Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17

house on Chestnut street and will TAX
possession August /.
"A cake sale, very successful, wa
given at the Y. M. G. A. rooms las
Saturday afternoon, under the aus
pices Of the Woman's Auxiliary.
-Brattleboro chapter, Daughters O
the American Revolution, are planning
to have chart made of Meeting Hous.
Hill in Centreville, which is one of the
most historic spots in the neighbor.
hood.
The funeral OF Mrs Sarah Howe,
aged 50 years, who died at the Home
for the Aged and Disabled Friday
morning, was held Sunday afternoon al
the Home, Rev. G. B. Lawson Of the
First Baptist church officiating.
George H. Clapp's new automobile
arrived Wednesday, has been fully test
ed and proves to be beauty. There
are several more orders on file, placed
by local men, and soon the streets and
drives will be lively with the gay and
speedy machines.
Judge Newton says that if the
small boys do not keep off the side
walks when bicycling he will "see
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of His Honor's acquaintance know
find out in due time.
The annual reunion of the Wind
ham County Veterans association will
be held at Townshend August l. Con-
gresham Haskins, who is president of
the association, and the members of
the executive committee held confer
ence last week to make arrangements
for the gathering
| Mrs. Chaplin of Jacksonville, VT,
while walking near the Retreat grounds
Wednesday afternoon, tripped over a
bit of wire and fell heavily, fracturing
her elbow. She was assisted by friends
to a nearby house and DR.. Thompson
of the Retreat aided in relieving and
reducing the fracture Then she was
taken home.
The drop in the temperature this
week has been one of the surprises of
this remarkable season. The mercury
tumbled down stairs Monday night
and nearly set frost on gardens. A
fall of 30 degrees is calculated to make
folks weary trying to keep up with the
variations. It's big chase from
sweater to an overcoat.
Great crowd at the open air con-
cert given at the Common Wednesday
evening, and the program rendered by
the First Regiment band was admir-
ably done. The Hill will be favored
next week, and on Wednesday evening
the band will give concert on Pros
pect Hill Point. There will be large
audience, you may be sure.
The new comet was distinctly visi
BILE to the naked eye last evening, we'll
up in the northeastern sky. 1t looks
like little dot of mist, near the
milky way, but with pair OF opera
glasses it assumes shape, and field
glasses will divide it so well that its
two tails may be distinguishable. 1t
bids fair to be spectacular visitor.
-Strock & Evans next production
here will be vaudeville performances
at Grange hall two weeks hence. They
will open the bill themselves in a com
edy sketch, which will be followed by
all kinds of specially work from our
best local artists. The last act on the
bill will be an uproarously funny old
time after piece by the whole com
pany.
j. W. Young, aged 16, of Troy, N.
Y, a pupil at the Moody school at Mt. !
Hermon, was thrown from his horse on
Main street, in runaway yesterday |
noon and suffered fractured leg. He
was taken to 1.-The Hemlocks" hospital
where the fracture was reduced and he
is resting comfortably. The runaway
created much excitement, as many per-
sons were witnesses of the accident.
The town is gay with the advent of
the summer girl and her various be-
longings. The streets are bright with
the guests on pleasure bent and the
foot of the horn is welcome sound.
Automobiles, tally no and coaching
parties skim along the shady streets
every day and make us think Of some
thing else. The hotels are crowded,
the nearby summer resorts already re-
port patronage far in advance of last
years arrivals, and everything indi-
Gates that this section will be more
popular this year than ever.
The Connecticut is very low, lower
than in some years, so old timers say.
The log drive is jogging along piece
meal, stranded here and there at every
eddy, and the combers who follow to
clear the stream will have quite a job
to root everything out and push it
along. The Milestone brook, emptying
into the Connecticut at the stone arch
bridge, is so low that cast off horse
collar has been balancing on the edge
IF the dam for three days, with no
prospect of dislodgement unless some
body gives it SHOVE. Then it will
DIN the crates and other picturesque
objects down among the rocks below in
adding new object of interest to the
collection of rubbish.
Quincy A. Seward, former we'll I
Known merchant, is richer by s. be-
.ause of the promptings of the con- {
cience of Brattleboro man, after al
owing it to slumber for 81 years. Sat- s
lrday an envelope directed to 1.-THE I
house on corner opposite Man
ion House" was received at the store. S
inside was s. and the following anony- {
nous letter: "In Fall of 1872 or '73 '
fought cap in the store. The clerk t
aid me 50 too much change. l ought
o have told then. Have s. given to c
light man." The firm owning the T
oods in the store at that time was S
,eward & Willard and L. A. Cook, I
Tho received the letter on Saturday
urned the money over to Mr.. Seward.
t was new and pleasing experience
or him to receive conscience money.
Greenfield, Mass, correspondence of =
pringfield Union. ),
Drawing the line very distinctly b
be Republican correspondent writes i
The action of the Central Vermont Y
abroad company in appointing an in g
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