Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-11
@indham County 8efornter
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

| quite party of local horsemer
vent to Hartford Wednesday to see
ne races at Charter Oak park.
Travel southwark has been re-
iharkaply heavy the past week. The
continued cold weather has spoiled the
nun or our summer guests and the
irosts OF the past few nights oliite set
tied the question of their departure.
The Brooks free library will be
closed from Monday next for one week
Tor the purpose of taking inventory
NO books have been issued since
| wednesday and the trustees request
that all books now in circulation he
returned to-day.
Ross the tremendous. of local re-
nown, baked badly at his opening ex-
hibition in Springfield, Mass the other
night, refusing to do any stunts be-
cause there was only an IS house. He
wanted $42 more to go on" and so the
AFFAIR proved a fiasco.
Open cars, with a stiff breeze both
ways and the mercury at so or lower.
may be good thing for the doctors
and undertakers but the rest of the
crowd can't understand the problem,
especially the aged and feeble who are
obliged to depend upon the street rail-
way.
To-day is the anniversary of the
battle of Plattsburg, fought in 1914.
and of Perry's victory on Lake Erie.
The local daughters of 1912 will OBJ
serve the anniversary. but will defer
until next week owing to the absence
of Mrs c. F. r. JENNIE, president of the
Vermont society.
Secretary Wilson of the Y. NJ. c.
A. has received highly compliment
tary letter from the officers of the
Woman's auxiliary, expressing their
appreciation of his faithful work. Mr..
Wilson and his family expect to leave
town on Tuesday for Kalamazoo,
Mich, where he has secured the gem
eral secretaryship of the large and
Aourishing association of that place.
The local Woodmen have taken a
bright and early start. and they already
announce that they are planning for a
huge public celebration on July 4, next,
at the Fair grounds If possible, the pro-
gramme to include big fire works dis
play in the evening somewhere else
because of the liability of setting afire
the fair ground buildings. Starting
thus early it would seem that the
scheme might be fostered
Rather sharp frosts on Monday
and Tuesday nights gave the farmers
a shock. Corn needs bright and warm
sunshine; other crops would be great
ly helped by something approaching
warm weather. At present everything
is so cold that the icemen complain. If
this sort of thing keeps up there will be
disposition on the part of housewives
to split the refrigerator to kfndle the
kitchen range. 1t is the limit!
The local peach crop is pronounced
a failure by all growers. They say
there will not be any fruit to put on
the market. This is not attributed
to blight or any other unfavorable
condition save the fact that this is an
off year. ]. A. Miller, who raised
several hundred bushels last year. will
not be able to pick basket full this
year, and Mr.. Rouillard of North Hins-
dale says he has but a mere handful
in his entire orchard.
The public schools opened Tues
day with what is considered a normal
There is no crowdlng
Some of the rooms are
well filed, even completely occupied,
in so far as desk room is concerned,
but it is stated by Rev. Mr.. Osgood
of the committee that there is plenty
of room for all the pupils. Even so
soon after the opening he has made
of
schools therefore his estimate of the
condition of affairs may be accepted as
accurate.
Next Sunday will be known as
"Bible Sunday in the churches OF TINS
state, and the Vermont Bible society
sends out an urgent plea for contrlpu-
lions. especially addressing Sunday
school friends, young and old. Inc
money is needed to buy Bibles ana
testaments for mission Sunday schools,
for the inmates of state prison, house OF
soldiers home and other
public institutions and for foreigners
temporarily in the state. AS IN years
mast it is desired to buy thousand or
more testaments at Christmas time Tor
children in the far-off land of Bone
mia.
Henry Briggs who resides IN the
west village, had narrow escape lroi'
serious injury Monday. He was dris-
ing down Thomas Hill in Halifax, MS
team drawing a wagon load or seven
horrals of apples On the seat beside
hi,,, was Archie. son of Walter Phelps.
Near the Charles Phelps place the pole
hrole letting the wagon against the
horses. and they ran. Seeing that lhey
,rara unmanageable, the man ana boy
summed landing safely and unlnJureo.
rbe team went on down the hlll scat
tor;np the load in every dlreclioii'
Thev got clear of the wagon at 'he
foot of the hill and ran into pahh
,,-here thew were caught. They were
.,o,,evbat bruised but not badly hurt'
AT the 10th annual meeting Oh .he
Vermont Pharmaceutical associa'iui'
held at Burlington last Week. one
,,rasident. w. F. Root of TINS to"n'
,,,aaa an admirable address. Sixty
IAN, members were received. Ihe as
a;ation fayors making special laws
for druggists and higher educatloiiai
for pharmacists In YER
,t These officers were elected ioi
mont. vear. President, E. c.
pierca of Barton first vice president,
n parker of Burlington; second
vice president. E. A. Drown Oh baiie
tbird vice president, c. s wilson ~
waite River Junction; secretary W.
:. TarrilI of Montpelier; treasurer u:
uaryood of Chester; trustees Vi
u anant fund. F. w. Pierce of Ches-
pei ia, r poot of Brattleboro, and u.
r Hopkins of Brandon