Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-18
HINSDALE.

Mrs. Harriet Darling is building a
new house on her farm at North Hins-
: dale.
Geo. p. Slate has been appointed
tax collector by the selectmen at a sal
. airy of 500.
Degrees were conferred on one can
didate at the meeting Monday evening
of Naomi chapter, O. f. S.
George E. Robertson is expected
home soon from Washington, having
finished his engagement with the cen
sus bureau.
Burt Mcdonald, who underwent an
operation for appendicitis few weeks
ago, has been brought home and is
critically Ill.
r. W. Dawson has gone to a Spring
field, Mass. hospital for treatment,
his mother and sister accompanying
him to the city.
Mrs. Norman Jacobs stepped on
rusty nail while hanging out clothes
about three weeks ago and has been
housed with bad foot ever since.
District Deputy Mrs. c. A. Fetch
er gave very pleasant party one even
ing last week in honor of her associate
installing officers in Queen Esther Re-
bekah lodge.
The number of children of school age
in town is 37s, 1863 boys and 2O9 girls,
according to the census completed Sat
urday by Charles Stearns. This is
gain of 30 over last year
Rev. E. j. Deane attended the an
nual state Methodist conference az
Haverhill. Mass, this week, where he
1 is the guest of j. West. Mr.. Deane is
/ expected to return for another year
A large number We're in line at the
sale of tickets for the Merry Minstrel
show, which opened at NJ. S. Mann's |
pharmacy Saturday evening. The sales
during the first hour amounted to $40. |
The plaintiff in the celebrated mock |
trial given by the grangers recently is
expected to take exceptions to the add
verse decision of the judge and to APP
ply for new trial, which. it is hoped.
will take place in due season.
Mrs. A. L. Maxfeld for many years
of Ashuelot, but now living with her
daughter, DR.. Ella NJ. Davis in Hol
yoke, has recently celebrated her S1st
G. A. Maxfield of Holyoke.
Edwin Bailey will soon move his fam
lily to Littleton. where he has employ
ment. Luke Eli moved his family to
Collinsville, Mass, Monday. f. Bots
ford and family have moved into the
red house off kilburn street.
Mrs W. A. WILDER of the Keene
Helping Hand mission preached in
the Methodist church Sunday. Two
were received into the church by bap-
tlsm at this service. Three others
were taken into membership the pre-
ceding Sunday.
Mrs. Minnie Hooker Robertson will
soon come to make her home for the
present in the old Hooker homestead
on the Connecticut. Mrs. Robertson is
now i'll at Boston and her nephew. F.
H. Jones, was there last week attend {
ing to matters of business for her. /
F. A. Davis and Vesto Fisher of
Winchester are getting out quantities a
of lumber this spring. They have al {
ready sawed 5000 feet at their steam
saw mill at Chesterfield and expect to
get out LOCO, 600 more. They have a =
portable awmill on the Field lot in !
Swanzey and expect to saw 300, 600 feet
of lumber there.
At the meeting last week at the Ho- q
tel Ashuelot of the tobacco growers .
association, the matter of a sorting
and packing house for the local crop
was considered. While some enthusi- d
asm was shown on the subject many +
considered the idea impracticable and I,
no action will he taken I'M .
ess by private individuals.
Mrs. Frances B. Horton of Brattle- s.
)oro, president of the Vermont Audi II
Don society, will speak to the Junior n
Audubon society on birds at the gram s.
mar school building Tuesday at 1
o'clock. She will speak to the Nature +.
Tub, at R. f. Metcalf's in the even
ng, on birds and their relation to ag-
iculture and on growing wild ferns in
he garden. to
The funeral of Mrs. Harriet Bartlett,
Who died April at the home of her W
My son, f. c. Bartlett was held at
lei. late home Wednesday morning of w
asst week, Rev. f. j. Deane conduct
ng the services. Burial was in Pine ].
irove cemetery. Mrs. Bartlett had VIC
Uttered for four or five years from a "
trouble. She was - years
f age and had been a resident of tn
finsdale for about % years. or
Officers searched the house of Thorn. re
5 Raleigh on River street Saturday
light, but succeeded in finding moth M
ng stronger than beer. A half barrel DC
f beer was found outside the house, IN
larked non Intoxicating. from the
pringtield Brewing company. Mr. in
'aleigh claimed this was rice beer and tn
obtained no alcohol, but he has been we
cid under 5000 bonds while sample tn
the beer has been sent away to he
nalyzed by chemist. Vi,
Court Ashuelot No. Is, f. of A.. eel mt
DRAFTED the 18th anniversary of its or viz
anization at Fay's hall Wednesday in,
vening of last week. After the bust att
ess meeting. speeches and music were
1ioyed, and a banquet was served.
hich was followed by a smoke talk. ,
rand Chief Ranger Dinsmore of AT,
eene was present. There are now Az
)out so members in the court and
Ter 81, 100 has been paid out during VI
lie past five years in sick and death WI
snetits. )
The graduating exercises of the ref
amman school will be held in the pli
wn hall in June. The valedicto- /
was won by Bessie Mullen who had Su
percentage of 50 40 for the past est
.ar's work Maize Powers and Mo \
ma Booth each had a percentage of mo
3-l0 and by vote of the class the few
lutatory was given to Miss Powers. por
ne other parts are assigned as fol- liza,
VS.: Mabel Brooks class history. roy,