Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02
wINDHAM COUNTY REFoRMER FRIDAY, JANUARY q 1908

! American House tomorrow.
Q The fourth of the series of Mason
v dances will be tonight at Masonic hal
: Mrs. Cynthia Tucker slipped {
; ice Wednesday afternoon near the co
Q ner of Elliot and Elm streets sustain
I ing such injuries that she is now undo
: the care of a trained nurse.
Horace f. Prefountaine, formerl
proprietor of the West Brattlebol
:, meat market, will open market
I Milestone block in the stand formerl
occupied by Flagg's restaurant. RI
|: pairs will take about two weeks.
,, j. e. Gleason, the grocer, has il
|. augurated new deal, and will offe
special low prices each Saturday 20
certain lines of goods His first sal
begins tomorrow and readers are re
quested to look for his advertisement
--Sedgwick post No. and the Won
an g Relief corps will hold Joint in
stallation in G. A. r. hall Wednesda
evening. Supper will be served a
$50 to which comrades and wives
members of the corps and their hus
bands are invited.
There will be no Sunday Afternoon
meeting in the Y. M. c. A. rooms tn,
coming Sunday. One days supply o
coal is needed to heat the rooms TO
the meeting and the directors have de
cided to keep the rooms open week day:
as long as possible.
"A petition is being circulated il
Brattleboro asking that the Vermont
senators do what they can toward the
retainment in the immigration bill OF
the clause which prevents anyone un-
able to read from coming into this
country. The clause is being opposed
by many of the steamship companies.
The Reformer publishes this week
table of figures which are furnished
| by the Vermont anti-saloon league,
| showing the difference in the number
of arrests in certain towns under pro-
hibiton and license. Although the
Reformer does not believe in placing
such fragmentary evidence before the
public, the figures are worth attention.
The second in the series of assem-
blies was held in the Brooks House
Wednesday evening, about 80 couples
attending. Music was furnished by
Leitsinger's orchestra of six pieces.
Electric light globes of different colors
furnished the decorations and the
chandeliers were hung with mistletoe
Dancing was enjoyed from until /
O'Clock.
The following officers were elected
at the annual meeting of Wantastiquet
lodge, |. o. o. F., which was held
Monday evening: Noble grand, f. A.
Cook; vice grand, W. II. Haigh: re-
cording secretary, A. j. Currier finan-
cial secretary, &. q. Cobb; treasurer,
G. +. Sturgess trustee for five years,
II. S. Goodenough. The officers will
be installed Monday evening by G. b.
Reardon of Ludlow, district deputy
grand master.
"A rumor has been current about
the depot lately to the effect that the
Boston Il Maine railroad is negotiat-
ing for the purchase of the Central
Vermont system. How much truth
there is in the story cannot be found
out but everyone who is in any way con
nected with the Central Vermont
would be delighted to learn that it was
true In spite of the many promises
which were made when the Grand /
Trunk took possession of the system (
its condition now is but little better |
than before.
Mr.. Parker, of the firm of Parker 4 .
Nourse, Worcester, Mass, the arch
,ects who designed the Souto d Co. /
plant, was in town Tuesday to see how |
the work on the plant is progressing /
In spite of the bad weather Of the past
lew weeks the work is going on rapidly
he frame OF one building being par
tally up. Holden & Martin. contract
,rs, find it exceedingly difficult to pro
,ure foundation stone and this has de
aged them somewhat. Another thing
which retards progress is the inability
o get lumber shipped from points on
he narrow gauge.
OF all the names in the minstrel
world, there are none which better con
ure up pleasant memories of youthful
than those of DupreZ and
Benedict. Who does not remember the
magic that was once in the name of
lew Benedict; who is there of middle
ge that does not remember that his
ame alone was sufficient to crowd the
argest theatre of former days? What
las become of him? is a question fire.
uently asked: he is now a member of
ohm w. Vogel's Big Minstrels, which
Iill appear at the Auditorium next
thursday evening. {
All who are interested in the mat
er of high license, whether in favor of,
r opposed to it, should hear the Rev.
}. X. Miller, A. NJ, of Holyoke, Mass,
ext Monday evening, at the Metho-
ist Episcopal church. From years of
observation aud experience, he will
how the practical working of the sys- :
EN-. Highly interested audiences have 5
cen hearing his addresses on the sub 5
act throughout the state, in many
asses desiring his return to speak on 1
he subject again, so that he is unable j
, fill the many engagements open to /
i'm. All are cordially invited to hear a
i'm on this occasion. t
Coal continues to be at premium C
\ Brattleboro. Small lots of different G
ICES have been received by both deal Q
RS the past week but the outlook is
OF very encouraging. The holiday
at the different mines
ave cut down the output at the mines T
bout one half and add to the uncer :
iinty as to when more will arrive. No
lore than 800 pounds of coal at time /
being delivered to anybody. Bar $
,ws e 10 are ASKING 20 for hard coal u