Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-09
THE w1NDHAM COUNTY REFoRER FRIDAY, JANUARY g. 1908

Read the advertisement on anoInei
page, explaining our great Quaker
Grand Range contest.
Jesse r.. Haynes has been adjudged
bankrupt by default on petition OF
creditors, Tuesday being the day OF adj
Indication.
The annual meeting of the corpor-
ators of the Vermont Savings bank VIII
be held Wednesday at ! O'Clock in the
bank.
The gymnasium classes of the Y.
M. G. A. have arranged to give an ex-
hibitiop in Putney the tirst week I'D
February.
The annual meeting of Co. l, V.
N. G., was held in the club room iast
evening. Sergeant W. N. Batchelder
was elected clerk and treasurer OF the
company.
The annual roll call meeting of the
Woman,s Auxiliary of the Y. M. G. A.
was held in the association rooms
Tuesday afternoon, there being large
attendance.
At the annual meeting of the state
board of pharmacy which was held IN
Montpelier this week, it was DECIDED
to hold a meeting of the board IN
Brattleboro Oct 7, 1903.
Hon. W. Tewksbury of Randolph,
who died in the Retreat Monday morn.
ing, was a lawyer. lecturer and man OF
marked ability. He was graduate
of Dartmouth college, later lecturing
with much success until injuries ne
received in the Hartford bridge disas-
ter incapactated him from further
work. He leaves a wife, one daughter,
two brothers and one sister.
The installation Of the recently
elected officers in Sedgwick post, u.
A. B., and Woman's Relief Corps was
held in Grand Army hall Wednesday
evening, the attendance being I'M
usually large. Col. II. E. Taylor in
stalled the G. A. X. officers, and Mrs.
Calista G. Bangs those of the Woman 8
Relief Corps. Previous to the install
lation exercises supper was served.
The amount of business handled in
the local freight depot the last three
months of 1902 was about 14,0OO tons
| in excess of the amount done in the
same months of the preceding year, ac-
cording to reports which have Just been
completed. The increase in December
1902 over December 1901 was =, GAO tons.
This speaks we'll for the prosperity of
the town and especially for the man
agement of Station Agent Burke.
The mail car on the Central Yer
mont division of the train which leaves
here at 4 :3G had a narrow escape from
| being badly damaged by fire Wednes-
dav afternoon. The Central Vermont
cars are attached to the rear of the
train at this station and they brought
M so forcibly that the lamps IN the
mail car caught fire. Had the jar been
much greater the lamps probably would
have exploded. As it was, the postal
clerk was obliged to extinguish them
with mail bag.
Capt. C.. F. Burnham, inspector
of rifle practice of the Vermont Ma
tional Guard, has made his report on
the rifle practice for the year l9oZ'
Company + of Barre won the trophy
by a score of 53l against 363 by Com
pany NJ of Burlington. the next high
est score. Company | made no points
whatever, neither did Companies d,
&c, Ii or l.. There was gain over the
season OF 1901 in the efficiency OF the
National Guard as whole OF over lo2
per cent, and of the first regiment oil
infantry of over los per cent.
One of the firm of Pellett Bros
contractors, Of Worcester, Mass, has
been here this week looking over the
site on which II. l.. Emerson intends
To build new block. Mr.. Emerson
has not vet definitely decided to erect
the building but the prospects are that
The will do so on the site Of the wooden
building in which is Mr. Parker's lot
shop. II built the block will be hve
stories high on Flat street and two
stories high on Elliot street with e
feet frontage. The Brattleboro Overall
Co. has leased Mr.. Emerson's bricR
building on Flat street and Will occu
py it soon after June l.
The board of trustees of the Home
for Aged and Disabled are planning tt
Ebuild a substantial addition to thu
home on Western avenue this spring,
a recent endowment having made Il
possible for the directors to carry ou
certain plans which have been under
consideration for some time. II
proposed to make two-story addition
and in order to do this the presen
house will in all probability be moyec
hack so as to allow room for struc
ture which will contain at least l.
rooms The new building will b'
equipped with all modern convenience
; and will meet the increasing wants o
the home. The trustees VIII secur'
the plans and specifications lmmedi
ately, and bids will be called for soon
Owing to the nature of the endow
+ ment the trustees are not at liberty t
state the particulars regarding it a
r present.
|, i L. Harbour of Boston, shor
5 story writer of some note, spoke pe
fore the Woman's club WEDNESDAY
. evening in the Brooks House, his sub
= iect being, blessed be Humor:
e There was good attendance. MI
Harbour said he did not seek to IN
struct elevate or solve any of the prob
X lens of the universe-he would leav
4 that TO the Woman's clubs-but SIN
/ ply TO amuse, and he was certainly Jus
e tilted in claiming to be disciple {
y cheerfulness. Mr.. Harbour spok
v briefly of the seriousness of humor
e the one thing that relieves the mono
$ ony and drudgery of our every GA
h life. The rest of the time was spef
v in telling anecdotes most OF which wei
!: obtained through his own experience
h as school teacher, reporter, mani
a script reader and lecturer. These ST,
> riss had the merit of being entire!
!. new to the audience and the way
a which they were told added to th
,s amusement A number of men a
IS tended the lecture as guests OF u
r club.
,s TLora ,-.s large attendance