Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-15

!! Ethan Allen lodge, N. e. 0. p.
will give a box supper at Red Mem
hall Tuesday evening.
The Knights and Ladies of Homo
will meet Monday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. II. W. Sargent.
There will be a regular meeting o.
Protective grange Wednesday evening,
the program in charge of Mrs. A. j.
Currier.
do not miss hearing the Hon. Jo
seph Devlin's lecture Thursday even.
ing, May q, at 8 10 at the Auditorium.
No admission fee. No collection.
"A special conclave of Beauseant
commandery will be held at its asylum
Thursday evening at 7 O'Clock to ar
range for Ascension day service.
The choir of st. Michael's Episco-
pal church will sing at Christ church,
Guilford, Sunday afternoon at the an
nual visitation of Bishop Hall.
--Brattleboro camp, Modern Wood
men of America, held a regular camp
meeting last evening at Red Men IS
hall, and over dozen candidates were
initiated.
Members of the Woman s club have
planned delightful outing and basket
picnic at Spotford lake, May %, and
there will be large company. The
party will start from the Brooks House
at 8 a. m. If stormy postponement will
be made to June 6.
The bailiffs last Saturday reap
pointed Chief of Police Hall, who is
now on his eighth year of faithful ser
vice to the town. Chief Hall is an ex-
cellent public servant and the bailitfs
have under consideration the matter
of increasing his salary. He deserves it.
e. j. Devine, formerly of this town,
has just closed a highly successful
spring tour with his "Green- Eyed
Monster company and is at present
in New York city booking tour for
the Eagleton Stock Co. with which
company Mr. Devine has signed as bust
ness manager for the summer season.
james F. Hooker was elected a
member Of the council of the VT Com
mandery, Military order of the Loyal
Legion, at their annual meeting at Bur
lington Tuesday. After the business
session, the commandery enjoyed ban
quet and post prandial exercises at the
van Ness mouse.
Owing to the small advance sale of
reserved seats, and the heavy expense
incurred, Mrs. Harriet Brasor Pratt
decided to postpone her concert an
nounced for last evening, but there is
a probability that it may be given in
the late summer, before Mrs. Pratt S
return to Buffalo.
Harvey Newton whose body was
brought to Vernon Thursday for bur
ial, leaves a number of relatives in
Brattleboro. He was the son of the
late Alonzo Newton of Vernon and a
brother of VIM. S. Newton of that
place. He died very suddenly at Wor
cester of heart disease
Applications for inspection of ami
mails and permits to move them, under
the foot and mouth disease quarantine,
should be made to DR.. Marion lines,
who is stationed at Chester He is an
inspector of the bureau of animal in
dustry and has charge of the business
of Windsor and Windham counties.
Mrs Laban II. Dexter, formerly of
Brattleboro, died at her home in
Springfield, Mass, Thursday morning,
of a paralytic stroke sustained two
weeks before. She went to Springfield
from this town 30 years ago, was 81
years of age and leaves no immediate
relatives.
A Frenchman from Hnsdale, whose
name is not known, told story Wednes-
day of being assaulted on the bridge
Tuesday night by four young roughs,
and claims that he was robbed of
watch worth 525 and 81 in cash. He
purchased a revolver and says that he
will get even with the next gang that
holds him up.
--Rey Thomas b. Payne of Scran-
ton, Penn, will take part in the ser
vices at the Universalist church Sun
day. Mr.. Payne comes from the heart
of the mining district and can speak
from experience of recent events there.
He is ambitious to build a Universalist
church for the miners and their fam
lilies, so it is hoped Brattleboro Uni
versalists will do their share.
The third annual convention of the
Vermont Undertakes and Embalmers
to be held at Montpelier
June 1926, will be called to order by
President H. L. Bond of this town,
who will deliver an address. After the
evening banquet DR.. Henry d. Holton
of this town, secretary of the state
board of health, will give talk on
s. Sanitation y One entire day will be
devoted to examinations under direc-
ton of DR.. Holton,
John j. Nolan of Boston, who di
rected the minstrel show recently Civ
en- by the Catholic Union, is organic
ing minstrel company for the parks
and summer resorts and will open near
Boston the last of this month. Many
leaders in the minstrel field have al !
ready been signed, also a concert band
and orchestra. Mr. Nolan has engag
ed John T. Fenton, who recently
closed with the Sam L. Jack company
as business manager.
Farmers are still praying for rain
and they have been at it the past two
weeks. If rain doesn't fall pretty soon
it will be strange. The sluggish at
conditions east of the
Rockies have put this whole section in
an uncomfortable and unreasonable /
condition, and complaint is universal.
Throughout the Connecticut valley and
to the Sound the ground is as dry as
covered bridge and forest fires are
everywhere.
e. E. Perry has sued P. L. Shea
for so in civil action to recover for |
store fixtures, furnace, etc. He claims
that he owned the fixtures and that
Mr.. Shea bought them of him. The
RAY estate claim that Mr.. Perry is not !
the owner of the fixtures and therefore
cannot sell them, and Mr. Shea claims
that he has not bought the fixtures and