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

LOCAL NOTES. AND GOSSIP.

An entirely new line of Fa,, an
WINTER Millinery can be found at Mr.
H. Il. Bascom's, SO Main St.-ady.
Lieutenant Wallace N. Batchelde
OF Co. l. addressed the 4 O'clock meet
ing or the Y. M. C. A. Sunday after
noon. "Atei
Henry G. Clark has purcha sod
! nero OF 10 choice thoroughbred DIR
nam cattle of the Homestead farm a
Walpole, N. H. -
-Ihe Christian Endeavor society n
the congregational church held a cor,
roast at Melrose hill Tuesday night
The ride was much enjoyed.
Some real estate trades of import
ance are on the tapis, including tn,
exchange of city property for farm
iands, which is an encouraging sign.
-Beauseant commandery, X. r., hell
drill at the asylum Wednesday even.
ing preparatory to the annual field da,
exercises which will be held at Glare.
mont, Oct. 7.
May wentworth, who appears here
IN the Real Widow Brown" the last
night of the fair, has just closed n suc-
cessful engagement with the wizard
of OF" in New York.
The committee on decorations fo,
the Valley Fair requests all citizens OF
the village who have flags to have them
displayed both days of the fair, to give
the town as much of a holiday appear
ance as possible.
The last open air concert of the
season. by the First Regiment band.
VIII be given from the Brooks House
balcony on Tuesday evening next.
Leader Leitsinger has arranged a very
attractive program, as already pub
lished.
The Mission Circle of the Univer-
salist church elected the following
officers at the annual meeting held last
week: President, Mrs w. G. Rockwell;
vice president Mrs. ]. F. Stearns; sec
rotary Mrs. N. Cheney; treasurer, Mrs
Charles j. Reach
For the two days of the Valley Fair
the postoffice will be closed by authori-
cation of the department, from noon
until p. M, and open from until p.
m. All forenoon carrier deliveries will
be made. The banks, as usual will be
open from until II a. m.
Mrs. Powers, agent of the Humane
society, took number of excellent
pictures at the depot last week, depict
ing the cattlemen loading their stock
on the cars. The pictures are very
realistic and show very plainly just
how difficult the job is and how well
it is performed.
The Murray club of the Universal
list church has elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Mrs.
George Z Warner, president; Miss
Florence Barber; secretary John
Tasker, treasurer. 1t has been decided
to hold social gatherings at the homes
IF the club members during the winter
The Suzanne Adams concert com
pany which will appear at the Aud
forum Oct. 7, in the Y. NJ G. A. star
course of entertainments, is probably
he most expensive entertainm ent that
1as ever been brought to Brattleboro.
4 booked alone at the prices asked for
'eserved seats, it would take an aud
ence twice as large as the Auditorium
vii! seat to pay expenses.
Cecil Hampden Cults Howard,
we'll known visitor here, writes from
3eebe Ark, a thoughtful letter to the
Voman's Journal of Sept. II in which
lie takes exception to many OF the
of Margaret Bisland in her
ecent contribution to the North Amer
can Review, entitled THE Curse of
eve" The question involved Is the UNI
decline in the birthrate OF na-
i've Americans.
The Catholic Union will hold a
pecial meeting Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock to see about engaging
lew quarters The present rooms IN
he Ulllery building are soon to be
AIKEN by the New England Farmer
nd F. L. Houghton of Putney VINO
will move his business connected with
he Holstein- Friesian Register to TINS
own. Mr.. Houghton viii continue
lis residence at Putney.
of Suzanne Adams, the prima don
"a soprano, who will appear in the flrst
+ the Y. NJ. C. A. star course, oct &
he New York Herald says: Then she
egan the waltz song, and sang II with
uch charm and taste, with such cor
act information, such purity of tone.
nd such artless simplicity, that wheh
he took the high note in the final
adenza and, commencing with a
10 nissimo. swelled the tone till 1t
lied the auditorium, the auolehce
roke. and took her to its heart. Wheh
he encore was over, the fate OF SUI
nne Adams was settled.
-Duffey Gagne, aged 81, employed
, the bridge department of the Ne"
ondon Northern railroad. was run
ver nv the ABS New London North
-, ovnrass at the railroad station sat
-, oftarnoon. Gagne was aboard
10 train. bound for his home in star
ord Conn. For some reason ne d..
,mpted to get off the tram amer IL
ad started and fell under the "hee,s'
.bich passed over his right arm. ne
.os taken to the Brattleboro House,
,hare Doctors Anderson, Miller ana
ale amputated the arm near 'ne
,oulder. and Gagne will recover.
Tho Vermont society of the U. >.
,nhters of 1912 held their regular
,eeting at the residence OF MIS- 80.
White, Saturday afternoon. az
,,siness transactions, the society was
,tertained by piano SOLO Wen Ien
cred by Rollin White. His'oil .a
xetcbes were read by the secre.a,!
~, the life of Commodore Oliver
: I'D perry and the battle OF Lake
RE Mrs. C. H. Thompson reao llite
ting and pathetic extracts upon lne
ar of 1872, from the Weekly Mess sen,
sr" published in Boston in 1914 Ign
were served and pleas