Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-25

: close on Tuesday afternoon for tn
d rest of the week.
q Direct from New York and Boston
an elegant line of Ready-to- wear ant
= Dress Hats at Mrs. w. f. Neal's--adv
8 Bingham chapter of the Eastern
Star will install their newly elected of.
ficers at Masonic hall on the evening
l of Oct g.
: The Brooks free library was open.
:, ed Monday after having been closed
two weeks for the purpose of taking
an inventory.
-Brattleboro branch Of the Interna-
tional Sunshine society will meet with
Mrs. E. A Starkey on Oak street at g
o'clock this afternoon.
Mrs. Harry Haywood is i'll at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Henry Bar
rett, at North Hinsdale, where she re-
Gently submitted to surgical treatment.
She is dong well at last report.
District Deputy H. w. Sargent
! accompanied Windham county Pomona
grange to Newfane Wednesday night,
where the visitors were entertained
and the third and fourth degrees were
worked by the Newfane grange.
-Walsh's Crystalplex carnival is
fulfilling a very satisfactory weeks
engagement at Grange hall for the
Woman's Relief corps, with music and
dancing every evening. The program
has been varied and attractive.
School children are anticipating
with delight the closing of the schools
on Tuesday, with the rest of the week
| for a vacation, because of the Valley
Fair Wednesday ard Thursday. It
will be great treat for the youngsters
and they will take it in, absorb the
whole Of it.
A member of the High school sends
us a note: THE small children seem
| to get a great deal of amusement at
recess out of the foot ball practice of
the High school team, but there is a
limit to the manner in which they
should manifest this enjoyment" We
should say there is mo limit" Don't
be cross.
Next Sunday the Baptists have
their annual rally in the Bible school.
The morning service will be specially
interesting and the Bible school as well.
Every member is expected to be on
hand. Miss MacLaurin, the eloquent
missionary from Boston, will speak
The Christian Endeavor rally will take
place Oct. 6.
Charles Hail. negro, was taken to
Newfane Jail Monday by Deputy Sher-
if Thayer to serve a sentence of Is
days for intoxication. He was arrest
ed in Stockwell & Putnam's livery sta
BILE. He pleaded not guilty before JUS
tice Newton, but he was found guilty
and fined IS and costs, which he was
unable to pay.
The Congregational Sunday school
will hold it's annual rally Sunday at IL |
o'clock. Prof James McConaughy of |
Mount Hermon will address the chill
dren in place of the regular session of |
the school The Baptist Sunday
school will have rally on the same |
day, the exercises being especially |
planned by Superintendent L. w.
Hawley.
The boys of the senior class of the
High school have this week received |
their new sweaters, black, with 1904"
in orange on the breast. The juniors |
are going to order something of similar
pattern. The senior foot ball team
began practice this week and game
will be played with the scrub eleven
in a week or so to get the crowd into
line and provide some exercise of the
real sort.
Several young men met at the
Young Mems Christian association
rooms and organized a foot ball team
Monday night, to be captained by Wal
ter Cooley and managed by Ben Will
hanson. The team has already re-
ceived challenges from Bellows Falls
and Fitchburg: the games will be
started out of town some time next
month. The eleven will be picked
from the best show up in practice,
which has already begun.
The Greenfield Recorder in its re-
port of the fair this week. says of Miss
Marie Dyker our Swedish weaver and
spinner who is an associate member
of the Greenfield arts and crafts So
ciety: Miss Dyker, the Brattleboro :
weaver, is the attraction of the Green ,
field society's exhibit" Miss Dyker, ,
who lives at No. l Chestnut street,
weaves linen for the Blue and White ,
society of Greenfield and belongs to /
similar societies in New York and (
George II. Hall, the carpenter and
slater of 20 Clark street, met with an
experience at the depot freight yard {
Wednesday morning which he will re- {
member for some time to come He
had entered freight car to see about 7
some slate consigned to him [
when a tramp, concealed somewhere
IN the cargo, appeared most uncere- :
drew a revolver and made !
MS way out. Word was sent to the
police and search was made for the
fellow. but he managed to get away.
He was so suspicious in his actions
md appearance that some folks
thought maybe he was one of the gang {
If four who blew up the South Hadley,
Mass, postoffice Tuesday evening.
Admiral Philip Hichborn of Wash =
ngton, who with Mrs. Hichborn, has :
been spending the summer at the q
Brooks House, saved a little girl from
injury Sunday afternoon and in doing =
10 sprained one ankle badly. Admiral =
was sitting on the piazza of h
cottage on Ames hill when a team :,
lrove up. The driver got out of the
.arriage and went inside, leaving a lit :,
lie girl in the carriage. The horse y
tarted, and the admiral, who is g
leavy man, jumped to the ground and .
aught the horse by the bit, prevent =
ng runaway accident. When he ss,
truck the ground he turned his ankle.
difficult for him to get around =,
admiral Hichborn went Monday to ',