Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18
@indham County grforn,er
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP

IVA. NOTES AND GOSSIP.
The board Of bailiffs have ,av,ad
nine sewer assessments.
friendship circle held a meetin1 NJ
oqd feilows' hall Tuesday Afternoon
anu me supper was served,
The examining committee of the
state board of pharmacy will hold a
hs at the Brooks House parlors
on Wednesday. Oct. 7. '''
-Hev. T.. Q. s. Osgood will address
the Y. p. c. U. meeting at the mi
versaiist church vestry Sunday next at
p m. His subject will be ."Tbe
Liberal Faith"
The U. s. Daughters of 1919 u,,,,
hold a meeting with the secretary ~
the local branch, Mrs. George white
vi western avenue. tomorrow after
noon at o'clock.
-brattleboro branch, No. /, of the
international Sunshine society will
nolo It's next meeting with Mrs. e. A.
Starkey on Oak street next week Fri
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
S. w. Edgett & Co. have sold the
residence on Walnut street, owned by
Mrs. James Conland, to Carl Henkel,
manager of the local telephone ex-
change, who will take possession Oct.
| Is.
The Automobile club of Vermont
Will have run from all parts of the
state to White River junction on Tues
day next. Much interest is felt in the
affair and doubtless there will be a
| large attendance.
Complaints have been made all
summer of the condition of the water
closets, for both men and women
maintained at the depot Somebody
In authority should make them clean
and put things in order. There is no
excuse for such negligence.
Owing to the storm Wednesday
evening what was to have been the final
open air concert by the First Regiment
band was postponed. 1t will be given
the night before the Valley fair, from
the town hall balcony, with the admir-
able program which Leader Leitsinger
has arranged.
The cattle shipment Monday morn
ing was heavier than usual and being
an excessively hot forenoon more care
was observed in loading the beasts for
their long trip to the Boston slaughter
house. One local firm shipped more
than so lambs, and there were hogs and
big cattle sweltering.
Officer Thayer found Daniel Man
ming very drunk, down by the railroad
tracks Wednesday during the heavy
rainfall He was therefore locked up.
Justice Newton looked the case over
yesterday morning and as this was
Manning's second offense the judge fix
ed the penalty at SIS and costs, which
was paid after still hunt for funds.
The telephone company has issued
a new book of subscribers names. 1t
bears date of Sept. 1 and succeeds the |
book dated May / last. The new vol
ume has 1872 names in the Brattleboro |
exchange, a gain of 81 in the past |
three months, which testifies to Man |
ager Henkels hustling abilities. |
Almost 400 telephones in the local ex-
change means that there is about one |
in II for every man, woman and child
in town, a very high proportion.
We have been requested by Mrs.
]. M. Tyler to correct an error In an
item in last weeks issue. On the
Thompson committee, Mrs. Frank Wells,
not Mrs Tyler, has the general man
agement of the Hemlocks, Mrs. Tyler
combining herself to her duties as
treasurer, and to the care of benef1c-
aries under the funo, care shared by
Mrs. Wells. The fund began its work
in February, 1901, and has done much
good to those entitled to help under
The regulations of the will.
The body of Miss Mary Kelliher of
Greenfield. who had many friends here.
was found embedded in the sand in
Green river in that town on Sunday
asst She had been missing since Aug
lst 25. Many friends had kept up
persistent search for her, including
Mr.. woodlock. He says that on Sat
lrday night he dreamed that the oody
If the young woman was in the river
md he was one of the party of three
Who recovered it. 1t is believed that
Mss Kelliher was demented.
lanes Perry, of Central street.
member of the ninth grade school IN
he High school building, got caught IN :
rush of the sophomores of the High
chool Friday and has broken collar
,one as n result A high fence has been
rected there and some of the "sophs,
ooking for victims managed TO catcn
Perry and give him the third degree.
10 is able to attend his studies but ne
oesn't think it half so big joke as
he "sophs" regard it. In extenuatlon ,
: is known that Principal Whitaker OF
ba High school was out of town at the .
ime. /
Two beautiful blue herons have
een shot recently by local sportsmen' c
nd in both instances the dead blrds
ave been thrown away Inc last i
ictim was a choice specimen, its out ,
tretched wings measuring full six rect. /
,he man who killed the bird explained c
hot local taxidermist wanted 20 10 q
,ount il. so he threw the carcass INTO t
he river because he could not aiioro a
uch expense. One wonders why ne h
hot the beautiful bird to begin with. g
tin can will do for target. II C
n oreat stunt to hit a heron. Darn t
oor is almost as wide. D
IT is suggested that some law
,ould be made prohibiting the n
o,,obter of birds hereabouts. FOR
vomn,e. A youth last Saturday got
,;,,a- IN a row of doves half asleep u
- srnI;ebt on a roof near the de- t
!. 80 bIazed away. AS he explains: a
o,;,,a of ,em came tumbling down, ana a
II hot there were six or eight otners o
,at oot away with broken wings anu b
as oughter got more OF EN-. h
nere is at present no law forploolhs e
- ,,ossacre but the village has a n