The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-05
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Rev. J. X. Cow will conduct the
Chapel service at the Retreat next sun,
day afternoon AT 3 clock.
Palestine canton will hold dance
IN Odd Fellows halls Wednesday even.
ing, May 10. Both halls will be. open.
-. Il. Young has his remodeled
home at the corner of Central and
Washington streets practically com.
pleted.
"A still alarm called out the chemi
cal engine for grass fire near the
home Of Frank w. Nichols on Forest
street Saturday morning.
-Wantastsiquet lodge of Odd Eel.
lows will confer the first degree upon
a class of seven candidates at the reg,
ular meeting Monday evening
Antonio deFretti, employed on the
Central Vermont construction gang at
the station, had one of the fingers on
his left hand crushed Monday, heavy
piece of stone falling upon il.
The first real spring shower ar.
rived Monday evening about III o clock
and the effect upon prass and buds was
noticeable Tuesday morning, The
shower was accompanied by lightning
and thunder.
George +. Croll will move from
Highland street TO his new two tene-
ment house on Pine street within a
week. Fred Spaulding, IT., who has
bought the Highland street house, will
take possession May 10.
Harry w. Jefts has bought Ford
taxicab of Manley Brothers and will
operate il as a public conveyance this
summer. He will have his stand near
Thomas s drug store and will keep an
order book at that place.
Several residents on South Main
street and Canal street have souvenirs
of the destruction Of the ledge near the
railroad crossing in the shape of pieces
of rock thrown over the house.tOps by
the force of the dynamite explosions.
Some of these pieces of rock were
found half way up the South Main
street >hill.
The headquarters of the municipal
government We're transferred Wednes-
day morning from the Office of n. j.
! Waterman to III. G.. Barber g Office
"Mayor" Barber's telephone call is
| 355 and persons troubled because their
neighbor 3 hens OF dogs raise havoc
with the flower garden should ask for
that number
Edward II. Glynn of Greenfield and
/ Nav T.. Ketcham of Putney, were mar
ried Saturday evening by Rev. Neil Nc
| Pherson at his home in Springfield
Mass. The mother and sister of the
groom were the only attendants; Mr.
! Glynn is well known in Brattleboro,
having been employed at different
times as clerk in Miller S candy store
The Vermont Teachers Retirement
/ Fund association, chartered under the
Vermont statutes for the purpose of re.
ceiving donations and requests and
distributing the revenue derived from
| them in aid of deserving teachers, has
recently completed its bylaws. Inc
membership. which is limited to 80. in
cludes Mrs. C. C. Fits and Miss Flor,
ence NJ. Wellman of this town. Coy.
ernor Mead is president of the organ-
cation.
The Connecticut river reached its
| highest point this season early Wednes..
day morning, overlooking portion OF
| the ballfeld on the island. Since tnen
the water has been receding gradually.
! 4 story was in circulation early this
week that the Connecticut River Pow
er company was planning to put nine
! foot fashboards on the dam this sum
mer but officers of the corporation say
/ there is absolutely nothing to the ri,
NOR. Flashboards of this height would
raise the water enough to submerge
practically all of the island.
Members of the musical clubs of
the University of Vermont, who gave
concert in Grange hall Friday even
| ing. were entertained during their stay
| in Brattleboro by Vermont ainnhl'
Upon the arrival on the .O7 tram the
men were shown about the business
section of the town by O; Is: Hughes
/ IL pf X
! Anderson two students from the medl-
cal department of the university were
| nermitted to witness an operation AT
| the Memorial hospital. Or. f. H.
| O,Connor, another Vermont aiumnus'
assisted in showing the visitors about
| town.
The upper part of the house OF ,.
T, Rice on the Chesterfield road about
mile beyond the suspension Drlage
was badly damaged by fire last FRIDAY
morning. The family was unaware OF
the fire until warned by passer-py
that smoke was issuing from. beneath
the shingles on the roof. A bucKet
brigade was organized as quickly az
possible and the flames were prreVentea
| from burning through the rafters az
though considerable damage was ooI It
to the rooms on the second hoor. IL
| is DpllbNGu budU nay
defective stove pipe.
An audience that filed Grange ma nan
was agreeably entertained by the IN IN
versity of Vermont musical clups III
dav evening. The program was Varleu;
containing selections by the combined
clnhs fine instrumental club, the gee
clnh string quartet and double quartet.
Tn addition to the musical numbers
tbore was one recitation by Seth John
con III who showed himself to be eX-
fpemelv clever in use of the Fren I1a
| Canadian dialect. j. r. Roberts, "a
sang two baritone solos, The song ol
the Sword and Mandalay, tnat dlspiay
| ed pleasing and well-trained Voiee
He played his own accompahiirn nir'
fnelv The best numbers by the lnstrue
mental club. which was composed OF
fonr violins. four mandolins, vloia,
Ante clarionet, cornet and piano, were
4he Madam Sherry selection ana a
Vision of SaIome, the latter played az
an encore to the last number on tne
nrooram The glee club did its pes :t
work in topical songs: making 4 nv
with a medley of limerlcks. AlGg 9 .n1
concert dancing was enjoyed 9nI ~ nh H.
niobt. music being furnished py INC
college orchestra.
The recent attempt to. dynaml.e
the municipal group tower IN opiIhhs
a ABOUT five years that high explosives ef
had been placed for the puippso o y.
destroying d property upon which M con
tractors we're at work in western oT MASS mass,
ashqetts T fsw pp fassd 'e9 The
y, ort Of a bridge being built py d
L Lnedo o. contractor for the Central yer,
mo mont sb falf0a gone off the nearly finished