The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-05
Those Who Did Much Else
Realized How Hot it Was
= Official Thermometer
Set New Record of 80 De-
grees for This Summer =
RefOrmer Office a Busy
Place During Progress of
SO-Called Scrap at Toledo

Yesterday was the quietest Fourth in
Brattleboro within the memory OF the
oldest nhabitant Not Only was the usu-
al amount Of noise noticeable ~ its alb
sence, but the activities Of the townsfolk
seemed subdued and languid compared to
other years, due probably to the extreme
heat. 1t was really a scorcher OF day
There was comparatively little humidity,
and at noon considerable breeze. but
as far as straight heat was concerned it
set a new record for the year, L. r.
Naughan's official thermometer recording
80 degrees
OF a like peaeefulness was the might
betoIc. 70 be sure there were few
mild explosions around midnight, and a
bonfire or two on Main street. but no
false or real alarms of fire profaned the
hot night air, and there was no occasion
for undue activity on the part Of the vii
lage police force The usual bonfire at
the junction Of Main and Elliot streets
was OF large proportions and in gathering
material for it the boys had the novel as
sstance of two side-car motorcycles. An
exceptionally large number of persons and
automobiles were gathered around, and an
amusing incident occurred when hot
air balon sailed over the blaze and was
propelled upwa.d bN the flames with the
velocity OF a sky-rocket.
Around noon Yesterday the fire depart
ment responded TO still alarm for a
blaze on the railroad bank in the rear
Of the Barrows coal sheds. Nothing else
but the heat disturbed the department
throughout the day
\ great many people from this end of
the town went to West Brattleboro yes
terday morning to see the parade while
a good many more attended the morning
ball game at Island park. In the after
noon the crowd at the park was the larg-
! est of the year-big enough to be remi-
ncent of Twin State days
Shortly before o'clock sporting fol-
lowers began gathering about The Re
| former bulletin board in anticipation of
news from the big fight" out at Toledo
By the time bulletins of the so-ealled
scrap began to arrive more than hun
dred enthusiasts were gathered in front
of the board, their sympathies about even
" divided between Jess and Jack News
of the first round however, dispelled any
doubt as to the outcome. From then on
it was merely the narrowing details that
| the crowd stayed to read In addition to
| bulletining the fight by rounds The Re
former office supplied the news in re
sponse to hundreds oi telephone calls,
which came from Hinsdale, Winchester,
| Walpole, Charlestown, Bellows Falls and
| Townshend, as well as Brattleboro
| Soon after noon yesterday news came
from Springfield, Vt, that the airplane
! due to participate in the celebration there
! had not arrived and was likely to pass
over Brattleboro at any time. Watching
| for the flyer proved comfortable diver
sion for a great many people, and not a
i few OF them were rewarded about 4.30
/ by a view of the plane as it winged its
way northward high above the Connect
! cut
The holiday passed into the evening
with the same calm that marked its prog
ress through the daylight hours. Aside
| from few small displays of fireworks,
and the dance at Island park, it was, as
one man expressed it, ''deader'n Sunday