Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-31
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

w. y. Ackerman has purchased tn
Olney meat market at Springfield, VT.
and has moved there, accompanied b.
John Lane. :
Kew. E. G. Droubin Of Woodstock
deputy high chief ranger, paid hi
semi annual visit to Brattleboro cour
OF Foresters Tuesday.
The bailitfs have posted notices OF
the borders of the Milestone brook for
bidding the dumping of garbage, ane
the law will be enforced.
"A new suction hose for engine No
OF the fire department has been or
dered and is expected within 10 days
Inc nose IN use at present has been il
service some years and is nearly worr
out.
Justice F, D. E. Stowe Saturda,
heard the case of Charles Squiers O.
Brattleboro against Lucy Warren O,
Marlboro for the recovery of the ayails
OF flute, the defendant claiming ar
Offset
Mrs. Frances B. Horton accompan.
led the two branches of the junior Au.
dubon society on their bird walk tc
the Clark woods Monday afternoon.
The children took their lunch, and
made note of the various birds seen.
"A water carnival will be held on
Spotford lake at Pine Grove Springs
Saturday afternoon and evening for the
amusement of the guests at the hotel,
A fine program of boat races, tub
races, fireworks, etc., has been ar
ranged.
A special train will take the veter-
ans to the Windham county meeting OF
the county veterans association at
Townshend tomorrow. Burchard post
of Townshend will serve dinner in the
town hall there, and large attendance
is promised.
The excursion to Block Island and
Watch Hill last Saturday proved very
popular and 225 people from this town
made the trip. Some of them will spend
several days at the shore. 1t is under
stood that another excursion will soon
be announced.
A stalled automobile, which baked
in front of the American house Mon
day evening, attracted crowd Of 100
or so, and advice was freely offered by
everybody. 1t took half an hour to set
luluSS w TiRubS anu tucu tuc HdCulDc
started off with hurrah.
A hearing was held before F. D. E.
Stowe, referee in bankruptcy, Satur-
day, on the petition of W. M. Ware for
a discharge from bankruptcy. Burt
Chellis Of Claremont and George M.
Cory of Saxtons River objected to the
granting of discharge They have 10
days in which to file a statement of
their reasons for objecting.
Farmers hereabouts are this week
cutting their first crop of hay, some of
them getting as much as ton and
half to the acre, an unusual yield con-
sidering weather conditions last spring.
The crop is reported fine by everybody
and there is much satisfaction ex-
pressed. There has been great de-
mand for extra help to assist in har-
yesting the crop aud the supply has
fallen far short.
The Brattleboro Woman's club have
issued their year book, in which an in
program is printed. The first
meeting of the season comes October
IA, with an informal reception at Pine
Heights" the home of Mrs. Abbie E.
Fuller. Several prominent speakers are
expected to address the various meet
ings during the year. The club has a
including its honorary
of 1l5.
Department Commander kentleld,
after consultation with Central Yer
mont railroad officials regarding the
of Vermonters to San
Francisco next month, has announced
hat because of the large number who
nave engaged accommodations spec
al train consisting of five tourists
;leepers, smoker and baggage car
will be provided for the Vermont party !
eaving st. Adams Saturday afternoon,
august 8, and running as a special to
Chicago.
The Dewitt Grocery company has
fled articles of association with the
secretary of state. The capital stock ;
s $40, 600, divided into 400 shares.
The following are the subscribers De-
yeese P. Dewitt, Milton II. Eddy,
David Carey, A. F. Schwenk and Kit
redge Haskins, all of Brattleboro.
The business has been conducted by
Mr.. Dewitt under the name OF Biodg-
TT & Dewitt, but is now changed to
stock company, Mr.. Dewitt, Mr. Ed
" and Carey, being the principal
Work on the new Thompson Memo
ial hospital began Monday. ground
cling broken under the supervision OF
Ar TAYLOR. of the Boston firm of arch
tects who have the contract in hand.
ne work, it is promised, will be push
4 as RAPIDLY as possible and it is
oped to have everything enclosed be-
ore cold weather sets in. The Worces-
ar contractors are energetic and they
ill not permit unnecessary delays.
r. Bradley of Boston and the local
dvisory board will supervise the work 4
Z construction and suggest alterations
5 may seem expedient.
The fire department had a very
yely call Saturday morning at about !
O'Clock, when flames were discovered
n the second floor of W. h. Vinton q
- paper mill, corner of South Main
nd Canal streets. The blaze was first
,en hv a man passing on Flat street,
no cried "Fire!'' and awoke some OF !
10 6anartment men, including Chief l
anders. who lives nearby. He and e
,me others got to the scene quickly
nd the apparatus followed in good |
Vie and proved efficient. Meantime. a
f;ss Sadie Turner, proprietor OF the
rattleboro House, had seen the flames e
nd she ran to firebox SO. smashed the
Ass kew holder with her hand, and .
mo in the alarm. The blaze started I
|, a stack of rags, probably from spon- 7
,neous combustion and the flames 9
ere so we'll kept down that the total s
So will not exceed $1,000, on when ?