The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14

The local posiofiiee received ihi
morning a supply Of the new issue Of
Lincoln postal cards. They are Of th'
regular card index size, 3 by inches
and are printed in pink. Postmaster
| Haskins has received 5000.
While many Of the local business
men boast a country place and few
make pretensions az being farmers
| County Clerk f. ~ 4. Stowe has ih'
nucleus Of well-balanced agrieul
turist's outfit that would make ordi
nary farmers envious. He has hoel
/ OF Shropshire sheep hard 10 beat ~
Vermont. lie also has a EumbeT Of
ehoice.bloOded AYRSHIRE cows
Through the courtesy Of Horton y
/ Walker his employees attended tnlk
given Friday evening ~ Greenfield
Z Mass. by President Day Of the National
Association Of Fire Underwriters. MI
( DAYS talk was illustrated hy stereop'
I ticon slides and his subject was the
national electric code Of wiring and in
stallaiion. The employees who accom-
panied Mr. Walker were L. /. Hudson,
Fred Hescock, W. c. Sehorling and l..
: Barber.
w. A. SUBWAY. Superintendent Of
grounds Of the VALLEY Fair association
has begun his annual house cleaning
and repairing The railing around the
entire track has been Strengthened and
a large number Of new posts have been
set 10 hold the rail IN position. Painters
have freshened ~ many spots with
dark red psint. The grandstsnd Will
be given is annual inspection within
few weeks. Al Of the debris Of the
summer viii be picked NJ and the
grounds will be in spick and span con
~ Nas d..
Valley Fair. Sept. 60, % and IS.
"A change in the stock holdings Of
the Hooker, Corser q Mitchell company
places the controlling interest ~ tne
hands Of William II. Proctor. Webster
c. Mitchell. who took 100 shares of
stock az the time Of the reorganization
Of the company, June II, 1909, has dis
posed OF his holdings 70 Mr.. Proctor
and il is rumored. but not confirmed.
that Mark Elkan, the Chicago represen.
tative Of the company. has secured a
part of the stock sold bY Mr.. Mitchell.
Al the time Of the reorganization OF
the company in the summer Of 1909
Mr. Proctor took 600 Of the 1000 shares
Of stock. Mr.. Proctor and other mem
bers Of the company would make no
statements this morning IN veriheatlon
Of the rumors afioat though Mr.. Mitch.
sold his stock 10 Mr.. Proctor. The
transfer Of stock was made the first
DAYS Of the present month.
The ledge opposite the Central Yer
mont passenger station Is slowly dis
appearing Last week when the bic
derrick was moved 10 the place where
il now stands the highest point Of The
ledge was reached Though blasting Is
still resorted 10. only light charges are
used and the amount Of stone broken
away from the ledge Is larger than re-
suits from heavier charges Of dynamite.
The use of drills and explosives upon
the ledge near the Boston Maine
water tank recalls 10 some OF the older
inhabitants the search once made Tor
precious metals al that point. Henry
Wellman. who lived IN EstevVllle, spent
much time for several months prospect.
ing upon the ledge and secured several
specimens of rock containing gold. The
amount Of metal in the specimens did
not warrant taking out the ore. MI.
Wellman also prOspected on Nantastl-
duet mountain and brought 10 this vii
lage several samples Of ore containing
silver which he claimed TO have taken
from the rocks on the mountain side.
Patrons Of tie E-a:tieloIo AG
ueIuet company wal lie oil. cd 10 'sc
water from the mains Of the Erattle-
boro Water Works company within
few DAYS unless heavy rains break the
drought sufficiently TO start the springs.
II is planned 10 put a standpipe IN the
water house on Western avenue and 10
so distribute water as to allow each
TO receive a supply. The
supply of the Western AQueduct com
PAW. though somewhat diminished dur
ing the hot spell. is apparently sufficient
to last until the drought is broken. The
supply of the Brattleboro Water Works
company in its big reservoir at Pleasant
Valley Is ample TO last for months with
out the least addition from the clouds.
However. there is no need of wasting
il and users who allow hose to run
eight or ten hours a day are likely 70
pet notice from Superintendent c. b.
Crowell to limit their sprinkling opera
tons TO a certain number of hours. I
II such advice is not needed the com. |
Dany may decide TO install meters.
The yanderings Of seven-years
Did son of Mrs G. Riggleman, who lives
in the Watercure building, 62 Elliot |
street. disturbed the eauanimity of that |
Monday afternoon. The |
disappeared from his home |
about 10 clock in the morning but |
ais absence did not eause any concern |
until about 3 O'Clock in the afternoon;
Then Mrs Riggleman became alarmed
md notified Selectman John CALVIN. |
Mr.. Calvin called for fiving SQUADRON |
md W. A. Shumway, H. f. Harris and
Dr.. @. F. Barber responded. Whet-
tone brook seemed a logical place for
mall BOYS Monday afternoon and the
earchers went there and learned that
he ,Rigeleman youngster was there
Ibout clock p. m. This was clue L
md as the boy has shown fondness
or water il was good gness that ne
night be ENJOYING a bath at the head
# the island Accordingly a mes
enger. in the person of diminutlye
10Y, was started for the island. The
1iggleman lad was found by the mes
enger emerging from Holden
iartin s lumber ward and ii is believed
hat he was PLAYING there during the
orenoon and fell asleep. The story Of
he hunt ds told by those taking part
ontains no end of funny situations.
The following item from the Port.
and (Ore.) Journal of July will be OF
peal interest: Trinity Episcopal church
7as the scene of brilliant assemblage II
which gathered last evening at o'clock
o witness the nuptials of Miss Ernes-
inc Failing and Horatio Edwin Smith,
t New Haven. White Canterbury
ellis and greens decorated the church.
he coming of the wedding party was
nnounced from the Rustic Wedding,
' Goldmark. The bride entered on the
nm of her brother. Henry r. Failing,
Tho gave her into the keeping of the
The bride was gowned in .
7orv satin designed with Vatican :
lait and elaborated with lace. Her I
overs were a shower of bride roses
nd the lace veil was held in place with
range blossoms. The bridesmaids were
be Misses Rhoda and Olive Failing,
sters of the bride, who were gowned
/ white marquisette with sashes of
ink chiffon. Each carried an armful