The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-21


~ DAYS has caused portions 81 the rive
? Ia overflow, aud good skating Is pFoa
h iasd after the next cold snar provide
b another snnwslorm does not afIiN
:, meanwhile,
q The annual meeting of the soriei
Iot ihe Prevention of Cruelty "a Animal
will lee held IN the north Toom 0f III
y liWaks library Tuesday evening Al ~
!. ~ clnek. Al members are earnestly ~
A qnesied Ia be- present,
> The performances by the Aver
= SiTong company ia the auditorium hi
l iaY and saturday evenings and Satui
dnN afternoon were we'll attended An,
) gave general satisfaction, 4 second Az
p.afanre II this repertoire aggregation
IN hIaiileharo would undoubtedly h,
, still better paiFonised.
Considerable valuable evidence la,
been collected this week IN the rcle
: hraird case Of People w. Plumbers
which will be- tried IN the auditorium
Feb :, II has been Tum0red this week
that one ~ the respondents would plead
guilty, but this l. unlikely a. strenuous
measures 90 prevent such an unfortunate
occurrence will Ice taken hy counsel for
: he other three.
The annual dinner of the Exchange
club was held al the Brooks house Tues
'laN evening aud the consensus of npins
inn was that Manager Rras0T was right
fully entitled "a all Of the compliments
be- received upon the mcnn. Harold +.
Whitney OGiciaied A. The man NJ the
head Of the table. hut the aftcr,eaiing
stunts were omitted owing 10 the late
ness Of the hour and the remainder of
the evening spent In discussing finance
and other interesting topics.
1t was expected that the West river
bridge would Doe re opened for traffic
this week, but u has been thought bes'
ia axe slight changes in the approaches
which will neccssitaic the closing of
/ the bridge for few DAYS longer Samuel
| Brown. in charge Of making the repairs
an the structure. will finish his work
I within few DAYS aud the bridge will
| probably be- open Ia traffic sometime the
| coming week. The work Of raising the
structure was completed without mis-
hap.
An extreme ease Of alleged cruelty
to cow IL reported from DummcJsiOn.
I \ complaint has been made 20 States
Attorney Charles II Williams of Bel
lows Falls charging Charles Taft of
Dummcrsiou with abusing cow hv
beating aud otherwise maltreating her
Nathan Mann. ncighbor of Taft WAS
!
that her body had been beaten in spots
10 iclly aud that one of her hind legs
had been broken evidently bv blow
with shovel or some heavy instrument.
hearing will he held upon the matter
during the coming week.
The illustrated lecture by Rev. ID.
T.. Trout In the Universalisi church last
Sunday evening was upon Russia and
dealt largely with the life of the exile
in Siberia. Stcreopticon views were
used 10 portray the dreary existence
of prisoners in this isolated part of Rus
STA. There was large attendance. Two
solos were rendered hy Mr.. Cav. The
lecture Sunday evening will be upon
Greece and 100 stercopiicon pictures will |
be used by Mr. Trout depicting historic |
Greece and the country as II IS today |
The lecture will give an insight into the |
lives Of manv of the men that made 1
Greece famous.
Mrs. John REYNOLDS Peterson. the |
eTstwhilc Salvation Army lassie. who /
was reported as bidding goodbye sudden |
" 10 Brattlehoro fortnight ago with
out advising her husband of her inten-
tion TO seek other pastures, was visitor
in town Monday for a few hours. Her
mission here is unknown as she did not
call upon her former landlord W. G..
any Of her creditors. She was seen hur
rying to the station TO take a south
bound train and escaped interviewers
Her husband evidently chagrined nj the
publicity thrust upon him by his Wife
left town last week,
during the week tentative plans
have been drawn for dividing this vii.
lace into four districts for the purpose
of taking the federal census. State Su
pervisor l.. NJ. HAYS of Burlington has
asked that such plans be submitted to
him for approval by the director of the
census at Washington. II is proposed
to divide the village into four districts,
having two on the north side and two
on the south side of Milestone brook.
There will also be one outside district
the rest of the town. The ,
reason for dividing the town into these
four districts is to enable the enumera.
.ors TO take the census in II days as re- j.,
luired by law. ,
AT the regular meeting of the board :
If bailiffs Friday evening the principal
business was the approval of bills. 1t
vas voted to install a hydrant on the @
tage at the auditorium as recommend n
ID by the board of insurance underwrit- \
RS some weeks ago. Selectman j. Calvin 5
aving ascertained that $40 per year was II
he best figure that the Brattleboro Wa o
err Works company could install such a s
vibrant for the town. called the atten- h
ion of the board of bailiffs to the mat q
err and asked that an additional hydrant "
re contracted for by the village accord T
NJ to the contract recently executed .
etween the Brattleboro Water Works \
ompany and the village at a yearly II
entail of $40 thereby saving $50 per n
ear to the town. 1t was upon the sng- ii
estion of Mr.. Calvin that the bailiffs t,
for hydrant No. l, at the re- el
uced rental of $40 per annum. The p
vibrant will be installed Immediately VI
rovided as asked for by the under 81
'riters. II
-Mosher & Putney, the new .proprie- a a
,rs of the Brown livery stable. an Is
ounce that they are settled for bust o.
ess and expect to draw their share by pt
livery, boarding and sale W
.able up to the well-known Brown III
andard. They say that if they can s. 81
aintain the goodwill that Mr.. Brown b
llt up for the business thev will be nc
tisfied. "Here to do business, said ve
r. Mosher, twill be our motto.' The M
wv proprietors will make speciality of at
urhorse pleasure rigs and have suffi- 81 81
ent equipment to handle party of N
~ size. They have 45 horses in their ii
able which includes horses for SALE
9TH partners are experienced in the 70
very business and Mr.. Putney has de- nj
tied much of his life to conducting a w,
tel in Keene, n H., and understands i'm
e needs of the travelling public. Both lie
r. Mosher and Mr. Putney say that or
ey are satisfied to cast their lot in of
'attleboro and trust that the feeling wi
ny be reciprocal upon the part Of the Ia,
ople of this town. or