The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-05-20


me, With Mn. l., W, Lord Wednesday
Afternoon.
The Red Men will hold ball aud
drill in Orange hall Tuesday evening",
May 81. The drill will be given ny the
degree team Of the order.
bingham chapter. No. 20. o, y >,
conferred the degree ON Two chnhiua'es
Tuesday evening. Several applicati9ns
were received for membership. re
Treatments were served by the feiirihg
officers.
Protective grange will hold spe'
eial meeting In Grange hall Wednes'
day evening for tho purpose OF CONFER
ring the third and fourth degrees;
harvest supper will be served ana M
members are requested 10 FURNISH rithc'
food or money without further soiiei'h'
tion,
During the week the interior OF
the West River bridge has been gwen
coat of white cold water paint ana
presents an improved appearance
With the exception OF a little wofh 70
be done ON the approach To eaeh eia
Of the bridge the repairs on ana ABOUT
| the structure are completed
Within few days experiments
will be made with preparations 10, or
ing the streets. Green street VIII DC
given an application OF TAR pfepafa
| ton and Walnut street Mill receive
coating OF n dust killer that Is guaran.
teed 10 be odorlcss and incapable OF
doing damage 10 shoes or clothing.
The digging Of ditch for water
main ON South Main street loosened lhe
soil about an electric pole OPPOSITE ,ne
| l(au.tnt "Wednesday
afternoon and the sudden shower soft
rned things 10 the extent that the pole
with lis load Of wires and iO'eandie,
power ineandescent light fell, That
section of the village was In darkness
last evening.
| The work Of installing the % by
drants which the village contracted FOR
last winter is being hurried along ana
already n large number have been To-
Gated in different parts of the village.
Al the suggestion of 4. c. Crosby at
the recent village meeting hydrant
has been installed opposite the store
of Vaughan & Burnett and another
will he located in front of the Mellen
Hardware eompany's store. The ny
drant i'm the rear of American block;
which now stands beside the railroad
track, will be brought up TO the top OF
the railroad bank.
Rachel Watrous Post. 81. widow OF
DIR. o. X. Post, died in Williman,ic.
Conn, Saturday at the home OF her
niece. Mrs. A. c. Andrews. She was
horn in LYME. Conn, in 1923, and was
The daughter of Henry X. and Mary Z:
Watrous, She lived for number or
wears in South Coventry, Conn: she
married DIR. Post and for a number oil
wears lived in Brattleboro, her HUSBAND
being engaged in the practice OF den
tistrv here. DIR. Post died ii years ago
Mrs. Post was a member OF the FIRST
Baptist church of Brattleboro. Funeral
services were held Monday morning
and the burial was in South Coventry,
| Conn.
A new label agreement was last
week signed by the Hooker, Corser,
| Mitchell company, represented py w.
II. Proctor, and the United Garment
Workers, represented by board'mem,
her Miss NJ. G. Daley, New York, and
| The nresidept of the local union. An
| increase of about 10 per cent was
granted, affecting the cutting, operat
| ing and shipping departments. This IS
| the largest increase given in any agree
ment during the ten years the factory
| has been run under union conditions:
Since Messrs. Proctor, Brown and
| Mitchell have taken control OF the
Hooker. Corser & Mitchell company's
plant the greatest unity and co-opera
| ton exists between the employers and
employees.
DIR. Edward j. Banks, noted
Babylon explorer and an author OF sev,'
| eral works on this subject, gave an IL
| Iustrated lecture in the Centre CongTe'
pational church Sunday evening under
| the auspices of the Brattleboro Sunday
School union. His subject was The BIZ
BILE and the Spade. DIR. Banks s de-
| scription of the recent researches,
made in Assyria, Babylona, the HIT
tite country Palestine and Egypt, We're
| intensely interesting. His lecture dealt
exclusively with Biblical history as cor
roborated by the work of the explorers,
and series of Photographic stereoptl-
con slides were used to illustrate the
HOLY Land. All of the photographs
were taken by the lecturer.
The high school athletes have been
busy on the Valley Fair grounds TINS
week in preparation for the track meet
between Brattleboro, Bellows FANS
and Greenfield high schools week
from tomorrow. Coach Diedrich Stolte
has been putting the boys through stif
practice AFTERNOONS this week and an
| ticipates taking team to the grounds
on the day of the meet that will bring
back sufficient number of points to
make the other contestants realize That
thew have been in a contest. The OIL
Gals of the meet, May 2S, are: Ref
cree and starter. Diedrich Stolte;
Judges, the principals of the three high
schools; timers Harry r. Lawrence, II.
C. Rice. f. j. Waterman; announcer,
w. A. Gilbert; clerk of the course, II.
l.. Piper. The list of entries in the Il
events will be announced next week.
Rev. Charles o Reilly, who died at
his home in West Rutland Monday at
the age of SO years, was the first par
| ish priest to be located in Brattleboro.
He was given charge of a mission here
in 1855 and after few years came
here to live, being instrumental In
building the present Catholic church,
which was constructed in 1864. Fa,
ther O'Reilly remained here until
1869 when he was transferred to west
Rutland and succeeded by Rev. Father
Halpin. Father O'Reilly was born IN
County Cavan, Ireland, and was or
dained at All Hallows college in Dub
shortly afterward in company with
Rev. Thomas Lynch, who died recently
in Fair Haven. After leaving Brattie-
boro he remained in charge OF the
West Rutland parish until about IL
wears ago when he was obliged to re-
tire on account of failing sight. He is
survived by niece, Miss Maria Lynch,
of West Rutland, and three cousins all
of whom are Catholic priests. Funeral
services were held Wednesday at st.
Bridget s church in West Rutland,
Bishop Rice celebrating the solemn
| mont fnal masS of ranniem