Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21


The class of '96 of the Brattlebor
Ii igh school will hold reunion at tn
home of Miss Minnie Scott on Higl
street Tuesday evening.
The Housekeeper for February con
tains an illustrated valentine story
entitled "A Box of Roses" by Mrs
Adelaide ID. Reynolds of the Reforme
editorial staff.
Peter Mccormick of Springfield
Mass, is the new barber in the Brook:
House shop, which has recently come
under the proprietorship of James II.
Allen. William Mettee is also EN-
ployed there.
A spark from the kitchen stove
caused fire which did about SIS dam
age to the floor in the house of j..
Henry Pratt's farm in Guilford last
Friday evening. The damage was COW
cred by insurance in G. f. r. Jenne' S
agency.
Brattleboro chaper, d. A. r.. held
a meeting at the Brooks House Tues
day evening for the purpose of dis
cussing plans regarding the production
of military whist. The matter was
placed in the hands of committee
who will make arrangements for the
entertainment.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Episcopal church met at the home of
Mrs. E. L. Mathison Tuesday after
noon to begin plans for an Easter sale.
Mrs. j. G. Ullery kindly put her
house at the disposal of the society
and the sale will be held there the
Tuesday following Easter
james Barrett, who led the batting
list of the Detroit American league
base ball team last season, has signed
to play with the same team this year
at an increased salary. AS Barrett's
salary last season was 81. 600 there is no
doubt that he is much wanted man.
He is brother of Mrs. NJ j. Moran
of this town.
Seventy-five cases of measles have
been reported to the health officer with
in the past few weeks and there are
over 60 cases at present. One case of
scarlet fever has been reported this
week, the victim being child of Mrs
Prouty in one of the water-cure build
ings on Elliot street. The patient is
under strict quarantine, however, and
there is little danger of the disease
spreading.
The regular meeting of the Brattle
boro woman's club has been postponed !
from February q to Monday evening,
81, at o'clock, at the Bap-
fist chapel. This is joint session of
the club. The subject is The Art of |
Music Miss Emma Gregg will have
a paper on 1.-THE Life of Richard Wae |
ner. - and readings will be given by
Mrs Dewitt and Mrs. Webster. There
will be illustrative music by local
singers.
Miss Helen A. Whittier will lee
ture before joint session of the Brat /
.leboro Woman's club on civil ser
vice reform at the Brooks House par
ors Friday evening, February IS, at
30 O'Clock. Miss Whittier is vice
president of the Massachusetts state
federation of woman's clubs, repre-
'enting the civil service reform com
nittee of the Massachusetts state fed
ration and the woman's auxiliary of
he civil service reform association.
About 200 people gathered in the
congregational church Tuesday even
ne to listen TO Rev. II. r. Miles talk
N 1.-THE Highways and Byways of
europe" given under the auspices of
he Fessenden Helping Hand society.
Ihe term lecture could hardly be APP
lied to Mr.. Miles talk which, though !
Informal, was interesting and instruc
I've. Stereopticon views of places in |
holland and Switzerland were shown &
nd Mr.. Miles described the places, {
dding at times anecdotes of his expe-
fences. These anecdotes were the '
-. /, al
A New Preston, Conn, despatch |,
! the Ansonia Sentinel has the fol !
wing to say: "E. f. Brague during !,
anuary was fortunate in securing =
lird wife in Brattleboro, and arrived Il
ONE with her and her daughter, Jan >
airy 81 Mr.. Brague lost his first v
ife in the fall of 1897, remarked in !.
800 His second wife died last Octo- Il
or, and as he secured her by a mat =
monial advertisement he concluded .
try in the same manner again. which y
as resulted as stated above. 1t is not
,mmon to be blessed with three wives a,
five years, but Mr.. Brague declares p
is better than none at all. - Who b
IN the lucky woman be? Il
The door tenders at the Auditorium n
e obliged to keep their eyes peeled ~
'wadays in order to prevent them ,s
Ives from being the victims of ticti %
Gus tickets. At the recent appear !,
zee of Howe's Moving pictures the u
.ket seller at the box office, not being ;,
miliar with the ways of the regular y
aft of the Auditorium. threw about ~ y
left over tickets into the waste bas- VIC
t instead of burning them. This az
inch of tickets, which by the way %
ar no dates, went from the waste
sbet to the dump and from there tn
to the hands of numherless small sa
Us who daily paw over the refuse. M
lie probable result is that one or sew tie
Al of these tickets will he tried at tn
cry entertainment il the Audito- an
I'm, and unless the door tender has all
optics with him there will be more liz
adheads in the au Hence than the CHI
mayer intended. rel
The weather in and around Brattle- WI
70 Monday came nearer resembling a Gu sl,
zzard than anything seen thus far ~
S winter. A fine snow began falling
ly in the morning and as the day ~
,gressed a severe north wind helped ~
stir up things. The storm began in WI
80 ,,.lnd 49, On oa',s;n Fla
ny people to think that the remain "ll
of the day would be pleasant. are
ch was not the case however as was 'n
rned by certain officers of the law o.
o started for Halifax during the lull Br
were Obliged to return after going mo