Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-01
Qqlndham County 9rformrr
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LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

wv - tooh advantage or the eX.
cursion to Block Island Saturday.
Twenty thousand dollars in
prizes. Read the advertisement about
it on the It'll page.
The First Regiment band has been
engaged to play at Dummerston at the
Old Home week celebration which
takes place there August 10.
The body of William A. Foster,
who died in Greenfield, Mass, last
week was brought here Saturday for
burial in Prospect Hill cemetery.
That man who never dares risk a
penny in advertising his goods can gen
orally be heard above the entire anvil
chorus insisting that advertisement
doesn' t pay. /"
"A handsome stone drinking foun-
tam at the corner near the old Waite
farm on the Putney road has been
erected by Mrs. E. H. Goodall as a
memorial of her husband.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
West River dam in spite of the delays
which have been caused by the high
water. A large part of the foundation
timbers have been laid and the work of
filling will be begun soon.
The heirs of the late Harmon C.
Harvey of Chesterfield will sell at pub
lie auction on Saturday, August 8, at
, p. m, all the real estate and a lot of
personal property. See advertisement
on the first page of to-day's Reformer.
Mrs. c. l. Stafford is moving her
dressmaking rooms from Elliot street
to one of the Retting stores on High
street G. |. Dixie of Manchester, n.
H., will occupy Mrs. Statford's former
quarters, opening a restaurant there
soon.
DR. Charles Z. Severance was ar
rested Saturday by Chief of Police Hall
| for violating the village ordinance
which forbids riding bicycles on the
sidewalks. He was arraigned before
! Justice Newton and fined 81 and costs
amounting to a trife over SO
A special meeting of the field day
committee of Beauseant Commandery,
Knights Templar, was held Monday
evening to make arrangements for the
event which will take place Wednes-
day, October l. 1t was decided to in
wife as guests of Beauseant Command
cry the members of the commandery of
Orange, Mass
Durham Brothers have this week
bought of Walter S. Pratt the shoe
store in Greenfield. Mass. which he
purchased last February of Griffith
Brothers. The new proprietors took
possession Wednesday and will carry on
the business hereafter The store has
one of the largest trades in the Con
necticut valley
Invitations have been received in |
town this week to the annual review |
and dress parade of the Vermont Ma
tional Guard which takes place at the /
state camp ground Tuesday, August /
u, governors day. Muster begins
Thursday and Company | will leave !
Brattleboro at 6 a. NJ. for the state
camp grounds. Quartermaster Ser
geant c. c. Turner and a squad of
men will go earlier to get the quarters
into readiness.
Mrs. Emma j. Cook, &C, died Sat
urday night at her home on Elliot street
after a long illness of cancerous ma
ture. The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon at | o'clock, Rev. f. W.
Lewis officiating, and the burial was
in the Guilford cemetery Mrs. Cook
was native of Guilford and lived
there for many years before coming to
this town. She is survived by three
daughters Mrs Isaac Sprague of Brat.
tleboro, one daughter in Guilford and
one in Bernardston.
There was a hearing before the
probate court Tuesday on the petition
Of W. H. Kent for the opening of the
of the estate of |. B. Taft
to give the petitioner time to present ,
his claim against the estate. Kent was
sued by the estate after the commission ,
had been closed and was prevented from ;
fling an offset. Judge Waterman re-
neWed the commission on condition
that the petitioner pay the costs Incl |
dent upon the renewal. II. q. Barber !
appeared for the estate and F. ID. +.
Stowe for the petitioner.
A third landslide occurred early /
morning at the point between :
East Putney aud Westminster where ,
double tracks are being laid by the :
Boston & Maine railroad company. A {
freight train was caught in the slide i
md several cars derailed, traffic being {
blocked for several hours. The early {
express and the 9:l0 train :
from the north went south by the way |
If Keene, n. II. The north bound /
rain which generally leaves Brattle-
,oro at a. N. did not go until few 7
minutes before the II 10. The White q
Mountain express was the first train =
rom the north Monday. !
There will be a distinct advance IN b
he bench show of the Valley Fair this t
ear and the management are making r
forts to have this department one of C
he features of the fair. DR.. James +: a
lair of Bridgeport, Conn, who is well Q
.novn throughout New England as b
ompetent Judge, will make the awards: e
Dr.. Hair has otficiated at such we'll b
nown shows as those at New York, d
and Danbury, and is
yidelv known as a breeder of English
etters The judging this year will be = !!
one bv classes and in show ring. 1t
ill probably take place the morning (
{ the second day. Twelve classes for c
ifferent breeds have been made and =
here also will be two miscellaneous
lasses. In addition to the three reg :
lar prizes which will be given IN >
very class. seven specials are offered y
V friends of the association. =
Senator Proctor announces that the G.
ompetitive examination for the selec- Il
ION of a principal and alternates for "
ne appointment of midshipmen to the b
-nited States Naval Academy at An C,
anolis. which he is entitled to make, Il
ill take place at the County Court is
louise. Rutland, Vt, August ~. Can. t
idates should report by II a. m. ana re