The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-08-19
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


painting Us closed ears and maLin,. -.
pairs on IT, rolling stock preparatory
Ing fall.
Rev, y, !, Clark Of East Haven.
'ehn, VIII preach Ia the Centre Con.
gregalional church SUNDAY. The drVo,
,'pnal service this evening will be led
The ladies circle " the Unfyer.
snlist church met with Mfs. George 4.
| warner ON Nhipple street SATURDAY
afternoon. \ considerable amount ~
business was transacted.
The women of the BAPTIST church
held food sale saturday afteruoon.
These saturday afternoon sales, which
were lnauguraicd about three months
ago, are materially adding Ia the funds
of the women of the church.
-Moritz Aschcr Of Springfield
Mass. has bought the 4. N. Mcrfi,
field mill IN MilliamsVille. The owner
will not move Ia Milliumsyille but In.
tends 10 come up from Springfield once
a week 10 superintcnd the operation of
the plant. II is likely that the bust.
ness will be increased aud that larger
force will be employed the coming
fall.
Several real estate sales are re.
ported this week. Catherine Ware
Newton and Ellen Ware Smith have
sold their interest In Market block To
l.. II. Richardson. !. Newton llerrick
has sold TO Elizabeth T.. Tufts his in.
tercsi in the Cutler block. The tcne.
mcnt house on Walnut street owned by
the Thomas Judge estate has been sold
To John Way.
w. q. Dooliitlc has decided to start
NJ his lumber job in Marlboro. Lyman
MAY will do the Job, and moved his |
family there Wednesday. this being the !
job George Frederick failed 10 finish
last spring. Mr.. Doolittlc has been I'm |
Springfield, Mass, and hired some POI
landers to work ON the job. On account /
of poor health Mr.. Doolittle will not be
there much of the time.
AT the meeting of the bailiifs Fri.
day evening no action was taken on
the report of Col. J. q. Estey and llor-
ton ID. Walker. the special committee
named at the village meeting to make
report of conditions relative to clee.
tric lighting in nearby cities and
towns. Ii is likely that special meet
ing of the voters of the village will be
called TO take action on the report.
The automobile in which George
Van Dyke, the lumber king, was killed
last wear was in Brattleboro Saturday.
The machine shows no evidence of the
fall it took into the Connecticut river
near Turner 5 Falls, Mass, "A year ago
last spring. 1t was sold to u man for
nothing as it lay on the
rocks near the water, but has been
repaired and overhauled
and is still evidently good for a long
period of use.
The use of pea shooters on the
streets ought to be forbidden by the
police department or the department
of iustice. whichever has authority:
The shooting of a pea into the eye OF
a person might prove more than Joke:
During the past month the number Oh
shooters in use and the number OF con.
verts to this form of entertainment
have increased Full grown men may
be found practicing with one OF these
tubes and a mouthful of peas.
One of the most elaborate guide
boards TO be found in this section was
eiected last week at the intersection. OF
the Putney road and the road leading
10 Pine Grove Springs hotel. III IS t,
4 massive affair hung between Two ,
strong posts and calls attention to the
,otel which it terms Rendezvous des
- The letters on the
zion are sufficiently large to enable ,
,ourists to read it at quite a distance. !
rhe guide board was erected by tnc !.
of the Pine Grove springs
lotel.
Livery stables and automobile !
garages did a hourishing business gun, =
law. The person who had negleeted " :
,ook his order early last Week i Ia .
n indulpe in a Joy ride. After ~
lack in the forenoon it was practically !!
mnossible to secure any kind or con y
,evance. The village was nearer de.
erted Sunday than it has been at any !;
;mo before this summer. The river
.nnts we're not overlooked by the PIE =
10 kers and this mode of transporta- D
ion was taxed to the limit during the l.
fternoOn. 4
a detective from North Adams, q
MSS was in town Wednesday on the i
rail of a horse thief who stole ny Tahy St
tallion in that city SATURDAY, e.ar. d
nan was traced to Brattleboro anu iao n; &
lot noint all trace of the man ana am \
ny po lost The man was driving ~
raw horse and leading the stallion i. !. .,
believed that he passed throu@h lnle
.;liooa sunday afternoon as he was re-
led az being seen on Western ave 81
no late in the afternoon or early even. d
~, ue " When seen in this village sunday a
ffernoon the man was accompanied W lC
boy. ld p
-Fred II. Harris Of this town had .
ttle difficulty in defending ms tlIle as u
ermont tennis champion AT ~. 9oni n a a,
ury Saturday. He defeated - - g. -
orter of Worcester, Mass, y VIM I1o wis a,
ie tournament ~ 81, 90 Spr,inofield. ii
Toss won the doubles tournament put u
l ore unable to wrest the title of state te
o,,bles champions from Porter an9 a.
oT 1l;ster the tba latter pair having played IL
oll nther for several years. The score S; re
'geihiie e match ao was SO, 81, 81, Pike &C
nd Harris making a whlrl"lho hn''n Ar
the final set. ,.,oa iii
A nretty home wedding, occurred te
+ha residence of Mr.. and MIS-. EN- be
.. French on Newton street at 4h;, to
ock Wednesday afternoon, wnep , ,mer. tv
dest daughter. Miss susie WI nr
ed to w. Fl. French Oh orformed by r,
w. ~, " T Brace in the presence. OF tne Al
EN- 1at; w. The rooms were prettily d ae M
, ,latni With golden rod and ferns. AFTER on
'ateI ; 81 luncheon of ice-cream, 1t
'rtakinSS Emit Mr.. and Mrs. French mi
.ne On al The 32O train amid a shower o. pa
! eo ~ and the good wishes OF frlenas. Tia
= their return they VIII result e. ;S " W.
rattieboro. VT, where the groonh no ~
nployed. -Greenfield oaNe'''' ~ te,
: All nipht lighting finds no oppo, w w
nts. The new service w Iost week co
eration Thursday nlgnhS o; n in this wa
q ttt the is a1 receiving the commentator "A
atter e;t;1ens, Interested persons DO
the o,, al'i the reduction Of the lik ia ia
lnt eu crime which the all-night llg1n1t n ro'
sa % Ct ftv mi smps in W'he
ntre Of the business see atsd in md dark pr,
e village became p harSIars who op- ne'
SIS. The amateur pui Sn;,-alv a little pol
9ted more or less e91eI hno heen nm. Bo
or n wear ago WOuIu naNS rht Ed