Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-04


tn Follow the crowd and you viii, ~
m rive at Shea's great clearance sal
where footwear is being offered at ur
heard-of prices.-adv.
5. A J, Bowen, whose wife died las
week, went to Richmond, n. H., Sun
day, to attend the funeral of his broth
er, Frank =. Bowen, SO, who died Their
" Thursday Nov. &c.
e &C. III. Eddy has sold a tract O
: land on Clark street to Leslie Smit
l. who will begin Immediately the cree
Il tion of house and Will probably bull,
d two or three more later.
!, The women of the EpRcopa
: church will hold a Christmas sale ant
!, supper in the Congregational parlori
Thursday evening. All sorts of gift.
will be on sale and hot chicken pl,
, will form the principal article of diet.
, George p. Kimball has sold his en-
tire jobbing business including horses
and wagons to Charles II. Prescott
Mr. kimball- expects to move soon to
Clyde, o.. where his son has position
: as manager of the Clyde Kraut COM
pany.
The woman's auxiliary of the Y.
Nj. C. A. served tea in the association
rooms Tuesday afternoon. The paper
of the afternoon was given by Mrs. w.
II. Goodnow of Keene, N. H.. on Res
cue Work of the Y. NJ. C. A." There
was large attendance
Mrs. George Whitney, who lives in
Brattleboro near the Marlboro line
brought four fox skins to the town
clerks office Saturday receiving the
regular bounty of IS cents on each pelt.
The animals were trapped by Mrs.
Whitney near her home.
! Thomas P. Farrell, who died in
| Waterbury Monday was well known to
| local veterans of the Civil war through
| his long term of service as secretary
and treasurer of the Fourth Vermont
regimental association. He was an
intimate friend of Col. H. E. Tay-
lor.
-Skunks oil furnishes consider
able revenue to many farmers in this
section who receive from $1.50 to $3.50
per gallon for the product. But this
fall has been a bad one for skunk hun
ters because of the poor condition of
the animals. One man, who generally !
secured only 40 cents worth of oil from |
eight skunks recently,
The house on Cedar street owned /
by T. ]. Heaphy and occupied by |
Charles Nichols was slightly damaged I
by fire about o'clock Saturday morn /
ing. A lamp set fire to some drapery
curtains and the woodwork in one
room was blistered before the flames
could be extingushed. The loss
amounted to about s25 which was COW
cred by insurance through JENNIE +
agency.
There was a hearing Saturday be- L
fore Justice Merrifield in the case of C.
w. Puffer against Mrs. Lucy Wood on
an action of assumpsit to recover the
amount of a grocery bill of about $25.
The defendant denied the liability. and ]
judgment was rendered for the plain 6
tiff to recover s1.S3 and the costs of the,
H. G. Barber appeared ,
for the plaintiff and Bacon & Hooker ,
FOR Mrs. Wood. /
The most successful rehearsal of (
The Choral union thus far took place c
N the Baptist chapel Wednesday even |
ng. During the intermission Mrs. t
the leading soprano of the $
Zeene choral club, sang two selections I
which revealed a voice of remarkable d
power and sweetness. A large audi d
nee listened to the solos and to the
horus work which is improving stead h
~ under the direction of Nelson P. /,
coffin. 4
Durham, 2.14A, for the past two \
ears owned by Gale & Williamson of il
his town was sold Saturday at the s
'asig- Upton sale in Madison Square o
arden, New York, bringing 5000. The d
orse was knocked down to a New Il
FORK man who will use him on the n
peedway. Burnham won a number of t,
aces for his owners during the season t,
( 1902 and last winter was successful
n the ice races at Ottawa. n
&C. C. Fits, in behalf of the widow h
f the late Walter D. Stockwell. Mon 10
ay brought suit in the United States Ell
ircuit court for $4,000 damages d.
gainst the Boston & Maine railroad m
n account of the injuries Mr.. Stock o
ell received last June which resulted cl
/ his death The plaintiff claims that d.
he train from which Mr. Stockwell f
as thrown was running at an excess ST
We rate of speed and that the car n;
latforms were not provided with r
roper gates. fiji
Considerable local interest is
reused by the coming of one of the n,
rtistic events of the current theatrical n,
Jason which will be Ernest Shipman's a.
aborate proction of "Othello," voted 81
' vast army of Shakesperean de- "
ltees as one of the greatest master ~
eces of literature evolved by this w
ritter. In the title role Mr.. Shipman or
resents Harry Leighton, an actor of m
uch ability and artistic intuition. III
ISIS Florence Gale. well known for her d,
ork in romantic comedy and Shakes W
aarean PLAYS will be the Desdemona -
the production and the supporting 70
,mpany will be large and satisfying. In
he date OF It's appearance AT tne au XII
forum is Wednesday evening.
Charles F. Kittredge of the United
obstruction company was in town 80
onday to confer with the local COM "
issioners about the acceptance of the
.w bridge across the Connecticut -
yer. No definite arrangements were =,
AIDE however as the commissioners Id
ere not all in town. Mr.. kittredge az
i'll come to Brattleboro again next ei
eek to see about the acceptance. w. 90
Vinton says that the bridge will not re
, accepted until the whole of the old " =,
er is removed according to the con-
act The stone work of the old pier o'
,s haen taken out but none of the .e
undation has been touched. The logs n'
m be seen plainly from the new 81
water