Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-31

or You'll find the latest effects in vel
ID ings at Mrs. g. H. Smiths. adv.
Tar walks in various streets {
At Prospect Hill are being repaired or r.
10 tarred.
J. The Hooker, Corser & Mitchell O.
closed Thursday to give employees
:; 10 days vacation.
~ The Unitarian church is closed fc
! the month, the pastor and congregt
y tion taking a vacation.
i Farmers say that hay is fine, cor
i a partial failure and potatoes A l. s
a it will be we'll to stop talking. LIE
' we'll enough alone.
Lucky there was no wind Saturda
i morning. Had there been still
: breeze the Vinton mill fire would hav
been very serious matter.
Q Mrs. Harriet Brasor Pratt will
give her postponed operatic concert OF
n Thursday evening, Aug. 90 Furthe
1 particulars will be given next week.
Rev. Dr. Albert G. Lawson o
! Newark, N. j., will preach at tn
, Baptist church Sunday, both morning
and evening. DR.. Lawson is fathe
Of the pastor He will occupy the pull
| pit again on Aug. 8.
The brisk thunder storm Wednes
day afternoon put damper on the an
, nual picnic of the Methodist church
and Sunday school, held at Brookside,
and many took the first car for home.
, 1t was much regretted that the days
outing had been marred.
The annual meeting of the Brattle-
} boro Street Railway company will be
held Aug. 10. The present board OF
officers will probably be reelected. The
entire road has been put in first-class
shape and summer traffic, although
unusually heavy, is handled on time
and with comfort.
Miss Carrie buttons valuable,
high spirited mare, Dolly driven
shot by Mrs. Powers, agent of the HUI
name society. dolly" was 80 years
old, used the last Is years without shoes,
and never went lame. She was always
owned, cared for and driven by Miss
Dutton.
Weather conditions the past week
have been trying. Yesterday and day
before the temperature was fairly mod
crate, only SO or thereabouts, but the
humidity was from 80 to SO per cent,
which brings suffering to humanity.
The thunderstorm yesterday brought
little relief and the swelter continued
until dark. 1t was one of the most I'M
comfortable days on record.
Clothes line thieves made raid
on the family washings of residents OF
Esteyville and Pine streets Wednesday
night, and got away with the entire
wash" of several residents. The sur
prise yesterday morning was very gen.
eral and neighborhood councils were
held as to recovery of the property.
But it was so warm yesterday that no.
body cared much if their clothes were
missing. Perhaps it would be well to
do as they do out west, where the
clothes line and the thief are usually
found next morning hitched to tele-
graph pole.
Chester s. Sargent of No. AZ Ca
nal street, narrowly escaped death last
Saturday from the kick of horse.
Mr.. Sargent owns two valuable colts, |
and late Saturday afternoon he took
them to blacksmith to be shod. |
While the job was in progress the colt,
for some unknown reason, made a vi
cious kick backward and the ami
mails hoof struck Mr.. Sargent square |
ly in the face, splitting his nose and
cutting his upper lip with deep
CASH The blow was wholly unexpect-
ed and it is great wonder, so those
present say, that Mr.. Sargent's skull
vas not crushed He is, fortunately,
rapidly recovering from his injuries.
The local branch OF the society
with the long name held its regular
monthly meeting at the Brooks library
Tuesday evening Mrs Powers, agent
for the Humane society, reported Is
cases which she had investigated of
cruelty to children and animals in July.
OF these cases six were reported from
Brattleboro She desires it understood
that unsigned letters to her are not 4
regarded, and that all signed commu-
nications are properly regarded. Mrs. N
Powers went to Bellows Falls Monday Il
to meet Lewis NJ. Seaver secretary and
treasurer of the Humane Alliance of
New York state, who wished to make
inquiries regarding the humane educa-
tional work among children in Yer
mont.
Protective grange held a regular
meeting Wednesday evening. After
the business was concluded the lee
turer announced that she had arranged
for a "Klondike'i evening and gave
the following program Piano solo, by
Mrs. Fred Wall; question, "Should
every we'll regulated farm have an ice
house: Best methods of packing ice,"
speakers, P. S. Eames, r. W. Frost
and Mrs. Fremont Hamilton; paper
on the Klondike by Mrs. Maverette
Fisher; violin solo by Hugh Thayer:
reading, "Snowbound," by Mrs Cola
c. Morse; piano solo, Mrs. Fred Wall.
A ter the meeting refreshments of cake
and ice-cream were served and a social
hour enjoyed. There will be inita-
ton at the next meeting, Aug. u.
John Retting, who retired from ac-
i've business life in this town a quar-
,er of century ago, re-enters CONNER
.ial circles and puts on the harness
again. He announces elsewhere in this
PAPER that he is ready to meet the old
riends of long ago, and the present
.eneration also. He has an enviable
ecord. He has lived in Brattleboro
or 50 years; there was a day in the be-
,inning when his we'll made wares were
,eddled by him in wheelbarrow.
some of his old customers recollect
hose days. he remembers them well.
Pieces of the furniture which he made
0 years ago are now in use and treas
red. His work has always been
tamped with the "hall mark" of ex-
cheney, and his friends will find that
loo hoe baap No 1atoriorot;op