The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-02
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

"a native of Montague. Mass. and Il
Veteran of company G., llth Maryland
infantry. For 20 wears previous 10
going TO Buffalo his home was in Little
Falls, \. y, whore he took an active
interest IN Grand Army affairs. He is
survived by a widow, who was Julia
! Cutler of BrattlebOro, aud two sons
Edward q. Bangs OF New London,
Conn, aud Lawrence c. Bangs of New
! York city.
While the date has not been def.
nitelv settled it is expected that the
annual Uniyersalist picnic will be held
AT Barber Park. Bellows Falls, Tuesday.
June -. The affair will take the form
of q union celebration and will be
participated in by the Gniyersnlist
churches of Brattlehoro, Bellows Falls,
| Springfield, VI, and Marlboro, y. III.
! There will be an extended program of
sports Full particulars will probably
be ready for publication next week.
Word was received in Brattleboro
/ saturday evening from Major +. W.
/ Childs, secretary 10 the Philippine com
miSsioners. that Senior Oue2on would
speak on the common SUNDAY after
noon. This distinguished Filipino will
he Major Child 5 guest SATURDAY night
and sunday. Commissioner QueZon :
battle cry i Filipino Independence.
He believes that the people are capable
of self government and that the atti.
tude of the United States government
in regard to independence should be
made known Because of this belief
Senior QueZon. one of the resident com
missioners of the Philippine Islands, is
endeavOring to enlist every citizen of
this country in the cause of indepen-
dence for the islands He is delivering
addresses in various parts of the cOun.
try and though he comes To Brattleboro
as Major Child 5 guest and for the
purpose of having "A day of rest he has
consented 10 speak on the common. IL
is likely that the address will be given
in the auditorium if il should rain sun
day afternoon
Miss Mary T.. Austin. 10. died sun,
day evening mt the Memorial hospital
where she was taken nine weeks ago
suffering from severe burns received
while at work about the stove ut her
home on Vernon street. She was born
in Chesterfield, \. H.. Sept. :, 1862. the
daughter of Patrick and Mary % Con.
nor) Austin. When a small child she
came with her parents to Brattleboro.
She attended the public schools here
and had made her home on Vernon
street where she kept house for her
brothers, James s.. and Patrick Austin.
She also leaves another brother, John
+. Austin. Miss Austin received the
burns which caused her death while
lifting n lid from Kitchen stove. Her
apron caught fire and she ran out of
doors where the air famed the blaze
into such proportions that she was
critically burned before the flames
could be extinguished. She was taken
immediately to the hospital but never
recovered from the shock. Funeral
services were held at st Michael s
Catholic church Tuesday morning.
The special committee appointed
bv the Brattleboro board of trade to
take up the matter of extension of the
Brattleboro street railroad with the
Twin State Gas Electric company met
in the office of the secretary of the
board Friday evening and discussed the
proposition. The officials have been
asked to extend the road from the cor
ner of Canal street out Oak Grove ave
nue. to one of the new streets running
to point near the east gate of the
Valley Fair grounds and from the latter
point east to South Main street and
north to Pine and Central streets. This
is asked because of the building opera
tions which will result on account of
the Fort Dummer Mills, which will be
ready for operation the coming fall
Already three two tenement houses at
Fort Dummer Heights are nearly com
pleted and il is expected that within q
month three times as many houses VIII
be under construction. The committee
having in charge the matter of street
railroad extension is !. f. Mellen, Mar
tin Austin, +. C. Crosby +. NJ, Adds !
and c. b. Crowell. The matter of eX
tension was threshed out thoroughly, |
and Mr.. Adds promised to take 1t up
with the Twin State Company officials |
at New York this week.
Persons interested in the safe
and sane Fourth of July movement |
are asking what steps are being taken |
This wear to furnish the youth of the !
town with substitute for nitro.glycer- |
in, dynamite and TOW pistols. Last
wear the Magnet club gave very cred |
liable parade of hOrribles and nearly
the whole day was taken with varied |
program of track and tield, events with
n baseball game and free lunch for the
bovs. Altogether it was a satisfactory
first attempt to inaugurate sane Fourth
of July. There is always ample OPP
portunity for older people TO celebrate
the holiday but the small boy who has
been used to a noisy holiday ought to be
with a substitute program.
The bailiffs have suggested that citizens
familarize themselves with the law re-
the sale and use of frecraekers,
foy pistols and other celebrating ma
feriai 4 study of the laws shows that
The small boy may be arrested for shoot
inc frecrackers and the merchant who
sells the boy tov pistol or box of pa.
per caps is taking chances with the
law. With these restrictions upon the
youth of Brattleboro the matter of how
the glorious Fourth shall be enloyably
observed is a one of considerable con.
,ern to the younger element of the pop
llation
-Manlev Western Brown 81, died
of apoplexy Saturday even
NO at the home of his brother, Henry
F. Brown, on Elm street. lie had been
in Brattleboro but two weeks, return
ng recently from Seattle. Mr.. Brown
md his life had been busy one as ne
had engaged in mercantile business IN
various parts of the country. He was
in the schools of his native !
own and at the age of 81 came to Brat {
-leboro to learn the machinist trade in :
Wells machine shop. Shortly after
ward he married Miss Matte Baldwin
If West Wardsboro. They lived IN Brat
,leboro several years and went from
his town to Hartford. Conn.,, and from
here to Providence, r. L., where MT
Brown was employed at mechanical
work. Returning to Vermont he bought
, orist mill at West Wardsboro and
,hortlv afterward added stock of gen, {
,ral merchandise. He operated the mil
md store for five years and about eight
years ago went to Ticonderoga, N. Y.
md bought general merchandise store
which he carried on for i've years