Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-10
THE wINDEAM COUNTY REFoRNER, FRIDAY OCTOBER

The best union made cigar sold i
town for DC. at Shea's market. adv.
A regular meeting of the Carmen
Makers union was held in Grand Ar
my hall Monday evening.
L. L. Whitney's coupe stand ha
been moved from in front of the Brook
House Pharmacy to SCOTS grocer.
store.
John Calvin has the contract 70
heating and plumbing the new hous,
which is being built by Mrs. E. II.
/ Chase
The next regular meeting of Pro
tective grange will be Oct. Is Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Pierce will have
charge of the literary program.
Among those whom Governor Nc,
Cullough has made aides-de camp or
his staff with the rank of colonel is
Linn d. Taylor of Brattleboro. Fol
the sake of distinction he will probably
be called Col. Taylor, jr
The 34th annual convention of the
State Sunday School association of
Vermont will be held at Morrisville
October q, 30 and % The program
includes memorial service for the late
Gen. Estey. l.. W. Hawley is chair
man of the executive committee.
The Ladies' association of the Con
gregational church gave a tea in the
parlors yesterday afternoon, all of the
women of the parish being invited.
The reception committee was as fol
lows; Mrs. George C. Averill Mrs.
George II. Clapp, Mrs. a. +. Park
and Mrs. G. F. Thompson.
The Snowflake corn canning fac
tory closed its season Saturday after a
short and extremely light season. Ow-
ing to the wet summer very little sweet
corn was raised by the farmers here
abouts and what there was of the pro-
duct was of a poor quality Hardly half
as many cans were put up as last year.
The annual meeting of the Audi
bon society was held Friday. Officers
were elected and plans made for the
coming year. 1t was decided to hold
regular meetings once a month and to
continue the junior meetings. The
president reported two rare birds, one
sora rail, the other white cuckoo.
bingham chapter, O. T. s., held
regular convocation Tuesday evening
and voted to extend an invitation to
Pearl chapter of jacksonville to visit
Bingham chapter Tuesday, Oct. y and
to exemplify the ritualistic work
There will be rehearsal Monday even
ing at which all officers are requested
TO be present.
Mrs. p. Rattle and Mrs. ". O.
Young were in Richmond Sunday to
attend the funeral Of their mother,
Mrs. Resale Gauvn, who died there
last Friday. Mrs. Gauvin leaves be
sides her daughters, four Sous, Louis
of Richmond, Joseph of Burlington,
Edward of ST. Louis and George of
Halifax. n. s. The funeral was held
in Underhill Sunday afternoon.
With the help of few more pleas
ant days the West River dam which is
being constructed 10y the Brattleboro
Gaslight Co, will be beyond the reach
Of harm by high water. The structure
is above the water line the entire width
of the river with the exception of about
y feet. 1t is expected that the dam will
be furnishing power by December | al
though it will not be completed by that
time.
Fred c., the valuable trotting
owned by J. \. Taylor and o.
H. Ellis. died in Nashua, \. H. last
week of heart disease Fred c.. was
the favorite in the - trot at Nashua
winning the first two heats, finishing
third and fifth in the next two and be-
ing distanced in the fifth. After the
race the horse appeared out of condi-
ton and grew rapidly worse, dying the
next day. Fred c., was bought in the
spring of 1901 from Kentucky breeder
and was very promising animal. He (
secured a record of 2;20i last season
and was really much faster.
Tie portrait of George Washington
N Masonic regalia by Robert Gordon
Hardie. which was recently unveiled by .
AMBASSADOR Choate at a meeting of
he grand Masonic lodge of England.
The London Telegraph speaks Of the
picture as piece of art and says The
work is an extremely fine one. The
Earl of Warwick calls the portrait the
pest work of Robert Gordon Hardie.
Vt the unveiling, which was presided
,yer by the Earl of Warwick, Ambas
ador Choate delivered an address and
poke of the picture as a noble portrait.
A hearing of local interest has
,een on the docket of the federal court
II Rutland this week regarding the
ase of Walter NJ. Ware of Putney
whom George T. Aplin and W. f.
Fierce have asked to be adjudged
bankrupt The petitioners, who have
otes signed by Ware, claim that he is
cattle dealer and can be adiudged
ankrupt while the defendant claims
e is a farmer and therefore cannot be
o adiudged Col. Kittredge Haskins
counsel for the petitioners and Wat
rman and Fits for Ware. Among the
illnesses at the hearing was W. II.
;rackett of the Peoples National bank.
Three hundred and fifty Vermont
eterans marched in a body in the
irand Army parade in Washington
'ednesday. At a meeting of the Yer I
lonters in Dumharten hotel Wednesday !
vening resolutions were passed upon
ne death of Gen. Grout. The committee I
, draw these resolutions consisted of Z. {
|. Mansur, +. A. Howe and H. f. {
aylor. The resolutions praise the pub I
c service of General Grout in behalf {
the soldiers. Many delegations from I
Their departments have visited the Yer f
Iont veterans at their hotel, which I
ley own absolutely this week Com c
lander Hathorn will not return to Yer t
ont till early next week, but the most t
the veterans, many of whom have |
ready made many excursions to near f
Y battletields have begun TO return i
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