Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-08
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

e. L. Hildreth has purchased fine
family driving horse Of II. X. Brown.
Don't fail to read what we offer in
our advertisement on page 4. Lafieche
Bros. adv.
Three infants were baptised by
Rev. Mr.. Mathison in the Episcopal
church Sunday.
The Saturday half holiday seized.
ule went into effect at the s. A. Smith
Co. shops last week.
The pay car was welcomed at the de-
pot Monday afternoon. Nearly S7OO was
distributed in Brattleboro.
Bishop A. G. A. Hall will make his
annual visitation to st. Michael's Epis-
copal church Sunday, the oath.
Monthly devotions during May at
st. MichaePs Roman Catholic church
will be held on Thursday evenings at
7 80 o'clock
-Liverymen say that there is more
Sunday driving this year than ever be-
fore, and cite the fact as evidence OF
the towns prosperity.
Your stationery and business print
ing will he distinctive, attractive and
effective if you get it of Ullery & Co.
It will be right priced and quickly de-
livered, too.
! Shipments and transfers of lum-
Der are unusually heavy at the local
freight yard, and much sap pine, sec
ond growth, is being sent to Athol,
Mass, for the Diamond Match Co.
DIR. George r. Anderson has pur-
chased through Henry r. Brown, the
liveryman, a very light park wagon,
with rubber tires, piano box, hand
somely painted in yellow and black.
The Bennett Moulton Co. closed
it's season with the performances at the
Auditorium last week, and the COM
pany disbanded. Several of its mem.
bers are spending few days in town,
stopping at the Brattleboro house.
w. W. Cook has sold his house on
the corner Of Chase and Linden streets
to H. E. Bond. Mr.. Cook takes Mr..
Bonds house in West Brattleboro in
part payment. Possession is given at
once. The transfer was made through
the A. V. May agency.
j. l. Berg, carpenter employed by
Don A. Wilder, while removing plaster
from ceiling in j. G. Ullery's resi-
dence Wednesday forenoon, was hit by
heavy section of the plaster and a
tendon in lis arm was so severely
bruised that he will be laid up for a
week or two.
During the week two additional
cases of scarlet fever have developed in
town, the latest victims being Cabot
johnson of No. Myrtle street and
Katherine, daughter of United States
District Attorney j. l.. Martin. Both
houses have been guarantined by Dep
uty Health Officer Aldrich. The cases
are of mild type.
There will be but one mass OBJ
served at st. Michael's Roman Catho-
lie church for the next three Sundays,
as the pastor, Rev. P. Cunningham,
will celebrate early mass in nearby
towns, commencing next Sunday at
Putney. The service at st. Michael's
will be held at IL o'clock.
j. A. Clark of Guilford, is happy
over the arrival at his farm OF very
fine colt, sired by Ralph W., the 1913
pound stallion owned by Charles Miner
Of Bonnyvale farm, West Brattleboro.
The colts dam is Morgan and the
ycuppster, who is bay and weighs 10
pounds, should prove very speedy.
The remarkable drop in the tenn
perature, over GO degrees, recorded last
week, brought folks up with snort
turn and gave us gentle hint that
winter is yet lingering. Farmers re-
port a heavy frost and considerable
damage was done vegetables ana 1fult
trees. Snow fell 20 miles north OF US
and thin ice formed all about.
The l2-foot trestle on the narrow
gauge road half mile north OF west
Dummerston was burned Saturday
forenoon, the fire being caused by
sparks from a passing locomotive. A
gang was sent from here by Agent
Burke and the bridge was quickly re-
nlaced. The down freight was de-
iaved two hours but the passenger
trains we're not inconvenienced.
ALL persons having deposit books
with savings banks in this state should
take advantage of the present oppor-
tunity. provided by law, to have them
certified by the banks books. ms
will be done during May and every de-
positor has the opportunity now 10
compare his book with the bank ng
ures E. j. Waterman is at the YER
mont Savings bank and r. q. whitney
~ the Brattleboro Savings bank,
checking the books of depositors as
they come in. -
An alarm of fire Saturday forenoon
created considerable excitement ana
attracted crowds to the railroad EN-
bankment in the rear of the Congrega-
tiopal church. A little tool house pc
side the track caught fire by spark
from locomotive, and burned quick
Nv box car caught fire but was
saved. and some of the telegraph poles
were scorched but not weakened. Dur
inc the afternoon the firemen were
summoned by still alarm, as SPARKS
had set the grass afire at two poin's
further up the track.
-Lehigh coal is selling at 81. 2o pei
ton and Lackawana at 81, dellvereo
and INT in. There is general d'sPo-
sition on the part of the people 10 Jay
in their supply now, thus escaping an!
possible stringency of the market neA'
infer Local dealers report business
brisk and are hardly able to NIL oroeTs
az fast as they come in. Inc wholesa,e
rr;ca Of coal was advanced ~ Genus
May1. and the price will be advanced
IN cents per month for the next ioui
months. This is done by the big com
nanies in order to keep the supply NOV
no and preyent the rush at the pegih'
ming of cold weather.
Press dispatches say that Coy. NC
Cullough's party was shown maIkeu az,
tention by the exposition oincials a
st. Louis last week !hey VIII Ts Ia