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

LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
-Quonektacat tribe Of Red Men
adopted class Of palefaees AZ Friday :
sleep.
Rev. +. $. Harrison Of West Brat.
tlehoro will conduct the chapel service
at the Retreat next Sunday afternoon
az . o clock.
Wnntastiquct lodge conferred the
third degree upon a class of seven can
didates Monday evening Reports were
presented by FaYette Miller and c. g.,
Staples representatives 10 the grand
lodge.
Horton u. Walker has Just finished
2 contract for wiring aud equipping the
home of Mrs II. W. DeMolf al North.
field. Mass. for electric lights aud his
men have started work upon the Con
gregational church in that town which
is 20 have an installation of ~ lights.
-Guufre, a valuable driving horse
owned hv Musher a Cobb, dropped dead
/ from the effects of the extreme heat
near MilliamsNillc station Sunday
morning. Henry RYAN Of Brattleboro
was driving the animal. The horse was
one of seven bought by Mr. Mosher in
Canada two weeks ago. Gunfre was
strongly bred in Morgan lines.
Quantities of German carp were
caught on the Retreat meadows the lat
ter part of last week. Employees of the
/ Retreat speared nearly 500 pounds OF
+ fish, the largest specimen weighing a
I trihe over o pounds. As the water on
the meadow drained OF the fish gradu-
ally collected in the channel near the
pumping station until they were so
thick that they could be caught with.
/ out difficulty.
Three hundred and ninty.one per
sons were present in the Centre Con
rregational church sunday morning
/ when the pastor, Rev. X. NJ. Houghton,
delivered a sermon TO the members OF
Sedgwick post, G.. \. r., and the Wo.
/ imam 5 Relief corps. There were about
i 1925 members of the two organizations
present Mr.. Houghton s subject was
+ Voices of Patriotism. The choir sang
Kipling's Recessional.
Pine Grove Springs hotel at Spot
ford lake. y. H., will open June 20 with
/ MIR. Cushman, for number OF years
manager Of the Poland Springs hotel
/ in charge, The livery will be IN charge
of Mosher & Cobb and the firm plan to
/ keep about % horses in the hotel sta
bles. The garage at the hotel has been
reftted and Mosher & Cobb, who also
have charge of that department, VIII
keep three machines there.
County Fish and Game Warden
! Marvin j. Howard of South London
derry was in town Saturday on his way
home from Greensboro where he spent
three weeks patrolling one of the small
streams tributary to Caspian lake 10
protect the rainbow and steelhead
trout that use the stream as a spawn
ing bed each spring. In former wears
hundreds of large trout have been TAX
en- from this stream with spears during
Ithe spawning season, but so closely was
il watched this spring that there was
absolutely no poaching.
The annual meeting and dinner Of
the tockholders of the Brattleboro
Whitehall Railroad was held III the
Brooks House Saturday. The business
meeting took place in the parlors OF
the hotel at 1890 a. m, and DIVIDEND
of one cent on the capital stock wa'
declared The following officers were
elected: Clerk. j. l.. Martin of Brattle
boro; directors. j. w. Melendy ana \
E. Cudworth of South LONDONDERRY .
A. Muzzy and John G. Robinson o.
Ioma;ca + r. Batchelder and j. II
Ware of Townshend, d. A. Benson o.
Newfane and Clarke c.. Fits OF Brat
tleboro. At a meeting of the directors
!. w. Melendy was elected president
r r Batchelder of Townshend; vice
nresident. ! Il. Martin of Brattleboro
clerk. c. A. Bovden of Brattleboro
treasurer. The directors were an re
elected. Over 125 sat down to the an
nual dinner.
The absence of a public drinkIns
cnn is Noticeable at the Central yer
mnyt passenger station. Many persons
unacquainted with the. fact that II u
unlawful to have public drinking CUP
in Vermont, hunt around the sIaGloII
for some sort of receptacle anu t s
ing to find one they drink from tne lau
Get. At the Brooks House an auto iona
tic vending machine furnishes pamn'e
drinking cups at one cent each I'M
absence of one or more bubbllng foun
tains on the streets becomes notlceapl'
WITH the arrival of a hot wave such ~
strncL fine town Sunday. With the eX
cention of the Wells fountain ana I'M
iron tnb at the corner of Elm ana I Ia
streets there are nc. drlnNng place
for animals within the village nj plopel
If within the village limits, lhouG
horses and large dogs can slahe Inei
, thirst at either of these Two aiii ao q,
nIaces small dogs are unable TO 40 .
as tbev cannot reach the water.
Coach Deidrich Stolte, Q. 3, Hughe
and IA members of the hlgh scheo
. track team leave this afternoon 10
burlington to take part tomorrow II
the interscholastic meet under the aus
n;ces of the University OF vernon !.
. The men who are entered from brattle
! hnro are Captain Miner, Thompson
Hask eil. Bingham, Rice, Sanders, Cros
NV Knowlton. Adams, Harris, Inayel
Marion. Wentworth and ANGER
R;naham. Crosby, Harris. and angie
are entered in the sprints,, ThompSS,o oa
+. Haskell and Angler in the hurd1ees
Tbomnson. Haskell and Rice IN III
!. in INNS Miner, Marion, Wentworth
r Sanders and Adams in the distan,c
: r"ns Thompson and Knowlton IN IN
a;sn,,s. throw and shot-put. Ihoinpso,I,
I Msrris and Thaver in the pole, vaul,
j. n lia,ar schools that will send delega
, t Gonei are Vermont academy, Brlgha5l
oionI ST .Johnsbury academy, Har9
aG ;aI, ncca,demy, Troy Conference acao
4 ' WICK d Goddard seminary. Montpelle
= my o;;narv Newport. Bellows Fails an
9 S pnniin nton hiqh schools. The tota
Dul,Ln Of men entered is los. I'm
= NUN mnltov will begin at go p. M, on Centen
!. NAL field. :,
Pre- Memorial exercises were n NJ
t in the HIGH school room Monday: Il
e Hob schools program was gwen IN u u
!. IAN n,arning at 10 O'Clock. Members wv y
! Sad Sedgwick post, G. A. R. and the wv W.
man, Relief corps were guests VI nu
! ~ The nrogram was as follows: .oonII
Stor Snangled Banner; address OF we we,
. onnao Principal E. B. Smith; songs Dud
o S Son and Orr Dear Land; scripture r reau