Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-01
MRS II Morse's millinery opening
VIII take place October II and IL.

was we'll known 10 Brattleboro. d ed nj
MS nome Friday after an illness of
several weeks. =
The smoke STACK on the rower
STATION or the the Brattleboro Gaslipht
company mas received new coat of
paint tlis week.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Y
NJ Z A will hold it's first meeting of
the season this afternoon ip the asso
ciatlon parlors. Mrs G + II .Deppe will
give paper on my Visit to the
Tower of London. -
The pool and billiards rooms of
the BROOKS House have been thorouph.
~ Iefltted by their proprietor. William
n snow, new cushions having been
placed on all three tables. Mr. Snow
expects TO place fourth table in the
rooms within a short time,
There has heen much talk of late
regarding the filthy condition Of Main
street where the public carriages have
their stands, and movement ia on
1901 TO have the matter reported to the
health officer who will enter a com
plant with the road commissioner.
Geo + Bishop who had been so i'll
at a hospital in Pittsteld, Mass. has
so far recovered that he was able 10 be
brought home yesterday. He can now
take liquid food and it is believed
that he will recover if no new com
plicatlons set in.
w G Doolttle has bought of A G.
Barnes the Tyler johnson timber lot
near the Vernon railroad station for
$500 and will begin running it
right away. John Field of Greenfield
will do the saving and will move his
mill into the lot next week. The lot
is good one of chestnut and pine.
A one club match, six holes, for
the women of the Wautastiquet golf
club is the fixture for tomorrow after
noon. The first round of the match
play for men in competition for the
Wantastiquet cup will take place Sat
urdAy afternoon. This trophy has to
be won three times for permanent pos
session, every winner having his name
inscribed on the face of the cup
The work of painting and removal
ing the headquarters of the fire de-
partment is nearly completed, and the
bailiffs are to be congratulated on the
thorough piece of work they have
done. The outside of the building has
been painted dark red with black
penciling and the inside has been
painted upstairs and down. The two
trout rooms and the bedroom upstairs
have received new coats of paper, and
a bath room has been added.
The Eastern Province Herald of
Port Elizabeth, Cape of Coed Hope,
South Africa, OF Aug Dist, reports
the safe arrival there of As Holstein
and Ayrshire cattle which Chas Wet
Grill Of Cornwall, aided by Fl g CLARK
picked up in this county, mainly in
Wilmington and Londonderry last
summer for shipment to South Africa.
The Herald says the cattle arrived in
pink of condition and not single loss
was sustained in the voyage of 36 days.
In the shipment was Holsteiu bull,
|31a years old, from the Brattleboro Re-
treat herd and the Herald says. "No
finer representative of the strain has
ever been introduced in this country. -
MIR Wetterill, who has been engaged
for 10 years past in shipping Vermont
merinos to South Africa went into
cattle this time as an experiment and
if the venture proves Suct sseful will
repeat it.
There were nine participants in the
nine hole one club match for men at
Wantastiquet golf links Saturday after
noon, Howard Wellman finally winning
with a score OF So. At the end of the
prescribed nine holes Wellman and Tas-
kar we're even, each having 50 for a
score, and they were obliged to play an
additional nine holes to settle the
question of supremacy. Wellman Sc
cured another 55 but Tasker WAS una
BILE to negotiate the course in less than
81. Following is the score bv holes of
the last round between Wellman and
Tasker:
wellman, 10 5-55
Tasker, q ! b-oi
The other players who returned cards
we're Edwards, 50; Boyden. 81: Howe
60; Thomr son. GO; Rice, 81; Bigelow,
20. Most of the players used mid
iron as their choice OF clubs, Wellman
being among that number, although
several including Tasker, played with
ceek
Fannie A Howard, 60, wife of
Peter S Chase, died early Sunday
morning at her home on Chestnut
street after an illness with cancer OF
two years duration. She had been in
poor health for much longer time
but it was not until two years ago
that the cancer developed. Mrs Chase
was born in Jamaica, the daughter of
Willard and Abigail tChassl Howard,
and lived in that town until lSGoo
when she came to Brattleboro and
worked at Vermont asylum. now the
Brattleboro Retreat, for three years.
She was married to Mr. Chase in June,
1868, and had lived since that time,
Besides her husband she is survived
by two brothers. Mason F Howard of
Jamaica and Henry Howard of Belvi-
dore. Ill, and two sisters. Mrs Elwln
CLAYTON and Mrs Laurette Kellogg or
Jamaica. Mrs Chase was woman of
great strarg of character and through
her long Illness showed iemarkabls
fortitude. This funeral ~6s held from
the house this afternoon at 2 o'clocl,
Rev F E Marble Of the Baptist church
What was at first thought to be
case of horse stealing but later proved
TO be nothing more than jumped Nv
erv bill had its beginning THURSDAY
morning when Liveryman @ 5 Stock
we'll LEFT one of his teams to travelling
man who had registered at the BROOKS
House as Ii Joseph of New YORK clty.
The man had hired team oil MI
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