Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-07

Deer mas advanced hall cent
pound in Springfield, Mass, and tn
lower Connecticut valley, but n,
change in prices is reported by the 10
cal dealers
Fred Wall has received the APP
pointment as carrier on rural deliver,
route No. 4, which goes over Ames hill
and W. II. Nash gets route No. ), tt
Dummerston.
The meat and provision bushes.
that A. V. Mays agency advertised il
the Reformer last week for w. Ii. Bar
rett of Hinsdale has been sold to F. H.
Fuller of Hinsdale.
The usual Sunday afternoon
meeting of the Y. NJ. c. A. will be
held Sunday at 5 p. IN. on the Common
at West Brattleboro and Rev. L. Q. S.
Osgood of the Unitarian church will
deliver the address.
For Old Home Week in Drummer
ston Center, opening the goth inst. the
First Regiment band of this town will
furnish music and in the afternoon pro-
gram Hon. j. L. Martin of Brattleboro
will deliver an address.
Mrs. Jennie b. Powers will speak
on Humane Work. Monday evening
at s o'clock, in the vestry of the Con
gregational church. The meeting will
be under the auspices of the Audubon
society. Everyone is invited to attend.
There will be no charge for admittance.
/. "Wednesday evenings drizzle did
not blockade the band concert on the
Common. Leader Letsinger and his
men gave the balance of their ere
quest" program and hundreds listened
to the good music. Il was just the
right thing with which to top off a
dreary day.
Judge Hoyt III. Wheeler has denied
the petition of James W. Tobin, who
brought suit in Boston against the Cen
trail Vermont railroad, then in the
hands of receivers. A demurrer to the
suit, on the ground that he, must first
obtain consent to prosecute the same
in jurisdiction of the court appointing
the receivers. was sustained by the
Massachusetts supreme court. The pc
tition to Judge Wheeler asked for the
right to continue the suit in Massa
chusetts.
Complaint Is made that local gun
ners are killing song birds 'just for
fun 1t will not be so funny if they
are caught, and this item is hint for
them. The law says: IF a person
shoots or otherwise Intentionally |
entraps, ensnares or captures a |
wild or undomesticated bird, except |
birds of prey, or if a person |
destroys the nest or eggs of any wild |
Or undomesticated birds, except the |
nest or eggs of 4 = birds of prey,
be shall be fined 50 for each offense. ="
Mrs Harriet Brasor Pratt will be
assisted at her operate concert to be |
given at the Auditorium Thursday, |
Aug. 90. by Frederick l. Day, tenor |
Frank A. Kennedy, violinist; Miss |
Lulu Greasy, accompanist. The first /
part of the program will consist of |
selections by the differ |
snt artists. Part second will be the
fourth act of Aida in costume, with /
Mrs. Pratt in the role of Amneris, lone |
Of the best written parts for contralto) /
Mr.. Day as Radames, and chorus of
male voices.
AT the regular monthly meeting I
Of the Vermont Wheel club, held Tues
day evening, the question of holding
the annual field day on Labor day was
discussed. The following committee
was appointed to make arrangements
for the outing. George F. Barber, c.
R. Crosby, W. A. Shumway. George
E. Foster and f. Landry. The club .
is inclined to omit the clam bake this
year. and make the outing more OF a
program of sports, races, etc, but 1t
IS left for the committee to decide
what W Il be done. They will report
shortly.
Secretary Root has decided that the
expenses of transportation and subsis-
ence of rifle teams sent by the Nation
Il Guard of the various states and ter
itories to competitive contests at Sea
girt and elsewhere, may be paid by the
tates from the money allotted them
lnder the militia law Local sharp
hooters of Co. | were wondering how
hey were going to Seagirt, n. J Sept,
next, to compete in the national rife
match. The above news from Wash
ngton seems to solve the problem, and
he soldier boys will not be obliged to
Jay their way.
B. B. Rawson, a Jacksonville far
ner, has on exhibition a woolly calf
With tail like that of rat, at the
nd of which is tuffet of white hair. {
he calf is dark brown and white, the
after color predominating and cover {
ng, with few exceptions, its back,
ide, head and legs. The brown spots
eel like wool or fur The white hair .
5 longer than the ordinary hair of a
tx weeks old calf. The white spots,
title way off, resemble cotton batting.
he little animal is curiosity and the s
TRACTION of the Rawson neighborhood, '
avs the Springfield Republican. /
State Railroad Commissioners Bal
~, Bingham and Smith, accompanied 7
V Superintendent Folsom, Assistant :
French and Bridge In
pector Batty of the Boston Il Maine 9
abroad were il town ou Monday. The
are spending the week !,
! their annual inspection of the rail- =
Dads of the state. On Monday they !
;arted from Brattleboro in special !
ain leaving at p M, intending to
0 north to Windsor. Later they will II
turn to take in the main line from
ere to South Vernon, and they will r
so go up and down the narrow gauge. !
The supreme court has rendered a !,
,cision reversing the judgment of the
,unty court in the case of Julia +.
GODDARD against Ira b. Houghton and a
hers The case involved the question b
to when legacies begin to draw in o.
rest. In 1899 Ann Janette Stoddard d
Westminster died, leaving a large IL
tate. The administrator refused to c.
" interest upon the specific legacies Sc
It'll a year after the final establish II
ent of the will The county court m
stained this contention. but the su- re
eme court now reverses the decision n
a LllI.. that all lananieS Shnnld drau "