Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-03
THE wINDHAM COUNTY REFORMER FRIDAY OCTOBER B. 1902

Protective grange will give the sec
ond of the series of dances at Grang
hall this evening.
The Woman's Auxiliary Of the y
NJ. G. A. will hold its first meetin,
Tuesday at 3 o'clock.
There will he meeting of tn
Knights and Ladies of Honor in Rel
Mems hall Monday evening.
Dennis Rebekah lodge will observ,
its next meeting October IA as dona
tion meeting for the Gill home.
The regular meeting of the boarc
of directors of the Y. M. G. A. will bt
held Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
The Woman's Alliance will hold 6
rummage sale at "The Old Curiosity
Shop, p" Retting block, beginning Tues
day.
Mrs G. |. Stafford and Mrs c.
A. Green have been in New York Euy-
ing millinery and other goods this
week.
Melvin Thurber played right tackle
on the Colgate university foot ball
team Saturday when it held Cornell
down to five points.
Single tickets for May Parker s
Pickaninnies and concert company go
on sale to morrow morning at o'clock
at the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms.
Henry Eddy was arrested in Ports
mouth, n. H., Saturday for the lar
ceny of blanket and harness. He was
given hearing Monday and bound
over in the sum of 800 to appear at the
October term of court.
The upper section of the smoke
stack on the electric light station has
become partially detached from the
lower part and is on the verge of fall
ing A staging is being built today so
that repairs can be made.
Protective grange will hold its an
nual fair Wednesday at Grange hall
with the usual attractions. farce,
the sale of useful and fancy articles,
vegetables, home made candy, grabs,
etc. A chicken pie supper will be
served in the banquet hall
ALL reports indicate that the Val
ley Fair was this year little bigger
success than ever before. 1t has been
demonstrated that Brattleboro enter
prise is perennial. Death claims some
of its honored and respected citizens
but the march of progress is unim
peded. Bellows Falls extends congrat
ulations. - Bellows Falls Times.
The Daughters of 1Sl2 held their
regular meeting at the residence of
Mrs. Joseph Stafford Saturday after
noon with good attendance, consider
ing the weather. After all business
was transacted some interesting and
graphic sketches Of important naval
battles were read. Light refreshments
were served and an enjoyable after
noon passed,
The local baseball league has given
such an impetus to sports locally that
there is now talk of forming a basket
ball league this coming winter. There
is material in town for several good
teams and there is little doubt that an
of this sort would bring
about the old time enthusiasm in the
game The only available place in
which to play i the Festival hall but
arrangement undoubtedly could be
made by which it could be secured.
A 40 page magazine prospectus of
their Star course of entertainments has
just been issued by the Y, NJ. c. A.
and copies can he secured at the asso-
citation rooms. 1t is finely illustrated
with portraits of leading artists and
neatly and artistcally printed, The
lecture committee have secured an ex-
ceptional list of attractions combining
pleasing variety and high quality and
are to be congratulated upon the result
Of their endeavors The cordial support
Of all interested in raising the stand
ard of Brattleboro's entertainments is
deserved and expected.
A Manchester. y. H.. despatch in
a recent issue of the Montpelier Argus
tells Of the swath cut by one who called
himself Z. H. Bassett, general mana
ger of the Crane Horse and Stock com
pany of the world. This gentleman
claimed to hail from Galveston. Tex,
and made a request that the local papers
give him q big blowout Later in the
day he announced his engagement to
Alice Runnels Amsden and said that
be would hold public reception at
the home of +. +, Gleason in Brattle.
ooro. A. he appeared to have no money
he was refused accommodation at the
hotel and finally was taken in charge
oy the police.
Patrick Ferriter. aged ~, died
Early this morning at the home of his
sister. Mrs, Simon Hayes. in North
tmpton, Mass. after an illness of sev- .
4ral weeks. He was a native of this
own and learned the telegraph operat-
ny in the Western Union Office under
he instruction Of James Bardwell.
Later he became an expert operator and
was one of the fastest men in the EN-
jloy of the Western Union Co. He
worked for number of years in Bos-
on and up TO two months ago was en-.
lloyed in a New York office. During
he Spanish war he was stationed at
\lontauk Point. He Is survived by two
Drothers, Luke and Eugene Ferriter of
and four sisters, Mrs.
Hayes of Northampton, Mrs. ". A.
Morse, Miss Mary and Miss Bridget =
'erriter of this town.
William G. Fisher of Leominster,
Mass, son of Fred S, FISHER and
ormer Brattleboro boy. was married
n Fitchburg, Mass, Wednesday to
Hiss Della L. Littlehale. daughter of
1r. and Mrs. j. d. Littlehale The
occasion was double wedding, two of
,Ir. Littlehale's daughters being the
rides. The couples stood under
anopy of clematis and before an i'm
,rovised altar rail of clematis. Their
lister, Miss Eftie Lois Littlehale,
,lavad the Tnheuurin bridal chorus