Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-12-19
oQllndham Countp Artoymrr
TWELVE PAGES
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

o"lnoiic Union Will be held this even
ing When the report of the auditin
committee will be read.
On account of the shortage in fue
tnere Will be no Sunday evening ser
vices in the Roman Catholic churc,
The remainder of this month.
II. j. Heaphy received 5000 fin
gerling lake trout Monday to be place,
in the Marlboro South pond. The isl
came from the state hatchery.
-Prouty, the Peoples Photographer
offers for 90 days, a new and beautiful
large portrait in the Platinum effect
with each dozen of his cabinets. 44-st
The first ladies' night in the Vince
clubs series will be held in Granp,
hall January l6, dancing being the at
| traction. The second in the series vii
be a card party.
The nomination of officers for Ono
nektakat tribe of Red Men was held ir
Red Mems hall Friday evening. The
candidates will be voted upon at the
regular meeting December 26.
The Brooks House will make a
special feature of its Christmas dinner
this year. The menu will be excellent
and during the dinner hours Leitsing-
er's orchestra will give a concert.
Joseph j. Bowling and Myra Da-
Wis, who for many years have been
among the stars of this country. are
leading members of the 1.-Two Sisters"
company which appears in the Audito-
rum tomorrow evening.
This junior auxiliary of St Mich
~, Al Il 1. L
anese tombola' in Retting block
Saturday afternoon and evening.
Christmas gifts, homemade candy and
light refreshments will be sold
W. B. Vinton has sold the balance
of his stock of shoes and rubbers to
Forbes Il Wallace of Springfield, Mass,
and the goods are being shipped to-
day Sewall Morse will probably sell
the remainder of his stock next week
and the store will then be vacated
"A hearing in the case of Nellie
Greenwood against DR.. A. j. Green
wood, formerly of Townshend. was
held before Judge j. NJ Tyler in Rut-
land yesterday Mrs. Greenwood en-
tered petition for separate mainte-
nance and the custody Of minor child
Peter Orcutt returned Tuesday
from the states prison at Windsor,
having received his pardon papers from
Gov. Mccullough. Edward Gonyer,
who was sentenced at the same time as
Orcutt, was pardoned Thanksgiving
lime, but Leon Canedy is still in pris-
IN.
The funeral of Damaris n. Hatch |
vas held from the house on Cedar [
street Saturday afternoon, Rev. George /
B. Lawson of the Baptist church Of |
iciating There was singing by l.. W. |
1awley and J. E. Hall. The bearers /
we're II. p Wellman, George Phillips, |
}. +. r. JENNIE and Warren Fessenden.
The burial was in Prospect Hill GENE
cry.
E. H. Hildreth of Springfield, |
lass. chairman of the New England
Insurance committee, met with the
Vindham county committee Tuesday to
evse the county rate book. Those
resent were z. S. Walker and Edward
leonard of Bellows Falls, G. NJ. Rus
ell of Wilmington, G. F. r. JENNIE
nd II. E. and l.. ID. Taylor of Brattle
oro.
The quarterly bulletin of the Yer
lont Board of Health has been issued
his week. 1t contains articles by
'harles E. Clark, clerk of the city of
S. H. Durgin, M. D.,
of health, Boston, c. K.
lindsey, M. D., secretary of the Con
ecticut board of health, Charles 5.
'averly, NJ. D., president of the Yer
lont board of health, and an extract
'om the 18th census.
The body of Mrs. Harriet DECKER
ian Ransom, who was asphyxiated at
err home in Newton, Mass, last
was brought to Brattleboro
aturday and placed in the mausoleum |
Morningside cemetery Rev. +. L. |
-athison of the Episcopal church of |
ciated at the commitment service and /
lie bearers were Col. II. E. Taylor, I
r. d. p. Webster, O. +. Randall and |
II. Holden. f. ~ Ransom, hus- c
md of the dead woman, Mr.. and Mrs. |
f. Connors and Miss Alice Colt ac- Y
mpanied the body from Newton. a
The body of Charles c. Howard, q
ho died at the home of his son in +
Conn, Saturday, was E
ought to Brattleboro Monday. Mr.. E
oward was a native of Jamaica and /
ent his early life there, coming to +
rattleboro in 1888, seven years after f.
$ marriage. For IA years he lived on 7
e farm on the Dummerston road un- !
recently owned by the Guild broth T
$. Since the death of his wife eight
ars ago Mr.. Howard had spent much ;.
the time with his son, Herbert How !,
d. in West Brattleboro. although he :
ade frequent visits at the home of :
5 son. Arthur c. Howard, in Bridge "
,rt. Conn. His death was due to
roke of apoplexy with which he was y
ricken last week. y,
The Reformer will be printed on u
ednesday night next week and Il
allied in time for delivery Thursday n
orning. This plan has been made IN +
der that our force of workers may
I'VE the Christmas holiday free for o
e endowment which everybody, high G.
ID low, the world over, should have S
that day. This week The Reformer n
esents the second of its holiday num- n
RS. with four page supplement of n
cries and Christmas illustrations, RI
n we trust that, if our next issue n
ould fall little short of the ordl- n
.ry excellence, on account OF the n
ck of time in which to prepare 1t, S
If readers will forbear from viewing
with critics eye,' but pass It's u
lperfections by. W
The pastors of five of the Protes- d
Mt churches in Brattleboro met on b
lesdav to consider the ACCESSIBILITY OF n
ming in union Sunday services IN 1
der to save fuel for families unable TO y