The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19

GlNt dance III hcu Men y nall To-
morrow evening, Hines a Dugan will
furnish music and the public is cor
daily invited.
w. j. Portland, H., while working
his week ON the pipe line for the Estey
organ company, slipped and strained
the muscles Of his right leg so that lac
IS unable TO walk on il.
General Secretary Fayette L,
Thompson of the Methodist Brother
hood will visit Brattleboro Saturday
and Sunday of next week. II Is plann'
ed to have him speak az three services
Sunday.
The flower garden made at the cor
ner of Park place and North Main
street last week is one of the numerous
improvements brought about bv the
Civic Improvement league and is much
appreciated by the public.
The first open.air concert of the
season was given by the First Regiment
band on the common Wednesday eve
ming, The attendance testified 20 the
popularity of these evening entertain
ments furnished by the municipality.
III, i. Weatherhcad, agent for the
L. \. Strout company has sold the farm,
stock, and tools in Guilford formerly
owned bv Anthony Nelenakas TO Will
Kellogg has this week moved 10 the
farm and will make IL his summer home.
w J. Portland, IT,, has so arranged
with his help that instead of working
nine hours a day for six days they work
ten hours a day, including Friday, and
shaye Saturday afternoon, the same rs
all of the factories through summer
months, giving the men the chance for
4 a half holiday.
-lIoadlev's restaurant has under.
gone rciuvenation in the shape of paint
on the interior and a heavy lin0leum
carpet The large windows hear new
signs advertising the particular brand
of cigars carried by that establishment
and the fact that ii is a proper place
for the entertainment Of hungry people
The Baraca Glass of the Baptist
Sunday school viii give Stereoptic0n
/ lecture next Thursday, May %. TO
which the entire Sunday school is in
vited. Captain T.. j. Perrett will give
/ the lecture the subject being, Oar kcst
! America. This lecture is given in place
of the regular monthly supper,
BY working nine hours a day for
| the past three weeks or more the board
of listers have their work of making
/ the annual grand list in such shape
4 that il can probably be completed by
/ Nav % rs called for under the law. H.,
/ b. Chamberlain, +. w. BlOdgett and \.
~. Currier have made il a rule TO report
! for duty about clock every dav and
| since they started out April LIST there
! has been nj least one member OF the
board on duty at the sclectmen $ room
/ all of the time.
DIR. C. S. CLARK Of Sivas, Turkey,
gave q very interesting illustrated lee,
ture in the Centre Congregational
with views Of the various places of
medical and other mission work there
were scenes in Constautinople Sivas
and other Turkish cities. Dir. Clark
smoke of the great significance of the
change of government in Turkey and
of the opportunity which is presented
TO the missionaries TO have q part IN
building up a Christian nation. Inc
help and announcement for this work
must come from Christian America.
A mass meeting under the auspices
of the central labor union viii he-held
in the Auditorium Wednesday evening:
Jacob Tazelaar, general organizer OF
the American Federation of Labor and
personal representative Of president
Samuel Gompers, Charles Dod. presi-
dent of the piano. organ and instrument
workers of America. and Robert ;.
Molonev. New England organizer for
the international Typographical union;
will deliver addresses The several
labor unions of Rrattleboro will take
part i'm the MEETING and it is expected
that local men will deliver short adj
dresses.
Brattleboro has been represented
at the annual session of the grand bod.
les of the independent Order of Odd
Fellows at st. Adams this week by the
following persons: Past Department
Commander w. 7. Haigh and Mrs.
Haigh; Lieut-Col. w. J. Cain; Nal g.
A. Metcalf of the staff and second rep
resentative TO the grand encampment;
Cant. O. D. Stowell; Lieut.. G. g.
Staples; Ensign Clifton Fox; F. f.
Perry, grand representative, and Mrs,
Perry: Harold Smith. representative to
the grand encampment Cheyaliers
Moves White. Peter Johnson, r: H.
Messenger. LLOYD r. Robinson, Elmer
son W. Peake: Past Captain w. +,
Combs: Miss Althea Bishop, representa-;
tive from Dennis Rebekah lodge, and
Mrs Luther Miller,
--Brattleboro people have more than
passing interest in the news dlspatch
from Nashua, n H., Tuesday telling
of the disappearance Of Miss Blanche
S. Willoughby and limiting snclde'
Miss Willoughby is q daughter OF IL Ja me
II. Willoughby, land agent for the Dos
ton & Maine railroad, who has been IN
Brattleboro for two months securing
options for rights of way along, the
survey of the proposed BrattlehorQ-
Hinsdale link of railroad. Mr.. Wall
ourhbv. who was in MASSACHUSETTS,,
was notified Tuesday of his daughter s
absence from home under circumstances
indicating that she had committed SUI
icide. She left a note saving that she
intended to drown herself and this the
orv was strengthened by finding her
hat. cloak and gloves on the bank. OF
the Merrimac river Tuesday evening;
Miss WiIloughby is 30 years of age ana
has five sisters. She made her homo
with her father.
The 10-inch pipe leading from the
Chestnut Hill reservoir to Frost street
was opened at s o clock Friday eve
ming. and from that time until the
following afternoon water poured
steadily into MILESTONE brook. When
the reservoir was nearly empty, it was
thoroughly cleaned by means OF a nose
attached to standpipe. Work on the
chambers at the lower end OF the res
ervoir has been going on this week, ,por-
tions of the lower level of the village
heinz served by the high pressure sys-
fem in the meanwhile The standpipe
which extends through the bottom OF
The reservoir to the north end has been
repaired and water from the Pleasant
Valley source will hereafter enter the
basin through this pipe The reservoir
was visited Saturday by a number OF
people including many small boys who
were interested in examining It's hnny
population. 1t contained some small
hass and a few suckers and dace, but |
not nearly so many fish as many people
supposed.