Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23


The Boston Il Maine water tank.
first time this winter.
The next in the series of Eastern
Star socials will be held in Masonic
hall Tuesday evening.
The creditors of W. G. Halliday,
bankrupt, will hold a meeting before
Referee F. ID. E. Stowe tomorrow.
-Windham County Pomona grange
will meet at Dummerston Thursday at
10 a. m. A full attendance is desired.
E. ". Blodgett is offering for sale
through these columns farm of l25
acres which he claims to be the best of
its size in the county
The Y. p. G. U. of the Universal
list church will observe Young Peoples
day with special exercises at the
church Sunday evening.
Announcement is made from the
pension bureau at Washington that
DR.. James Conland has been appointed
pension examining surgeon at Brattle-
boro
The third of the Vermont Wheel
clubs whist evenings will be held in
the club rooms next Friday evening at
8 O'Clock. First and second prizes will
be given.
Nelson Howard, whose residence
has been in Newfane Jail for the past
few months on account of close jail
execution issued at the instance of II.
M. Burke, was released last week by
virtue of a settlement of the case.
The committee in charge of the
Masonic ball have secured the services
of the American decorating company
to trim Festival hall. The Knights
Templar will attend the ball in full
regala and lead the grand ma rch in
body.
Prof. James McConnaughy of Mt.
Hermon will deliver an illustrated lee
ture on Palestine Thursday evening in
the Congregational church. Over 100
stereopticon slides will be shown, many
of which are beautifully colored. The
lecture is free.
Charles Miner will send his prom
ising three year-old stallion Nepos to
Hartford, Conn, about Feb. to be-
gin training under the direction of
Ed Bass, who is well known locally as
promoter of speedy horse flesh. If
the horse gets in form by spring Mr..
Bass will campaign him.
"A number of the state papers have
published lately picture of the state
commission on human tuberculo
sis to which DR.. James Conland was
appointed member. DR.. Conland re-
signed from the commission about
three weeks ago but his portrait still
continues to appear with those of the
other members.
The cold weather of Monday and
Tuesday gave renewed activity to the
coal situation which had quoted
somewhat during the previous week.
Over 240 orders for coal were received
at Barrows & Co S office Monday and
half that number the following day.
This increased demand has taken what
little supply of coal the dealers had.
and at present nothing but the CRATE
size of anthracite can be procured in
town. Soft coal is being sold for $40
a ton and hard coal for So
d. N. Beach of Cambridge, Mass,
will speak in the Auditorium Sunday
evening on the liquor question. Mr..
Beach is well qualified to speak on the
of the liquor traffic. hav-
ing had experience in Cambridge
where both local option and prohibi-
ton have been tried. He was one of
the most active in the effort to estab-
lish state dispensary system in Mas
few years ago and at that
time went to Norway to study the dis
pensary in the land of its origin.
Quarter Master General W. H.
Gilmore has issued orders for special
of Co. /. V. n. G.. Jan. 81 to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of Second Lieutenant Fred ii.
Dunklee. Col }. G. Estey will pre-
side. Lieut.. Dunklee enlisted in Co.
in May. 1894 He was appointed cor
poral in May, 1896, sergeant in Marchs
1898, and was elected second lieutenant
May "a, 1900 In October, 1901, he was
elected first lieutenant but declined the
office. Lieut.. Dunklee is a Spanish
war veteran, serving with Co. | at
Chickamauga as sergeant.
With Mr. Howe's moving pictures
on Thursday evening, Feb. >, at the
auditorium, you can ascend the Great
Pyramid of Egypt, the largest struc-
ture ever raised by human hands, GOV,
ering an area equal to four ordinary
blocks of a city. You can be present
at an Arabian wedding, study life and
customs in the streets of Cairo, ex-
plore many ancient and artistic ruins
of the time of Moses, ride along the
Great Assouan dam, which holds back
80 miles of the Nile river. Besides
the trip from Cairo to Khartoum Mr.
Howe brings with him an elaborate
program of various scenes from all
lands.
The regular meeting of the Wo-
mans club was held in the Brooks
House parlors Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. II. X. Whitaker read a paper on
1.-The American Girl in College IN
which she spoke of the broadening in
fuence of a college education, its
benefit in after life and the college
girls place in the world. Mrs. II. L.
Rice gave paper on The Social SIDE
of College Life" describing the many
social events which come to girl dur.
ing her college course and the social
in the college. In addition
to members of the club large num-
Der of High school students attended
by invitation.
A fair sized audience attended the
temperance lecture given in the Bap-
fist chapel Sunday evening by Mrs.
Katherine Lente Stevenson, president
of the Maine W. C. 7. U. Mrs. Stew
enson is a woman who has had much
experience in work against the saloon
and she spoke strongly in favor of the
retention of the prohibitory law IN
preference to either local option or
system Her arguments