Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-24
THE wINDHAM COUNTY REFoRMER FRIDAY, JULH "a, 1908

The West Brattleboro gramma
school will hold a picnic at Metros
Hill this afternoon.
"A. v. May has been appointed
agent for the Middlesex Banking Co
} Of Middletown, Conn.
The regular session of the probat,
court will be held tomorrow in Judg,
e. L. Waterman's Office.
Rev. Lawrence f. Bower of Trim
ity parish, New York city, preached in
st. Michael's Episcopal church Sun
day.
The school board reports two va.
cancies in the teachers list, which
have not yet been filled, but will be
shortly.
Rev. G. B. Lawson will address
auspice of the Y. NJ. @. A. at s o'clock
West Brattleboro.
Miss Mary A. Woods, daughter OF
Mrs. Edmund Carey of this town, died
Monday at Fitchburg, Mass, after a
long illness. David s. Carey and H.
b. Haus attended the funeral Tuesday.
"A legacy of $500 has recently been
left by Miss Ruth w. Bancroft of New
York, for the Windham County Board
of Relief of Congregational ministers.
! Charles f. Thompson of this town is
the treasurer of the board.
Miss Ella Stebbins, who recently
returned from six months stay IN
California, went to Leverett, Mass,
Thursday morning for short visit.
While in Brattleboro Miss Stebbins
was the guest of Miss Fisher at West
Brattleboro.
Mrs Jennie B. Powers, agent of
the Humane society, spent few days
in Keene this week to consult the So
ciety there in regard TO cases not prop
erly looked after in Cheshire county.
Mrs. Powers leaves next week to inves
tigate these cases.
Every train, almost, brings sum
mer visitors and the town feels the in
crease of business. The Lake is more
popular than ever and big wagon loads
of baggage are carted over every day or
two. The summer season in this beau
tiful town bids fair to excel anything
heretofore recorded.
Capt. n. N. Hadley, quartermas-
ter, of this town, together with Capt
E. n. Miller, commissary, of Brandon,
and detail of four men from each
company, will go to the state camp
grounds. Fort Ethan Allen, in Burling-
ton, Monday, Aug. 3, to lay out camps
and arrange details.
Vaudeville in Brattleboro is nov
city but the people must be amused and
Strock il Evans propose to amuse them
and that with frst-class vaudeville at
Grange hall next Thursday and Friday
nights. A social dance will be given
on Friday night after the performance,
free to those in the hall.
The W. G. T. U. held their regu.
lar meeting at the Y M. G. A. rooms
yesterday afternoon and Mrs. Wardner
read paper on Immortality. A
short discussion followed. All was
very interesting. The next meeting
will be held at the Y. M. G.. A. rooms
next Thursday afternoon.
John Mitchell of Bellows Falls,
the insane man who had escaped from
the Retreat and was captured by the
Bellows Falls police last week, has
again escaped. Saturday night or Sun
day morning he succeeded in prying
open his window and removing the
bars by the aid of the hot air register
in his room.
Coal has jumped . cents ton in
the lower Connecticut valley this |
week, making a total advance of 10 |
cents within a month or so, but local |
prices remain the same for the pres
ent Brattleboro seems to be favored. |
1t is curious that points nearer the |
coal fields are obliged to pay more for I
coal than we are paying.
There is revival of interest in the
good old fashioned game of tennis,
than which nothing prettier was ever
put upon court. 1t is better than
golf, for spectators, and there are other
good points, including the advantages
it affords for the display of neat crea-
tions ia feminine attire. The sport has
suddenly become very popular in town
and the young society set has taken 1t
up with enthusiasm.
The churches of Brattleboro are
to erect the Y NJ c. A. tent in North
field for the benefit of Brattleboro peo-
pie, during the summer conference be-
ginning August l. The tent is to be
supplied with magazines, periodicals,
etc, where our townspeople can make
their headquarters during their stay in
Northfield This movement was start
ed by. the Baptist church last year and
was appreciated by our people.
State Secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A.,
F. S. Morrison of Burlington, made a
very favorable impression on all who
heard him speak last Sunday. He oc-
,upied the pulpit of the Methodist /
church in the morning, taking for his
,opic, Affection, and spoke at
,'clock in the afternoon at the Y. NJ
). A. service in the chapel of the Con- !
church. The association +,
will be glad to welcome him often.
Mr.. Taylor, or the firm of Taylor & J
Stevens, Boston architects, who have i
n hand the plans for the new Thomp I
on Memorial hospital. reached town +
asst night and will today consult with i
he local managers of the institution q
egarding plans and matters in general +
There seems to be confidence that +
round will be broken next week and +
York begun in earnest, so that the out i,
ide walls and roofs may be in place +
efore snow flies. p
Gov. Mccullough, writing to C
ocal man regarding Old Home Week, a
'hich includes the week of Au \
ust 16, the anniversary of the Battle d
Bennington, says 1T is left wholly e
discretionary with any town or group C
towns, to arrange appropriate cele
rations as indicated by the language. a
uch celebrations might be held diff t,
srent years in different sections. In a
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