Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-26
CHESTERFIELD.

ing the telephones.
Silverdale hotel, opening dance,
Saturday evening. June n.
Manager Pullen has put in two new
pianos, one for the dance hall and one
for the parlor.
Mr.. Howard has leased Silverdale
stables for the season and will equip
with new livery.
During the protracted storm the lake
has risen five inches, beating all for
mer records for June.
Fishing still continues and all are
invited to come and try their skill in
sportsmanlike manner.
A party of 10 young ladies are stop
ping at cottage No. 2, Silverdale ave-
nue., from Mortified, Mass.
Capt. Dow of the steamer Enterprise
and his family are at their cottage.
The captain has made thorough repairs
on his boat
Silverdale hotel, cottagers and citi-
zens have sufficient cause to complain
now their mail accommodations are
taken away by opposing elements.
Stearns's was well provided for by
keene stage route, without trying to
uproot and undermine the west side of
the lake. There is no objection to the
extension of the Brattleboro route to
Spofford. The complaint and uproar
is about the Keene mail stage carrier
who gives the Keene pouch to the Brat
tleboro mail carrier at p. m. at Spot
ford, and then the Brattleboro carrier
hastens on a back woods road off of the
directed Keene mail route, to town
from Spotford, arriving before the spec
flied schedule time-5 30 p. m. at
town and about 4 40 p. m. at Spotford.
There the mail is sorted and the pouch
given to Brattleboro carrier by the post
master who should hold the Brattle-
boro mail till the keene mail stage car
rier gets in with the collected mail, on
the regular mail route. This mail now
is kept at town till the next morning,
7 a. M, delaying mail II hours at
town. There is no demand for the
Brattleboro carrier to start off with
the pouch before time, as no mail
train leaves Brattleboro till 10 p. m,
after his time here. 1t seems as though
the postmaster at town is wrong in
giving him the bag before all the mail
is in-5 80. Silverdale and cottagers
are sending their daily mail to West
moreland, four miles away, on account
of this wrong doing. If this keeps on
a daily transit will be established by
parties here to Westmoreland postoffice
where the postmaster knows his bust
ness. We understand the Chesterfield
and Keene mail stage carrier is direct
ed to pass Pierce Four Corners with
the mail every trip to and from Keene
to Chesterfield. What is the use of
two mail carriers carrying the mail
from Spofford to town? Perfectly use
less and extra expense to the govern
ment. But three miles between the
two points.
Mr.. Stockwell saw two very large
handsome deer picking apples in the
orchard recently and many tracks in !
the potato field. Deer are getting |
quite numerous and some very fine
specimens are seen.
The supper given by the ladies of
the M. E. society at Mrs. Sarah Ham
mond's Thursday evening was attend
ed by about SO and was greatly enjoyed
in spite of rain and mud which kept |
many away The supper was first class
The usual change of mail time oc-
Cured June l, the Keene stage being
an hour earlier than before, and leaving
Keene at p. m. for the return trip.
Mr.. Allen now has to drive to Spot
ford daily, instead of stopping at Cen
ter, which gives him some six miles
extra driving, but accommodates lake
residents and Spofford in better time.
Both grammar and primary schools
at Center closed Friday, both depart
ments and teachers having picnic at
the home of Mrs. p. W. Brown, by
special invitation. Ice and cake
were served and Mr. Rugg gave very
fine entertainment with the graphic
phone. The heavy thunder shower pre-
vented out of door sports but all was
merry The teachers, Miss Ahern of
thol and Miss Eastman of Amherst,
Mass, went home Saturday and having
better positions elsewhere,
are not expected to return. They made
many friends.
Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Smiths mother,
Who is past 80 years, went to Wards
ooro recently to visit her old neighbors
md friends, to whom she is strongly
attached. IS. F. Rugg and wife are in
own for stay of several weeks. He
las fine graphophone, which is heard
It intervals. Mr.. and Mrs. Abbey ar
lived at Silverdale hotel June "a. MIR.
md Mrs. A. W. Rockwell spent Sun ,
lay at the lake. Members of Castle
square Opera Co., are summering at ,
he Granite cottage, Silverdale avenue.
Several cottagers are here for the :
ummer. Mrs. Fiske has returned =.
rom a two weeks visit with her q
one of whom with her son,
anne with her. Mr.. Hubbard is much