Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-26
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP,

The Enterprise society will hold
picnic in Esteyville July 4.
Save for hard colds the towns gen
eral health is excellent.
How many unlicensed dogs ar,
there in town, do you think?
"A party of local Christian Scien
lists left town Monday to attend tn,
Boston convention.
Over score of local Endeavorer.
went to Newfane yesterday to attend
the Christian Endeavor society's con
vention.
The hay crop is saved, sure enough,
but If the rain does not hold off fol
awhile there will be great loss tc
other crops, and gardens will suffer
much damage.
e. G. Crosby and Nj. A. Coolidge
have the contract for building the
waterworks at Springfield, Vt, theil
bid being S95, 600 The village water
supply will be brought four miles al
public expense.
The annual meeting of the Yer
mont society of the Daughters of 49,
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock at the residence of Mrs. An
gelica B. Shea. The annual reports OF
officers will be presented and pro-
gram of much interest has been ar
ranged.
There is yet some question, so it
seems, as to the exact date of the re-
opening of the public schools for the
fall term. Therefore the date an
nounced in this paper last week may
not be accepted as fact, until after the
meeting of the school board the second
week in July.
Miss Jennie Emma Moseley of Hi III
street and Leslie H. Streeter Of Green
field, both formerly of Vernon, were
married last week Tuesday at the Meth
odist parsonage by Rev. F. W. Lewis,
the pastor. They will move to Green
field in the fall, where Mr.. Streeter is
a telephone inspector.
-Messrs Strock and Evans, former
ly of the Bennett Moulton company,
who have so successfully presented sew
eral dramas for the benefit of local Or
CARNATIONS, are negotiating with Wan
tastiquet lodge of Odd Fellows for the
presentation of 1.-The Resurrection at
the Auditorium within three weeks.
-Brattleboro camp of Modern Wood
men of America attended st. Michael's
Episcopal church in body Sunday
morning and heard an excellent ser
mon from the rector, Rev. E. L. Mathi-
son. Afterward the members marched
to the cemetery where graves of de-
ceased members were strewn With
flowers.
1t is gratifying to know that anoth
er of the Reformer's suggested reforms
has been productive of results. The
workmen began yesterday replacing the
rotten plank walk on the bridge over
the stone arch of the Boston & Maine
railroad. The thinkers had rotted to
such an extent that man could kick
his foot through.
"A recent issue of the Manchester,
N. H., Union contains a fine portrait
of William Heard of Newport, nep-
hew of Mrs. Adelaide ID. Reynolds,
and formerly of this place, who was a
soloist and one of the prime movers in
a minstrel show for the Baseball club
last week. About S400 were Melted for
the club by the two nights entertain
ment.
Virginia Metty, wife of William b.
Mettv. has petitioned Judge Tyler to
have Metty brought to the bar on an
action for contempt of court. She has
sued for divorce and obtained court
order forbidding her husband to inter
fere with her or her belongings. This
order she claims has been violated
Metty has left town and so long as he
keeps away no further action is contem-
plated.
Fires were comfort in office build
ings Saturday morning, and on Mon
day morning they were necessity.
The sudden drop in the temperature
everybody unawares, and the
man who endeavors to dress In confor-
mity with weather conditions these
DAYS finds his time fully taken. Ev.
erybody is suffering and sneezlng ana
swearing and the doctors report great
increase in cases of hard colds leading |
from influenza.
At the annual meeting of the Cath !
olic Union of Brattleboro, held last Fri
day evening, very satisfactory reports
were read and the following officers
we're elected for the ensuing year:
I. A. Austin; vice presl-
dent. d. W. Shea: secretary. z. +.
Mann: financial secretary, DIR. h: r.
Kinkead: treasurer, II. b. Haus. Inc !
hoard of directors are II. b. Haus. Z. |
r Mann, ]. J. Eckels, W. 0. Young,
DR.. r. R. Kinkead, d. W. Shea and
I. A. Austin.
The Springfield, VT. Reporter, rec
,gnizing the good work which Mrs. Jen
ne b. Powers, the Humane society
agent. is accomplishing hereabouts,
avs: ''F. W. Pierce, treasurer OF the
Vermont State Humane society, re-
.eived letter last week from Mrs. y.
r Powers of Brattleboro acknowledg-
ng check sent by him. Where
& there an agent in the state that has
lone better, especially woman: Let
IS hear from them if they have bet
,er record.
The executive committee OF the
Valley Fair association will meet to-
morrow evening to further discuss the
coming fair and make suggestions tow
,rd its improvement and financial bet
ar,nent One of the problems to be
oired ;s how to extend the present
'uarters in the exhibition hall so as to
include the school exhibit, which IS to
70 new and prominent feature this
cor nlan is afoot to remove the
,utter department from the main hall
md give that space to the school e1-
Hi meantime erecting a new build