Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-23


On page eight an offer is made to oil
and new subscribers of the Windhar
County Reformer, which Is worth you
attention.
"A regular meeting of the Knight
and Ladies Of Honor was held Monda,
evening with Mrs. J. e. Lawrence OF
Green street.
-Brattleboro branch 1 of the Inter
national Sunshine society will meet a
the home of Mrs. c. A. Harris Frida!
afternoon, Oct. 80, at 3 o'clock.
A commercial man fell on the rail
road track Monday afternoon while OF
his way up from the depot and sus.
tanned fracture of the right wrist.
A meeting of the Brattlebort
branch of the Womans alliance was
held Saturday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. u. .. S. Osgood to hear the report
OF the delegate to the national confer
ence, Miss Lavinia Lawrence.
A representative of the Deerfoot
Farm at Southboro, Mass, was in town
the first of the week and bought go
selected hogs which will be turned into
the famous Deerfoot farm brand of
sausages, The animals We're shipped
to Southboro Tuesday.
A full grown doe was seen Sunday
afternoon on the grounds in front of
the Bradley estate. The animal crossed
toward the railroad track and disap-
peared presumably swimming the river
to get out of Vermont before the open
season.
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man. sisterin law of Mrs. G. H. Ryder
of this town. and Hon Alpheus Hard
ing, father of Mrs. Newton, was held
Saturday in Boston, the bodies being
taken to Athol for burial in the Silver
Lake cemetery.
Among the candidates who have
applied to the supreme court at Mont
pelier for admission to the Vermont
bar are Frank Z. Barber and Wallace
N. Batchelder of Brattleboro, Frank III.
Laughton of Dummerston, Loren r.
Pierce of South Londonderry and Hen
ry p. Conway of Bellows Falls.
A practice game of football took
place on the island Saturday afternoon
between eight men of the squad which
will compose the Brattleboro team and
eight others under the leadership of
Dan Riley. The game was won by the
regulars 1870 although the rain made
good football impossible.
The packing season at the West
corn canning factory was fin
ished last week, more than 100000 cans
of corn and succotash having been put
up this year. This includes all the corn
that was shipped to Westminster from
as the local factory was not
opened on account of the small crops
The bug by which Mrs. Harriet A.
Gibson was bitten recently and which
was sent to Amherst college for identi-
fcation rejoices in a number of highly
scientific names. 1t is commonly known
as a bed bug hunter and is native of
Europe. 1t is the kind of an insect
which was made the hero of the kiss
ing bug craze few years ago, and its
bite is exceedingly poisonous.
Residents of High and Oak streets
we're given a decided jar about Z
o'clock Monday morning by the explo-
sion of an over charge of dynamite.
The explosive was placed under
stump which interferes with excava-
ion for the foundation of w. H. Proc
ors new house on High street. All
hat was wanted was that the stump be |
but the explosion was of suf
icient force to break most of the win |
lows in the front of Mrs; H. F. Hough-
on's house opposite, tear off a quanti- I
Y of slate from the roof of Q. J. Pratt's I
iwelling, blow a sizable piece of wood |
I, 40 eide of mr. A I hiillar'g J.
esidence and shake every structure on
he street.
Miss Frances Devens of New York I
ity, former resident of Brattleboro
nd Capt G. II. Vosturme- Bunbury,
Royal engineers, British army, were
married. at noon Monday in the Trinity
hurch at Lenox, Mass, Rev. Harold
Arrowsmith performing the ceremony.
The bride was given away by her I'M
lie, c. w. Folsom of New York. Maj.
l. P. Vosturme- Bunbury, Scotch
ireys, stationed near London, broth
r of the groom, was best man, while
he bridesmaids were Miss Nina Dew
ms. a sister of the bride, and Miss
,thel Folsom, a cousin. wedding
reakfast was served after the cere-
1ony at Sunny Ridge, the summer
esidence of Mr.. Folsom.
Articles of association have been
rawn this week looking toward the
rganization of the Valley Fair kennel
Tub. and a sufficient number of char
ar members has been secured so that I
meeting for organization and election
f officers will be held probably next
reek. The object of the club will be to
the breeding of thoroughbred
ogs among its members and to give
UGH bench shows as shall be deemed
t, particularly to take the manage
tent of the bench show department of
he Valley Fair in so far as such power {
nall be given the club by the fair as
,ciation. The annual dues of the club
ill be 81, and the membership is not
mited to dog owners but open to all {
no are interested in thoroughbred s
lnines.
Michael w. Sullivan has brought :
lit against the United Contraction
o., of Albany, N. " for $500 damages :
IT injuries incurred several weeks ago =
lille in the employ of the company in
lie construction of the new Connecti-
1t river bridge. Sullivan alleges that
/ Sept. "a, acting under the orders OF
9TH foreman and superintendent, he
tempted to remove a brace of the
lse work without the aid of tackle
I'd was struck by the heavy timber,
lstaining several fractured ribs and.
her minor injuries. The suit was a
ought Monday through C. c. Fits, Il
heriff Knapp attaching all the con- n
ruction apparatus Of the company as I
ION as it was loaded for shipment. il