Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-10

The Universalist Sunday schoo
! will hold its annual rally next Sunday
The store of a. +. Starkey is be
ing thoroughly renovated and refur
nished
Tuesday will be observed by Den
mis- Rebekah lodge as donation day fol
the Gill Odd Fellows home.
Have you tried the new cigar al
Shea's market? Ask for a Peerless.
adv.
Attention is called to an item on
first page which gives the details of a
change in makeup Of the Reformer.
--Workmen have begun tearing down
the sides of the toll bridge this morn
ing aud the old toll house will be
moved next week.
There was good attendance at
the India sale which was held in the
Congregational chapel last evening.
During the evening DR.. Harriet Par
/ ker gave an interesting description of
her work in India. Cake and lemon
ade were served.
News has been received this week
of the death in Colorado of John c.
Tufts, who was formerly an insurance
agent here, and whose wife, daughter
and two sons live in this town. Mr..
Tufts was travelling on a night train
and got off at small station to get
lunch. The train. started without
warning and in attempting to catch it
he was thrown beneath the wheels and
killed.
The season of the Brattleboro Wo-
=, plph nrapaI WaIpacIuy CIV
ening when the members were enter
tanned at the home of Mrs Annie l..
Greene of Green street. The program
Thompson and Miss S. Z. Clark on the
state federation meeting which was
held in Waterbury last week After
the program refreshments were served.
The next meeting will be in the Brooks
House October - when Miss Butfum
of Winchester, \. H., will lecture on
" Art.
Mrs /. S. Couch, mother of H. F.
Jordan and sister of Mrs, +. W. Har
low, was among the passengers on the
New York express from Philadelphia,
which came in collision with another
train on the Pennsylvania railroad at
Menlo Park, \. j., Wednesday morn
ing. the accident resulting in one death
and II serious injuries. The St. Louis
train was standing on the track in
front of the St. Menlo station when the
Philadelphia express struck it in the
rear, the engineer on the latter claim
ing that the air brakes failed to work
All of the passengers in the car with
Mrs Couch were thrown violently out
Of their seats but none were seriously
injured as the cal was near the rear of
the train. Mrs. Couch. who was on
her way to Brattleboro from Philadel
phia where she has been spending the
summer, reached here yesterday morn
ing.
The fielding averages of the play
ers in the local base ball league have
been made out and following is a list
of those having averages better than
500: First basemen, Stafford, $50
Clune, 1928: Allen. 906: Reed s9l
Turner, SO Second basemen. Frost,
SIC; March, SIS Catchers, Waite,
81: Allen. $40: Tufts, .93l. Pitch
ers, L. Ellis, |. 600: Monroe. SIS: OIL
liver, SIS. Outtielders. Fox. Gibson
and Riley. LOCO: j. Tasker. .92S; Gui-
heen. SOB Tucker. s23 None of the
shortstops or third basemen had aver
ages above 800. Stolte being the high
est of the former with IFS and C.
Ellis the highest of the latter with
1852. Ellis average as pitcher is eX
tremely good considering he played in
II games having eight put outs, 46 as
sists and no errors. OF the outtielders
with perfect average Riley had II
chances while Fox and Gibson had