The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-26
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Tinker's singing orchestra will fur
nish music for the dance at Island
park tonight
The public schools We're in session
this forenoon to make up in part for
the two days vacation during the Val
ley fair.
Charles Miner will start with Duke,
his big horse, tomorrow for Great Bar
rlngton, where the animal will be on
exhibition during the four days of the
fair there next week.
Large shipments of ferns by express
are coming down the West River branch |
OF the Central Vermont railroad every |
morning. Most Of them are shipped
to Springfield and Salem, Mass.
Miss Margaret O Brien of Northamp |
ton entertained the X L. B. club Thurs
day evening the young women of the
office OF the Nonotuck Silk company in
honor of Miss Esther Dieter, who is to
be married to Robert Z. Burnham of
Brattleboro October 8.
Doctor c., the race horse that was
50 badly cut on one foreleg in the 2.25
stake race Tuesday at the Valley fair,
was brought to the stable of F. A. Lar
| row this morning in the automobile
van used by Charles Miner in trans
porting his big horse, Duke.
The speaker at the weekly luncheon
OF the Burlington Merchants assoeia
ton Thursday was James P. Taylor,
| secretary Cf the Greater Vermont asso-
elatlon, and among the topics discussed
were the irrigation proposition in this
| country and the motor car service out
| of Brattleboro.
A. w. Sweeton, county agricultural
agent, will take to the Bellows Falls
fair next Tuesday Il part of the state
| experiment station 5 exhibit that was
on exhibition at the Valley fair, also
the county exhibit. On the following
day they will be on exhibition at
Farmers day in Wilmington.
Through inadvertance on the part of
the Valley fair management no an
nounccm@nt was made Wednesday of
the winner of the prize of So for the
best decorated float by a fraternal or
ganiZation. This prize was awarded to
Quonckticut tribe. No. ,, l. r. o. NJ,
and Pocdhontas council, No. i, ID. OF p.
Mrs. 6. H. Smith is having her fall
opening in millinery today and is show
popular styles. The decorations in her
window are especially pretty, there be
ing a large green willow basket of
terms in the center, from which are
strcamers of wide green ribbon extend
ING to the sides of the window. \ few
; hats are shown in the window, both for
evening and street wear. The opening
I will continue through Monday.
The funeral of Mrs Gilman Warren,
who died Wednesday. was held at 100
G clock yesterday afternoon in the
: home on Greenleaf street, West Brat
| tIeboro. Rev Thomas W. Owens, pas
v tor of the Methodist church, offciated
II and Fred C.. Adams sang two selec.
tons The body was taken to Yer
/. non for burial. The bearers were her
: three sons. Walter |. Warren Of
T. Waterbury. Conn. William B. War
r rem of Halifax and Merton II. Warren
ri OF Maiden, Mass. and q nephew, A.
# Warren of Orange MISS.
The Norwich University Record, re
r. porting Il recent meeting of the Union
~ club in the Brown library, said: - Prof
Il Arthur Wallace Peach, author and pro
fessor OF English literature TT Norwich
O university. gave 4 most instructive ano
r interesting address on o. Henry, Inter
n prefer II was learned that o. Henry
was merely the pen name of William
II, Sidney Porter, whose short, busy life
:. nas filed with study of the common
n ,e6plc. He did not write of jewellers
in palaces but rather of the people
i whom he met every day, with keel
Is understanding of their pleasures an,
T. sorrows. Prof. Peach gave sympa
hectic picture of this talented write
] whose fife closed before he was wei
70 understood but whose work is so real
:. istic that he win have Il permanent
place and high rank among American