Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-18

| WHeel CluD Will De Helu
Thursday, January 10.
The barber shops will be open I'M
til 10 o'clock Thursday evening but will
be closed all Christmas day.
IS. w. Edgett & Co., have sold the
e, ID. Stratton farm in Bernardston
to M, Nj. Martin of Bellows Falls.
Captain e. w. Gibson has been
chosen manager of the Company I
basket ball team and John Clune cap
tain.
A large buck was seen Sunday in
Thayer's woods. The deer was being
pursued by n dog and was running at
full speed.
There was a large attendance at
the dance in Odd Fellows hall Tuesday
evening. Music was furnished by Lett
singer and Dugan.
An electric car was derailed in
front of w. f. Walkers in West Brat
tleboro Monday morning, the accident
delaying traffic nearly all the morn
ing.
The Hooker, Corser & Mitchell
overall factory closed Wednesday for
the remainder of the week to allow the
folding force to catch up with the
stitchers
-Wantastiquet lodge, l. o. o. F.,
nominated officers for the ensuing
year at its regular meeting Monday
evening. They VIII be elected Mon
day evening, Dec. 2s.
The public schools opened Mon
day after an enforced vacation of three
weeks They will be closed Thursday
and Friday of next week in observance
of Christmas, but will keep open New
Years day
Nat Butler. the professional cy-
clist who is well known in Brattle-
boro, with his partner Leander won
second money in the six day bicycle
race which closed at Madison square
garden, New York city, Saturday even
ing,
The six weeks-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John F. Long died Friday after
noon at the home of his parents on
Cedar street after n few days Illness
with pneumonia. The funeral was held
from the house Sunday afternoon and
the burial was in the Roman Catholic
cemetery.
The suit of Mrs. Emma White
against the Central Vermont railroad
for injuries received in the narrow
gauge accident at West Dummerston
Sept "a, 1901, has been settled this
week for $4,000 through c. c. Fits and
Waterman and Martin.
The membership of the Choral un-
ion is steadily increasing, about so
singers being enrolled at present. Louis
ItrS
4 Gertrude Matthews were the soloists
at the rehearsal Wednesday evening.
At the next rehearsal E. H. Miller will
sing solos from Fair Ellen" which is
being studied by the club.
Aunt Sally Prouty celebrated her
cath birthday anniversary Tuesday at
the home of her SON n-law Oscar
Smiths Her daughter Mrs. Wolcott
of Greenfield was present. and many
friends, called to extend congratula-
tions and bring remembrances of
fruit and flowers we'll as more substan-
tial tokens The Daughters of the
American Revolution and the Sunshine
society were we'll represented.
Owing to pressure of business,
Charles H. Thompson has resigned
the Craftsmanship of the school board
of district No. 2. Accordingly, at a
meeting of the board held Friday, Dec.
IL. Rev. E. @. S. Osgood was elected
chairman in his place, j. L. Martin
succeeding Mr.. Osgood as clerk of the
board. Hereafter the regular meetings
of the board will be held at the super
yisor's office in the high school build
ing the first Saturday evening of each
month when all bills against the dis
trict should be presented for approval.
The whist tournament at the YER
mont Wheel club rooms Tuesday even
ing was won by w. II. Perry with a
score of 81 plus, Stewart being second
with a score of 26 plus. ]. r. Ryder
leads in the total score of the season
with Sc points and A. H. Pettee is sec
ond with 32 The following other play
ers have plus scores: d. Stolte, 10;
GRAY, "a; A. L. Pettee IA; Crosby 80;
Randall, 10; Cudworth %; Edwards,
III: UJllery, 90; Boyden, 8; e. p. Perry,
II; Wilson, IA; Robbins, g. pewter
land copper tankard will be given to
the man having the best seasons
score.
The first basketball game of the
season in Brattleboro will take place in
Festival hall this evening between the
local Y. M. C. A. team and the five rep
resenting the Albany Business college.
The latter team is captained by John
Tufts. one of the champion Y. M. c. A.
team of last season. and is said to be a
fast aggregation. The local Y. NJ. c. A.
team has been practising for two weeks
and bids fair to be as good as last year.
The lineup for tonight will be March
and Ellis. forwards. Ferriter and STAFF
ford, guards, and either Howe. Lam
gille or C. Stolte, center There VIII
also be a game between Hildreth's
printers and the Y. NJ. C. A. second
team. The contests will begin at .
o'clock.
An order issued by the post office
department says:-"The attention OF
the department has been called to the
common practice that prevails in post
offices where telephones are Installed
of answering inquiries made by strang-
ers or by persons whose voices are not
recognized by the postmaster or clerk
who answers the telephone, concerning
mail matter in the office. Under Sec
ton $40, p. L. & r., postmasters ana
all others in the postal service are pro-
hibited from furnishing any informa-
, ton concerning mail matter received
, or delivered except to the person 10
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