Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-27

Mrs Julia A webber has beer
H snoa,s an original pension, q pei
- Frank Howe has rented the old
haoley meat market room in Richard.
son plock and is fitting it up for a
The Goth anniversary of the Wind.
nam county association of Rant;St
cnurches will be held with the Bantist
church of Wilmington "Wednesday an q
Thursday of this week.
o-Ihe base ball game scheduled for
saturday afternoon between tbe H0sierv
ana Hlnsdale teams was not played .
the Hinsdales did not appear, so apame
was played with picked nine, which
resulted In favor OF the Hosiery.
Rev and Mira J. + Camfield and
child, home Missionaries in South ia.
kota and also connected with the Ward
academy of the same state. passed
through Brattleboro yesterday, en- route
for their home, after vacation of some
Two months in Vermont. Mr. Garfield
is supported by the Woman's Home
Missionary union of Vermont.
Leland Carlton and Ronald Osgood
were out in the fearful storm of Satur.
day on Long Island Sound on the wav
from New York with cargo CT coal
to Cohasset, Mass. Their steamer ran
in for safety to Stonington, Conn, leay.
ing there yesterday. On reaching Co.
hasset the boys will come home, having
given up their plan for trip by cattle
steamer to England, because the start
would have TO be made so late as to pre-.
vent their getting back in season for
school.
Miss Elizabeth Hyde of Washing
ton, ID c, daughter of the late William
hyde OF this place left at II H Thomp-
SON an old English verge watch for re-
poirs. AS was the custom in olden
days every Jeweler put his card in the
back OF the watch the card In this one
is marked, sd b Thompson, Watch
maker, Brattleboro'. Bat the most in
teresting thing about it is the date,
May ., 1885" on the back, probably
written by Mr. Hyde. This shows that
the Thompson jewelry store is one of
the Oldest in the state.
Mrs. Bridget Fitzgerald, very aged,
formerly of this place, died Friday at
the home of her son, Thomas FItzger-
aid, in New London, where she had lived
for al past year. The disease WAS acute
tentero-colitis.o or Inflammation of the lin
ing of the small intestine and Gallon, and
the illness brief one. The death certiti-
cate, as 1t comes from Connecticut,
gives her age as about GO, but this is
obviously an error, as she was very
aged woman. She and her husband,
who died here a few years ago, came
here from County Kerry. Island, and
settled at Slate Rock in Guilford some
90 years ago, being people well
along in years. Besides the son. she is
also survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Samuel Boyce of WestTield, Mass. The
remains were brought here on the II 10
train yesterday and the funeral held
from St. Michaels (Roman Catholic
church.
Chief Engineer Sanders of the fire
department has submitted plan for its
reorganization to the bailiffs which they
will act upon at a special meeting this
to be submitted to the village for final
decision. His idea, as it il understood.
is that the department can be put upon
Dusls at oISf illOlC CSOuOulNdi anu uloiC
efficient, and at the same time perhaps
with better pay to the tiremen. He
thinks that the membership of several
of the companies can be reduced with
advantage, that the office of clerk can
be abolished and his duties, which are
summed up in the ro!l.call and semi
yearly payment Of members, performed
by the assistant steward. AT the steam
er house and at the hook and ladder
house there have been four stewards,
two at each house. This duty OF caring
for the building and making coffee at
time of a fire, he suggests, could he
done by one steward at house. With
two at building the responsibility be-
comes less and carelessness in attendance
of duties1may easily result. Should the
matter of reducing the membership of
the companies be consid red advisable,
would follow. Should
become subject of con-
sideration. in re.electing members care
should be taken to have members within
a convenient radius Of the center OF the
village.