The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-08-25
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Bond & Son, undertakes, have or.
dered an automobile ambulance,
The local camp of Modern Wood.
men will hold meeting in Red Men S
hall Tuesday evening.
The Ladies Enterprise society will
mold their next meeting Sept. 6, with
Mrs. F. p. Hopkinson on Cherry street.
Carpenters are finishing the in
terror of the new casino and gymnasium
at the Brattleboro Retreat. The ex.
terror work was completed several
weeks ago.
"A party of Greenfield eXcursionists
visited Island Park Tuesday and wit
messed the Bxattleboro.S Springfield base
ball game. Yhe visitors were loud in
their praise of the park with its various
attractions, and many made trips NJ
the river.
S. Reese. a young man employed by
the White River chair company, lost
his little finger and the tip of the next
finger on his left hand by catching his
hand upon small circular saw Friday
morning He was taken to the Memorial
hospital where the little finger was
amputated by DR.. H. P. Greene.
Three cellars are ready for the
frames of the two.tenement houses
which will be erected at Fort Dummer
Heights in addition to the seven houses
already up and partially completed.
Two of the two tenement houses are
ready for occupancy and one of the
tenements in the first house built is
occupied.
The second accident to occur at the
factory of the White River Chair com
pany in less than week happened Mon.
day morning shortly after the plant
started. r. Parsons, who was at work
upon circular saw, fed by an auto,
matte device. got his right hand caught
and several fingers badly cut and crush
ed. His hand did not reach the saw;
He was taken to the Memorial hospital
where it was found that he would prob
ably lose two fingers.
Work on the Austine institution
has been rushed this week. c. ;. Henry,
representing the contractors. Kennedy
& Peterson, arrived in Brattleboro Mon,
dav and made arrangements to start
the brick work this week. The celiar
excavation has been completed and the
cement walls are being laid tins week.
The first brick work to be started is the
heavy fire wall which will extend
through the center of the building
Sewer pipes and water mains have been
laid to the property
Truck gardeners were apprehenslVe
Monday that a frost might put IN ITS
annearance the following morning Dut
tbe Temperature climbed up during tne
day and Tuesday morning 1t was hot
within 90 degrees of the frost llne' AZ
4 O clock Monday morning thernnonIel
ters in various parts of this village am ~
in the surrounding towns registered ~
degrees which is, according, to the recol'
lotion of MANY of the older inhaplt1,
ants as cool weather as has been no1eu
IN Annust. in this section, for perhaps
Is years.
During the early part, of the week k
rnmor was persistently circnlateu
aho,,t town that local railroad ofhclals
bod made a statement to the, effect that
tbe Central Vermont railroad had maze y.
~; ~; renort TO the Boston 4 Name on.
20 1s With regard to extending the D.
eiais tr moI through the local yard; In
n,,;rv shows that there is absolutely ~
f, ation for such a tale and thae
no iocaI railroad employe made sucn
~ ~ lament. Doubtless the rumor :, aro TI
fron, the fact that President y. -
F Ittn of the Central Vermont stGl
nad a short time in Brattleboro oa S, itb
p pnu b;s way north and had, talk VIII
station Agent F. j. Guthrie. tbe
dent Fitzhugh did not mehol9tn ans;nn
matter of Boston & Name e * at ali
and was not queried in the matter az o.
crovden Wells, the 11.year-oio 80 SOL
nv fa and Mrs. Waldo Wells OF f M
o o1.o M was severely bitten or, the rlsnas
st Saturday afternoon by. dog oWneo
ig M Ha.u' William Legs. Mr.. Wen, Is -; q
~ y; r W. FOR the Warner bakery anu T he
o ain'1 was assisting him SATURDAY YES
SUI sono stonped in front OF MRS neI hov .
h te% at West Brattleboro an a.. .ne e eys
,nant to the door to ask II w. aarted
Wished wHJ any food when the uog a. t" him.
through the door and Spite threw the
The weight of the dog s oou rza 'n and the
how to the floor of the p ia r. calf of
animal bit him Savagge;tttN, o " fellow rolled
the right leg. me i 4he lawn and the
on .ne es attempting to bite HIM as sec Snot
dos log wal mben an Mr.. Wells reached I .ne wills spE
tin l a WE the animal away: m MI ca MTt
ana dI ; Son TO the office of Dr. ,u eoad
TOOK t ms ms so Where the wound was dresseu'
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IT was estimated that :, o, over We mills Ills
neopie visited the For1 4 tbn building
Sunday ST and inspected or '4 The machin-
Which is nearly ready TOT ooIet ed the first
cry. ,;l n week The heavy pla1nkfa n mon
OF TINS M1e floors have been ialo h uiT
ana tne rd and third floors OF Ine Jun in.
ing. and w. Worff rn snrinkle system. AZ
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the first V SFei at the mill SUNDAY hay the he
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of tne III Int few cotton, mills IN, -