Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


ADV. 1t.
The job shop of Andrew f. Wilde
on Flat street will be sold by auctio
on Tuesday.
The Catholic Union base ball tear
had its photograph taken by Wyatt tn
first of the week.
The loss by the fire at the Redwa
farm was adjusted last week through
Taylor e. Son at about 81, 400
The Womans auxiliary of the Y
M. c. A. will hold its annual roll cal
meeting Tuesday afternoon at o'clock
In other cities where John w. Vo
gels Big Minstrels have appeared, the
atre parties have been social feature
of the event. 1t is jolly way of en-
joying perfect evening.
We want bright young woman tt
make a canvass of Brattleboro and so
licit subscriptions to the Reformer. A
liberal commission or salary will be
paid. Apply at once at Reformer Of
flee. 52.2t
The children of the Baptist, Con-
gregational and Universalist churches
were given Christmas entertainments
last Wednesday evening. The Unita-
rian services were held Friday after
noon and those of the Episcopal church
Monday.
The soldierly appearance and good
discipline of Company | at the last en- 3.
campment is especially commended
in the report of Maj. Walter Howe of
the United States artillery corps and
Inspector at the last encampment of
the Vermont national guard.
Lovers of negro music and those
! interested in the Fisk university at
Nashville, Tenn. will have an oppor
tunity of hearing the Fisk jubilee sing
ers Monday evening in the Congrega-
tional church. The company consists
of nine trained singers. 1t will appear
under the auspices of the Fessenden
Helping Hand society.
H. r. Brown took the class of 1902
of the High school on sleighride to
Newfane last Friday night Supper
was served at the County House and
an old fashioned dance kept the party
busy until late into the night, The
clerks of Durham Brothers enjoyed
sleighride Saturday night to Bernard
ston, taking supper at The hotel there.
The High school will open Mon
day, Jan. 5, and the graded system In
Guiding the graded schools in the main
building, and the primaries will open
Monday, Jan. - While the graded
schools have a fairly good supply OF
coal, the situation in the coal fields
seems so serious that the committee
think it best to give the graded schools
one week more vacation now, rather
than to be obliged to shut down in the
middle of the winter.
There was hearing before Referee |
F. D. f. Stowe Monday on a petition |
of George T. Aplin, trustee of the es
tate of Walter H. Ware, bankrupt,
against Harlan P. Farr and Walter n.
Ware on the question of the title OF
certain crops on farm held by Ware
on a bond from a deed from Mr.. Farr
C. G. Fits and E. l.. Waterman APP
peared for Farr and Ware, A. +.
Schwenk for the trustee and Burt Chel-
lis of Claremont, pro Sc.
The body of Charles Fl. Plummer,
%, who died in Philadelphia hos
pital last Thursday, was brought here
Monday and placed in the vault in
Hill cemetery. Mr. Plummer
was born in Brattleboro Dec. 8. 1870,
but left here when child. He had
been in the brokerage business for sew
aral years and had travelled extensively
through the South. His mother. Mrs.
Elizabeth Plummer Heigham, is sis
ter of John r. Plummer of this town.
The annual meeting of the Estey
Organ Co. Benefit association was held .
Tuesday and the following officers
chosen: Committee, George A. Hines,
]. W. Knight, W. d. Gibson; secre-
,ary, H. F. &. Todt. The annual re-
port of the committee showed that the
during the past Year was
BOG total number of accident 33 claims
presented and allowed %; amount paid
IN claims 1892: balance in treasury
1858. 80. The largest amount paid to4
my one claimant was s34.
States Attorney A. f. Schwenk !
md Deputy Sheriff f. S. Hall went to {
Vest Dummerston Friday to attend to {
?. F. Towle, workman employed on
he dam. who became hilarious Thurs {
lay evening and fell through a window t
n Townshend's store. Towle was ar s
ested by Sheriff Hall and then :
before Justice E. G. Rogers, :
appearing for the prosecution. Y
The respondent pleaded guilty to be- {
ng intoxicated and was fined 50 and q
,osts, the total amounting to Sl2. [
The Shelburne Falls correspondent
# the Greenfield Gazette says: David :
7. Perry of Brattleboro, VT, has con-
racted to build 600 foot tunnel for
he New England Mining Co. in the =
copper mine at Charlemont. Recent :
developments in the shaft and flatter- =
ng offers for the mine has sent the !;
took booming A melter will be or :
Tered SOON The original stockholders :
lere have recently doubled their stock :
Inscriptions Even old conservatives
re buying stock. The promoter has !
,ot them on the run. +
An audience which taxed the ca t
,acity of the Congregational church a
,athered Sunday evening to listen to l
dudley Bucks cantata, 1.-THE Coming
f the King" given by the Congrega n
ional Sunday school, assisted by the S
hurch choir. Rev. H. R. Miles read t
ach number before it was sung. The a
GLOWING took part in the chorus: Ten il
rs, ". A. Gilbert, George Clay, Err
est Arnold, A. l.. Maynard; BASES,
ieorge f. Adams, Fred c. Adams, y
rank Roberts, Luther Hawley, Rollin Il
White: soprano, Annie Maynard, En- :,
IA Gregg, Helen Nelson: alti, Laura Il Il
.eitsinger, Florence Howe, Florence !
Iildreth, Ethel Randall, Ruth Adams. y
John W. Vogel's Big Minstrels will b
ppear at the Auditorium next Thurs e
av eyeninp and will present n propram RI