Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-09-24

FINE line OF trimmed dress hats.
outing mats and veilings at Mrs S s
The First Regiment band will give
concert tonight on the Brooks House
balcony. Se
The dance planned for Melrose hall
the hrstnight Of the Fair will be held
at Brookside park.
tine $40 train was delayed an hour
at Dommerston yesterday morning bv
the breaking OF connection rod.
-kooms wanted Valley Fair Week.
PEOPLE willing to rent them please leave
names at Brooks House office. 1866
The electric cars we're unable to run
for about three hours Yesterday after
noon on account Of the slipping Of u
clutch at the power station.
Remember that Flagg Bros are still in
brattieboro and will serve you the best
oOc dinner when you come to the Fair.
e + Barrett,an evangelist of Brattle-
boro, will be the speaker OF the after.
noon at the mems meeting of the Rnt.
land Young Mems Christian association
next Sunday.
The Brattlebnro Hosiery baseball
team went to Bellows Falls Saturday
and was defeated by the local team of
that town by score Of to 3. The game
was exceedingly close throughout.
"A special conclave of Beauseant
commandry, Knights Templar, will be
held in Masonic hall Saturday evening
to make arrangements for the annual
field day which will be held in Keene,
Nh.
AT a meeting of the board of stew
ards of the Methodist church last evan.
ing 1t was finally decided to buy pipe
| organ for the church. The instrument
will be the first one turned out of the
Estey Organ company's new department.
p W Miller has sold his farm on
Dummerston Hill, known as the Bennett
place, to David Barrett, who has sold
the Samuel Bradley place above West
Brattleboro to John A Winter. Both
transactions were made through the
agency Of A V May.
Pert of the 23d light battery
United States artillery corps, passed
through here on the White Mountain
train Friday afternoon, bound for
Fort Ethan Allen. in Burlington,
where the battery, which is just being
organized, is to have a post. The
men have been at Fort Hamilton, New
York harbor, and many look forward
with dread to the rigors of northern
Vermont winter.
At meeting OF Ethan Allen lodge,
New England Order OF Protection, held
in G A X Hall last night, Mrs Rhoda
Haywood was elected financial secretary
to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton Of Mrs Mixer. Mrs Mary Wardner
was chosen vice warden; Harvey Noble.
VIM Haywood and Mrs Anna Schepp as
trustees. After partaking of lunch and
listening to some excellent vocal and in
strumental music, the meeting adjourned
to meet Oh the evening OF Oct S, when
all members both old aud new are re.
quested to be present.
The Northampton correspondent OF
the Springfield Republican has the
following to say regarding the Kind
heartedness of E c Crosby:
Director Crosby Of the Northampton and
Amherst road has received q letter from
Northampton young woman ntimating that
it Is cruel and soulless thing for his corpora
ton to tear away from them their HATFIELD
Young men at 8 O'Clock Sunday evening. NO
man with the slightest claim OF having a
sympathetic heart could resist such an appeal
AS that. and there will be a car at 81 m
hereafter on Sundays even though there is
little recompense beyond the heartfelt thanks
mentioned in the letter.
Mr. And Mrs Edward p Coe Of
Euglewood, N Il, arrived here Satur.
day from Dublin, n d, having made
the trip in the locomobile 10 which
they have been touring for the past
few weeks. The machine, which IS
the surrey model of three years ago,
broke down several times between
here aud Dublin and it was shipped
to the factory in Bridgeport yesterday
for repairs. Mr. aud Mrs Coe will
remain in Brattleboro until after the
Valley FAIR, and then return to their
home by train. Up to the time the
locomobile gave out about 600 miles
had been covered within few weeks,
the marty having started from Bridge
mort and been through most OF the
towns in southern New Hampshire.
Ii was the intention of Mr. and Mrs
Coe to make the return trip through
the Berkshires.
Miss Mary Poland, superintendent
of schools in towns adjoining Spring.
field and formerly supervisor at
Brattleboro, repeated by request, q
paper she had given elsewhere at the
Library Institute at Greenwich, Mass,
Friday. Her subject was How Can
Books Fulfil Their Mission in
Small Community She spoke OF the
need of books in the humdrum LIE
of the hillside farms and OF the prac-
teal results she had seen in the tfaV-
aIing Libraries sent out to towns com
ing under her jurisdiction. MANY of
these were books given her by the
Springfield library as too badly worn
to be of service, hut which proved not
to have outlived their usefulness. Sha
smoke very strongly of the need OF
trained service among the people
where such book are circulated.
An exciting pursuit race between
the delivery wagons of the American
Express company took place 90 MAIN
street Friday evening shortly after .
O'Clock. Both teams we're standing
ia front of the Express Office when
the horse on one of the wagons
started suddenly towards Main street,
De failed to obey the WHO'S
which we're hurled after him but
turned toward Browns stable, nar'
rowly missing collision with sn cleo,
trio car at the corner of High ana
Main streets. Walter Bartlett and
one of the other employees OF the
companv jumped on the other wagon
m, +,o fret one started ana