The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-05-06


in odd feilsss hall Tuesday eyenlns
A supper was held Al dis o'clock,
The special degree team q 20
teeiise grange. with tad = noPhlhs
a. woTthy master, conferred The niss
sna seeaaa degrees 90 a class ~ eaA'
disiaies ~ the regular mert,hg Wraihrs'
dss evening.
The ahnnai meeting Of Tho hIai
ushafo branch II the Naman = alll
snre will be held al the ralaniei, WIN
Mrs. Charles MaTleE, nesi "Wednesday
afternoon ai a.a0 e'clack, 4 large al
tendance l. earnestly desired
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth tkaFpLanl
Weed, -, who died a, her hone ~ HE
oI~e, Mass. Friday, was barn In iFa''
ifehero March -, lsss, moving iIem
this town Ia chlc0pea when she Mas u
years old, When = elrl sh. joined the
Centre Congregational church az hfat'
ilrhora. bat for 90 years had been =
member ~ the third Congregation
church ~ chlooper. She was q widow
IL John y. Wood, a member ~ ih9 IN
Massachusetts NalnniTrs, who died ~
lssO. She " survived hy a niece and
nephew, her only son, William y, Wood,
having died in 1895,
The body 81 Miss Nellie o'Leary
was brought 10 Bfaiilehoro from iioi'
yoke, Mass, ON the li.0a train sainr'
day morning and eommiial services
were held IL NJ. Michael's Catholic
cemetery. Rev. George y, L'Eenyer
oaisia,ed. The bearers We're James
Moynihan, George Rear,ion, John Ray
and Timothy Lyons, ~ ilolyokr,
Those present from out 81 town were
Misses Alinr. Margaret and Anna
O1eary. sisters, Dennis. Arthur and
Eugene O'I.eary, brothers. 81 Holyoke.
Miss OIeary died 81 pneumonia,
being III only week.
beginning next week parents
DAYS will be- observed in all the schools
Of the Incorporated district, Each
teacher will designate the date for such
day. Wednesday will be observed IN
grade Z in the Main street building,
and grade in the same building VIII
devote the afternoon Of "wednesday,
NAV Is. 60 the parents. The work on
these DAYS is of the regular order hut
a special effor, Is 20 be made Ia secure
the attendance Of parents that they
may better understand school work.
The Washington street school VIII have
It's parent 5 day some time In June.
Deputy sheriff Chaunccy !. knanp
Yesterday morning arrested Prncius w.
Manlev Of Dnmmcrston ON civil writ
for $1,000 in favor Of Ebert {. Tenney
and his wife. The suit is brought by
the Tenneys 10 get possession OF
farm alleged 10 have been sold the
plainiifrs by Mr.. Manley. Vernon
Nanlev, son of the defendant, re-
fnses TO give possession II the place,
alleging that he has right. title aud
interest In the property. Gibson and
Waterman are attorneys for the plain
,ifrs. Tho ease will probably 60 10 the
September term of Windham county
court. Mr.. Manley furnished bail.
Another board of trade iunkct is
coming. 4 committee mas Deon APP
pointcd 10 see if human endeayor can
make a iunket to Pittsteld huger
sueeess than was the memorable eNpe'
dition 10 Brattleboro. More harmony
on the next trip Is assured, anyhow,
but only because there VIII be music
on the special train which Will trans
port the iunketers TO Pittsheld. The
committee of arrangements have been
bewildered trying 10 figure ont an adj
eouate substitute for the snOwstorm
which put such fine finish on the
scenery, appetites and spirits Of the
chosen people who made the momcn'
tous trip into Vermont last January.
But il has been concluded that bios
SONS. fresh green leaves and clear
spring air will do pretty well.-Spring'
field Republican.
AT the weekly meeting of the
selectmen last evening only routine
business was transacted and the ap.
proval of the usual batch of bills oe..
cupied the board S attention. Road
Commissioner David 7. Perry exhibit
cd TO the seIectmen the plans of the
state road work on the Vernon road
which he will begin to-day. The plans
call for 2l-foot road of gravel from
the Vernon line distance of 1000 feet
north and will cut down the grade at
that distance to point that will make
comparatively level stretch. During
the past few weeks large amount OF
permanept work has been done on the
Putney road near Frank Sargent g and
also on the road leading to the sus..
pension bridge. Over 500 loads OF
material have been used in repairing
the road near Mr.. Sargent S and ITO
rods of permanent road have been
built.
Burton II. Morrill,, Al, for many
years a freight conductor on the Con
necticut River division of the Boston
and Maine railroad running between
Springfield and White River Junction,
died Wednesday morning at ~ o clock
at the Corey Hill hospital, in Brook
line, Mass, after serious Illness
Mr.. Morrill, had been ailing since Jan
uary, although his condition had been
considered serious only during the past
four weeks. Mr.. Merrill was born IN
Brattleboro, the son of j. NJ Merrill,
who has been railroad man for over
80 years. He was chairman Of the
grievance committee order of railroad
conductors, and at one time wa. cher
conductor of the Springfield DIVISION
of that order. While in Springfield,
Mass, he made his home with his sis
ter, Miss Leila Morrill,, at 20 fulton
street. Burial will be in South Vernon 4
tomorrow.
Patrons of the Valley fair will
make the acquaintance of a new start,
ing Judge this fall in the person of
Albert Fl. Merrill, of Danvers, Mass;
who has been secured to start an or
the races in the International Circuit
of Vermont and Eastern Canada, eX-
cept those at Morrisville, vt. The cir
cult includes the fairs at Sherbrooke,
P. O., Newport, st. Johnsbury, Wmte
River Junction and Brattleboro. Mr..
Merrill has officiated at all of the big
meetings on the grand circuit and the !
A American Horse Breeder has christ
ened him "America's leading starting
iudge.'' He has acted as starter at
Brockton. Mass, Concord, N. Fl: and
White River Junction and doubtless
many patrons of the Valley fair have
watched his work at other race meet
ings. AS Mr.. Merrill is a profession
al starter he believes in advertising
his Wares and clever little brochure
entitled sGon contains scores of pref
ty compliments paid him by the dry
inc fraternity and turf writers He
succeeds Chester F. Pike of Claremont,
N. H.
Orlando L.. Martin, of Plainield, !