The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-01
THE BRATTLEBORO REFORMER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 1911


The Girl Who Dared, which comes here
tomorrow afternoon and evening
Manager Fox of the auditorium
has signed with r. A, Wade Of New
York 10 present The Girl Who Dared,
one of the reigning successes IN the
musical world. IL comes here 70 NOR
row afternoon and evening.
The so candle.power tunpstens for
which the bailiffs contracted 10 light
Main street last spring, are being IN.
stalled this week. A lamp viii be
placed upon each of the poles carrying
the trolley wire and in some eases TWO
lamps will be placed on one pole,
Miss Florence NJ. Wellman, super
visor of grades in the Incorporated
nj her office in the high school building
today and tomorrow 10 pupils who are
10 enter the grades and 10 pupils VINO
have been tutored during the summer
The town clerks office has received
500 hunter license blanks and Town
Clerk earl ;. Hopkins is ready 70 issue
licenses from Sent. /, ON which date
the 1917 licenses expire. The new
licenses will be issued to july !, 1912,
and after that date all hunters licenses
will date from July ! and expire q year
later. This wear the license is slmpll.
fed in several WAYS The applicant
does not sign the license. The only
signature required is upon the appli'
cation blank,
The LAYING of the finish floors in
the Fort Dummer mill has been IN prog
ress this week and the AUTOMATIC
sprinkler system is being installed.
Work of remodeling the old house,
across the road from the mill, into an
office, will begin soon. The power
house will be built 10 the east and PROB,
ably a short distance 10 the north OF
the mill. Work al Fort Dummer
Heights has been hurried despite the
rain this week. While rain prevents
work upon the cellars a large force OF
men has been employed upon the elght
Involvement houses already started.
-Arrangements are nearly complete
for the big picnic and field day. 10 be
held on the Valley fair grounds Monday
under the auspices of Brattleboro camp,
Modern Woodmen of America From
10 a, m. until noon will be devoted 70
an interesting program of field sports,
and after dinner, which will he served
on the basket plan. teams representing
the married and single men Will play
baseball. The Woodmen have chal
lenged any other local society to a tug
of war, seven men to a team, and tins
will be decided after the ball game;
There will also be an exhibition drill
hv the Woodmen s degree team. The
entire program win be over in time. for
the league ball game at Island park IN
the afternoon.
Engineer Stanley of the Central
Vermont railroad, well.known in Brat
tlebOro. had a narrow escape last week
Wednesday while running an excursion
train from New London 10 BrattleboTo,
He put his head ont of the cab window
lust after leaving Lebanon. Conn. and
board projecting from the roof OF
freight car standing on side track
struck him lust over the left eve. cut.
ting cash about an inch and half long
bat not very deep. The force of the
blow caused the engineer TO fan back.
ward TO the floor of the cab but he crawl
ed TO his feet and stopned his engine.
When the train reached Nlndham
Engineer Stanley s wounds were cleans
ed and bound up and he made the rest
of the trip to Brattleboro.
Harold Willard Sanderson, g. son of
Herbert and Grace lRieh) Sanderson,
died of diabetes at the home OF his
parents, IS Main street at $50 clock
Tuesday morning, after an illness dat
ing from April He was born in Ian
caster. y. H.. July Is, 1905. and had
lived in Brattleboro with his parents
about four wears. He had attended two
terms of school in the Canal street huild
ing and had started upon another term
in the Chase street school when illness
prevented him from attending. Though
his parents and friends knew OF the
seriousness of his malady his death came
as a shock as his condition was not
considered critical. Though a change
was noticeable in the disease Saturday
lii was not considered sufficient to war
rant the return of Mrs. Sanderson from
Lancaster where she had been on
visit. Funeral services We're held yes
terdav afternoon at o clock. Rev. Ed
ward Sharp officiated and the burial was
in Meeting House Hill cemetery
Whether or not the Central Yer
mont and Boston d Maine railroads ar
rive at some sort of an agreement re
garding the building Of the B. & NJ.
extension or whether new passenger
station will be built are matters OF IN
terest to Brattleboro peonle, but not
more so than is the condition of the
railroad ward approaching the station
The mud is from one to eight inches
deep all over the yard and il Is prac-
ticallv an impossihility TO reach the
Office of the Swift Beef company with
out spelling shoes as well as temper.
Among the many suggestions made by
patrOns of the railroad and other per
sons obliged to use the yard is one to
the effect that unless the Central Yer
mont road is planning to do something
Immediately to remedy the situation
the matter ought 10 be presented to the
state board of health.
F. A. Wade s delightful musical
comedy. The Girl Who Dared, which
comes to the auditorium tomorrow
Saturday matinee and night rs a
dream of scintillating color that has
never been surpassed IN the history OF
elaborate stage settings. The piece
itself. while it has an interesting story
to tell. is full of music that is calculated
to tickle the ears, and the comedians
are given ample opportunity to disport
themselves to unbounded delight of the
audience. There are no less than ~
songs of the most catchy variety, that
win be whistled and hummed on the
streets long after the engagement here.
AS an example of modern stage man
agement it is full of all kinds Of pleas
ant surprises. This is particularly
Noticeable in the work of the chorus,
which is the Youngest, prettiest and
best singing and dancing group of
Young ladies entertaining the amuse'
ment loving public today. The com,
edians are headed by the clever artist
Harry B. Williams, who succeeds IN
keepinp the audience convulsed IN
laughter whenever on the stage.
Reference has several times been
made by the Reformer to the making
of card index of the vital statistics
of the town prior to, 1857 as required
by law passed at the last session OF
the services of two persons practically
all of the time for six months according