Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-24

There are rumors OF several impor-
tant real estate deals in town.
The halls, parlors and dining rooms
OF the Brooks House have been refur.
nished and decorated this week.
The London Bioscope Go. will give
the original Passion Play in moving
pictures at Grange hall at 8 80 o'clock
Sunday night. adv.
The regular meeting Of the Inter
national Sunshine society will be held
at the residence Of Mrs. j. 4. Hall on
Chaplin street this afternoon.
The W. c. I. U. held their meet
ing in the Y. M. G. A. rooms yester-
day afternoon, Mrs. Reed presiding.
The next meeting will be held as usual.
The ladies of st. Michael's Epis-
copal church will hold an afternoon tea
and supper at Mrs. Cobb's on Linden
street Wednesday, April 20, from to
7 o'clock. Fancy and useful articles
will be on sale.
Mrs. Abby Smell Bnrnell, whose
impersonation Of high caste Hindu
woman has been received with enthu.
siasm by large audiences elsewhere,
will present that character at the Bap-
fist chapel this evening at 7. 30 O'Clock.
"A. V. Nays agency has sold for
Fred AZ Morris his farm in Guilford
with stock and farming tools complete
to Perry l.. Shepardson Of Springfield,
Mass. Mr. Morris takes house on
Oak street in Springfield in part pay
ment for same.
AT their last meeting the bailiffs
arranged with MIR. Croweil to build the
water main from the foot of Main street
to the Souto Il Co. factory. Mr.. Crow
ell is now having survey made and as
soon as this is completed contract
will be entered into with Mr. Crowell
to build it at cost.
The Ladies' Enterprise met yester-
day with Mrs. Frank Davis. 1t being
the last meeting of the year the re-
ports of the several officers we're read.
The next meeting will be held May IA
with Mrs. Jennie Slater on Pleasant
street 1t is hoped large attendance
will be present as it is the election OF
officers.
In having your picture taken you
would not think of sending in to the
photographer the description of your
looks with a few measurements. VI
course not. You would go to him
yourself. 1t is just as important to
come to the tailor if you want Gus
tom suit. We guarantee you can't do
better elsewhere than here. -Lafieche
Bros. adv.
AT meeting of the general athletic
committee held in the Y. Nj. e. A.
Wednesday night the following resolu-
tions were passed: That all moneys
over and above the expenses of the par
ticipating teams in the base ball league
shall be divided equally between said
teams, said profits, however, in no case
and under no condition to be divided
among the individual players of said
teams. The above action was taken by
the committee in the belief that such
action would best conserve the ANA
teur spirit OF base ball. The following
teams have been invited to join the
league: Durham Brothers. Catholic
Union, Wheel club, Y NJ. G. A. and
Hydropath club. The following reso-
luton was also passed, that perma..
nent committee govern the games and
the committee should be comprised OF
one delegate from each team, the said
four to choose a fifth. 1t is under
stood that of the above teams who have
been invited to join the league in all
probability Durham Brothers, Catho-
lie Union, Y. NJ. G. A. and Hydropath
club will accept the invitation, sub
ject to the foregoing resolutions.
The merchants of Athol and Gard
ner have each organized themselves
into Merchants associations and much
good is looked for from closer COM
munion Of interests. Brattleboro
should have similar organization and
a movement is now on foot to organize
one. At the last meeting Of the Athol
Merchants association it was unani-
mously voted not to advertise in pro
grams or to patronize fake advertising
Schemes of any kind. The Athol Tran
script has the following editorial per-
tanning to the subject: 1.-The action
of the Athol Merchants association in
voting not to patronize hereafter the
various advertising pamphlets gotten
up in the interest of churches, lodges,
charitable and fraternal societies, the
atre programs, etc, is fully IN line
with the course adopted by merchants
in many other towns. Newspaper ad-
yertising is universally preferred, and
the value of this program and circular
advertising is at least questionable;
That Athol merchants have continued
so long to favor these schemes Is que
not so much to a confidence in their
utility as to a natural desire to give a
little quid pro quo for trade received
from those connected with and inter
ested in the churches and societies get
ting up the programs. The business
of these people is in the course OF a
wear worth hundreds of dollars to each
merchant in town, and when the so
cieties, once a year, attempt to make
little extra money for running expenses,
it has been deemed fair enough that
the merchants should reciprocate by a
donation-for that is really what 1T
amounted ton the form of an adver-
tisement in their program, costing
anywhere from 80 cents to 50. 1t was
simply case of reciprocity, of recog-
milton and return of favors received.
We have no doubt that worthy use was
made of the money thus contributed,
as far as the churches, the Grand Ar
my and other benevolent associations
were concerned, but the privilege has
been abused by private individuals
who got out programs solely for their
own benefit, and it is doubtless this
abuse of the custom that has led to
the summary action of the merchants
! 5. the whole