Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-04

Miss Fits kindergarten will oper
a week from Monday.
Twelve teachers took examinations
The women of the Grange held d
sewing meeting Wednesday afternoon.
The Knights and Ladies of Honor
will meet in Red Mems hall Monday
evening.
Burr Taft and II. G. Barber, ad-
ministrators of the estate of |. b. Taft,
will sell by auction Wednesday, April
%, the Taft farm and homestead on
the old Newfane highway.
During the past two Sundays two
persons have been received into the
Methodist church on probation, two
on full membership and five by letter.
Three people have been baptized.
W. G. Doolittle has received more
applications in response to his adver
tisement for 10-hour carpenters than he
can employ. G. b. HARDWOOD has been
engaged to superintend the building of
his new block on Elliot street.
Several members Of the Mrs
Danes Defence company, including
David Murray, who made such a ia
vorahle impression here, will appear
in the Auditorium again next Friday
in the production of "Out of the
Fold
-Lucius j.. Weatherhcad, who has
been employed as a teamster here, and
Miss Nettie Ryder of Halifax, were
married at the Congregational parson-
age Wednesday by Rev. II. r. Miles.
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Brattleboro.
C. O. Abbott of White River June
ton, the new proprietor of the Rich
ardSon market, took possession Mon
day. He is assisted in carrying on
the business by his son in law, n. j.
Alderman of Lebanon, n. H., and his
daughter, Mrs. Alderman, who is help
ing in the book keeping at present.
Miss Minnie Bradley of Albany,
n. T., has come to Brattleboro this
week to act as operator in the Postal
Telegraph office. John r. Tones, the
former operator. will still be connect
ed with the office, although he will de
vote the greater part of his time to the
management of the Vaughan and Sar-
gent electric company.
TIliSidIll tuupltl, oldtI VI Iu'l
ern Star. held its regular meeting in
Masonic hall Tuesday evening. After
the regular business Mrs. W. f. Hor-
ton gave an interesting talk on birds.
There was also a recitation by Miss
Lucy Gleason and a solo by Robert
Mitchell. Refreshments were served.
including a number of April fool sand
witches which caused much fun.
Albert A. Larrabee of Halifax,
formerly driver of the Brattleboro and
jacksonville stage, and Miss Itol b.
Jones of South W%ardsboro, were mar
ried Sunday at the Congregational
parsonage by Rev. II. Il. Miles. They
have been spending a part of the week
with Mr., Larrabee's brother in town
and will be at home in South Wards
boro after May l..
A strong delegation of the officers
and members of the Bellows Falls
branch Of the United Irish League of
America will arrive in Brattleboro by
the train which leaves Bellows Falls at
3 10 T. m. Sunday for the purpose of
establishing a local branch of the
here. A meeting has been ar
ranged to take place in the parochial
Sunday evening when all inter
ested in the question of Irish nation
llity and the regeneration of the Irish
ace at home are cordially invited to
attend and aid in the movement to sup
BORT parliamentary action towards that
end.
The bridge committee held a meet
ng Wednesday evening preparatory to
making a report on the matter but it
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more estimate could be secured. The /
has estimates on the Wal t
tut street site. the site near the can t
ling factory and the present site. but |
I wishes m estimate Oh a deck bridge I
o extend from a point neal the Brat Y
leboro house across the railroad tracks )
o the island, thus doing away with
he present grade crossing. \ survey {
II from the American bridge company i
las been summoned and this estimate G
,robably will be handed in in time for
he committee to report next week. \
Mrs. Eliza Prescott celebrated her /
9TH birthday Wednesday afternoon at +
er home on Vine street where she is d
wing with her daughter, Mrs. Jane "
ltwater. The Vermont society of the I
S. Daughters of 1912, of which she II
) a real daughter and honorary mem a
err. assisted in making this a pleasant o
r~casion. a letter of greeting was Il
Fad from the national president. Mrs. |,
Gerry Slade of New York city, b
nd the local society presented her "
18th a handsomely engraved spoon. II
[rs. Prescott is enjoying very good
and entertained the ladies by t
,lling several little stories in connec- a
on with her fathers going to the VI
ar. '
Abbott S. Edwards. 80, died Mon u
ly afternoon from apopleXy at the ?
rattleboro Retreat where he had II
cen under treatment for several II
onths. He was born in Guilford May W
1852. the son of Huntington and u
mira Smith Edwards, and in 81
lildhood moved to Keene, n. H., u
here he received his education. He VI
as for some time in the grocery bust p
,ss and afterwards travelled for y
holesale grocery houses. His health g
,came impaired about u years ago u
I'd since that time he had not been in III
work. He is survived by a Ia
idow who was Emily Cutting, daugh- 10
r of j. S. Cutting of West Brattle-
,ro, and one son, Leslie S. Edwards,
senior in the dental department of =
e Baltimore medical college. The in