Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-11
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP,

Enterprise will be held with Mrs. Hop
kins on Organ street July "a.
DIR. \. |. Miller has moved his CT
nee into the rooms formerly occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Taylor.
j. E. Halls Sunday school elias.
held lawn party on the grounds o.
Mrs. l.. II. Dearborn Wednesday even
ing.
Rev G. B. Lawson of Worcester,
Mass, will speak at the Afternoon
service in the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms Sun.
day.
The ". c. 7. U. met in the Y. NJ.
=; a. parlors yesterday afternoon.
They will hold mothers meeting in
the rooms next week.
The advertisement of Hawley' S
midsummer clearance sale occupies a
/ prominent place on the fourth page
and offers some remarkable bargains.
The first brick of the Willard
building in Washington was laid Tues
day by Mrs. Henry A. Willard, ma
| tive of Westminster and sister of Dan
iel Kellogg.
Our store will be closed from July
10 to August /, to enable US to make
repairs and renovations and to allow
us short vacation. LaFleche Bros.
Tailors. adv.
Any members of Sedewick post
who intend to 60 to Spofford lake July
II will leave their names with Mrs.
Phila Lamson. Teams will leave Main
street at 9 O'Clock.
A meeting of the Brattleboro local
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Monday evening to find out whether
Brattleboro will send delegates to
Clements convention in Burlington.
The members of the Unitarian Sun
day school and their friends will hold
their annual picnic at Central Park
Wednesday, July 16. If stormy on that
day, the picnic will take place on
Thursday, the l7th.
A feature of the Valley Fair bench
show this year will be an exhibit of
Russian wolfhounds from the Valley
farms in Simsbury, Conn. The dogs
raised by the Valley farms are among
the best of the breed in this country
and the kennel is valued at $1,000
The engine and tender of the mar
row gauge train which reaches Brat
the arch bridge Saturday afternoon
two hours. This is the second time
that the narrow gauge has left the
track at this point.
-Brattleboro chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, enjoyed a
very delightful veranda tea given by
Mrs. G.. F. r. Jenne July at her
home on Oak street. After a short
business session questions were given
out concerning Revolutionary subjects
to be guessed by the Daughters Re
freshments were served by the hostess.
Two we'll known Brattleboro horses !
locally figured in the races at Concord,
n. H., Saturday. E. Z. Knott, for the |
past two seasons a favorite at the Val
ley Fair races, captured the 2:l2 class
in straight heats. his fastest time being
10. Fred c., the gelding owned by
j. A. Taylor, took third money in the
3 % class, winning second in two of /
the heats.
Sig. Sautelle's circus exhibited on .
the island grounds yesterday afternoon |
and evening to fair sized audiences.
The show was not on a par with the
big 'uns' in any respect, but was
very fair taking into consideration the
price. A large number of people were
soaked an extra 10 cents for their tick
cts b the spectators who occupied
The entrance.
Information furnished by the trus
ices of the Thompson fund appeared
in last weeks Phoenix. The trustees
state that owing to the limited means
On hand they have not been able to be
sin active operations but will do so as
soon as the working drawings are com
1leted They also say that as the hos
1ital is secondary to the interests of
he sewing women they the trusteesl
10 not feel like spending any large
mount of money.
At a meeting of the executive com.
nittee of the local baseball league
evening it was decided to
How the High school team to with
lraw. The schedule will be rear
anged so that the number of games ,
viii not be lessened and the only
hange in the averages will be the can
of the last game between the
High school and the Y. NJ. c. A. Be d,
ore this game all of the teams had
defeated the High school once. The ,
anne tomorrow will be between the ,
)unham Brothers and Vermont Wheel
Tub teams. The shoe men lost their :
irst game in the series last Saturday :
nd the Wheel club players will try !
heir best to keep them on the tobog-
an. II
Comparatively little patriotic ex- I
berance escaped in Brattleboro on the 5
lorious Fourth al hough between the !
ours of u and , O'Clock Main street /
as somewhat noisy. The fire in the Y
epot yard furnished sufficient excite /
lent for a large number of people who I
ere willing to retire after it was ex-
The most unpatriotic :
hing done by the patriots" of the !
vening was the overturning of the I
annon which stands in front of the q
oldiers' monument on the Common. \
his time honored piece was complete |
upset and the pile of cannon bi lis +
eside it for the most part rolled down a
he bank into the Retreat grounds. A .
.rge waste basket was found Saturday \
corning reposing at the top of the flag \
ole in the High school yard. a
Glass Number of the Baptist Sun {
ay school enjoyed field day and sun
urn on the Fair grounds the morning /
the Fourth. 4 baseball game be- 0
yeen the benedicts and the bachelors d
cyan at s O'Clock and lasted for over
20 hours the final result being vic 8
nv for the single men by score of b
~ Haa1d and Morse were the bat s