Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21
HINsDALE.

u HINsDALE.
i The Red Men conferred the chief
-, degree on five candidates Tuesda,
h evening,
Services will be held every Tuesda,
e and Friday evening during Lent, at st
Joseph's church.
7 The recent two nights fair of tn,
Universalist ladies netted $780, 81 fo
the church treasury.
:. Rev. d. A. Ball will preach in thu
= Universalist church Sunday in the alb
: sence of Rev. r. ID. Van Tassel.
!, Miss Minnie Snow was called tc
J Boston, Friday, by the death of heI
! cousin, Frank Snow, who visited here
!. last summer.
! Eight hundred and seven dollars was
{ paid the "A members of the fire depart
ment Saturday night when they were
paid off for the year.
, The selectmen have paid Mrs. Aus
: ain Dickerman 5000 on account of in
} juries received by being run into by
some children coasting on one of the
| back streets.
Fifty from here went to South YER
non by special train Friday afternoon,
where they enjoyed a hot turkey sup
per served by Landlord Alderman and
passed the evening with cards and So
ciability. The party returned home
between IL and y O'Clock.
E, B. Sanderson, son of d. L. San
derson of this town and proprietor of
a large clothing store in Waterbury,
Ct, escaped loss from the recent great
fire in that city, though blocks on
both sides of the one in which his
store is located were destroyed.
The marriage of Timothy Plant of
Fall River, Mass, to Miss Jennie Bean
of this place, took place at ST. Jo-
seph's church February 10. Rev. ID. c.
Ling performing the ceremony, after
which wedding breakfast was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Plant will live in Hins-
dale for the present.
The ladies of the Congregational So
ciety gave an enjoyable social in their
vestry last week Wednesday evening.
Music was furnished by J. II. Wether
bee, violin, and W. c. Lyman piano,
and vocal selections were given by s.
o. Davenport and Eloise White. Four
young ladies presented a dialogue "a
Morning Call, !" and several others gave
"The Old Maids Lament" which
caused much amusement There was
also a rel itation by Paul Whitaker and
a reading by Miss M. F. King,
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Freeman of New
Salem, Mass, are visitors in town. -
Mr. and Mrs. James O'Brien visited
in Ludlow last week Mr.. and Mrs. t
F. W. Robertson and daughter started
Monday on their trip to New Orleans
and California. Mrs. Peter Bowie has
gone to Wallingford, VT, to visit her
Sister Mrs. S. K. Hildreth has been
housed for over week by i'll T
ness. Miss F. NJ. King is at
her home in Northampton Mass.
Rev. r. D. Van Tassel is visiting at
his home in Morristown, N. Y. where |
he attended his brothers wedding
which took place Wednesday. Mrs.
Benjamin of Baltimore Md, will
spend the remainder of the winter with
her sister, Mrs. Nelson Richardson.
Mrs. Cynthia S. Hosford, widow of
the late Capt. Horace Hosford, and for
many years resident of this town,
died at the home of her daughter in
Roxbury, Mass. Thursday, of heart
failure following an attack of the grip.
She was nearly II years of age and
leaves two sons Dwight A. Hosford of
this town and Frank Fl. Hosfoid of
Lebanon, and two daughter, Mrs. +.
d. Crowningshield of Cato N. Y, and
Mrs John G. McKie of Roxbury,
Mass, where she died. The tody was
brought here Saturday and the funeral
was held Sunday at the home of Mrs
Addie E. Dix, Rev. w. F. White of
the Congregational church. of which
Mrs. Hosford was a member, officiat- :
ing. Burial was in the family lot in
Pine Grove cemetery.
The recent strike of part of the :
weavers at the Halle & Frost mill has )
been amicably settled and the weavers ! j..
to work Friday. Thirty-one
of the strikers stated their case to
Manager Bigelow who received them 6
kindly and listened to their claims.
They stated that they had not been re- G
,eiving sufficient pay for the class of 6
work they have been doing. The man !
agement claimed that the conn any was
paying more for weaving the same class
Of goods than were any of its COMPETE
;ors and had done so because many of t.
jhe weavers were not familiar with T
working on wooden warps, and the pro- S
prietors were willing to pay the weavers t.
air wages until they should be able to b
earn good wages at the regular prices a
paid by other firms making the same fl
lass of goods No advance of wages L
las been made but a price list, stat T
ng the price paid for weaving each il
lass of goods will be posted in the =
MILL This, the men claim, is what c
hey were contendinp for s.