Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-21

'"e Sa'hoIic Union VIII De nelQ Tn
: evening.
-Windham county Pomona grang
Will meet with North River grang
e Jacksonville, Thursday next.
. Protective grange will work tn
third and fourth degrees next Wednes
: day evening followed by the usual har
supper.
Two of the old ice houses nea
Frost Pond are being demolished, I
make room for new one to be erect
. ed on the same site.
Two band concerts a day hav
considerably enlivened the streets thi
week and some well-known horse
have been more or less Jared"
A man who said his name wa
Thayer and his home in Rutland wal
taken to the lookup Tuesday. He wa
fined IS and costs and was able t,
pay
The net receipts of the peanut
man across the way have consider
ably increased of late, and he mods
his compliments now and them He
knows; so do others.
The afternoon meeting of Friday
/
ston Hill will be a memorial service
in memory of Walter Stockwell the
late president of the association. Rev.
L. S. Chafer will give the address ana
there will be special singing.
The Methodist camp meeting at
Claremont Junction, n. H.. is in ses-
sion having commenced the 18th with
good attendance, the cottages all
being occupied. The grounds are
lighted with electric lights. About
20 people from this place are in at
tendance.
That beautiful play Friendly
Enemy" is to have another production
owing to the many requests made to
Strock & Evans by people who We're
not able to see the performance giveE
at the auditorium. Monday and Tues
day nights the play will be staged in
good shape at Grange hall.
-Twenty-one days before his death
the late Walter d. Stockwell took out
an accident policy for $4,000 and paid
the first premium. Then in three
weeks he was killed by the cars. His
widow has this week received the face
value of the policy, paid by the COM
panys special agent, William Z.
Horton.
No license for the Brewery on the
island as yet. They say that after the
bridge is built the license will be
granted by the New Hampshire COM
Good enough That |
means what we have all along con-
Hinsdale will get the |
license money, and Brattleboro the |
trouble.
BY special request Strock & Ev-
ans will produce Friendly Enemy"
again, with the original cast as nearly
rs possible but this time at Grange
lall and for two nights, dancing to
'ollow the second nights performance.
Strock & Evans are making arrange
nents to produce "Triss. or Beyond
he Rockies at West Chesterfield on
Friday night of next week with the or
ginal local cast.
There are some surprises in life,
lfter all. For instance: G.. w. Hud-
ION, while shingling a roof on Tues
lay, ripped up a big nest of yellow
jackets. The hornets swarmed about
lis ears and arms and made things red
lot for time but it should go on rec
things G. w. Hudson won the day and
,ept at his job until he had COM
,leted it. When the last shingle had
,een laid he descended and the hor-
lets gave it up.
The directors of the Street Rail
way company held a meeting Satur-
lay evening for organization. These 8
Ulcers We're elected for the ensuing s
ear: President, Charles Q. Robbins; ,
ice president, Frank L. Hunt: treas I
rer, Dennison Cowles: superintend- I
mt, c. X. Jones. The meeting was ,
cry brief, owing to the large amount a
f business on the line which de- {
handed the personal duties of the SUI ,
The board. at its next +
leeting will discuss matters of expan Z
ion and improvement. \
John F'redette and his son got into
drunken row at their home on
street last Sunday after v
Don and the police We're asked to il
ueU the disturbance. The Fredette's f.
,ok to the woods, running to the fair c
but the officers soon got track il
{ them The young man was nabbed b
5 he was returning home, and the Of b
GERS 1Ounu the eluer man locked III 4
ne of the stalls at the fair grounds. t
here spectators had imprisoned him h
the arrival of help. In court ST
ext day Judge Newton fined Fredette
IS and costs and he was taken to C
utland Jail in default. The younger c;
an was fined So and costs for drunk Il
mess, which he paid. m
The ridiculous story which has HI
zen travelling through the state press II
e past week. originating in fake til
legraphed to one of the Boston pa
rs 10 days ago, and which concerns
e alleged mistreatment Of a woman W
Waldoboro, Me-, recent inmate IL
the Retreat here. deserves to be u'
n to earth before it grows any Big ~
r. The woman in question, in al
cad of being "a beautiful belle, mer re
voted children" is aged 55, and was sf
yally and properly committed to the
,treat by the authorities of her ma pr
re state, and on advice of physicians Ia
10 had examined her and who testi- &c
d that they feared she would do en-
rm. A few days ago she was re- "a
Used, after the Retreat authorities
d received assurance that her sis er
was willing and able to provide for vi
r. The commitment and the release III
re done according to law. an
EI
-Sharpshooters of the First regi- pc
INT, W n. G. have been wondering H;
, past fortnight who the lucky men co
,uld be- chosen to represent the reg ca