The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-07
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

LoCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
- Bingham chapter, o. +. :. held
regular eonvocation in the Masoni
temple Tuesday evening
Rev. +. Q. $. Osgood will condnc
the chapel service at the Retreat mex
sunday afternoon at 3 clock.
The. Ladies Enterprise society ol
served the Fourth with a basket pieni
IN the schoo'house grove in Estevvillf
Road Commissioner II. +. PER-,
mas ms week completed n cement wal
nearly the entire length of Mvrtl
street.
The first sacred concert AT Islam,
Park was given sunday afternoon h,
the First Regiment band. +. G. Left
singer conductor. There will be a con
cert there every Sunday afternoon dur
ing the summer.
The only business of importanc,
transacted al the meeting of the y. +
u. T., Wednesday evening of last weel
was the voting of an inducement I,
members who would Join the degree
STAFF under II. Z. Harris.
Daniel l.. Braine has sold Fiv,
Maple farm in Marlboro to II. H. Good
win of New York city. Mr.. Goodwin
took possession july l. Mr.. Braine in
tends TO remain in Vermont and viii
probably live in Brattleboro for while
Rev. II. l.. Ballou. pastor of tn,
| Congregational church of Chester. viii
preach in the Centre church SUNDAY
morning, in place of Rev. ROY NJ
lIoughton. Mr.. Ballou is grand.mastel
of the Masons and all Mastons are cor
daily invited TO attend the service.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ. White of !
| Willow street We're given surpris,
party by 80 of their friends last FRIDAY
evening in honor of their first wedding
anniversary. Five hundred was PLAYED
and ice.cream, cake and lemonade were
served The host and hostess were
presented with a picture.
Tuesday was a dav of family picnic.
and several hundred of the inhabitants
celebrated the Fourth bv trims up the
river, to the fair ground, to Esteyville
or to Maple Grove farm. picnics being
held at all of these points besides a
number of small family parties which
were TO be found in different parts of
the village.
Mary c. Davis has sold her two cot
tage houses on Highland street to John
+. Gale Of Guilford who buys for an
investment. w. G, Horton S agency has
charge of the property. This. agency
has also recently sold two building lots
in the Oak Grove section and ii is eX.
pected that houses will soon be erected
upon the land.
Dealers obeyed the law with regard
to the sale of explosives and only sma
squibs were to be found in the hands OF
small bows Tuesday. It is hardly prob
able that local dealers will give orders
for celebrating material for next season
in view of the sentiment of this village
toward observing the Fourth of July
in safe and sane manner.
Some sort of tree pest has been
discovered on the elms along Canal
street by William G. Horton. II is IN
the form of n tiny white cocoon and
is to be found upon the branches and
trunks of the trees. As vet the leaves
have not. been attacked. Mr., Horton
sent samples of the cocoon to Prot.
Perkins of the University of Vermont
and has received word that the stare
experiment station will give tn, matter
careful attention and report. Mr.. Hor-
ton saws that the cocoons give lndlca-
tion of producing a caterpillar.
A. II. Bixby of Prospect street wit
messed a pitched battle one day TINS
week between good-sized brown snake
and husky robin. The affair took place
in the street opposite Mr.. Bixby s house.
1t took several minutes Tor the pled 70
yanquish the reptile ana at tne Iili sii
the snake was found dead Win us n3Gn
tied in perfect KNOT, me i4 tran
and uttered a song of iov before depart
inc from the scene. The dust in the
street at times was so thick that neltner
the bird or snake could be Distinguish
ed
a. a. Ios+ reo,lar meeting of
Al tne an ~ ~ Rad Men II was
Iiips u " two meetings
month during July and August, me
great chiefs elected for the reservation
of Vermont for the next great sun are:
Great prophet, w. l.. MandIgo OF Pc.
lows Falls; great sachem: NJ. Y. LeI'
mond of Barre; great senior sycamore
F. f. Marshall of Beecher rails; @rea'
innior sycamore, II. E. Harris or Prat,
tleboro: great chief of records, JONI
Storey of Hardwick; great keeper OF
wampum. E. L. Parker of Brattle:ln,oIo,
The next great council session VIII oe
held at Barre Aug. 81.
MI hoo,t;eS of Brattleboro are
line pea d,,nrt;sed more extensively
for the next FEW w dayWS wilkins kin the auc.
weeks past. A. w. >. v W. ,ih non,,tv sher.
toneer was deslgnatea a nH t DGpu parts Of
if G. E. Mann to sen LA eer 10 cent i store
the stock OF the 2 J., ana Goo do 0e A. Gibbs
formerly op pTnptcv oy and the sale took
now in S oanEfap''s afternoon fn Postal
apards were the "best sellers ana AUG.
t t;nneer wilkins sold them at ten for
fione Cents or 100 for five cents, or 1000
aeT bid He sold about 10000 of r5 5hsss
away with hands, pockets, and IN a;s s3me
Instances their arms full of picture