Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-24

meeting in the league room this
(Thursday) evening.
The Marion Francis Co. will be at
the auditorium the entire week Of Jan.
IL. The company has had most flat
tering notices all along the line this
season. The prices are popular 10, 20
and 30 cents.
The Christmas festival Of the
Universalist Sunday school will be held
in the vestry this (Thursday) evening,
instead of Friday, as originally an
nounced. The annual Christmas con-
cert will be given in the church next
Sunday at D. m.
Addison Lyman Aldrich of Bos-
ton and Miss Lillian Bassett Kelley,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James B. F..
Thomas, were married Wednesday in
Brookline, Mass The groom is a
brother of A. c. Aldrich,, who is fire.
quent visitor in Brattleboro.
The Vermont society of the Daugh-
tiers of 1912 observed Honor day at
the home of Mrs. c. H. Thompson Sat-
urday afternoon with a tea at which
were present large number of MEM
bers of the society and their friends.
Miss Susan e, Clark president of the
Vermont federation of Womans clubs,
was the guest of honor.
Edison Willard Lindsey, who died
recently in New York city as the re-
suit of an operation, was born in
Brookline, Jan. 81, 1874. When a
young man he removed to Thompson
VILE Conn. and lived there the rest
of his life, being employed for many
years as manager of the Agawam dis
tilling company
The local postoffice has received a
consignment of the new design two
cent stamps. They have the same por-
trait of Washington but it is mounted
on a shield instead of between two flags
and the color of the stamp is darker
than the previous design. The new
stamp is very simple in design but
looks as if it ought to wear.
Miner & Walker won the four first
prizes on four entries of Silver Duck
wing and Black breasted red game
bantams at the Springfield. Mass, poul-
try show last week. +. d. f. Stowe won
two second prizes on two entries of
showed a white Plymouth Rock cock
erel that scored 941a points but did not
win a ribbon There were three birds
in this class that scored 95H.
Mrs. StiIlman Clark was severely
shaken up and bruised last week by
being struck by team at the corner OF
Main and Flat streets. She was walk
ing in the road to avoid the ice on
the sidewalk when team driven by a
daughter of Horace Newton OF Gull
ford knocked her down and ran over
her, dragging her nearly as far as
Emerson's store. Mrs. Clark was un-
conscious when picked up and was
sent home in coupe. The accident
was caused from the horse driven by
Miss Newton taking fright at an cleo
trio car.
Good wholesome comedy is by long
odds the favorite form of amusement
for our Brattleboro theatre goers. The
lurid melodrama with its wronged and
persecuted heroine the drunken ana
brutal villain and the impossible just
in-the- nick Of time hero, has never
found favor with the auditorium pa
irons but offerings with plenty oil
laughs, good clean fun and bright and
witty lines are pretty sure to draw
out a goodly sized audience at any
time. The three plays: A woman
Wont. The Littlest Girl and The Circus
Rider that are to be produced by the
Criterion club Friday Jan. l are al
of the mirth provoking variety and
will be brought out with the strongest
cast obtainable
Sheriff A. w. J. Wilkins of Put
new arrested John Addley last week
| and took him over into New Hampshire
to answer to a charge of cruelty beat
ing a horse, complaint having beer
entered by Mrs. Jennie B. Powers. The
crime occurred sometime last OCTOBER
when the boy, who claims to be IL
wears old was working for Eugene
| CARPENTER in Westmoreland. The trial
was held at Keene last Friday and the
bow was sentenced to Imprisonment III
the county Jail. AS souvenir OF the
occasion Mrs. Powers has in her pos
session a stick about four feet long ana
one inch in diameter with large wire
nail in the end, bent over to one SIDE
in such a way as to infiict an ugly
wound when used to strike horse.
The steady downpour of rain that
continued all day Sunday carried OH a
large part of the snow and raised the
water greatly in all the streams mere
abouts The ice In milestone brooF
went out early Sur lay evening with
tremendous roar threatening serious
damage in several places. At POM
inst below Prescott's mill 1t formed
lam which came very near damaglnf
the James Gregg house. The ice IN the
Connecticut river which was though
to be unusually thick. broke up Sunda!
evening. 1t formed a jam between thu
west shore and the island, sending
great volume of water through tn
little river. The sudden rise of TIL
streams was due to the fact that tn
ground was frozen to a considerapi
depth.
--One new case of scarlet fever ant
foui. of dipntheria have made tnel
apuearance since last Friday In
Young daughter of Frank p Carr
centerville is ill with the former dis
ease which developed Saturday
child of F. A Bohrman of Birge stree
came down with diphtheria Saturday
Misc Florerce Punar, who has bee
teaching school in Guilford was take
. with diphtheria Tuesday and is nov
III at the Bement house. "a Cana
street. Yesterday two new cases ap
peared one being the Oldest son OF 60
and Mrs. !, Gray Estey and the othe
one of E. /. Hildreths daughter
These cases all seem to be of mil
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