The sewing meeting which had been
planned hN the Momen of the Centre
church was held ia the church Iarlors
Instead 81 on the lawn Of Mrs, George
q. Ayefill.
-Amefno, REPEATED 10 be one Of the
best scientific demonstrators Of the hyp'
motto art, will be- at the auditorium
sept, ID, III aud IL ia an entertainment
that y wierd. unique, original and 'mirih
provoking,
An interesting plece Of machinery
can be found AZ the laundry OF Sparks
hfoihefs, II h an automatic collar
machine, The collar i fed into the ma.
chine IN q rough starched condition and
comes out IN shape for the weaTcr. The
machine was Installed a few days ago,
Work began Saturday on the exea'
walton for the cellar of the new Ma
sonic building, q. +. Gilman a Son
have the contract for this part of the
work aud will have about one, half of
the excavation work completed by TO-
morrow night, The work Of putting In
the cellar walls will begin the coming
week.
Automobiles will do well 10 keep
an eve out for bent spikes in the iloor'
ing OF the West River bridge, There
are AZ least a dozen heavy spl hes which
have been partially driven into the floor
planks and then bent down. While an
automobile tire might escape injury the
chances are good for two or three pune
lures In driving ear through the
bridge as many Of the spikes are direct
~ IN the track of wheels.
The New England Telephone \
Telegraph company will carry a cable NJ
Canal street from the poin, where It's
wires 20 under ground near the Ninton
block Ia the corner OF Maple street.
This will be n GO.pair cable and from
that point 10 the street leading 90 the
Valley fair grounds q 30.pair cable will
be- carried on line of new poles. Along
Canal street from the Canal street
school house 20 the corner of Maple
street new poles have been set. The
new poles are nearly twice the size OF
the old ones,
Thirty members Of the Boston
Chamber of Commerce will come 70
Brattleboro in n special ear attached 10
the White Mountain train tomorrow
afternoon and will be guests OF Charles
X. Crosby tomorrow night and Sunday.
On their arrival here they viii he gwen
an automobile trip about Brattleboro
and thence 20 TO spoford lake where
they will have dinner al Pine Grove
Springs. Returning 10 the Brooks
House for the night they will 90 san
day morning 20 Mr.. Croshy's cottage on
the Connecticut river 10 spend the Jay;
All of the visitors are in the grain ana
-four business.
Representative Y. G.. Stafford
while driving on Western avenue We'd
nesday forenoon received a spill from
his carriage that for few minutes had
more than ludicrous side TO II. ne
stopped near the residence OF j. L.
Pike TO speak to man, and team
which was coming behind him az good
clip failed to clear his wheel. Inc
martial collision started Mr.. Stafford
horse into action, the animal swerved
sufficiently to upset the driver and the
representative.elect took ghde
through the mud on his back for abouf
~ feet. He hung TO the reins. however
and stopped the horse.
Owing to an accident 10 the engine
the 5.j3 train from the south did MOI
arrive until 7.30 Monday evening. On
the train were the returning icnickers
from Central park and a large number
of Brattleboro people who had peer
spending Labor day in Springfield ana
Greenfield. The engine broke dowi
when the train was about a mile horth
of Greenfield and II was necessary 70
send for another TO draw the tram paeh
10 that place. There freight en"lht
was attached to the train, but seNeral
other DELAYS were encountered peioi.
tba train reached Brattlehoro and u
was n somewhat disgruntled lot of pas
senoers that left the train at TINS STA
ton.
The Grand Army and Woman $ Re
lief corps will leave Brattleboro SEPT
10 at 4 D. m. for the 44th national en-
campment to be held at Atlantic Sliy
\. J.. Sept. 10 to 2s. the Vermont aeie
cation going by special tram from bral
tleboro to New London. and from tnere
bv boat to New York. ana from NeH
York 10 Atlantic City over the Pennsyl
vania railroad. They will stop = al
palmer for supper. New York for break
FAST arriving at Atlantic City at LII
n m. Tuesday. All Grand Army. an1o
Relief corps members with FRIENDS
goinp and wishing accommodation ioi
Toom and board nj Atlantic CITY are re
ouested TO notify Mrs. G. b. Lamson Of
tbis town or Edward Baker of Montpesl
;ar Ueadouarters of Vermont Will be
~ tho new Belmont hotel, Atlantic City
With the increase in the price OF
oraam from SO to 40 cents quart sept
milk consumers are wondering II
there is to be corresponding raise II
Tho nrice of milk. Two weeks ago tht
dry weather gave milkmen reason 10 pc
lave that it would be necessary TO pu'
ma milk TO s cents. but after consulta
tion among themselves they decided Y
Leen To the old price for the present
The milkmen say that the drought whlci
was broken by Mondays rain has peei
tbe most severe in dozen years
Transformers have raised havoc VIII
what feed the dry weather dld not run
in many pastures and mllkmen nav
been feeding their herds IN many IN
stances twice day besides, gralnlnl
their cows. Ten years ago mix was re
failing in Brattleboro fol-, cents
o,art and cream brought only l6 cents
quart.
The board of listers met IN the
town clerks office Tuesday, to listen to
persons aggrieved over the valuatloi
placed upon their property at the qIao
rennial appraisal. Doubtless tne tar.
that the meeting, was heid Oh, ele Janol
laV was reSpOuSlDlt loi piiS =" ~, I
af. nnmher of the compliments. While
o of la na property owners appeared there
We're "a dissatisfied ones before i NJ
board and the listers were Hsto oeGup'f t(
u u., why the property owners be
lieVed their real estate had been put
into the list at too high a valuatlon
Chairman John Calvin made I? I pre s5o
GOO 10 ID placed upon the equipment of the
Bra Brattleboro Water Works was too 10 low ",
the bonds Of the company If fe the Taa
tom tall made by the listers. The listers
TO 70 :" consider each Of the complaints re-
ceived.
A meeting of the athletic assocla,
ton of the Brattleboro high se Geefar Tas
nonn at which Principal E. b. Smith
npes;ded. He read the constitution OF