Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-19

o The ladies of the West Brattlebor
n Congregational church gave straw
berry festival at the church Monda
Is euening.
i In the bankrupt estate of Z. A
& Starkey second dividend of II pc
cent. has been declared, in addition t
: the first dividend of 30 per cent.
/, The United States circuit court
Q which met at the Brooks House Tues
! day afternoon, adjourned next morning
to meet Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
5 -Sewell Morse's new automobile
3 struck snag somewhere inside yester
day while on trial spin and was in
gloriuosly towed home hitched to ,
, hoy cart.
AT the national convention of thu
knights Of Honor held at Richmond
Va, it was voted to give new supple.
J to Vermont lodge of Jacksonville, to
replace those destroyed by fire.
L. W. Adams has sold his house on
Spruce ST., to G. W. Pierce. Mr.. Adams
takes Mr. Pierce's farm on the West
river road. The sale was made through
the s. W. Edgett 4 Co. agency.
The members of Sedgwick post G..
A. r., held their regular meeting
Wednesday evening and passed resolu-
lions to thank those who aided in the
Memorial Day exercises, especially the
school children and their teachers.
Forty two years ago today the End
Vermont regiment of volunteers enter
ed the service of the Union To day the
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ing business meeting at Grand Army
hall and will enjoy dinner at the Amer
lean house.
OF the High school graduating
class of 1903, Harry Greene will attend
Cornell Medical school in New York
city Harold Whitney goes to Amherst;
John Cain expects to go to Amherst;
Richard Averill will take POSTCARD
uate course in the High school and
then go to Amherst next year. Other
members have not yet decided what
college they will enter
Rev. E. I. Mathison, Congressman
Kittredge Haskins, Maj. F. W. Childs
and Carl +. Cain were delegates to the
diocesan Episcopal convention at Rut-
land Wednesday and Thursday. At the
missionary meeting in Trinity church
Tuesday evening Rev. DR.. Pott, presi-
dent of st. Johns college, Shanghai,
China, gave an address on mission
AIRY and educational work in China"
Peter Challie, from nowhere in
particular, reached town Wednesday
afternoon and made a tour of the sa-
looms. Soon he was staggering. While
in search of another nip Chief Hall
pulled him in Yesterday Judge New
ton looked him over carefully and i'm
posed fine of s. and costs and in de-
fault Challie was taken to Woodstock |
prison, trip of IS miles, and the
costs for himself and his attendant will |
reach twice his fine or more.
The school board will have two va
cancies to fill before the fall term |
opens. There is vacancy in the eighth |
grade school because of Miss fuckers |
appointment as supervisor, and Miss |
Horton Of the fifth grade is soon to as
sumo graver responsibilities which will |
necessitate for her an indefinite vaca-
tion. The annual meeting of the school
board will be held July Ii, when some
of these problems will be solved and
the annual appropriation to be asked !
will be determined. The term of
Charles II. Thompson as a member Of
the board will then expire and his sue
cessor will be chosen.
Bingham CHAPTER, o. E. s., held a
regular convocation Tuesday evening. 4
Grand Matron Hattie S. Taylor, Grand
Sentinel DR.. F. G. Pettee and Past
Grand Matron Eugenia NJ. Pettee were
received with grand honors and made
remarks, telling of the pro-
ceedings of the recent convocation of
the grand chapter. A committee was
appointed at that convocation to form
ulate plans for THE Masonic and East
arn Star Home and each chapter in
this state is asked to raise goodly sum
towards this beneficent object during
The current year. Bingham chapter
voted to start fund, and the members
lad the honor of making the first do
nations. All who wish to contribute
should send their money to the secre
AIRY, Mrs. Martha A. Swift.
--Windham County Pomona grange
leld successful meeting with Yer
mont grange, Wardsboro, June ii. The |
orenoon session was devoted to the :
discussion of the question, What :
rops should we raise and what can be 4
purchased more economically The
fternoon session was open to the pub
ic with the program in the hands of
he worthy lecturer, Sister Eames. 7
he question, Should we advise our
hildren in choosing their life work,
r leave them to choose for them
elves?" was ably discussed, Brother
Iamlin of Vermont grange, reading an
xcellent paper on the subject. Spec
ii mention should be made of the ex-
client music furnished by Brother c.
). Morgan, his son and daughter, Mas
sr Paul and Miss Velma. Worthy Mas r
ar Allen presided at the meeting. The
ext meeting will be with Victory :
range, Wilmington, August ID.
-"Our Mary Howe" is singing each r.
light this week as soloist with Duss'
reat orchestra at Madison Square Gar
en- in New York, which has been
ansformed into "Venice of America"
aking an immense summer garden
hich holds 1900 people. Canals, gen |
inc gondolas. native gondoliers, thou
md year old fountain imported from
enice, a forest of palms, trees and
overs, $1,000 electric lights, make a
iryland setting for Duss' musical
ares and is drawing great crowds of |
,ople. The musicians have large
platform on an island
the center of the garden. One who
as there the first night that Mary
QUO SANG saws "Sha made a tenstrika |