Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-06
ANNOUNCEMENTS
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Mrs. Mary Mcguire has sold her
house at II Reed street to Patrick Gut
heen.
The Woman's Relief Corps will
serve clam chowder supper in G. A.
II. hall this evening
Dayton Erwin Of. d. E. Stowe)
had poem in the Springfield Repub.
lican of last Friday, entitled "Distri-
button.
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Y.
M. G. A. held its regular meeting Tues.
day afternoon in the association rooms.
Mrs w. d. Stockwell gave n paper
on Religious Work of the Y. M. G. A. "
The funeral of Mrs. Charles Wood,
who died Friday morning, was held
from her late home Sunday afternoon
at 2 80 o'clock, Rev. L. NJ. Keneston
officiating. The burial was in Pros
pect Hill cemetery.
The regular meeting of the asso-
citation and board of directors was held
Monday evening in the Y. M. G. A.
rooms. Four new members were taken
into the organization and the regular
business was transacted.
The ladies' night at the Vermont
Wheel club rooms Friday evening was
largely attended and proved an enjoy
able event. Dancing and cards We're
the amusements. Music was furnished
by Leitsinger's orchestra.
Among the pension bills now in
the hands of the president for sigma
ture is that to increase to S24 month
the pension of ID. n. Tolles of this
town. who was member of 20. A,
Third Vermont Volunteers.
The Brattleboro Y. NJ G.. A. bas-
ket ball team will play against the Yer
mont Academy team in Festival hall to-
morrow evening, and there will also be
a contest between the High school and
Catholic Union girls teams.
John Strand has been circulating
a paper this week in the interests of
his nephew, John Marlboro, who lost
both of his hands in an accident at
Putney two weeks ago. The cause IS
a worthy one and nas met with geserous
contributions.
The Newfane house, owned by +.
NJ. Angler and carried on for the past
few years by H. M. Burke. was sold
Monday through Bailey's agency to
Newton A. Dickinson of Chicopee,
Mass. The new proprietor intends to
remodel and refurnish the hostelry and
fit it for high class summer trade.
President Roosevelt recently re-
ouested the Marine band to play him
the great success "Under the Bamboo
Tree" This will be sung at the min.
strel show of the First Regiment band
by Alison Dugan. The act will be sup
plemented with appropriate oriental
costumes, special calcium light effects
and an entirely new stage embelllsh-
ment.
The town liquor agency wound up
its career Monday evening, and the
story of it's demise was told Tuesday
morning by an abundant strip of crepe
which hoated from its closed door.
The stock of liquor left is very limit,
ed, practically everything being sold
except small amount of wine and
some bottled goods. A lively traffic
was conducted Saturday and Monday.
There was a hearing Wednesday
morning before Justice j. II. Merrifleld
in the case of the village of Brattle-
boro against W. B. johnson to recover
an assessment levied on job nson IS prop
erty for his share of the expense in
Cured in laying the Chestnut street
sewer. Decision was reserved. II. T..
Bacon appeared for the village: Judge
FL. H. Wheeler and f. d. E Stowe for
the defendant.
On account of the increased freight
traffic on the New London division of
the Central Vermont railroad, the
three engines which have been running
between here and White River june
ton have been transferred to the first
mentioned division, their places being
taken by two large consolidated loco
motives from the northern division.
One of the consolidated engines came
into Brattleboro this week with train
of Sc cars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Batchelder
were called home from Washington
Tuesday on account of the death of Mr..
Batchelder's younger brother, John S.
Batchelder, which occurred in Spring
field Monday. He had been in poor
health for some time and was obliged
to give up his course in Norwich UNI
yersity after two years of study or
late he had been taking course in
electrical engineering at home. He
was young man of much promise and
his death is a severe blow to the fam
lily.
The coming of Isabel Irving and
her company IN the "Crisis" marks an
event unequaled in the history of dra-
matte art in Brattleboro. Miss Irving
has surrounded herself with as able and
competent a group of fellow players as
could be gathered together in this coun-
try. The play, "The Crisis" drama
tiled from Winston Churchill's famous
book, has proven to be one of the best
contributions to stage literature in
many day and is being received night
ly with unstinted praise and unquali-
fed approval. OF Miss Irving herself
little need be said, as every one knows
she takes rank with the foremost lead
ing actresses of this or any country.
Among the historical manuscripts
printed in the February Bulletin of the
Boston Public Library, is a letter from
Senator S. r. Bradley of Vermont,
dated January %, 1910, to Judge Roy
ali TYLER. saying that he is tired of his
seat in the senate, and making this
suggestion, "that | shall take Gov.
G.'s place-that you shall take the
place 1 now hold-that Judge Robin
son shall take the place you hold, and
that ID. Chase shall be placed on the
supreme court vice Judge II. Har
rington), who may probably wish to re
tire to preach the gospel to the Bap-
lists. This plan miscarried, as Gov.
Galusha remained in office till 1913, at
which time Bradley also retired, to be