Today In Brattleboro History

Brattleboro Selectboard approves plan to demolish several of the old buildings and create new green space along the river near the train station.

Brattleboro Board of Trade announces desire to bring together people who have land suitable for gardening purposes and those who wish to cultivate gardens but have no land available.

Mr. Kipling’s “Jungle Book,” a collection of stories of animal life, has just come from the press. The author’s literary conscience was never more conspicuous than in these tales for children. The work is as strong, as vital, and as beautiful as that of his more ambitious books.

The children of the High street school were frightened Wednesday by a band of gypsies who pitched their camp on the school grounds for a few hours.

Reports are numerous of bicyclists acting the part of sidewalk hogs, ignoring the rights of pedestrians. Men and women riders are as bad offenders as the children.

The regulation May cold wave materialized Monday night, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Tuesday morning the people of this region woke up to find a white frost on the ground, and a freeze on vegetation generally, apple blossoms not excepted. The Retreat had 15 acres of potatoes just peeping through the ground, and the young vines will have to make a new start.

“Is it I?” will be the subject of the Rev. T. W. Illman’s sermon at the Universalist church Sunday morning.

The ladders have been placed ready for painting the wood work of the Congregational church spire, but we’ll wager that there are not a baker’s dozen in town who are anxious to give something for the chance to climb to the top and paint the ball above the weather vane.

The dog-faced boy and the human skeleton are well enough known as freaks of nature, but they are not more wonderful than the wingless canary bird owned by Mrs. D. E. Ellis of Cedar street.

An agreement has been substantially completed between the bailiffs and the electric light company for lighting the entire village by electricity. Seventeen additional arc lights will be used, making 22 in all, and these will displace 60 or more gas and gasoline lamps. The lighting will include the north part of the village, Western avenue, Forest Square, Esteyville and Prospect hill.

P. S. Chase received an order from one Massachusetts dealer for “500 to 1000 bushels” (six tons) of dandelions! — to which Peter was obliged to answer that his crop is only equal to the supply of the local trade.

The boys have organized a new drum corps with John Henry Clarkson as drum major.

A. Cline has removed his clothing business to Holyoke, Mass.

Larkin G. Mead has put into marble in his studio at Florence the Snow Angel he sculpted in snow at Brattleboro on New Year’s day when a lad.

A case of discipline in the Grammar school has attracted some attention this week. It seems that one of the largest boys in the school was found to have a pistol in his possession, which he was in the habit of carrying, and which he at first declined to give up in response to Miss Slason’s demand, although he finally complied. The case was referred to the committee, with the result that the boy has been expelled or suspended from the school — at least until he makes suitable acknowledgment of his fault, with promises of better behavior in the future.

The price of sausages doesn’t seem to have been affected yet by the execution of the new dog law. Strange — and yet not strange!

New Confectionery Store. A.B. Parsons, would inform the inhabitants of this place and vicinity that he has fitted up (for the present season) the building No. 1 Elliot Street, next west of Main, where he will be happy to wait upon all who may favor him with a call, and receive orders for all kinds of Pastry, such as Meat, Custard, Lemon, and all the varieties of Fruit Pies; Sponge, Black, Fruit, Pound, Wedding and Common Cake. Ice Creams!

Look out for your heads! A stone of 7 lbs. weight was thrown from a blast at the Depot grounds, into our greatest thoroughfare, near Van Doorn’s Cabinet Shop, on Wednesday.

The last meeting of the school year of the Canal street Parent-Teacher association was held May 10 in the school building with an attendance of over 75 members and guests.

Perley Martin of 75 Pine Street was thrown from his motorcycle Wednesday and one shoulder was injured. He is confined to his house.