Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-22
1Qindham County Retormer
LOCAL NOTES N GOSSIP.

~ ;, has DuU uD n
hne new awning.
Everybody says that the town will
nave more summer visitors this season
than ever before.
Coal has taken another Jump this
week, advancing 25 cents per ton.
Lackawana now sells at 81. 25 and Le-
high at 81. Is.
Engine No. 391, one of the heavy
moguls Of the consolidated type, has
Just returned for service after repairs
at the st. Adams shop.
Real estate agents saw that thew
could rent 100 tenements today ii they
could be had. There appears to be an
opportunity in this for uninvested cap
ital.
The International Sunshine society
Branch l, will hold its annual meeting
with Mrs. Levi X. Fuller Friday after
noon, May 20. A large attendance is
desired.
John Blake, superintendent of
Morningside cemetery, has been in
Wilmington several days laying out
walks and grading about the Childs'
Tavern.
1t is a pleasure to thank Eugene
Ferriter, gate tender at the railroad
crossing, for the spick and span con-
ditiou in which he keeps his patch Of
track. he sets an example that others
should follow.
There is suspicion that there was
considerable illegal liquor selling done
last Sunday, and the authorities are
making investigation. One instance in
/ no rfsp,,la Mans fhn h,sl-n -:l1 Lo@
ficially probed.
The graduation exercises of the
High school class Of 'O3 will be held at
the Auditorium on Friday evening,
June II. The address will be made by
Rev. G. 0. Day, president of Andover
Theological seminary.
AT the session at Enosburg Falls
Wednesday of the Grand lodge of Odd
Fellows of the state L. j. Retting of
this town was elected grand chaplain,
and F. E. Perry of this town a mem
Der of the standing committee on Gre
dentials.
The members of the BIattleboro
Woman's club have planned an outing
and basket picnic at Spofford lake Sat
urday, May %. The party will start
from the Brooks House at 8 a. IN. If
stormy, p~ostponement will be made to
Saturday, June 6.
Quiet effort is making to appre-
bend the persons who started the dew
astating fire on Wantastiquet noun
tain, and it is hoped that they may be
traced and convicted. 1t is said that
the fire was first observed at half a
dozen points, which seems to indicate
incendiarism.
Many Brattleboro friends of Miss
Mildred Holland, the actress, are in
terested in the announcement that she
will spend the summer in Russia, hav-
ing left New York May g.. She will
return in time for rehearsals August 10
and will appear next winter in 1.-The
Lily and the Prince"
Leroy NJ. Willis of No. 2 Frost
place, was taken to the Retreat Mon
day evening by Chief of Police Hall.
Willis has been acting peculiarly for a
long time and his mental condition has
finally become so uncertain that his
detention was ordered by the select
men. He is not violent and it is be-
lieved that he may o
Freight business has reached such
unusual proportions that it has become
necessary to put On an extra train on
the narrow gauge, leaving here every
morning at Z. The Boston & Maine
road feels the same pressure and has
put on an extra between Springfield
and Claremont Junction, leaving here
at 9 D. m. and arriving IN the return
at 3 p. m.
Never was there such a demand
n,ov, v,atpfnra and uhIfQ-
washers. Indeed, the newspapers are
full of advertisements for this class OF
workmen, and at almost any price.
The use of soft coal, gas and oil for
beating and cooking, during the coal
strike last winter, smoked everything
up so thoroughly that now cleaners are
in great demand.
The Rutland Herald last week made
special mention of the Andante for vlo-
lin and piano, composed by Luclen
Howe and played by him and Freder-
lex Main in Mary Howe's concert at
Rutland on a recent evening. 1t said
"it was one of the gems of the even.
ing, being s~ingularly rich in harmony
and it credited Mr.. Howe with the
mastery of the art of accompaniment.
Is it too early to think of the glo-
rious Fourth and some public celebra-
ton of it? 1t is four years since the
town Joined in %whooping it up in uni
son. and it is suggested that this year
there might be something doing. There
are lots Of young men here who Will
take hold of the project and push IL
through, and no doubt there are others
of older growth who will be glad to
contribute to its success financially
and otherwise. Let some public splr-
tied citizen start the ball rolling.
The fourth annual convention OF
the State Letter Carriers association
will be held with the local branch, NO;
a.. ON Memorial day. 1t is expected
that nearly all the free delivery offices
in the state will be represented. The
usual routine of business will be trans,
acted. election of officers, ETC., and
also the election of a delegate at large
to represent the carriers at the nation
al convention which meets at syria
cuse. N. Y, the last week in August.
The visiting carriers will be entertain
ed by the local branch.
Sentiment is growing that there
should be an addition to the pollce
force. Judge Newton said to a he
former reporter Monday that ne strong
iv favored the appointment OF a DAY OF
fcer who shall be charged with Keep
mo the Main street orderly and who,
in n~articular, shall be at the depot at
IAN times and see that there Is no
-. Complaints have been