Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20

Aao iOooy eohoh POS'
The 10 10 train was delayed abou
two hours Monday night by the derail
ing of two freight cars near the b. 4
M. engine house.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution will hold a treasure sale il
the Brooks House parlors Thursda.
afternoon, April 2, from ! to- o'clock
Isabel Irving will appear at the Au
ditorium Mar. 81 under James X. Hack
ett's management, in Winston Church
ills own dramatization of his novel
The Crisis.
Raymond Pierce and Gladys Crouch
celebrated their fifth birthdays at thu
kindergarten Friday, with pleasan
social for the school, and Refreshments
of cakes, ice-cream, fruit and cand,
were served.
Mrs. F. H. Farr has leased thu
f. f. Brooks place on High street anc
will open it soon for summer board
ing house Mrs. Farr already has nu
merous applications for board during
the summer months.
Both local papers printed an item
last week that Mt. Sinai Temple, Mys
tic Shrine, would hold special meet
ing Monday evening. 1t was an error
the meeting is to be held month later
on the 10th of April.
Clarke c. Fits and G. W. Dun
ham are in Concord n. H., this week
where they appeared before the corpor'
ations committee of the legislature II
the interests of the proposed charter
for dam across the Connecticut.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Wheel club will be held at the club
rooms April 7, at which time the ques
ton of increasing the membership vii
be brought up for discussion and vote.
There are also other changes to bt
made in the constitution.
The board of trustees of the Sol
diers' Home will hold meeting al
White River Junction Tuesday, March
"a, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Col. G. c. kinsman of Rut
land, a member of the board. Foul
members of the board have died within
the past year
A bronze medal entitled Exposi
tion Universal, with an engraving rep
resenting the Paris university build
Jugs, presented with diploma to thu
State Board of Health of Vermont TO
methods and work done by the labora
tory of hygiene at Burlington, is now OF
view in the window of Holden's drue
store.
The postoffice department at Wash
ingtop, in the annual REIMBURSEMENT b!
the salary and allowance division, have
made the following increase in salaries
at the Brattleboro postotfice: ID. Z
Freeman, stamp and delivery clerk
5000 to 800; Miss +. +. Guild, none!
order and register clerk. $500 to 500
E. ]. Shea and j. f. Leach, mailing
clerks, $500 to $1,000.
The local fishermen have higt
hopes of fine trout season. The pas
winter has been particularly favorable
for trout, as frequent thaws have KEEP
the streams at high water mark, thu:
affording the fish good protection, fol
the weather has not been cold enough
to freeze the swift rushing waters tc
any great depth. With the disappear
ance of the snow the streams will moi
be as high as usual when the season
opens, May l.
The Brattleboro Woman's club me-
at the Brooks House parlors Wednes
day afternoon and Mrs. j. D. Redwa,
in a bright and original way gave ar
account of her trip through Ireland
Mrs. Harlow read carefully prepared
and interesting paper upon Ireland,
politically. These papers were followed
bv Irish songs, sung by Mrs. ). Il.
Lavton which were received witt
hearty applause. The meeting CLOSED
with a sketch of Saint Patrick giver
bv Mrs. l.. W. Hawley. This meeting
was considered the best of the season
and a large number of invited guests
were present.
Postmaster Webster has received
from the Mckinley Memorial assocla
ton limited supply of the certlhcate:
which have been prepared for dlstri
button as souvenirs to contributors u
the monument fund. The certificate
gives an excellent reproduction of Mrs
McKinley's favorite likeness of hel
husband, together with a picture o
the Mckinley home in Canton and O
the White House. Its workmanship
and artistic effect are of a high order
the great house of Tiffany Il Co, New
York. being the designers and manu-
facturers. The supply in the postmas
ter's hands is portion of the first ed'
ton and is sent here to enable thos'
who have not as yet contributed to d.
so.
The petition of the trustees of tn
Walter NJ. Ware estate, which has beef
brought UP several times before tn
United States court, had another hear
ing Yesterday before Judge Wheeler
The hearing was for the purpose of no
tification for settlement of those VIII
| had hay and grain bills due the estate
/ still unpaid. The fact found by tn
referee on the petition of the bank
rupt's trustees in regard to exempted
/ nropertv was the order that of the crop
/ standing and growing the following
shall be set out until Oct. 10, 1903,
exempt: l6 acres of corn, 10 acres @
sweet corn and 20 acres of grown!
grass. The petition of the trustees wa
again continued to March %, at T
m. for the purpose of allowing, thos
who have not paid for hay and graz
purchased of the estate to make set
Element.
With the recent death of the grea
Vermont soldier, General Baldy
smith. and the increased attention an
interest called thereby to the large lis
of famous commanders, contributed b
the state in the Civil war, the spler
did quota of officers and men furnlshe
bv Brattleboro is brought to mind
The town made the remarkable show
ing of seven officers with and above Tn
rank of Northumberland. They wer
Gen. John W. Phelps, first colonel c
| H. Ia First Nermnnt regiment. an