The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-22

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and Saturday, Sept. % and 70
The women of the Episcopal church
will hold Iummage sale IN Emerson
block. ON Elliot street, Thursday and
Friday, Oct. . and O.
The superintendent OF the valley
Fair grounds requests the owners OF hil
articles stored on the grounds 10 re-
move them by tomorrow night,
bingham chapter, o, L. y, held q
regular meeting Tuesday evening ne
ladies met in their rooms IN the after
noon and PLAYED cards, a delelous
supper was enjoyed at $50,
The trustees Of the Brooks Library
building Yesterday awarded tue con
tract for building the addition 10 fel'
lett & skinner Of Brattlehoro' lhete
was only one bidder for the contract
rho omount Of the contract Is within
the appropriation made by the trustees
which amounts TO approximately So,oUu'
The contractors began work yesterday
C. r. Crowell began work this morn:
inc surveying for the extension OF
Rlakesloe street from the road leading
10 the Catholic cemetery to Oak Grove
avenue. As soon ms the survey IS made
and the amount of land to be taken
from each property holder is deter
mined n hearing viii be given the prop
ertv owners TO make a claim for dam
ages.
The Snowflake Canning company
finished canning onerations yesterday
afternoon. This wear S pack amounts
To 100000 cans. practically All corn,
This Is nearly 100000 more cans than
any proyious season. The work Of label.
ing and shipping viii keep the factory
open until about Dee. !. Later IN the
fall the company will contract for next
season s corn and il is expected by SUI
perintendent A, c, Griffin that the acre
age will be considerably larger thah
this wear.
For number Of years the public
/ has used ;he narrow passage between
| Leonard block and the Methodist
! church ms a short cut from Elliot street
/ IN Flat street hut the Methodist church
society has decided TO close the pdssage
as the users have made il q dumping
ground This week an iron fence with
! * cate has been placed across the pas
! sa 90 and also from the west side of the
| church to the Shea building. \ curb
will also be laid to protect the small
! lawn in front of the church. The church
I society has given a contract for 2 new
heating apparatus in the parsonage,
The % men employed by the Cen
/ tral Vermont railroad in constructing a
/ road from the freight ward to the top
/ of the Vernon street hill have about
completed the work. The "eXcayatlng
| has been carried down to the grade, ana
the top of the ledge opposite the pas
/ senger station, which is to serve as the
west abutment of the overpass II the
original plans are carried out, has been
uncovered and is ready for the cement
work which will carry the iron girders;
] Though President FitZhugh has stated
! that the work will be carried along I'M
iii completed those at work on the loh
/ are looking for orders TO quit not later
/ than Nov. !.
Bernard, the fye.years-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. V. 4. Colburn OF EllloI
street, had a narrow escape from drown
inr in Milestone brook Tuesday noon
He ran onto the iron bridge over the
brook to get his two-year-old brother
and stubbing his toe rolled under the
railing and fell 26 feet into the water
He was under water when n. \. Nlh'
chester. an employe of the Estey organ
company. reached him and brought nm
ashore. Since the fall the little fellow
has been able to move his BODY o.
limbs but very little but this morning Is
improyinc. The fact that the organ
company employees had Just left the
factory for dinner and were approach
ing the bridge probably saved the
child s life.
The program of the anniversary
of the Vermont Baptist State conven.
tion is in the hands Of the Baptist
churches of the state. The meeting Wal
he held next week Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. %, 20
o. and 2s. at Barre. Speakers from TINS
county are Rev. G.. A. Mason of SaXtons
River, treasurer, Rev. G.. w. Russell OF
East Dover, Rev. John R. Cow of Brat
/ tleborO, Henry Bond of Brattlehofo
Rev. GUY C. Lamson of Boston, summer
resident of Newfane, Deacon ,. ~
Merrifield of Grafton, who leads the
praise service Tuesday evening Ihere
i also a wealth of well known speakers
from various parts of this state and
prominent men of the denomination out
side the state.
Protective grange observed Neigh
hors Night Wednesday evening" WIZ
Evansville grange gave very enloyapls9
program which included Vloiln an, ana
piano duets by George Temple and Mrs.
". +. Wheeler. songs by Mrs. L. d
Stratton. piano selections by Mrs. W. +
! Wheeler. violin and piano duet by Frank
stratton and Mrs. W. f. Wheeler. A
four.act play entitled Coupon Bonds
with the following cast: Pa Ducklow
J. w. Williams; Reuben, d. K; Sted-
man: Taddy, Floyd Washer; Ferrlng
W. Z. Wheeler; Jepworth, f. j. Morse;
Parson Grantlev, W. H.. Temple; Dick
John Sparks; Ma Ducklow, Mrs. Han
nah Halliday; Miss. Boswick, Mrs
Clara Perry; Sophronia, Miss Anne
Pierce. Supper was served after the
meeting followed by dancing.
Road Commissioner D. T. Perry has
practically fulfilled his promise to have
Main street in readiness for the week
of the Valley fair Only small amount
of work remains to be done opposite the
town hall, and he has force Of men on
duty this morning hurrying the work
He had planned, when he found his time
limited. to surface the. street tempora,
rily but the arrival of trap rock enabled
him to Law the asphalt surface as org
inally planned though not. exactly
according to the specifications fur
nished by the concern from which ne
bought the asphalt. He is satisfied that
If will not be necessary for him to re-
place the trap rock already LAID, with a
larger size stone as the asphalt con.
Germ demanded. Mr.. Perry believes that
a soueege coat of liquid asphalt applied
ais soon as the warm days of spring come
will give surface impervious to
moisture and one that will withstand