Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14

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The loss by the recent fire at 9TH
iemlocks' has been adjusted ut S7S b,
ii. f. Taylor u Son.
The women of the Congregations
: church will serve supper in the par
lors Tuesday evening
L. S. Higgins will sell his entire
stock of sleighs. robes, bells, ETC., by
auction November 2G.
There was slight fire in the Brat.
tleboro House Friday evening caused
by lace curtain blowing over IA laml
in one of the chambers The blaze was
put out by extinguishers with slight
loss.
M. Henry Walsh's American Crys-
talpleX company will occupy Grange
hall next week, coming here under the
auspices of the Odd Fellows. The
company includes band and orches-
ira and gives stage program of music
and vaudeville
The young son of l.. B. Yeauvy
had one leg badly bruised Friday after
noon while attempting to board one of
the Brattleboro creamery's wagons.
The boy tried to climb on the wagon
by side step and fell one of the
wheels passing over his leg.
L. c. White has finished wiring
the hotel and assembly hall in Will
mington and the buildings are nearly
ready for the fixtures. Mr.. White has
a large, part of the wires up between
here and the West Dummerston dam,
and expects to complete that contract
in a few weeks.
The department of physical cul-
ture at Amherst college has completed
the statistics of the freshman class
and it is found that Carl f. Hollender
of Brattleboro broke seven college rec
ords and tied one. One of the rec
ords is height, Hollender measuring
six feet five inches
The local coal situation is fast be-
coming relieved, although there is not
sufficient coal to supply everybody yet.
BarroWs IL Co., have received a small
consignment of hard coal this week and
they have been delivering this in half
ton lots at IS a ton. Mr.. Barrows eX-
poets to receive a larger lot in the
course of several weeks and will in all
probability deliver that by the ton,
The Audubon society held a meet
Readings were given describing the
six species of yireos that come to this
part of the country. Specimens of the
birds and their nests We're shown. The
nests are very attractive, being cup
shaped hanging structures often deco
rated with white birch bark. Birds
reported were golden crowned kinglets,
fox sparrows and Wilson'S snipe.
E a. -
lie Union last event q ii was voted TO
have basket ball team in the local
league this winter. and d. ;. Carey,
f. J. Fenton and J. j. Clune We're ap-
pointed a committee TO organize the
team. The entertainment committee
reported that series of ladies' nights,
members nights and card tournaments
would be held during the winter, \
regular meeting Of the club will be
held next Friday evening.
The soloists who will appear
with the 69th regiment band Wednes- .
day evening in the Auditorium are all .
skilled performers Miss Cecilia Miles. .
soprano. possesses a remarkable voice .
and has large repertoire. She has .
that most desirable attribute in vo-
calist-clearness of enumeration and .
power to read the poem of song dis
The other soloists are John .
Dolan, cornet: G. G.. Stanzione. flute,
and f. \. Hennessy, Irish piper.
--Brattleboro lodge, \. +. 0. P,
held special meeting last evening at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Haywood.
1t was voted to hold a special meeting
before Jan. /, at which time
some supreme officers will speak on
the merits of the order. The regular
next Thursday evening will
opeu at 40 in Red Men hall. Two
candidates will be initiated after
which the members are expected to in
vite their friends when refreshments
will be served and literary program
will be carried out.
A recent issue of the Grand Rap
ids. Mich. Press contains an account
If the work which is being done by
Retting II Sweet, furniture manufac.
turers, one of the partners being
Charles f. Retting. son of John Ret
ting of this town. He left Brattleboro
in 1880 and has been in Grand Rapids
for eight years The firm is making
the furniture for the parent lodge of
the order of Elks in New York city,
one of the most wealthy lodges in this
country The designs are Ionic, the
wood used is mahogany and the wood
work is all hand carved. The cost of
the furniture will amount to about -,
300. Retting a Sweet are also making
4 similar set of furnishing for the
Conn, lodge.
The narrow gauge railroad has be
gun its star course of accidents for the
winter. the second number of the sea
son taking place early yesterday morn
ng at South Londonderry Extra
freight No. > was getting ready to re {
urn to Brattleboro and after the en-
zine had been turned the order was
given to 90 ahead. Someone had for
gotten, however, to close the switch
and the train instead of going down the r
main track took the siding, crossing {
he turn table and smashing into the /
engine house in which was engine No.
;. The pilots of both locomotives
came together with a smash and were !
demolished. Both front doors of the
house were torn to pieces and engine I
40. 3 was pushed through the rear of ,
-he building.
Two West Wardsboro youths, who
spent the day in Brattleboro recently, I
we're the victims of huge Joke on
heir way home. Being in a hilarious .
mood they took to scrapplng in friend.
" manner much to the amusement of .
he other occupants of the car. Finally
me produced a pair of handouts and
.ucceeded in putting one clasp around