Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-01
The town listers are making up

The town listers are making up
the annual grand list.
Local physicians say that the gen
eral health OF the town is excellent.
A number OF new books have just
been received at the public library
and will soon be catalogued.
The annual meeting of the Wind
ham county w. G. T. U. will be held
in Wilmington June and g.
A regular meeting of the knights
and Ladies of Honor will be held IN
Red Mems hall Monday evening at ~
o'clock.
The regular meeting Of the local
branch Of the United Irish league Will
be held at schoolhouse hall, Walnut
street, Sunday, May 3, at p. m.
Howard Wellman, William Doug
lass and Harold Rogers will be the
speakers at the O'Clock service at the
Y. M. G. A. rooms Sunday afternoon.
-Wantastiquet lodge of Odd Fellows
worked the first degree on four candi-
dates Monday evening, and the same
degree will be worked next Monday
evening.
A. V. Mays agency has sold the
Isaac B. Taft farm to Hollis D. Barber
of this place who will occupy the same
at once. This is one of the best farms
in town.
Charles Allen, local expressman,
is housed with broken ankle, received
while jumping from the wagon on Main
street Wednesday. Charles Lindsey is
taking his place.
The Audubon society will hold its
next regular meeting with Mrs 4: y:
Whitney Monday evening at T:3U
O'Clock. The subject will be the mi
grafton of birds.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the directors of the society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Will
be hold at the library Tuesday even
ing at 80 o'clock.
The two year old daughter OF Geo.
Barker of williams street was badly
bitten in the forehead Saturday after
noon by dog belonging to the family.
| Six stitches we're required to close the
wound.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
attended the union services at the
Congregational church, West Brattle'
boro, Sunday morning last. They ap,
peared in regalia and took open cars
from Odd Fellows hall at 30 a. m.
The International Sunshine society
Branch |. held its regular meeting with
Mrs. j. E. Hall on Chaplin street Fri
day afternoon. The business OF the
meeting was preparation for the bag
sale held last night. Refreshments Of
cake and lemonade were served.
The annual meeting of the Brattle
| boro Woman's club will be held at 8 ~
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon, May .
at the Brooks House. Reports OF OF
ficers and of the different committee:
will be given and the payment OF cur
dues can be made at this time.
A score of bright little kindergar
tepers in charge of Miss Fits and MIS-
Foster visited the museum IN the pup
lie library building Wednesday morn
ing, where they paid special attentioi
to the exhibit of birds. The children
had happy time and we're highly en-
tertained.
C. P. Gibson, auctioneer, an
nounces in another column an unusua
sale of new and second hand furniture
to be held at the Vinton block May
afternoon and evening. The consign
ment offered includes many choice ar
ticles and he promises very low prices
The sale will doubtless prove very at
tractive.
The last meeting of the Woman
Auxiliary of the Y. M. c. A. befor
the summer months will be held mex
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at tn
association rooms. The devotional ex
ercjses will be led by Mrs. F. A. Wood
bury and Miss Newton will speak oil
her trip through the Rhine country
Special music will close the meeting
A cordial invitation is extended to al
ladies to be present.
Many Brattleboro people will fee
sense of personal loss in the burning
last week of the little steamer Wau
keutuck which for so many years ha
plied back and forth among the varlou
resorts at Spotford lake. The steame
was built by James Darling, one OF tn
first residents of Spofford, who ha
captained the craft for many years
The fire was mysterious, as the steam
or was on the beach and there had beel
no fire under her boiler since last sum
mer.
Dennis Rebekah lodge worked tn
degree Cd three candidates Tuesda.
evening and most enjoyable evening
was passed. The lodge had as its guest
number OF Rebekahs from Below
Falls and Jacksonville, and these wer
entertained at tea at the American
house. The party included Miss Nelli
Brown. N. g., of Bellows Falls, AM
Miss Velma Canedy, N. g., of Jack
sonville. Wednesday morning the ladie
enjoyed a trolley ride before returning
to their homes
The Woman's Auxiliary has ap
poipted the following representative
! from Brattleboro churches to serve ol
the executive committee: Baptist
Mrs. Julius J. Estey and Mrs. n, +
, c. Toedt: Congregational, Mrs. II. +
Bond and Miss Genevieve Slate; Meth
odist. Mrs. G. L. Shuts and Mrs. c
q wheeler. West Brattleboro Baptist
Mrs. Helen s. Miller and Miss Kat
| Wheeler: West Brattleboro Congrega
tional. Miss Maria Stedman and Mrs
F. H. Mann: Episcopal Mrs Ami
G. Cobb.
H. E. Thornton of Keene, the Cen
, trail Vermont brakeman whose foot wa
crushed under a car wheel April Il
, necessitating the amputation of per
, ton of it, has been obliged to submit
to a second amputation by which tn
foot was removed at the ankle joint
! MIR. Thornton was taken Friday fror
, the Brattleboro house here where tn
I first amputation was performed. TO tn