Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21
01indham County 9eformer
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

ualDeu nunDPr OF Hef ITleDuS
cards last Thursday evening.
The infant daughter of DR.. an
Mrs. G. b. Hunter died Tuesday. TIL
burial was in the West Brattlebor
cemetery.
The celebrated band of the 4Stl
| Highlanders known as the "Kilties'
will appear in the Auditorium Monda,
| evening, March 10.
Mrs. E II. Putnam will entertain
| the Brattleboro chapter, ID. A. r., to
morrow afternoon from 3 to-5 O'Clock
at her home on Green street
A regular meeting of Beausan
commandery was held in Masonic hal
Wednesday evening for the purpose O.
comforting the Red Cross degree.
--Freda, the three year old daughter
of Edwin III. johnson, died Monday
morning of pneumonia at the home OF
her parents beyond West Brattleboro.
Tomorrow will be the 190th ami
versary of the birth of Washington.
Probably the school children will not
be as much interested in the event as
usual owing to the fact that it comes
on Saturday.
The annual ladies' night of the
Congregations club will be held in
the Brooks House Wednesday evening
when banquet will be served. En-
tertainment will be furnished by the
we'll known Harvard quartet.
Seventeen people were baptized at
the Baptist church last Friday evening
and seven more at the morning service
Sunday. Two persons from Mortified,
Mass. were baptized at the Christian
Endeavor meeting Tuesday evening.
Mrs Charles E. Freeman, nee Will
kins, made her first appearance in New
Jersey society this week as the guest
of honor at the valentine dinner of the
Give and Take club of Metuchen. The
event is said to have been one of the
most fashionable of the winter in east
ern New Jersey.
Michael Murphy, 81, died at his
home on the Putney road Sunday after
Il brief illness with pneumonia. The
body was taken to Putney Tuesday for
burial Mr. Murphy had been a long
time resident of Dummerston and was
known as prosperous farmer. lie Is
survived by wife, one son and one
daughter.
A burning chimney in the house of
Mrs f. +. Howe on South Main street
caused much smoke and good deal of
commotion Sunday morning. 1t was
feared at one time that the woodwork
around the chimney would catch fire,
but the flames were extinguished by
means of neighbor's extinguisher be-
fore any damage was done.
The W. G. T. U. met at Grange ban
quet hall last Wednesday afternoon,
Mrs. J. S. Brown presiding in the alb
sence of the president, Mrs. Mixer. A
paper was read by Mrs. j. Stearns on
"The Mothers Training of Their
Children. - The next meeting will be
held at the Grange banquet hall Thurs
day afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
Members night was observed at t
the rooms of the Catholic Union Fri
day evening, large number being I
present After a short business SEES
sion at which plans for the clubs min
strel show were discussed and 500 APP
propriated for use of the committee in
charge, the evening was whiled away !
with a short informal program consist
ing of songs, Instrumental music and
dancing.
The annual meeting of the eighth
district will be held in Brat
tleboro next Tuesday District Dep
uty Grand Master George b. Wheel
er of Bellows Falls will be present and
it is expected that delegation of 60
from that town will attend. Grand
Master G. r. Montague and Grand
Lecturer A. r. Bush are also expected
to be present. The Bellows Falls del T.
egation will return by special traiu.
Henry Haywood, proprietor of the ,
Brattleboro Overall com any, gave tes- ,
timony at the Brooks House Saturday
in the case of the Percy Sumner club !
vs. Joseph G. and Jacob Astle, lit- ;
CATION which involves the rights and !,
title of Christine lake in Coos county, !
\. H. Lawyer Carpenter of Boston =
vas present in the interests of the !;
and Lawyers Batchclder of ;
N. H., and Hollis of Con =
cord, N. H., represented the defend
lnts.
-Rehearsals for the minstrel show a
o be given in April by the Catholic u
Union have begun this week and the S
of arrangements mean to
pare no pains to make the production a
irst class in every way. p j. Null I
aney of Ware, Mass. who coached fl
he performers in the Vermont Wheel $
Tub show several years ago. has been =
ngaged in a similar capacity ly the X
catholic Union and was in Brattle- o
oro last evening to superintend re- D
earsal. y
The Boston Sunday Herald con- =
aimed cut of H. G. Baxter and his 7,
imily IN Mr.. Baxter's automobile :,
'hich was formerly owned by Winton, :,
ne I'll known chauffeur. Mr. Bax (;
or, is one of the proprietors of h
the orn canning factory. was in 4 4
with the machine last sum -, ~
ler He and his family have recently III
fit their home in Brunswick, Me-, for
,veral months the South and will be
lake the return trip in their auto bl
obile. tn
-Brattleboro people were disturbed GO GO
the midst of their late breakfasts -
bout II O'Clock Sunday morning by "
] alarm of fire from box 80, The occa a,
on being a slight blaze in the recent ",
constr ucted pumping station in the a.
ar of the Swift Beef company's build e. 9,
g. The chemical engine was the first ~.
respond to the alarm and within a IL
W minutes line of hose was laid W.
ON the Canal street hydrant The gu gu
e, which was caused by spontaneous a th
mbustion in bunch of rags, was al ~
ady under control, however and the 81
lter was not needed. Steamer No. 3 az
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