The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-21

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\ being wired for electric lights thi
week.
, The W. c. T. U. will meet with Mr.
| ID, l., trosier "Wednesday, July 20,
stormy the meeting will be held Thurs
dHY.
The women of the First Baptis
I church will hold food sale in the chape
saturday afternoon from 3 o clock Unit
d o clock.
-Edgett Company report the sal
this week OF a Involvement house an'
LOT ON Forest street owned by Mrs
Helen 5. Miller of West Brattleb0ro q
Frank W. Nichols, who buys for invest
meni.
Rev. Joel S. Ives of Hartford, Conn.
will occupy the pulpit of the Centre
Congregational church Sunday morn
ing. George l.. Durham will lead The
devotional service in the chapel TIM
eVening,
The house and lot NJ 30 Greer
street, known ms the Thatcher Perry
property and recently remodelcd bN
Ernest ;. Hall has been sold through
the Edgett 4 Co. agency TO Mrs. II, =
Miller of West Brattlebor0. who buys
for home.
Road Commissioner David r. Perry
has been repairing Main street this
week by filing the holes with crushed
stone. The steam roller has been used
TO good advantage ms this street was q
series of holes and humps for con
siderable distance.
The Twin State Gas & Electric
company is installing siX-inch main in
! Western avenue, which is TO replace n
one.half inch pipe bv which the patrons
hos l.s
past. They expect 10 extend the main
as far as Brattle street and perhaps
| farther. This Improvement comes as a
result of an agreement entered into
last fall hv the company and Myron T..
| Davis, attorney for several residents Of
the avenue, who petitiOned the public
service commission for a larger main, IN
order that they might be properly
served.
The sudden shower Monday even
ing washed large amount of sand down
the Elm street hill onto the trolley
track and traffic was held up until men
could shovel the debris away. Prospect
street hill leading down to Canal street
was a miniature cascade for short
time during the evening. while Main
street was under water for a consider
able distance between the Unitarian
church and the Masonic temple. Man.
holes to surface sewers became clogged
shortly after the shower began and be-
fore they could be cleared the water
was running over the sidewalks.
Some Boston visitors recently spend
ing week in town, went several times
during their stay TO the Island Park
pavilion. Among other pleasing fea-
lures, they remarked TO their hostess
upon the entire absence of anything an
preaching n rOwdy element among the
crowds there. How does il happen,
asked one of them, "that at resort
like this. free to the entire public, all
the people are apparently from class,
such as YOU might see at church gath.
ering. or an invitation dance!'P And
the Brattleboro lady said. "Ths is Brat
tlehoro, and we do not have any other
kind. except she added reluctantly.
: Just now and then one.
The june issue of Western New
England, the official organ of the
Springfield. Mass, board of trade, de-
voted to the uplift of the industrial
life of New England, contains a two
page story of the Better Brattleboro
Campaign which was carried on for a |
week in this town in the spring. The |
article is from the pen of Rev. Roy NJ. !
Houghton and is illustrated with photo /
graphs of Frank Over of Chicago, lead |
er of the campaign, Clarke G. Fits !
Rev. r. NJ. H0ughton, Col. j. G. Estey |
and G. l.. Durham. all active in the |
work of that memorable week. 4 pie !
ture of the interior of the auditorium.
where the meetings were held, is also |
Shown
"A Maxwell runabout driven by DR.. |
\. 7; Wood of Northfield, Mass, came |
to grief on Main street hill opposite the |
Bond building Monday forenoon by |
skidding on the freshly watered paving |
stones. DR.. Wood and son were coming |
lp the hill at a very moderate pace when |
the ear began to skid Before it could |
be stopped it was facing in the oppo-
site direction. The left rear wheel was
smashed to splinters and the car was
taken to the Brattleboro garage. The |
street was as slippery as ice, after n
cart had moistened the dust |
and oil, and a moment after the acct
lent to DIR. Wood S car big touring
.ar coming down the hill barely eseap
ID colliding with the sidewalk.
How easily one may be mistaken
vas illustrated one dav recently at the
ocal passenger station when a woman
ost her pocketbook and was positive
hat a Brattleboro business man had
toen it. Ticket Agent Davis 5. Carey
lad his attention attracted to the wo-
nan as she tried to get results from a
oin.in- the slot telephone pay station.
The woman was getting excited when
he business man offered to show her
low the dropping of coin would Sc
ure someone to talk to. The man eX- !
lained the mechanism of automatic
telephone pay stations and walked away.
the woman sent up another
vail She had lost her pocketbook and
vas positive that the business man had
tolen it. Mr.. Carey explained that the
nan in question was above suspicion ?
ut the woman wouldn' 7 believe this !
ntil she happened to open her paraso !
Oh, I IN glad, she easped.
A home wedding in Putnam. Conn, :
Wednesday evening is of interest TO J
'rattleboro people. The ceremony was
erformed at the home of the bride on 1
arties were William Marshall McManus |
{ Brattleboro, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John J
[cManus of Holyoke, Mass, and Miss |
arrie Wheaton Angel, daughter of J
[r. and Mrs. Mathewson Angel. The
eremony was performed by Rev. J. T
an Den Mort at 6 O. clock. The bride S
as attended by Miss Lottie Angel as I
Bridesmaid and the best man was Wal
II Turner. The brides gown was b
hite embroidered and trimmed with Il
,int lace. She carried bouquet V
! white roses. A reception was given 7
the bride g home and Mr.. and Mrs. 1
cManus left for a fortnight g camp F
trip in the Berkshires. Mr.. Nc n
anus is pressman for the Vermont v
rinting company of Brattleboro and d
e bride is well known from her asso- Il
alton with the millinery establishment
Mrs. G. H. Smith, where she was en-
owed two seasons.