The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-01

There will be regular meeting of
the Modern Woodmen next Tuesday
evening.
Rev. Andrew j. Harper will
otficiate at Christ church in Guilford
Sunday afternoon at $50.
The 10th concert of the series by
the First Regiment band will be given
Sunday at SIS on the Common.
The Crystal Springs Ice company
| is delivering ice and handling rush jobs
of trucking with Maxwell automobile
truck.
News was received from Cobble-
skill n. Y, this morning of the death in
! that town of William o. Powers, for
merlv of Bratteboro.
The next regular meeting of the
Ladies Enterprise society will be held
Wednesday, Sept. 6, at the home Of
Mrs. F. p. Hopkinson, Cherry street,
Mrs. F. p. Hopkinson was given a
surprise party by members of the
Ladies Enterprise society last Wednes.
day evening. Refreshments were served
and very ENJOYABLE evening spent.
The herd of purebred Guernsey eat.
tie owned by Russell Briggs of Guilford
street are making their annual tour of
the fairs, starting this week at Middle
DtrN duu hhtldHu' JuStiH i'lA uds
charge of them.
A telephone message from Middle.
bury this morning from Russell Fl.
Briggs states that his herd of Guernseys
swept the boards at the Addison county
fair yesterday. He took 10 first, 3 sec.
ond and . third premiums. He won all
of the premiums in his class with the
exception of the offering for a yearling
bull. He had no entry in that division.
Carpenters have begun work this
week on a set of swinging partitions
which will close the big dance hall at
Island park from the weather when the
cold days come. By a system of parti-
tions hung from the ceiling of the first
and second floors of the dance hall it
will be but the work of few minutes
to make the big room now open to the
air closed affair. A furnace will heat
the refreshment rooms. The manage
ment will be able to furnish its patrons
dancing until late in the fall by this
arrangement as the hall will be warm
enough. Those wishing a warmer room
when they have finished dancing will
find plenty of easy chairs in the refresh
ment rooms.
The Labor day program at Island
park will include enough to satisfy ALL
two motor boat races. The events will
begin at 10 clock and will be under
the direction of the Brattleboro Boat
club. Valuable trophies will be pre-
scented the winner in each event. Both
will be handicap races. The first race
will be over tw0-mile course and VIII
be for boats rated at not over 10 miles
an hour. The second race, for speed
boats, will be over a four-mile course.
1t is expected that the bulk of the morn
ing will be taken up with these events
and the other regular attractions at the
park. The baseball game between Brat
tleboro and Keene at $50 p. m. will
move the center of population from the
west to the east side of the river for an
hour and half and after that there
will be dancing until the casino closes
late in the evening. During the evening
motion pictures will be shown.
--Brattleboro s industries and beau
ties received publicity through an illus
trated article in the Sunday issue of
the Springfield Republican written by
Christiana M. Park of that paper S
staff. The picturesque side as well as
the industrial life of the town was de-
picted in photographs and by pen pie
lures. Many of the larger business en-
terprises were given extended mention,
aiming uHeHl uue ESteN organ CoHlDdnN
Carpenter Organ company, White River
Chair company, Hooker, Corser & Mitch
ell company, E. Crosby & Co., Z. J. Fen !
ton & Co.. and Island Park. The big
amusement enterprise across the Con
necticut river was given an elaborate
write-up, illustrated with a picture of
the big pavilion showing section of
the Connecticut river bridge. The arti-
Gle also contained photographs and
short descriptive sketches of the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Houghton of
Marlboro, the new Fort Dummer mills,
river views and typical drives through |
the woods near the village. A list of
notable residents and references to
many persons who went from the town
to greater success in their chosen pro
fessions are made a part of the article.
---One of the most disastrous fires to
visit Guilford in a number of years
destroyed all of the buildings on the
George Bond farm early Wednesday
morning. The farm is owned by James
H. Waterman and Frank E. Mann who
occupied the house. Mr.. Waterman