The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-05-27
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Fnhaheai u the liEaiiiebore garage.
,-.hildFsa day will be observed i
the baptist church Jaas ~ which vii
aiso We he 10Th anniversary Of ih
Organization 81 tho sshooi
The third and last salis party O
The season Was given Ia Odd fellow
hall "Wednesday evening. Tho attend
ans. A'ies,ed 10 The popularity Of thes'
Daniel Manning was fned si0es /,
municipal court Monday morning fo
intoxieaiion, lie was arrested nnnds,
evening after creating considerable,
disturbance,
"a stalk Of fhubafh picked thl
week from the garden Of u. W. Amidot
IN Halifax weighed ~. pounds aud tbs
leaf measured ~ inches loss and Z.
inches wide.
About 20 members Of the loea
lodge 81 Red Men went 90 Windsor
Tuesday evening 10 confer tho adoption
aud chief degree. A banquet wa,
served At the close Of the work.
| Arrangements have been practices
Ice given In Grange hall Tuesday even
Il
that some ~ the great chiefs will be
present.
The Ladies circle Of the uniyer,
salisi church will meet In the church
paflors Thursday afternoon at
o clock. Young women are especially
asked 10 come NJ there Is plenty OF
work. The business session will take
place at $50, and the annual straw.
berry supper will be served at d.i5.
A broken six inch water main on
Allen street In the Oak Grove section
Tuesday created CONSERVATION 10 resi-
dents on South Main street for time.
oak Grove avenue was a good.siEei
river before the water could be shut
Of. Some difficulty was experienced in
closing n CAT. as II was left rather
than a right hand valve.
Deputy sheriff u. l.. Thompson OF
Bellows Falls took Frank Araehet from
Newfane Jail 10 Windsor Wednesday 90
serve a sentence Of not less than two
years nor more than two years aud six
months In the state prison for larceny.
Arachet pleaded guilty Tuesday to
brea king and entering the store of
Wilson a Abbott In Bellows Falls about
two weeks ago.
The Wells memorial fountain is
somewhat Of a municipal orphan. The
waste pipe is evidently too small To
carry away the surplus water and
there is a puddle 10 the north Of the
fountain that makes IL ineonvenient
for person 10 step off the concrete
sidewalk. 4 broken glass in the ornate
lantern above the water-trough adds TO
the impression that this is q neglected
spot. The lantern is in need of coat
of waterproof paint
A home missionary meeting will be
held in the Congregational chapel
Thursday AT $50 o'clock TO hear re.
ports from the convention Just held at
VT, which has been attend. /.
ed by three Of the women of the asso-
citation. All are requested TO bring at
this time the dollars which they have
been earning toward the expense Of the
new floors together with an account |
from each as TO the way in which the |
money was earned. A large attendance |
is hoped for. June is the date fixed
for the supper and sale.
The meeting held SATURDAY. morn.
ing by the board of listers to hear all
persons aggrieved at any action taken
Dy the board was poorly attended.
solitary kicker made his complaint
which will be taken under considera-
lion. The listers are now endeavoring
% gather in the scatterings. This is
not an easy task. A list of 40 or 80
names taken from the directory when
Investigated results in locating about
hree taxpayers. II has been figured
nut that IL costs about three times the
mount of the tax received to gather in
he transient element.
The Baptist Sunday school baseball
cam, organized a year ago, has been
this season and is ready for
,ames with local and nearby teams.
he team is composed of boys ranging
rom Ii to 10 years and has already
laved five or six games this spring.
lew suits of gray have been bought
nd the team is one of the most neatly
Informed baseball organizations in
his section. The new manager is r.
dams and l.. Thayer is the captain.
he team is composed as follows: Z. ;
Ierrick, Oh; C. Herrick, rf.; X. Ad- {
ms, c.; V. Adams, If; l.. Thayer, S.; q
/, Gray, cf.; H. Hall, p; J. Estey, lb.; !
. Wheeler, 3D.; r. Sanders, RI; X. i
rown, If. S
--Beauseant commandery, knights !
emplar, is making plans to attend the l.
LIST triennial conclave of the grand
ncampment of knights Templar of
he United States to be held in Chicago d
ug. to IL. The trip will include b
isits to Montreal, Thousand Islands, t
etroit. Lake Erie, Buffalo, Niagara h
alls and Toronto, and is endorsed by h
special committee appointed by the /
rand commandery of Vermont. Ac- t
,rding to the present schedule the Ii
cal delegation will leave Brattleboro il
$50 p. m. Saturday, Aug. 6, arriving n
Montreal that evening. Chicago e
i'll be reached Monday, Aug. 8, the d
lrty leaving there the. following t
thursday evening and making various fl
OBS on the way home, reaching Brat G.
eboro Sunday, Aug. IA. $,
The alienation suit of Mrs. Edna 9
ttlefeld Townshend of Brattleboro i
,ainst her husband s parents, Mr.. and u
RS George Townshend, who live on
q Putney road, was finished in coun- e,
court Friday afternoon with a yer 81
ct of 1880 for the plaintiff. The Il
Sc occupied the attention of the court d
o greater part of last week and was fl
ven to the jury about noon Friday. ly
,e Jury deliberated an hour. About Il
wear ago Mr.. and Mrs. Townshend Il
narated. and Mrs. Townshend brought IL
petition for divorce, but service W
nd not be made upon her husband fc
10 was out of the state. The case al
,k another turn last fall when the I'll
aintiff brought suit for $4,000 b,
ainst her husbands parents, alleging hi
Nv had alienated the affections OF in
husband. The verdict given Fri st
v is the second large verdict given al
this term of court in an alienation tn
,e. The plaintiff was represented by u
q. & F.. f. Barber and A. F.
hwenk and R. C. Bacon appeared for ~,
defendants. he
Martha A. Swan. 80, widow of M
ron B. Reed, died early Wednesday H.
rning at the home of her daughter: me