The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-02-04

/ AtatNthN EXAMINATIONS VIII wv w
~ ~. academy building n West Ira
tlchoro Thursday and Friday, Feb,
: aud I, at . a. M.
Patrick ferfiict has organized
, hockey team which will play a mat,
! with the regular ilfatilehoro team I
the river rink Sunday afternoon,
The Ladies u. &. club meet wi
Mrs, Albert keyrs On Main street ~
afternoon. Supper will be- served az
the evening spent Ia progressive euchr
The table committee 81 the \, l.,
l., snlieiis the donation IT cakes ire
members 10 be- served nj the entertain
mcni which will bc given Ia festive
hall next Monday evening,
The number Of eases of measles n
ported "a Health Officer Henry Tuck'
io date will total about 255, ll0weVo
the end II not vet aud another crop
expected the coming week,
The annual meeting Of the visiiin
committee II the Home for the Age
will be- held NJ the home NJ 3 o eloc
| "Wednesday afternoon, All member
If the committee are requested 10 ai
tend.
tn. subject ~ the teachers train
| ing class ,srsiing 81 the Centre church
held "Wednesday evening with Mfs. Fre'
Brown on Bullock street. was, Ncryoui
aud Defective Children.
Services will be- held in 81. Michael Z
Catholic church both morning and eve
ming in observance Of Ash Wednesday
Feb. ~ The hour Of the evening serVie,
will be 7.30. Lenien services will b,
held AZ go clock Friday evenings dur
ing the season,
--Leiisingcr : First regiment orches
ira of 10 pieces PLAYED al the Masonic
concert and ball at White River June
iion last week aud was highly compli.
mented by the committee in charge of
the event. There were over 200 couples
in the grand march.
Thursday and Friday Of last week a
Boston a Maine INSPECTOR visited Brat
tleboro and made an investigation re-
gardiug the smoke nuisance. II Is eN'
poctcd that instructions will be given
Ia frcmcn and engineers within a few
DAYS which will result in abating the
nuisance,
frank Matt, who INDUCED in an
overdose of stimulants Saturday eve
ming. appeared before Judge h. ". Glib
son in municipal court Monday morning
aud was assessed Sl0.4g after entering
a plea of guilty. Chief of Police George
Wilson acted as escort and explained Ia
the court that Matt was drunk when
taken into custody.
The body of Mrs Helen Carpenter,
who died in Boston Wednesday. will be-
brought 10 Brattleboro today. Rev
John H. Cow will oiiiciate az the com.
initial service and the body will be
placed in the receiving vault in Prospect
Hill cemetery. Mrs. Carpenter was the
second wife of Arthur f. Carpenter who
lived in Brattleboro a number of years
ago.
The board of civil authority posted
he chec kliSt to be used at the annual
own meeting March ! in the town hall
saturday. \ number of names |
we're removed by the board during it, !
work Of revision and many new names /
Iddcd. The board will meet in the !
electmen s room nj o clock Saturday /
afternoon. Feb. 26. for final revision
# the list.
The biggest freight ear that ever |
anne into BrattlebOro arrived here last !
week from the Pacific coast loaded with /
-, 900 shingles for Holden a Martin.
he freight on it amounted to over $500.
he ear was - feet long. 10 feet wide
nd unusually broad. and on account of
= size was shipped 10 this town by the
ia~ of Rutland. Bellows Falls, Keene
nd South Vernon. II could not pass
through the HooSac tunnel nor through
he small tunnel in Bellows Falls.
Work has been begun on saving the
lmbcr for the new memorial building
nd gymnasium al the BrattleborO Re
-eat. Practically all of the lumber
as been cut in the woods and drawn to
( il has been sawed and drawn TO the
rot where it is to be used. A large ,
mount of lumber for inside finish and
isings is in the dry kiln and within a .
w weeks active operations will be
on building. The lumber I
INES from the Retreat property across d
e Connecticut river. As soon as the
Gather will permit operations will be- !
n on getting out the mountain stone (
be used :
Passengers on the West River train |
ondav morning were allowed a stop. II
er of two hours at the historic town :
Newfane. The engine was afflicted {
tn a leaky cylinder and a short dis +
nee beyond Newfane was unable to V
gotiate the grade. \ brakeman was G
Mt to the station at Newfane to ac "
aint the outside world with the con !
ton of affairs and ask for succor. g,
lille the man was on his way to the Il
ltion telephone connection was made er
tween the train and the trunk Il
e to Brattleboro and the engine of W
g mixed train was sent to the rescue. ID
e disabled locomotive and train were II
He'd into Brattleboro in time for din II
Mrs. Luther Dustin, "a, died at her II
me on the Dummerston road Wednes-
Y morning of pneumonia. With the il,
,eption of a few years in which she m
ed in Hinsdale, Mrs. Dustin had made c,
: home in Brattleboro. She was born c.
West Brattleboro Sept. 26, 1886, and to
S the daughter of Emory and Olive pa
ixer) Stearns. She was educated in m
schools at West Brattleboro and was FL
FRIED to Mr.. Dustin about % years III
, and had since lived on the farm tn
ere she died. She was one of fami- (R
RS the family has held an annual re- II,
on. The last gathering was held an
IT. II, 1909, at the home of Mrs. Es- to-
+ Stearns Gale in Hinsdale. Mrs. re,
stin, though never identifying herself Dc
h any society or organization except w
Universalist church, of which she tw
a member. took an active interest of
the welfare of the community and RE
a wide circle of friends She is grf
vived by her husband who is seri- ter
Iy i'll at his home. Funeral services Ev
be held this afternoon at Bond s ser
eral parlors. Rev. d. E. Trout will CIR
late and the body will be placed in r.
vault in Prospect Hill cemetery. in
AS the morning train on the West n.
err road was approaching the resid- =
, of Charles Adams. just north of this the
n yesterday morning. the passengers list
ced large buck deer laundering in siol
river and harassed by two dogs. 1t rio,
evident that the deer could not es- sup
and when the train reached Brat res,