Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-06
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

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III grange hall Wednesday evening.
Protective grange instructed &
class OF seven in the first and secont
uesrees wednesday evening.
There was initiation at the resuIa,
meeting Of Bingham chapter, o. d. S.
iuesuas~ evening in Masonic hall.
-Leitsinger's full orchestra will
FURNISH music at the ball which will
De given in Hinsdale. N. H.. Thanks
giving eve.
An eight-inch sewer pipe from
John Strands house in the Swedish
uistrlct TO the Frost street main has
been laid, the work being completed
Saturday.
E w. Blodgett was on a potato
buying trip in the narrow gauge country
last week, purchasing over 500 bushels
or choice tubers which he sold to the
local grocery stores.
Inventory was taken Saturday of
stock in the Prospect Hill grocery store
store preparatory to its sale blythe pres
ent proprietor, H. II. Mower, to w. w.
Macia of Guilford. The sale will prob
ably be consummated within few
days.
Company l. v. N. G., has moved its
equipment from its former quarters on
the upper floor of the Ullery building
this week. The rooms are being
thoroughly renovated preparatory to
| their occupation by f. l.. Houghton.
publisher of the Holstein- Friesian
Register. who will move his editorial
and business offices from Putney in a
week or two.
A football game took place on the
island Wednesday afternoon between
the High school freshmen and an ag-
gregation called by the euphonious
title the "Milkslops" Neither side
were somewhat heavier than the
schoolboys but did not have very
much speed and were weak on their
defensive playing.
Negotiations are now In progress
toward the sale of Nauhlaka, Rudyard
Kipling's summer residence two miles
north of Brattleboro. to a person who
intends to occupy the place as a sum-
mer home. Mr. Kipling placed Nauh
laka in the hands of real estate agents
a year or two ago, but its selling quail
tiles have not seemed to be of the best
up to the present time
There was a hearing before Judge
Waterman Tuesday afternoon on the
question of accepting the report of
DIR. H. D. Holton, trustee of the Mary
Blakesley estate, the objections be-
ing that DR.. Holton did not account
for the full amount of the estate when
it was turned over to Miss Blakesley
upon her becoming of age. c. c. Fits
appeared for the trustee and Fl. G.
Barber for Miss Blakesley. No de-
cision was given.
A hearing is now in progress be-
fore Special Master o. M. Barber of
Bennington in the case of Charles II.
Davenport against George E. Crowell
and the Carpenter Organ company.
F. D. E. Stowe and A. E. Cudworth of
are appearing for the
plaintiff while C. C. Fits and e. L.
Waterman represent the defendants.
The hearing has been in progress since
Tuesday and will probably continue
well into next week.
The spectacular extravaganza
Through the Center of the Earth
which will come to Brattleboro Nov.
25 under the management of John t.
Fenton, a Brattleboro boy, IS owned by
the famous comedians, Edward ana
Libbie Blondell who will appear In the
During the action or the
play which is full of ludicrous absurdi-
ties a high class vaudeville program Is
presented. among the artists being
Glorine, the greatest of transformation
dancers.
The meeting of the Brattleboro
Woman's club Wednesday afternoon
was a pleasure and profit to all who
attended. The efforts of Miss Shaks-
hober and Miss Selleck We're very able,
their papers being upon American
Book Binding and the Art of Lace
Making. Much interest was
awakened during the inter.
mission by the beautiful display or
zeal laces loaned for the occasion by I
Mrs. George w. Hooker, Mrs. Draper
Mrs Patton. Mrs. Miner. MISS Shum-
yay and Miss Blanche Gibson.
Miss Sarah Barney Harrison ~,
lied yesterday morning at the Brooks
house after an Illness of three weeks
She spent the summer at her courage
# Lake Dunmore. coming to Brattle-
,oro about Oct. 1. She was naive
# New Haven. Conn. the daughter OF
ammi and Polly Barney Harrison. ana
lad spent the greater part OF her lie
here. She had been a regular sum-
ner guest at the Brooks house for
number of years. formerly coming
With her brother the late ex-Gov. ii. y.
Harrison of Connecticut. Tne poay
will be taken to New Haven for pur-
al to-day.
Fred Sharon alias John Moore or
Worcester Mass. who performed ,ne
,peration on officer Wordens eyes
week before last, was arrested at new
ane Yesterday by Chief of Ponce
Jau He was arraigned before Jus
ice Newton on the charge of assault
no an officer. waived examination ana
vas placed under $500 bonds to APP
year at the county court next april
sharon claims that Worden told MN,
yhen he found him on Flat street, tnat
10 would show him the way home ana
ook him to the lookup instead. he
leo makes the claim that Worden
,sed his billy before any blows were
truck.
-Representatives of the fniiaoei-
,hia knitting concern, which mas peen
lttempting to unite It's interests WIN
he Brattleboro Hosiery company, hase
,een in town this week 10 DISCUSS tue
,,ottar with the stockholders of the 10.
al cornoration. No agreement VIII
% reached until the directors OF the
,osierv company hold a meeting which
,robably will take place early mex,
colt TT the consolidation Is erected
he entire business will be moved 10
Yaane n H.. where better facll1tles LOT
q irving on the work seem to be OF
cred All people who are interes,eo
!, the commercial growth OF Brattie
'oro hone that the local concern VIII
Iecide to remain here.
A Brattleboro lawyer was orlvns
= p,,.nav recently when he overlook
,.aIi nov Upon inquiry he found
- tha lad was bound for Putney
10. "a 81 save him a lift. When ne
iIu Sba town the lawyer learned
-. ho5 racently escaped from