Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-10

DR. f. r. Lynch has rented store
in Retting block and is having it fitted
up for an office.
The date of the Catholic Union min
strel entertainment has been changed
from April % to April %.
George E. Fox has engaged the
Bennett Moulton company for the Au-
ditorium the last week in April
VIM. Spring, formerly employed at
the Brooks House barber shop, has
opened shop in MILESTONE block.
Sch orling & johnson have this
week put new meat cart on the street,
going up through Elliot and Williams
streets and to Esteyville.
The proprietors of the brewery on
the island have applied for both whole.
sale and retail licenses to the New
Hampshire license commissioners.
George Martin and Charles Moore
brought in AZ trout weighing about 10
pounds from the Gulf stream, Wednes'
day. This is the first good catch of the
season.
Tommy Dowd, the old Brattleboro
baseball player, has secured a renewal
of his Holyoke franchise in the Mas
sachusett Central league and expects
to bring out strong team in that city.
The ladies of the Unitarian socie-.
ty will give sociable at Wells hall on
Thursday evening, April 16. Supper
will be served at $50, followed by
musical and literary entertainment.
All are cordially invited.
&C. H. Eddy has this week -pur-
chased the Broad Brook house, in Gull
ford and will take charge at once. Mr..
Larrow, the former proprietor, has Sc
cured employment as travelling sales
man for Worcester liquor concern.
Cards were received last week from
Sanitariam Springs, N. Y, for the mar,
riage of Miss Minnie Sullivan and
Frank Odell. Miss Sullivan was pop
ular school teacher of that city and
niece of Mrs. P. Guiheen of this place.
A small chimney fire occurred in
the Water Cure building Monday IN
the tenement occupied by l.. +. MIL
Ter. A still alarm was sent in and the
fire department despatched three small
extinguishers to the scene and the flre
was put out before serious damage was
done.
The inspection of Company of the
First Vermont regiment, prior to the
issuance of the new Krag rifle will take
place tomorrow. The new weapon is of
80 .calibre with magazine capacity Of
seven shots, and will be vast i'm
provement over the old single shot
Springfield rifle.
A hearing was held Monday before
Referee F. d. E. Stowe in the case OF
E. A. Starkey, bankrupt, to decide
whether a watch, diamond ring and pro-
ceeds from the sale of an overcoat were
exempt from the assets of the firm.
Mr.. Stowe held that the ring and watch
were not exempt but that the proceeds
from the overcoat we're.
The basket ball game which was to
have been played Tuesday between the
Y. NJ. G. A. and the Springfield pro,
| fessional teams was cancelled ana
no more games will be played here this
season. The baskets and screens were
taken down this week. The season Just
closed has been a success socially and
financially but much better season is
promised for next year. ..
Cards have been received this week
for the marriage of Miss Anna A. Har-
per of Albany, n. Y, and p. W. Gui-
heen, formerly of this place. The cere-
mony takes place in Our Lady of An
gels church, in that city, Tuesday at Z
D. m. They will be at home after May
is at 1854 Central avenue. Those from
Brattleboro who will attend are Mr..
and Mrs j. j. Austin and children, j.
f. Guiheen, T. J. Guiheen and Miss
Katherine Guiheen.
"A meeting of the Audubon society
was held Monday evening with Mrs. A.
d. Wyatt A paper was read by MRS.
Jennie B. Powers on Cruelty to AMI
mails" that gave vivid account of the
shocking cruelties pIacticed on AMI
mails. most of them from her own OBJ
servations while engaged in the work
of the Humane society. Selected read
mgs on the same subject were given.
The society anticipates visit from the
| Greenfield Audubon society on April
IS. when the day win be spent in the
fields and woods. Mrs. Horizons re-
mort of birds showed that the bluebird,
robin, phoebe, song sparrow, led
winged blackbird and chipping spar
row are with us again, while martin
and pine warbler are among the early
visitors.
The meeting of the Woman's club
at the Brooks House parlors Wednes-
day afternoon was presided over by
the vice president, Mrs. W. N. ,Thomp'
son, the president, Miss Susan Clark,
reading the paper of the day. She
gave an ably prepared and very inter
esting account of her recent travels IN
Europe and was listened to with close
attention. Miss Lenna Thomas sans
two solos most pleasiDgly. The newly
printed copies of the revised constltu
j tion and bylaws were distributed
Some important changes have beer
made and the revision is most satisfac
, tory while the new copies are yer!
handsomely gotten up. The revlsioI
committee was composed of Mrs. sgd
ney Miner, Miss Mary Gordon ane
Miss Emma Gregg.
, 1.-THE Ladies of Crawford, a three
. act play of the early '40's, the scene o
) which is laid in an English village
, will be presented at grange hall on tn
, evening of Thursday, April 16, unde
/ the auspices of the Fessenden Helping
J Hand society Raspberry shrub ant
seed cakes will be sold between tn
acts. The cast will be-: Miss Matilda
JENKINS, Miss Edwina Whitney; MIS-
Mary Smith, Miss Helen Reyes; Mis-
, Jessie Brown, Miss May Goodhue
Miss Pole, Miss Florence Putnam; Mrs
Forester, Miss Ethel Randall; Mis-
Baker. Miss Zetta Weld: The Hon
Mrs. Jameson, Miss Margaret Martin
: Martha, Miss Louise Davenport; Peg