The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-08-18
THE RRATrIEBORO REFORMER FRIDAY, AUGUST Is, 1911

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A cement sidewalk il being laid in
front OF the Canal street schoolhouse'
The ". c. T, q, viii resume IL
meetings next month. During the warm
weather no meetings have been held.
The Vermont wheel club decided
not 10 hold their annual outing on
Labor nay on account of the interest
IL baseball.
The management OF Island Park |
has made arrangements for a special
rar 10 leave Main street bridge for West |
NJ il,30 every saiuruhN |
evening until further notice
The street railroad company has
heen strengthening lis tracks ana MAJ
ms repairs up0n the line NJ various
points between the business section "i
The town and Prospect liill cemetery
The breaking Of a small water main
of the Brattlehoro Water WORKS CON
many which supplies the crosby blo'h
Tuesday neeessitated the running o
pipe into the top story OF the htooNs
House where water was taken lf"'"
tank,
The Brattleboro Civic Improvement
laauue will resume lis meetings some
time IN September, II IL likely that
move will be made hy the league soon 70
install hnhbling drinking fountains ~
several places about town as planned
early in the season.
The new cards furnished 10y ne
secretary of state for the compilation
of the vital statistics of each town prlor
10 1862 contain 20 questions. The caf'is
arc printed on nimsv stock and there u
considerable doubt whether they VIII
proye permanent record ~ the law
intends they shall be.
An unknown man who left me
sharks circus Tuesday evening was
cared for nj the police station as he Wa
unahle 10 find room elsewhere. ne
man, after hunting ahont for. place 20
sleep, sought Chief OF Ponce ueorgt
Wilson aud said that he would aeeept
The hospitality of the police department.
4 lecture OF unusual interest wnl he
given in the Centre tongiegatlohHi
stowe. son of Harriet Beccher stowe.
Mr.. stowe will tell the life story OF ms
mother and give vivid and graphic ac'
ronnt Of the incidents and experiences
which inspired the writing OF lncle
Tom 5 Cabin.
-Workmen engaged in cutting down
tho Grade of Main street opposite the
town hall building Friday found an Old
slate curbing about foot below the sur,
face None of the older generation OF
mon who saw the slabs of slate removed
conld reeollect when they were placed
there II is likely that the old curbins
has been covered for over 30 years.
After study Of the public stat
utes Nv Chairman Calvin OF the select
mon and legal advisors the Sparks
circus. which gave its performance
across the river in New Hampshire, was
allowed 10 give a street parade in Brat
tleboro. There was some doubt IN the
minds of the authorities regarding the
| granting of permit for such nalaue
as the company had not paid incense
| fee 10 exhibit in Vermont. IL was De
cided. however, that street parade Mas
nor n violation of law and thus many
Rrattleboro people were afforded an
opportnnitv 10 listen 10 the steam ear
| liope and witness the antics OF the
"rube hand.
| The next annual examination Tor
clerks and carriers in the Brattleboro
nostofiice will take place on Nov. J. Ap-
! plicants must have reached their lSth
! birthday. hut not their 45th birthday
on the date of the examination. lheN
mnst he citizens of the United states,
and those of the male sex are required
10 he AT least five feet four inches IAN
without shoes and not less than 125 IDS;
in weight in ordinary clothing run
particulars in regard TO TINS eNahlihd-
ton. with specimen questions are IuI
nished with each application blank ana
can he obtained from Miss f. r. Guild
Local secretary, AT the Brattleboro once
nv Edward E. Stebbins. secretary hrst
civil service district, Boston. Apphca.
tions must he filed with the latter nor
later than Oct. ,.
In statement received from tnf
state highway commissioner S Office rel
alive TO the amount of money ayailaple
for permanent road work IN Brattle
boro abont S1s5 has been omitted Wnlct
belongs to the town. This year, as last
the state commissioner has apporu0nel
sum to the village for permanent
work upon the streets. There is nc
authority for such an apportonment II
this town as the road commissioner ma
charge of the streets of both Town aHo
village and the bailiffs have nothing q
do with street matters. Last year the
VILLAGE received a check for S175 ant
Itnrned il over to the town treasurer. "
10 LAST night the seleetmen had hearC
nothing about the check this year whlct
will amount to about $1S5. the amount
available for permanent road work u
Rrattiehoro this year will be slightly
over $4,000.
w. R. Wilder and Harry X: Whlt'
of New York, the latter a Brattlebor'
how. have been selected as arcntecu
for the new S350,000 temple of justice
> which the state of Washington WI
erect at its capital, Olympia, Their de
signs for this building and group o
) capitol structures were selected as w
Z most meritorious of 30 plans sunmllte'
nv leading architects of TINS country
When completed the new capltol WI
J cost tx 600 600. The main facade of tn
| new temple will comprise a ,portlco1,
| ia Corinthian columns thanked on elthe
t side nv payilions, and as the building I
2 NOT the principal one on the grounds, IN
| arcbitects have planned for 1T y
t serve as a support for the more lmpoI
. +ant capital buildings to be erected ],
/ the future. The entrance TO the pulisl
S ing is through spacious vestibule leao
7 ING on the left to the state library an
. on the right to the supreme cou5e fo9 81
The second floor is to be devoted 10 !h
indoes chambers. The commissl9
i that selected the plans says that tn
: building will be structure OF It's clls
: on1 hind second to none In the UNITE
Y States, Mr.. White Of the successil
Arm Is a son of Mrs. Jennie White Q
+ Plainfeld. N. J., who is spending II
!. snmmer at her former home here.
J, Mrs Harriet B. Howard, who las
n s,,,on,ey received advices from 1relan
+ that she was to inherit about 81 ,000. 0o'
t has has received letters from her solicitor
o in England telling her that grea
: uncle has for many years held posse
: sion sion of the property which she expect
n as q member of the Savage family
O n,,hlin to inherit Mrs. Howard s alto