Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-28


town went to Sunapee Lake Sunday ,
spend few days.
Two tally-ho parties from the LAX
are expected Saturday night to sc
Our New Minister The advane
sale of seats is reported to be yer
large.
The space between the tracks {
the trolley road has been filed, niue
to the qualification of the local team
sters.
The pretty brook hasn't yet bee
cleaned, despite the order of the bail
| ms three weeks or more ago that
should be.
"A large number from Protectiv
grange attended the meeting of Wind
nam county Pomona grange at Jack
sonville yesterday.
The Enterprise society of Estey
vile will give lawn party at Fulle
park Wednesday, Ice cream an
cake will be served.
-Brattleboro branch No. / of tn
International Sunshine society will
meet with Mrs. c. f. r. Jenne at he
home on Oak street, this Afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
The Society of Seamstresses
Needlewomen, and Shop Girls Of Brat
tleboro will hold it's annual meetin.
in selectmen's room tomorrow even.
ing at 1880 sharp.
Protective grange conferred the
third and fourth degrees on four can.
didates Wednesday evening, after
which the harvest supper was served
followed by an hour of dancing.
Mr.. Croll expects to finish digging
his cellar this week in Oak Grove
park, lot No. s, His intention is to
commence laying the walks at once
and complete the house by November
There is yet further complaint of
the tacks and nails thrown into the
highways and other horses are report
ed badly spiked. The authorities
should take action prohibiting this
sort of thing.
Mrs. Powers of the Humane So
ciety has visited Leyden, Mass and
North Hinsdale, n. H., this week in
She has ordered three of the suffering
animals killed.
-Brattleboro camp, Modern Wood
men of America, will hold their first
annual field day and basket picnic on
Labor Day. Field sports and ball
games will be the attractions. Every
body is invited. Picnic on fair ground.
The Junior Sunshine society will
lold their annual fair Wednesday,
Sept. 2, from 3: 80 till $50 at the home
If Mrs. E. A. Starkey. No. Oak street.
lake. home made candy and fancy ar
icles will be for sale.
Nearly 200 persons went from this
own Tuesday on the excursion to
Block Island and Watch Hill The
,arty had a rainy day but every pro-
'ision was made for comfort and the
Quincy was enjoyable.
The season at Spofford lake is
ndng. Cold weather is driving our
ummer guests to their city homes,
where open fires are found very COM
ortable even though we are just at
he end of dog days. Next week will
zee an exodus from the lake. But the
departing crowds will lose the glories
f the Indian summer and the autumn
oliage.
Capt. A. P. Bacon, well known in
Jew England, died in New York sud-
emily Tuesday. He was born in
bedford, Jan. "a, 1910. He began
BUSINESS life as a clerk in the treasur-
RS Office of the Boston & Maine rail-
DAD, but afterward removed tc st.
4ouis. He was superintendent Of the
all River line when that line was
ontrolled by Jay Gould and Jim
'isk.
Many people in town are i'll, suf-
ering from bowel trouble, thought to
e caused by the unreasonable wealth
r and cucumbers, green corn and the
Ike. The doctors are consequently
usy and some of them are pulled out
f bed late at night. The contractor
,ho has charge of the new bridge con-
hoe bod
f his most useful men laid off on ac-
cunt of illness. Children are among
he sufferers and many cases of chol-
ra infantum are reported.
The hunting season will open
tuesday, but birds are reported very
carce this year. Scarcely any quail |
ave been seen and cartridges and |
-oodcock are few and far between, !
wing to the forest fires which devas-
ited nests in early spring and the cool |
leather of the summer. But every |
unter for miles about is oiling his gun
nd making ready for the onslaught.
% big bags are expected but the old
ands. accompanied by good dogs, ex-
ect TO go out and return without
cling "skunked."
The Reformer's crusade on the
THY condition of the lookup has pro-
lcbu results. ilt vi StitCt~
zen inspected the place on Saturday
nd they found it clean and whole
,me But il should be added that
afore they made their inspection the
ace had been scrubbed, aired and
eaned up from top to bottom. 1t
as a big job, but it was done and
len the selectmen went there and
everything o. X. A
Dom and mop can accomplish
onders when properly applied.
w. H. Reed the Washington cleo
ician, has been in town again this ;
eek in consultation with promoters
the Connecticut river dam project.
e has full faith in the enterprise and
looking about among leading men {
an endeavor to raise sufficient local ,
pital to prove Brattleboro's interest
the matter after which there can be !
tie doubt that outside men of money ,
II agree to promote the plan and push
to completion. Brattleboro and
insdale interests should get together {
ID send this project through.
The officials of the Boston & T
aine railroad, including President .
icius futile. third vice president j,
d general manager Frank Barr SUI :
II. f. Folsom and assist
t superintendent George l.. r.
ench of the Connecticut river divis- I
A. made an inspection of this divis- '
a and the Massachusetts Central a
onday. They left Boston early in '
e morning in the company's inspec- r
m train and stopped here short \
ne on their way to White River
notion. The trip will occupy the
tire week. a
The open season for brook trout G
,ses Tuesday next, and penalty of Y
0 is provided for each fish taken r
I'm Sept. l to May l next. The 7
ort this year has not been up to the I
erage. High water and cold wealth
prevailed at the opening of the sea-