Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-30


meeting at the Y. M. C. A. rooms Sun
day.
The Ladies' enterprise society wi
meet with Mrs. Charles Henkel Tues
day afternoon.
John o. Stone of West Brattlebor
was thrown from his carriage Monday
sustaining fracture of the cola
bone. He is getting along comforta
bly,.
Gilbert L. Hall is i'll with diph
liberia at his rooms in Odd Fellow
block. He Is under strict quarantine
and no new cases from that SQUIRE
have yet appeared.
Mrs. Gertrude Baker entertaine,
her Sunday school class Tuesday eve
ming at her South Main street home
The class will meet at the home O
Miss Edith Canedy in two weeks.
On account of the success of tn,
dance given Saturday evening In Rec
Mems hall by the Daughters of Poca.
hontas 1t has been decided to hold ont
every Saturday evening for an In.
definite time.
The first meeting of the Congrega.
tional club for the season will be held
probably about Nov. is. Plans are
under way for an interesting series OF
entertainments which will be an
i
In the Vermont supreme court
Tuesday the Windham county case OF
George III. Davis VS.. William A. Moyles
came up for trial and the judgment
was reversed and the cause remanded.
The opinion was by Judge Watson.
-Souto & Co. are employing 40
hands in their new factory and ex-
pect to increase this largely within a
short time. Their new saw mill is
well under way. and the foundation is
laid for steel water tower with a
capacity of 10000 gallons.
Rev. Carl Lindevall pastor of the
Swedish Lutheran church in Lynn.
Mass is considering two calls, one of
them from the local Lutheran society
and the other from a Philadelphia
church. Mr.. Lindevall is expected in
Brattleboro soon to look over the field.
All three of Brattleboro's candi-
dates for admission to the Vermont
bar We're successful in their examina-
tons at Montpelier this week Frank
II. Laughton had a mark of SO 1912,
Wallace n Batchelder SO ZIP, and
Frank Barber, so 312. Only one
member of the class failed to pass the
examinations.
AT regular meeting of the board
of directors of the Y. M c. A. held
Monday evening a committee consist
Ing of c. Fl. Thompson S. w. Edgett
and p NJ. Ferriter was appointed to
make plans for the associations bas-
ket ball season. 1t is planned to put
team in the field if the proper ar
rangements can be made with the
town authorities for the use of Festi
val hall.
George Everett Mather formerly.
of West Brattleboro, and Miss Mary
Theresa Carpenter daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Carpenter were mar
ried Wednesday at the home of the
brides parents in Bennington. Mr..
Mather is now employed in New York
city He is the son of Cotton Mather
of West Brattleboro and formerly at
tended Brattleboro academy before
entering the Massachusetts Institute
Of Technology.
An interesting article in the shape
of an old straw hat that has spent
sert raj years of continuous travel on
railroads all over the country arrived
at the local station yesterday MORN
ing. The hat was started from Mil
waukee and since then has visited all
parts of the United States. 1t Is COW
cred with checks bearing the names
of the different towns 1t has visited.
Baggage Master Carey added Brat
tleboro to the list and forwarded it to
Bellows Falls.
Between 200 and 800 people took
of the opportunity to get |
acquainted with Victor S. Reed. the |
new secretary of the Y. NJ c. A, |
Wednesday evening when an informal |
reception was rendered him. The |
rooms were decorated with |
and during the even
ing refreshments of cake and coffee |
were served by members Of the Wo-"
mans auxiliary George l.. Durham |
assisted Mr.. Reed in receiving. Among
hose present We're State Secretary F.
). Morrison of Burlington.
Company l is already making
for the formation of a
basket ball team and practice will be
,egun in the Retreat gymnasium.
There is no reason why the company
should not be represented by strong
i've for among those eligible to play
ire March and Ellis of last seasons
7. NJ. c. A. team, Clune and Guiheen
# the Catholic union team and num-
,er of other good men. There is small
likelihood that a local basket ball
eague will be formed this winter but
here is plenty of opportunity for
rood team whatever organization it
epresents.
Grade in the high school building
egan its sessions Tuesday after re-
ess of two days during which time
he room was given a thorough fumi-
alton under the direction of the local
ealth authorities. All of the school
looks used in this grade were carefully
isinfected and everything done to .
revent the further spread of diph-
IBERIA or scarlet fever. No new cases
mong pupils of this grade have APP
cared this week. The young daugh-
er of G.. H. Bourne is i'll with diph-
IBERIA at the Green street home of
err parents. but the house was quar-
ntined as soon as the symptoms de-
eloped and nothing is feared from
his source.
w. S. Cleveland's minstrels play
d to a good audience in the auditor
I'M Wednesday evening. While good
4 some features the show as a whole
licked the snap and dash which are
o necessary to a first class minstrel
The first part drag
ed more than many a local effort that
as been seen in town, and the songs
nd jokes came with a lack of variety
nat made them almost monotonous.
immie Cowper and William ]. DAILY
id the best work on the ends, the for
Ter making a hit with his song I've
ot to Go Now" In the olio the only
eature worth notice was the BARROW
10 of trick bicyclists. The perform
rs in this act were decidedly clever
9th on and off their wheels and fur
ished by far the most interesting
art of the show.
merchants are organic
lg against the trade stamp scheme
hich is being introduced here
representative of the company that
,nducts the project all over the COON
". Merchants who join here are
,liged to give out s per cent of their