Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-09


"A. E. Atwoods annual souveni
calendar will take the form of Val
ley fair calendar this year.
The two-year-old son of Mr.. an
Mrs. Andrew Johnson is critically Il
with diphtheria which has taken tn
form of membranous Group.
The annual meeting of the Audo
bon society will be held at Mrs. f. X
Barrowss next Monday evening at 7: 80
Business, election Of officers.
Henry Marsh OF Springfield Mass
bought one of the Van Norden herd O
West Highland cattle last week at tn,
Valley fair, The animal will be pu
In the Forest Park geological gardens
-"Steeple Jack" Cavanaugh ha.
been at work this week upon the
spire of the Unitarian church. the ma.
sonry of which is thought to need
resetting. His labors have beer
watched by many people.
The new bridge across the Con-
necticut will be opened probably the
last of next week. The flooring, with
nearly completed, and the filling at
both ends will be finished within few
days.
While at work In his cottage at
Spofford lake Tuesday B. f. Sutton
narrowly escaped being struck by a
spent bullet which passed through one
room of the house close to his head.
He endeavored to investigate the mat
ter but found no one about the lake
except two Brattleboro men who were
unarmed
Gilbert Hubbard of Roycroft fame,
remembered in Brattleboro through his
lecture here last winter, gained addi-
tional notoriety in New York city re-
Gently through being refused a room
in the Waldorf Astoria hotel. He
finally succeeded in getting lodging in
the Murray Hill together with his right
hand man, Ali Baba.
The quarterly meeting of the YER
mont state board or pharmacy was
held in the Brooks mouse Wednesday
afternoon with the following members
present: C. c. Bingham of st. Johns
bury, A. NJ. Higgins of Rutland A. L.
butcher of st. Adams ]. G. Belrose of
Burlington and Wilfred F. Root of
Brattleboro. Several applicants for
registration took examinations.
A case of local interest which will
come up at the session of United
States court in Rutland this week is
that of the Winifred Randall estate
against the Pennsylvania Casualty
r. c. Bacon, James F.
Hooker and C. C. Fits appear for the
plaintiff and j. L. Martin and E. w.
Gibson for the defendant. All of the
lawyers went to Rutland Tuesday.
Mrs. Harriet A. Gibson who lives
in Odd Fellows block was severely
bitten under one arm Saturday by
large spider and for time was in a
serious condition. She felt the in
sect under her waist and attempted to
crush it but was stung before she
could accomplish her purpose. The
insect is thought to have arrived in
his country in a bunch of bananas
and was sent tor Northampton, Mass,
'or identification.
The Brattleboro Street railway
new $50 horse power Fitch
burg engine was given the severest
Kind of test last week and responded
lobly BY working night and day the
engine was set up and put in running |
condition Tuesday evening previous to
he Valley fair, and for the next two |
lays it furnished the power without a |
itch. This is remarkable consider |
ng the fact that the traffic over the |
Dad was the heaviest on record. near
Y $4,000 fares being taken Wednesday |
nd Thursday.
Plans for the coming football sea-
on have not yet been completed but
is probable that Brattleboro will be
epresented by a team as soon as
unds enough are secured to assure its
expenses. There is no lack of good
aaterial in town so that the efficiency
the team will depend solely on the
mount of practice that is put in by
he candidates. Walter o. Cooley is
his seasons captain and squad of
2 or Is men is at work under his di-
action. 1t is expected that a game
ill be arranged for Saturday, Oct.
I. Among the men trying for po-
tions are March, Williamson, Con-
md, Allen, Mellep. Lynch, Clune,
tolte, Ferriter Ellis and Barber.
The Colgate university football
cam, of which Melvin Thurber is one
{ the heavy weights, is unusually
.rong this season as shown by it's
anne of two weeks ago when it played
e with West Point, neither side scor- ,
lg. Last week Colgate rolled
D a score of 40 points against the St
awrence team. Hugh Whitman, an d,
her former high school player, is
,ptain of the Tufts college sopho- !.
ore team this year. and Ralph Patch, :,
member of the Amherst college :
,uad, has been coz ching the Dickin- =,
m academy team. Arthur Monroe =
no did so much good work last sea-
N on the Wesleyan university fresh :
an team is not in the game this sea-
N.
Miss Grace G. MCGOWAN, 90, died a
lesday evening at her home on Green O
rect after a brief illness. She had {
en suffering with diabetes for sew s
al months but the disease took an a
ute form only a few days previous a
her death She was the daughter s
Mrs. James G. MCGOWAN who moved e
re from Bellows Falls about two b
ars ago, and had been employed in b
e Hooker, Corser & Mitchell overall T
Glory. Besides her mother she is F
rvived by five sisters: Mrs. A. o. .
artineau of Springfield. Mass, Mrs. is
J. Moynahan and Miss Anna Nc Il
wan of Bellows Falls, and RATHER b
: and Nellie MCGOWAN of this town. d
lie funeral was held from the Roman t.
tholic church this morning and the W
DIV was taken to Bellows Falls for s,