Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-12-19

Considerable local news will /
@ found on Page 8.
S Buy him pipe and he will
happy provided it came from Shea
N market. adv.
d Get your Christmas candy at til
Japanese Tombola Sale, Saturday al
: ternoon and evening, Dec. 90 Rettin
O block. adv.
: The third of the series of socia
dances given under the auspices of tn
9 o. r. S. was held at Masonic hal
) Thursday evening
( The children's committee of TIN
/ grange have arranged for Christina
entertainment for the children Monday
| evening" Dec. 80. Supper will be servet
, in the banquet hall at 6 O'Clock t.
; which all members are expected to con
tribute. The entertainment will begir
at 30.
The rain and warm weather of the
first of the week caused the ice to &C
out of West River and since then the
water has been unusually high for this
time of year. Consequently work on
been retarded and it will be impossible
expected.
Seventeen members of Miss Chris
ia Parks private school with chaper-
ones took sleighride to Bernardston
Wednesday evening. A chicken pie
supper was served at Reeds hotel and
the evening was spent in playing
games. The party started back at IL
O'Clock but on account of the bad tray
cling did not reach Brattleboro until
about g.
Speaker John II. Merrifield was
presented with a handsome gold watch
last Friday afternoon by the members
of the Vermont House of Representa-
tives, John +. Gale of Guilford making
the presentation speech. The gift was
a complete surprise TO Mr.. Mortified
but he managed to make a brief re-
Spouse thanking the representatives
for their appreciation of his work.
DR.. Frank d. Stafford who has this
week been chosen as mayor of North
Adams, Mass, is well known in Brat.
tleboro. He is native of Stamford
and graduate of the University of
Vermont For many years he prac.
ticed medicine in Nottingham and rep
resented that town in the state legisla-
ture of 1857, Dr. Stafford has been
pIac'ic'uS III North Auaii9 lor 'ne past
l. Se"is'
The \. NJ. {. A. basket ball team
went to Hoosick Falls, n. T., Satur- !
day and was defeated by the military
team of that place by score of POS. |
The game was played under old rules /
which have become rather unfamiliar !
TO the local players. Inc game was
iost prihcipally because or Ihe VISIT
ors inahIlity TO make baskets Ihose
VINO SSi, piayen on 'ne team "eIe; ho"e'
ElliS' STAFFORD erriter ana March
John S. Flood, one of the best en-
gineers in the employ of the Central
Vermont. resigned his position Tues
day, He has been IN its service for over
30 years and of late has held the throt-
tie on the train between here and New
London. Mr.. Flood is the second re
liable engineer to leave the employ of
the Central Vermont railroad within
month, Frank Bolster having finished I
work about three weeks ago and gone
to Randolph. /,
Mrs. Hennessev, who was assist
inp Mrs Harriet Dickermap Ransom
when the latter was aspbvxiated at
her home in Newton, Mass. last week,
is still in n critical condition and grave c
fears are entertained for her recovery. t
She has not vet repained full con a
;ciousness and is unable to give auy 1
reuardinp the accident. ,
The funeral of Mrs Ransom was held |
n Newton. Mass. Friday afternoon /
md was largely attended There was
,inginp nv the Rupples street ouartet
p;n,t obo,,,a. n Il G hold n