Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-27
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

regular meeting Tuesday evening.
bingham chapter, o. E, S., will in.
itiate several candidates at the regu,a,
convention Tuesday evening, Dec. /.
There was large attendance al
the second of the Eastern star socjals
Which was held in Masonic hall Tues
day evening.
ID. Stolte, jr, has taken charge OF
+. L. Shea's shoe store and will have
the management of it for the remainder
of the year at least.
A Masonic dancing school under
the direction of Mrs. Frank Baldwin
of Claremont N, H, will begin in Ma
sonic hall this evening
! Rev C. Fl. Spaulding of Boston,
secretary of the American BAPTIST Pub
lcation society, spoke Interestingly at
the Baptist church Sunday morning
and evening.
There will be a regular meeting of
Protective grange Wednesday evening.
The first and second degrees will be
worked and the annual reports of the
officers presented.
-Brattleboro branch No. 1. Interna-
!
next meeting with Mrs Fl. p. Wellman
Friday afternoon, Dec. 4. Every mem
Der is requested to make an effort to be
present.
Twenty four players participated
in the whist tournament at the YER
mont wheel club rooms Tuesday even
| ing. John r. Ryder won the first
prize with a score of SO plus; and c. R.
Crosby was second with a score of
81.
The Woman's auxiliary of the Y.
NJ. C. A. held successful window mar
ket Saturday afternoon at the associa-
ton rooms. They will continue this
market next Saturday from 2 until 6
p m. and all those who desire can
ned fruit, pickles and jellies will find
them there.
The Standard, a weekly insurance
paper, contains an interesting account
of the regular fall meeting of the Bos
ton Life Underwriters association last
Tuesday. Among the speakers was
Rev. Samuel M. Crothers of Cam
bridge, formerly pastor of the Unitar
ian church here.
The carcasses of two does with the
hind quarters cut off We're found in
Marlboro last week near the South
pond. Evidently the animals had
been shot during the open season and
the hind quarters taken for meat. This
is a matter that ought to be investigat-
ed by the town authorities.
The Woman's auxiliary will hold
it's regular meeting in the i. M. c. A.
parlors Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. w. Fl. Goodnow of Keene. N. FL,
will speak on the rescue work of the
Y. NJ C. A, illustrated by the Bowery,
N Y. association. Ladies of the town
whether members or not are cordially
invited. After the meeting an auxil-
larry tea will be served
The cold weather of last Friday
and Saturday afforded the first skating
of the season on the sheet of water
known as the big muckhole" on the
Retreat estate, and large number of
small boys took advantage of using
their skates Sunday. A considerable
sheet of ice has formed within the
mast few days on the Connecticut river
a bove the island, and some of the more
daring youngsters have been skating
there.
Cecil C. Turner, proprietor of the T
American House, received his license 4
Monday morning and began selling I
about noon. No remarkable increase
in the number of DRINKS on Main
street has been noted since then. r
r. Shea also has his license but VIII
not be ready to begin doing business
until Monday. He is thoroughly re-
novating the milestone block store
and intends to have clean and at
.ractive place.
William n. Newton of Cleveland
celebrated his ninety third birthday
asst week. He was born in Colchester,
conn. and when he was quite young
he family moved to New YORK state
Mr. Newton afterwards went to Brat
leboro, and in 1887 to Cleveland, where
10 has been ever since. The city had
hen only a population of 40oo. MT.
Newton is deacon of the FIRST Con-
church, and is in ms pew T
very Sunday
There will be a hearing before the
BOARD of license commissioners IN the !
electmen's rooms tomorrow evening {
vhen action will be taken upon the ap- c
,lications of George H. Danyew for the c
House and H. B. Haus Tor l
ba Melrose hotel in West Brattleboro c
rho commissioners have it in their c
,owar TO grant but one license so that
mo of the applicants will be turned i
own Mr.. Danyew's hearing came up s
,vo weeks ago but action in his appn- t
otion was deferred until tomorrow
;gbt No objection to granting IL
anso to Mr.. Haus has been received
ron, West Brattleboro residents and IL :
r,robahle that none will appear. :,
-Tbose who were able to sit through +
,a first act of Through the Center OF s
ho Eartbr Wednesday evening at the .
uditorium were paid for their time II g
say do not figure it too high. The g
ooond mart of the show proved very Z
,,,on better than the first. The COM o
INV is headed by Edward and Libple b
,Ionaeu The former showed him- c
alf m he a clever comedian but MS a
,or,, became a trifle monotonous pc
-. ,hare was no one else in the caste q
80 could he funny. The latter was s
!, efar;no from so severe a cold that n
10 could hardly speak. Let US De
har;table and say that she would un-
oubtadIv have been exceedingly gooo g
- sha NOT been indisposed. By far v
,e best part of the entertainment was q
:, ,,,,,s;caI speciality by the three De p
ave sisters who showed themselves e
smarkably clever artists on varie- c
, Of instruments and were repeatedly d
called at the close of their act me G
low is under the management OF Jonn I !,
r--.,o, Of this town. II