The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-08-25

Brasof.
The Woman s Relief corps will hold
a basket picnic at Island park Wednes.
day afternoon, Aug. 30
-Hought0n & Simonds have installed
a bubbling fountain in their store for
the convenience of the public.
Rev. Frederick w. Greene of Mid.
dletown, Conn, will preach in the Cen.
ire Congregational church Sunday morn
ing,
The new Masonic directory shows
Columbian lodge to have a membership
of 1874; Brattleboro lodge 26l; Fort
Dummer chapter, r. A. NJ, 1874; Con
necticut Valley council, r. 4 5. NJ, III ;
Beauseant commandery, X. T., 16l;
Bingham chapter, O. f. 5. POS,
Next week the program for Labor
Day at Island Park will be announced.
In addition TO the ball game between
Brattleboro and Keene the manage.
ment of the park plans to have motor
boat races in the forenoon. dancing in
Capt. Luke W. Bickel of the gospel
ship Fukuin Maru will speak at the
morning service in the First Baptist
work in the inland sea of Japan for 10
years and is a wonderfully interesting
speaker. He will return to his ship
the latter part of September.
The reduction of the grade of Main
street has necessitated rebuilding the
New England Telephone & Telegraph
eOmpany's cement manhole at the
junction of High and Main streets.
The old opening would be about foot
above the street level and workmen
yesterday demolished the masonry
which will be rebuilt today.
"A subscriber writes: "Street lamps
| have been installed on Oak Grove,
Baldwin and Clark avenues and this
much needed improvement is greatly
appreciated by the increasing inhabi-
tants in this section, as well as by traffic
in general. We have as good water
service as anywhere in the country also
nearby hvdrants, a good sewerage sys-
! TEN. gas, telephones and all that goes
| for convenience except streets and side.
walks. Their condition is deplorable.
Mrs. Edward ]. Shea prevented a
runaway near her home on Grove street
about 5 clock Tuesday afternoon by
prompt action and courage. 4 pair of
horses owned bv ]. Henry Pratt and
hitched to heavy hay wagon started
to run down Grove street from Mr..
Pratt S place at the corner of Oak and
Grove streets. The animals were travel
ing at good rate when Mrs. Shea saw
them and hurrying into the street
caught one of the pair by the bride.
bringing the team to the curb where she
received assistance.
The third annual basket picnic and
field dav of Brattleboro camp Modern
Woodmen of America, will be held on
the Valley fair grounds Labor day.
There will be a program of field sports
open to all from 10 to IL o clock, and
ball game at ! o'clock between the
married and single men. The Wood
men e degree team will give an eXhibl-
ton drill. and Their will be a tug of
war between team from this order
and any other aggregation that Is
willing to accept challenge. The pro.
gram will be over in time for the ball
game between Keene and Brattleboro
on the Twin State league grounds.
-Phe Estey Organ company this
week received a letter from relatives
of +. Soukenick of New York who came
to Brattleboro early in June TO enter
the employ Of the company. Sou.
kenick s relatives were becoming
alarmed because they had received no
letter from him since he left New York.
INQUIRY was made at the Brattleboro
Retreat. where Soukenlck was com
mitted as an insane person during the
first week in June, and II was learned
that his relatives had not been notified
of the man s whereabouts. The, organ
company at once notified the relatives
of the man 5 condition and place of
abode.
Fred Wolf, who lives on Central
street. was coming down the Canal
l,1I NAM -bn prattlohnrO
SATURDAY. afternoon on bicycle when
a RAPIDLY driven automobile came down
the hill behind him and hit the rear
wheel of his machine. throwing him to
the ground. Though the driver of the
machine could easily see that Mr.. Wolf
was injured no attention was paid to
the man and the autoist speeded up his
machine and disappeared. Mr.. Wolf
was unconscious when picked up and
carried into p. Rattee s barber shop.
Dr. C. R. Aldrich attended to the man
wounds which were about the face anl
arms. Several stitches were required
to close scalp wound
The managers at Island Park have
increased the equipment of tins popular
resort by the addition of another cafe
The new room, which is 81 feet square,
is located east of the big refreshment
the front veranda. 1t is designed to be
used by persons wishing quiet place
in which to partake of such refresh
ments as are served at the Park. The
floor is covered with a tile pattern of
inlaid linoleum. The lower part of the
walls are of dark green which runs
into lighter shade Of the same color
at the top. The ceiling is .panelled in a
light cream color and the, windows,
which are placed considerably higher
than regular windows. are of small dia-
mond-paned glass. The finish of the
room is CHARTERED oak and the furniture
is of dark forest green. The walls are
made attractive with pictures.
Elmer w. Bliss, 81, died Friday
evening at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. w. F. Goddard, of complications
incident to advanced age. His health
had failed fast since the first of July.
Mr.. Bliss was born in Royalston, Mass,
Nav 81, 1924, the son of Daniel and Har-
riet Peck Bliss. His education was
received in the schools of Royalston.
In 1852 the lure of the California gold
fields called him west and he went to the
Pacific coast by the way of the isthmus
but remained there but a short time,
Returning east he married Miss Eliza
beth s. Goddard of Petersham, Mass.
In the early '60s Mr.. Bliss engaged IN
the furniture business in Brattleboro,
being a member of the firm of Dwinnell
4 Bliss. For a number of years he was
a member of the Brattleboro Melodeon
company, which was located where the
CARPENTER company's factory now
stands. In 1868 Mr. Bliss became a
member of the Burdett Organ company
of Chicago and remained with the CON
Germ until the big fire burned the plant
and the company moved to Erie, Pa,
where the business was carried on un-
til about 90 years ago, At the close of
the business Mr.. Bliss retired from
active life. He came to Brattleboro in
the spring of 1904 and had since made
his home with his daughter. Mrs. Bliss