Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-29

get II.
The women of the Baptist churcl
held a cake sale in the church parlor
Saturday afternoon.
We will continue our 25-cent sal,
of hats and flowers Saturday and Mon
day. Mrs. G. II. Smith. 22-1t
Col. II. b. Titus of this town vii
be the Memorial day speaker in Win
chester, n. H., tomorrow.
Five new members were voted in,
to the Catholic Union at a meeting OF
the directors which was held Tuesday
evening.
The Sunday afternoon meeting at
the Y. nj. G. \. rooms will be adj
dressed by S. b. Emerson. All men
are invited.
Read the opening chapters of Lost
Mans Lane in to-day's Refofmer.
It's one of the greatest detective stories
ever written.
A delegation of % (?) members of
Bingham chapter, O. Il. S., attended
the regular meeting of Golden Rule
chapter of Putney, Wednesday evening
and report a very enjoyable time.
Albert r. Harris, who is employed
by Holden * Martin. lost the thumb
and foretinger of his left hand yester
day morning while at work on a circu-
lar saw in the wood working shop.
Seven candidates for commissions
took examinations before the eXamin-
ing board of the First Vermont regi-
ment in the Brooks House Tuesday
and all of them were successful
Several members of Bingham chap
ter, o. f. s., will attend the grand
chapter at Bennington next week going
by way of Greenfield. Starting from
Brattleboro at > :0S Tuesday. Round
trip tickets 50 10.
A pool shark under the guise of a
rube spent the first of the week in
Brattleboro trying to catch suck
erS.' He gave an exhibition of fancy
shots in the Brooks House billiard
rooms Monday afternoon.
The body of Jonas Galusha of
Jericho who died at the Brattleboro
Retreat last week was taken TO his for
mer home for burial last Thursday,
Mr.. Galusha had been an inmate of
the Retreat for "A number of years.
The Young Mems Republican club
which was formed last week in the of
flee of Waterman N Martin. held
in the same Office last evening.
The club will not disband now that
the caucus is over but will continue to
work in behalf of prohibition. 1t is
expected that large numbers of new
will be enrolled
The Vine street home of S. f. !
Miner was damaged by fire to the
amount of SO last Thursday afternoon,
the blaze starting in the chimney and /
heating the walls until they also IL 7
nited. The flames were extinguished +
by means of an extingusher which is (
kept in Esteyville. The house was in
sured through Jenne's agency,
The Reformer welcomes to its col
umns to day the advertisement of Mer
chant n |. Hawley after an absence of
several months. Mr.. Hawley is one of
best and most liberal ad
Iertisers and the Reformer's lady read
srs will welcome his advertisements as
much as does the publisher. His an
will be found on fourth
)age.
Professor Julius John on of Fair
mount college, Wichita, KIN, who
,ame to Greenfield last week with the
body of his wife, formerly Miss Nellie
Benson, does not expect to return
o Kansas. He has been heavily Ii
tllcted by dea h in tn past few
months \ sister died year ago in
DAY, his little daughter died early in
January and now wife is taken.
Irs. johnson was woman of lovely
haracter and cultivated mind The
infant daughter will be Brought to ,
greenfield as so n as she is old enough ,
o stand the journey. ,
At a meeting of number of the I
:. NJ. c. A. held in the association
ooms last evening Thomas Pentland t
-as presented with gold watch as a !
oxen of the esteem in which he is a
ED by the members for the work he |
id in raising sufficient money to con c
niue the association at a time when it {
lose it. George l.. Durham, vice pres /
dent of the association, made the pres
ntation speech, calling to mind the 7
me two years ago when there was no +
loney to nay the outstanding debts of /
ne association and relating how Mr.. +
entland and l.. f. Clark volunteered n
lelG StINlCeS lOi lut pun lloSt VI IdlS- n
lg money by subscription. Mr.. Pent- \
md was completely overcome by the a
lrprise but responded feelingly, say r
~ that the continuance of the asso-
ation had been sufficient reward.
fter the presentation refreshments
ere served and a social hour enjoyed.
Dennis Hart of Ira. who was t
rought to the Brattleboro Retreat Sat e
rday, escaped from that institution 4
unday afternoon after knocking his a
5tendant senseless and WIS at large |
ntil Tuesday when he was captured c
the woods near West DummerSton. A
art is the son of John Hart, farmer a
wing near Rutland. He is about 20 e
ears old and graduate of the Rut- Il
nd Business college. He had been I
ting queerly for several weeks pre- a
Gus to his commitment and his broth il
and a Castleton physician who ac ST
him to the Retreat told him st
= was going to a hospital for treat b
ent. He made no attempts to escape 81
the way from Rutland but on Sun fl
~ afternoon while walking with an
tendant he turned suddenly and
retched his companion senseless on
e ground taking to the woods i'm l.
ediately. A large force of men were y.
lnting for him all Sunday afternoon y
"a Monday b1t he uos NOT found nm ~