The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-03

The local high school football team
will line up against stevens high school
OF Claremont, y. H. tomorrow aiter'
noon.
Local Knights OF Columbus and in
yited guests attended Hallowe en- So
eial in the X. of G, assembly nall Tues
day evening. Dancing, cards and games
occupied the evening
The Island Amusement company
will include a shooting gallery IN lts
eauipment this winter and will operate
| il in connection with the box ball alleys
in the Twin State building.
About 30 of the young women EN-
ployed in the offices Of the holstein'
| Friesian association held a Hallowe EN-
party in the rest room Tuesday evening.
Games were enjoyed and n Hallowe EN-
| luncheon was served.
"A special train viii leave BTattle.
/ boro Thursday evening at 6.lj o clock,
carving the members of Oasis encamp-
ment 10 the district meeting of that
/ branch OF the order in Bellows Falls. All
lpatriarchs are invited 10 attend.
Shortly after the fall rains began
about six weeks ago the water IN the
! Pleasant Valley reservoir began TO rise
and il is estimated by Superintendent
[ c. b. CrOwell that at present l.oOOO0U
gallons are going 10 waste over the
spillway daily.
Roy Miner, B. II. :. 1910, is taking
an active part in cross-eountry running
at the University of Vermont and stands
an excellent chance Of making the var
sitv team. II is expected that this work
will keep him in fine condition for track
work next spring.
The annual meeting of the Canal
street book club was held AZ the home
of Mrs. Dennison Cowles Monday even
| ing. The officers elected were: Presl-
dent. Mrs. Dennison COwles; vice-presi-
dent. Mrs. George +. Greene: secretary
and treasurer, c. V. Grant; bound book
committee. Mrs. John Lindsey. Mrs. q.
| o. Abbott and Miss Florence Foster. II
was voted 10 hold the annual meeting
in the future during the third week IN
October,
County Fish and Game Warden NJ.
j. Howard. who has been in town on
business part of this week, Is inclined
to think that there are fewer deer IN
this part of the state than for several
wears past. He holds this view in spite
of the fact that the past summer has
seen more deer damage complaints than
ever before in this county. Mr.. Howard
thinks the increase in complaints is due
10 an increasing tendency to take adj
vantage of the law providing for re-
endorsement from the state.
A suggestion has been made that
Brattleboro have a weather kiosk To-
Gated somewhere on Main street at
which will be indicated the direction
and velocity Of the wind, the tempera.
I ture and baTOmetrie conditions together
with the daily map issued by the
weather bureau. These kiosks are erect
ed by the department OF agriculture
through the weather bureau and are
to be found in many small cities
throughout the country. II Is probable
that the matter will be taken up with
the department in Washington.
Ernest Wood. formerly Of Brattle-
boro. who figured in several petty lar
eenies here about two wears ago, gave
the officers in Castleton the Laugh tri'
dav evening He had been arrested on
the charge of stealing a watch. mileage
book and sl5 in cash from J. 4. Mattl-
SON of Cayendish and bound over to
county court in the sum of $1,000. Inc
man was placed in the lookup until the
arrival of an electric ear from Rutland
upon which he and Deputy Sheriff z. +.
Ransom were to return. When the otfleer
went for Wood il was found that he had
pried q bar from the lookup window and
ESCAPED. II is claimed that Wood stole
the ticket. money and watch while Mat
tison was intoxicated
The Snowflake Canning company ;
factory. which closed Saturday night,
has had a successful season. The pack
amount to 100000 cans of corn and
suceotash. The bulk of the pack was
corn. Since the husking season closed
% persons have been employed. Sew
eral men will be at the factory for a
week or more to finish shipping the prod.
net and within a fortnight representa-
tives of the company will start out TO
contract for next season S corn. IL IS
expected that 400 acres can be contract
ed for. That was practically the acreage
this season This year the company paid
sl7 ton for corn delivered at the rae
torv or sl6 ton delivered at the rail
road in the town where grown. The
company will pay the same prices next
year.
Scotland of Romance and History
will be the subject of the stereoptleon
/ lecture at the Universalist church sun
dav evening at o clock The views are
the finest. revealing the grandeur and
beauty of the Scottish scenery, giving
climpses of the highlands and lowlands.
and including visits to Edinburgh Glas-
cow and other cities, and TO the islands
/ Iona and Staffa. The lecture deals with
places connected with Scottish history.
romance, legend and literature; Views
are shown associated with the historical
characters. William Wallace and Robert
Bruce: scenes are pictured associated
with Sir Walter Scott and his writings,
especially the Lady of the Lake. and
with the beloved Scotch poet, Robert
Burns. A cordial invitation is extended
TO the public.
-Stetson s Uncle Toms Cabin com
pany. which played to a small house IN
the Auditorium Tuesday evening, ex-
pressed its disdain for the Central Fer-
mont and Boston l. Maine railroads
| Wednesday morning when obliged to pay
! for the TRANSFORMATION of two blood
| hounds from Brattleboro to Springfield,
/ Mass, The manager of the company was
/ rather vOciferous as he talked with Bag
ga geman Thomas Guiheen but the latter
/ simply smiled and took the manager 5
money. The manager wanted to snip ms
man eating CANNES as personal property
| Of one of the actors and insisted that
( he could do so without paying but the
rules of the union station baggage room
state otherwise and the man-eaters and
| their eolored keeper went into the bag
gage car only after fare for the dogs
| had been paid
Mrs. Jennie B. Powers. agent of the
| Humane society. has been taking steps.
recently, to prevent the shipment OF
chicke or fowls in eoops too small
and unfit for the purpose: Shipments
/ from West Burke. Vt. to Hancock have
recently passed through Keene with the
chickens much overcrowded and IN
crates in which they could not begin to
stand up. and there have been local ship
1 80 .nnInl irsnantinn Mrs