Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-26
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HoNeruor u. ". MCCULLOUGH VIII
inspect the Brattleboro Retreat July 7
The program for the next grang
meeting July l, will be in the hands o
Mrs. W. F. Mixer and Mrs. Knowlton
"A. V. Nays agency has sold fo
Laura E. Battey her house on Lowell
street in Springfield, Mass, to Walter
ID. Stockwell of this town.
AT Burlington last week, before
the health officers school Of instruc
ton, DR.. H. d. Holton of this towr
read a paper on the management of con.
tagious diseases.
The snap of the firecracker is
heard in the land and the small boys
are wondering how they can sneak out
OF the house at midnight-without pa
rental observation. You know!
1T was chilly enough to make fin
gers numb on the Common Wednesday
evening, but despite the weather the
First Regiment band gave very cred
liable open air concert and hundreds
enjoyed the music.
The Central Vermont railroad men
employed at the round house, who were
last week suspended pending the result
of investigation by secret agent of
the company, have not yet been rein
stated, and the report is that matters
will be allowed to stand as at present.
Many people in town will learn
with regret of the burning last week of
the summer residence of DR.. William
Wesselhoeft of Boston. The loss is
total, about $4,000. The residence
was sunoccupied but had been leased
for the summer. Mrs Wesselhoeft was
a daughter of Richards Bradley of this
town
The address of Governor Charles
B. Aycock of North Carolina, on "The
New South" under the auspices of
the Y. M. G. A., will be delivered July
II, and much interest attaches itself
to the occasion. Gov. j. G. McCul-
Tough has been invited to meet Gov.
Aycock and will accept if business en-
gagements do not prevent.
Henry G. Clark, of the executive
committee of the Valley Fair associa-
tion and one of the best known farmers
in this country, says of the two weeks
rain which we have had st has been
death to some corn and good for other
kinds. Grass is saved and looking fine.
ed in wet lands, which may rot if the
sun doesn't come out. :"
Mrs. Powers, agent of the Humane
society, spent Monday morning at the
depot, inspecting the loading of the
weekly shipment of cattle. Through
the good services of Agent Burke, of
the railroad, better and safer plan of
discharging cattle and loading them on
the cars, was easily devised and the
cattlemen are all gratified at the i'm
provement in facilities. The cattle are
quite as thankful, also.
Speaking of these chilly days, a
lady in town sends to the Reformer
letter written by her grandfather I'M
der date of June 20, 1885, in which the
writer says: Yesterday we had very
heavy rain and at night the wind
to the northwest and blew al
most a hurrycane, with the cold 20 de-
grees below temperature. The Green
are covered with snow. We
have fear that frost may cut off the
crops and fruit"
The annual reunion of the Flight
ing" Tenth Massachusetts, regiment
was held in Springfield, Mass, last
Wednesday. Herbert Brooks of this
town is president of the regimental as
ISOLATION and presided at the meet
ing. The address of welcome was made
by Mayor Stone of Springfield, and the
response by President Brooks. There
was large attendance. The morning
was devoted to business session, fol-
lowed by dinner and an afternoon
session of much interest to the vet
Grams.
Closing examinations of ST. Mich
ael's parochial school were held last
week, the work being in charge of Rev.
Father Cunningham, assisted by Rev.
Edward Reynolds of Bellows Falls, who
presented the diplomas. The following !
pupils received their diplomas Friday |
afternoon Ellen Frances Grady, Mary I
Elizabeth Fenton, Catherine Alexan
1ria Austin, Mary Catherine Brosna-
nan, William Patrick Adams, James
Edward Riley. The work of the chill
iren of the school was on exhibit
ion in the schoolhouse hall Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday.
The advance guard of the Connec-
lieut. river log drive reached Brattle-
ooro Tuesday and the heavy spruce
sticks have been coming along steadily.
High water has aided in Fastening the
ogs, and no bad jams are reported.
Four experienced log drivers are con
lucting operations at the bridge and
lave to clear the pier obstruction about
,pce an hour. On Tuesday morning
wo of them got ducking but they
lidn't mind it much. They are en-
.amped beneath a tent on the island. {
t is reported that the total amount of
imber in the drive is As, 900, 600 feet
AT the annual reunion of Co. c.,
second Vermont volunteers, held in
his town last Friday, the following Of
icers for the ensuing year were elect ,
d at the business meeting held in the
orenoon: President, Albert Mason of
iardner, Mass. vice president, Mel
on Cole of Suffield, Conn. secretary
nd treasurer, G.. j. Stockwell of West !
3rattleboro; commissary, John York
f Chesterfield. 1t was voted to hold :
he next reunion in June, 1904, in
3rattleboro. A warm letter of regret
vas read from Edgar Adams Pratt of :
he New Orleans custom house. Fol
owing the business meeting an elab
rate dinner was served at the Ameri-
an house by Landlord Turner. There =
,ere 10 present including several in /,
tied guests. and short speeches were l
nade by Col H. E. Taylor, Frank b. $
add of Westfield, Mass, John York
( Chesterfield, c. P. ellison and Peter
)hase of Brattleboro. A unanimous $
ote of thanks was rendered Landlord I
turner for his hospitality.
The Republican correspondent re-
,tes tale of gullibility which car
;os ;+s ovn lasSon and makes repu- o