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

The Valley Grain Co. owing to in
creased business have taken w. l.. Wal
rem into the store, and A. G. Nichol
has charge of the delivery teams.
The bailitfs and the board of civi
authority will meet in the Office o
Bacon q Hooker May 3 to make an
necessary changes on the voting lis
which will be used at the village meet
ing.
John G. Baker returned Saturda.
from Bristol, n H., with five driving
horses which he bought there. Mr.
Baker has sold his saddle horse to II
r. Brown and driving mare to par
ties in Holyoke, Mass.
H. f. Bond entertained his class
of the Congregational Sunday school in
the Brooks House parlors Tuesday
evening. A short musical program was
given by some of the members and re
freshments were served
"A meeting of the Murray club was
held Tuesday evening when committees
were appointed to make arrangements
for an entertainment to be given in
May and to prepare list of officers to
be elected at the coming annual meet
ing.
Mrs. ID. p. Dewitt and Miss Min
ME Lennoy were thrown from their
carriage on Western avenue Tuesday af
ternoon, the horse becoming frightened
at passing car. The animal ran some
distance before he was captured and
the carriage was badly damaged.
Seventeen of the 20 members of the
EXchequer club attended the annual
banquet of the organization which was
held in the Brooks House Tuesday
evening. \ seven course dinner was
served and the remainder of the even
ing given over to post prandial eX-
ercises.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution will hold their regular
meeting at the Brooks House NOR
row evening at I 30 O'Clock Miss
Susan f. Clark will give paper on
her recent trip abroad. As important
business is to be presented to the chap
ter, large attendance is desired.
Daughters are invited to bring friends.
The directors of the Brattleboro
Gaslight company held a meeting Sat
urday afternoon and voted to advertise
for bids for the building of the dam
and electric station at West Drummer
scribed to secure the success of the .
venture and work will be pushed with /
all possible speed as soon a. the con .
tract is awarded.
A letter has been received this .
week from William II. Dunn of Rut-
land asking the cooperation of the
former in forming Il professional base
ball league to include Rutland, Brat
tleboro, Greenfield. North Adams and
keene. This project sounds well on
paper, but it is extremely doubtful if
would feel like assuming
the expense necessary to support pro
fessional team. Besides. as the matter
stands, there is so much interest being
taken in the formation of a local
league that baseball enthusiasts here
will devote all their attention to that.
Miss Helen f. Coolidge. sister Of
Mrs. II. A. Cutler of this town, died
Sunday, April 6, at the home of her
brother in Fitchburg, Mass, after
about years illness She was a ma ,
live of Westminster and large part ,
IF her life had been spent in Brattle
ooro. She was member of the Uni
yersalist church here and was an act
We Christian worker She is survived
~ three brothers, eX-Congressman f. =
j. Coolidge of Fitchburg, Mass. Gin '
on W. Coolidge of Chicago and Frank :
:. of San Francisco, and one sister.
Mrs. Cutler of this town. The funer- :
il was held Tuesday. April s. Rev. NJ. Y
Harris, formerly pastor of the I'm !,
versalist church. being one of the '
clergymen,
The annual financial exhibit of
he village is now at press and will be a
eady for distribution within a few !
lays. The gist of the bailiff's report !,
vas published in the Reformer last y
week and it is therefore unnecessary Z
o refer to it again. The estimates for "
he coming year are as follows: Fire "
apartment, $1,000; street lighting, u
4, S75: sewers, $500: police, 81. 200; =
alaries. 800; attachments. $50: in u u
crest, 500 miscellaneous, 5000; max :
nc a total of 5l3. 10. The resources Il
mount to 37.37. The chief engineer Il
ecommends the purchase of new lad Il
err trucks and ladders and 1000 feet
f hose If this is done the estimate Ii
or the fire department should be in n
reased to s.. 800. A tax of 40 cents on a
be dollar of the grand list will prob "
bly, raise money enough to meet all "
81 iludltu cAIltHStS ioI tlt coming year =
the new truck and hose. If IL
lese are not purchased. the bailiffs Il
i'll be enabled with a 40 cent tax to m
educe the outstanding Indebtedness NJ
y at least $1,000. HI
Out of the Fold attracted ~
small audience to the u
auditorium Friday evening but the =,
ajority of those who did attend ap- VI
cared to be very well satisfied with =.
lie production. "Out of the Fold is NJ
ON the pen of Langdon Mccormick, b
lie author of Toll Gate Inn" which ye
as been here twice. Mr. McCormick's tit
rst attempt is decidedly the better, tn
though he treats a pretty sentiment eeLL
his second effort. The plot is like NJ
any others in that it deals with a &c
oman with past but it differs from II
e majority by allowing the woman to j..
AIRY good man who has a full NJ
lowledge of her career. The story nc
fers opportunity for a strong play but On
e author seems to have failed in ere ;:
ing the atmosphere which is needed NJ
bring the audience fully in sympa- II
y with the actors. The comedy is
o low to mix well with the emotional S.
ssages, descending Immediately from no
e sublime to the ridiculous and back We
the sublime again. Thomas Nc II
lrnie and Sylvia Bidwell as the hero tel
d heroine were very good and some Gu
their support was acceptable. wa
Very many of the community will Co