The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-08-11

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the Home of the Aged.
Rev. +. j. Lewis of West Brattle'
boro will conduct the service al the Re
treat chapel Sunday afternoon at 3
o clock.
-Auctioneer A. w. J. wilkins dis
posed of large amount of the bank
rupt stock of the q. A. Gibbs store in
the American building last evening AZ
public auction.
Friendship circle will meet with
Supper will be served on the basket
picnic plan. Members are requested 10
be present as early as 3 clock.
Sampson & Murdoch, the Boston
directory publishing concern, have had
a representative in town this week re-
vising the Brattleboro data in the New
England business directory,
The executive committee of the
Holstein. Friesian association of Amerl'
ca held session in the ASSOCIATION
rooms last week. The, members present
were, President Charles w, Wood OF
Worcester, Fred II. Field of Brockton,
w. A. Madison of Utica, Wing r. Smith
of Syracuse. Isaac Dalrymple of Otselle,
y. Y, and John Lynch OF Olney, ILL.,
Kings Musical Comedy company
has been giving nightly performances
nj Island park this week, and will close
its engagement with a lady minstrel
show this and tomorrow evenings. The
entertainment furnished by this CON.
pany has been well worth the price of
admission, and good audiences have
been the rule since Monday night.
Richard Leray Is horse took notion
to travel unattended Wednesday fore
noon and made hurried trip out Flat
10 Main street and across the Connectl.
cut river bridge before il was captured.
As the horse turned the corner of Fiat
and Main street the wagon went over
and was dragged the rest of the distance
on its side hut aside from scratches TO
the paint no damage was done. The AM
NAL was uniniured.
Civil Engineer J. W. Morrison OF
the Central Vermont railroad while IN
town this week intimated that his com
panv intended TO proceed soon with
building the oyerpass over the OLD pas
senger station as originally planned. lie
said that he wished the Twin state Gas
& Electric company = gas house was out
of the wav so that work on the ramn,
or inclined road. could begin. rms
statement was made to a railroad EN-
plove and indicated the intention Of the
road TO construct the overpass as
planned.
During the "a hours ending Satur'
day noon three freight trains averaging
over 25 ears each and loaded exclusive
" with sugar and coffee passed through
Brattleboro. For month past the
freight traffic over the Central Vermont
has been verv heavy and local railroad
men believe it is case of absolute ne
cessitv to have a double track between
Brattleboro and South Vernon. A well.
informed railroad man said Saturday
that he doubted if there was another
l0.mile stretch of road in tins country
which moves as many ears and as many
tons of freight every day as the INK
between BrattlebOro and South vernon.
It is a common occurrence 10 nave
trains sent over the road every hour OF
the dav. That there has not been
serious mix.up is due to extreme care
in handling the trains.
Arthur F. Roberts has placed his
collection of canes, described in The Re
former recently. in one of the windows
of his store and it is attracting great
deal of attention. Mr. Roberts has re-
ceived several offers. from people wish
inc TO buy the collection. Since the
canes were described in this paper Mr.,
Roberts has discovered several unique
sticks which he had heretofore supposed
to be simply solid canes without any
thing TO make them especially interest
ing. One OF these canes CONTAINED q
stiletto in the handle. He had discovered
several sword canes and one with q
rifle barrel extending the entire length
Of the stick but the stiletto was so
cleyerlv concealed that he did not find
il until he had the collection many
months. He found q slender bottle OF
frail glass extending the entire length
of one cane with the exception OF about
three inches at the top IN which ne
found small glass evidently designed
to hold about two teaspoonfuls OF WINE.
The last two weeks have been busy
ones at Fort Dummer Mills and the
Heights. Work has been rushed on the
mill and the structure will soon be ready
to receive the concrete ground moor.
The brick work has been pushed during
the past fortnight and Is nearly com
pleted. The Heights is a busy place.
Cellars are being eXcavated for the IL
two-tenement houses which syndicate
of local men will build. Within two
weeks frames Will be up for all OF these
houses. and the Heights will begin TO
resemble a boom settlement within
month. ne slTttlo dllcddN IAN 'N'
are being used daily by teamsters en-
Gagged in drawing material to the sites
of the several houses. This use OF the
new streets will put them in condition.
The small trees, shrubbery and under
brush along the east slope of the Heights
have been cut away and magnlncent
view of the Connecticut river for several
miles can be obtained. All of the small
growth has been cut away on TINS slope
leaving only straight and thrifty, trees
The result is a grove covering the en-
tire slope.
An attempt has been made to abate
the nuisance of debris and evil doors III
milestone brook by making an opening
in the dam below the bridge and allow
ing the water to run in a marrow chan
mel instead of spreading out INTO pond
as has been the case. Selectman John
Calvin wrote to General Manager y. =;
Jones of the Central Vermont railroad
ana explained that much OF the min an9
debris which heretofore had collected
on the crest of the dam would be carried
into the Connecticut river if hole could
be made in the dam near the bed OF the
brook. The water power is not USED as
the mill site owned by the Z. V. railroad
is vacant and the Twin State Gas
Electric company does not utilize the
mower. Mr.. Jones and superintendent
p. M. Adds of the gas company agreed
TO a puncture being made in the dam as
ner the suggestion of Mr.. Calvin, pro-
yided the town would put the water
power into commission at any tlne
either of the owners should require u.
This nraposition was agreeable to Mr..
Calvin and Tuesday afternoon the pune
fure was made and the contents. Of the
small pond were swept out into the Con-
necticnt The landscape was also I'M
proved by shower bath from, hose at
5ached to q high pressure hydrant.
Frank Demarco. about 65 years old.
7ied at Reed street Saturday morn
ne about six o'clock after complain-
me for a day of severe pains in his
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