Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-12
LOCAL..
NEARBY NEW HAMPSHIRE,
HINSDALE.


a widows pension of Sl2 month
Thomas Mullin has been confined to
the house for several days with bill
ious trouble
Taft Smith estimates that he will
have in the vicinity of 1000 baskets of
peaches from his orchard this year
Rev. George Piper of Mortified,
Mass. occupied the Universalist pull
pit Sunday in exchange with Rev. Il.
ID. Van TasSel.
The Squak heae tribe of Red Indians
and the Foresters will cross bats in
Riverside park Saturday afternoon,
Sept -, at $50 p. m.
The Junior Christian Endeavor so
ciety is to have picnic Saturday af-
ternoon and the members will meet at
the church at ! o'clock
In the base ball game Saturday after
noon on Riverside park between Ra-
leigh : nine and the Has Beens, the
latter were victorious, the score being
IS to II.
Rev. E. J. Deane has been confined
to the house by illness and was una
BILE to preach at the Methodist church
Sunday Mr.. Quinn of Keene con-
Quoted the services.
The tickets for Hinsdale's Merry
Minstrel Maids 90 on sale at Mann 5
O'Clock. The receipts will be used to
help swell the piano fund
Mrs. c. D. Fay is substituting this
week as teacher in the Bridge street
primary school for Miss Minnie Owen
who is absent on account of the i'll
ness of her sister, Miss Myra Owen,
Alfred Sprague cut off the end of
the first finger on his left hand while
splitting wood Saturday. This same
hand was very severely cut while Mr..
Sprague was at work in the Newhall II
Stebbins' machine shop only a few
weeks ago.
The members of the Woman's Relief
CORPS met with Mrs. \. a. Bailey
Thursday afternoon and evening and
most pleasant social time was enjoyed.
II had been planned to have a lawn
party but on account of the rainy
weather the meeting was held in the
house.
While Mr.. Pullen, who runs the Sill
verdale hotel at Lake Spotford, was re-
turning to that place from here in his
automobile Monday night, il somehow
came into collision with an embank
ment, slightly damaging the vehicle
and necessitating the return of Mr..
Pullen to this place,
Rev W. f. White, Mrs. Watson and
daughter Louise went TO Springfield
Monday for the purpose of having an
operation performed on Miss Watson
throat. Mrs. Watson will 90 from
there to her home in Rensslaeryille,
\. y, and Miss Watson will return to
take up her studies in the High school.
John d. Hooker Of Los Angeles,
Cal. a former Hlnsdale boy, has pre-
scented the Hinsdale reading room and
library with set of eight handsome
pictures of western scenes. the names
of which are AS follows: Grand Canon
of the Colorado river; Yosemite Falls;
Eernal Falls, Yosemite Valley: Bridal
Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley; The Griz-
ely Giant Mariposa, Cal. The Fallen
Monarch and two others of the i'm
mense trees in California.
At the Republican caucus held
Wednesday evening, September 10, in
the selectmen's room in the town hall
building. the following delegates were
chosen to the different conventions:
State, F. A. Buckley. E. j. Temple,
G. S. Howe. \. II. Latham; congress
sional, f. II. Fuller, q. +. Robertson,
d. Belleville, Jr., W. d. Stearns; sen
atorial, j. W. Jetfords. c. L. Keyou,
K. ?. Minis, II. Roy; councillor, F. A.
Davis, c. c. Holton, H. c. Holland,
b. F. Worthing: county. c. d. Fay,
F. L. Latham, Ed. Wellington. W. d.
Ferrin. a request was voted that the
delegates to the senatorial convention
favor candidate who would be in fla
vor of electric roads.
George G. Fisk. owner of the Bright
wood paper mills in this place, com
pleted Monday 30 years of service in
in the Wason manufacturing company
at Brightwood, Mass. one Of the larg-
est industries in Springfield. Mr..
Fisk was born in Hinsdale Il years
ago and lived here until % years of
age, obtaining his education and work 4.
ing in grocery store here, At this
time he went to Springfield and later
in the same year went to work for the
WATSON company as a bookkeeper. He .
gradually worked himself up until in (
1871 he was made president of the
This company has grown .
from making in the first year. 1915, .
six single and two double truck freight 4
cars to have an annual output of about .
400 cars. The occasion of its being the .
golden jubilee of Mr.. Fisk's service
was very pleasantly remembered 10y his
men and fellow officials, Mr.. Fisk
comes to Hinsdale nearly every week
and his face is familiar to all Hins-
dale people. Hinsdale feels proud to
call him one of her sons, and he has
done much for the Improvement of his
native town.
Miss Minnie White of Springfield,
Mass, and Miss Una Leach spent
Tuesday in Keene Mrs. Imogene
Thomas of Worcester, Mass, is visit
ing at the home of Myron Dickerman
and other relatives in town. Miss Ell
la Spencer of Mortified, Mass. is Wis
ting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Spencer. and other relatives in
town this week. e. +. Stratton, John
Ducett and E. Walker are camping
his week at the reservoir pond at Pts
gah Mrs Robert Cuthbert of keene
was the guest of Mrs. Jane Archibald /
and Mrs. S. X. Hildreth few days t
asst week. Mrs. Jane Amsden return
I'd to her home in Lancaster. n. H.,
Tuesday after stopping for the past !
5wo months at Mrs. Helen Worden's
Mrs. Brigham of Winchester is {
spending few days this week at the '
nome of her daughter, Mrs. f. j. f.
Temple. Miss Lizzie Robertson re-