Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

| The grange sewing society will
meet Thursday afternoon.
There win be a special meeting of
Protective grange Wednesday eve-
ming.
IS. W. Edgett & Co. have sold for
Herman Merber his house and lot on
Pine street to James IL. Burke.
The Epworth league of the Meth
odist church will hold its monthly
business meeting Thursday evening at
o'clock. The cabinet will meet at
1880.
The women of the Centre Congre-
gational church are planning a two
days sale for Thanksgiving week with
an entertainment on the evening of
the second day.
The biennial report of the state
supervisors of insane, now in print,
shows that on June 30 of this year
there were 233 state patients in the
Brattleboro Retreat, an increase of 80
over two years ago.
Miss Christa Park entertained her
girl pupils very pleasantly at her
home on Harris place Wednesday af-
ternoon. The young women were
treated to fruit and confectionery and
variety of games contributed to
their amusement.
The will of the late Richards
Bradley was offered for probate Sat
urday. The will leaves all his prop
erty without reserve to his wife, who,
1t is understood, will carry on the
affairs of his estate in the same man
ner as during his lifetime.
The Vermont Society of Colonial
Danes will hold their annual meet
ing Wednesday in the Wood art gall
lery, Montpelier. The society will be
given the use of representatives hall
Tuesday evening and Miss Hersey of
Boston will deliver lecture.
A meeting of the board of bailiffs
was held Friday evening when 1t was
decided to place an electric light nj
the corner of High street and High
land avenue. Several other matters of
minor importance were attended to
and large number of bills approved.
Says the Montpelier Journal: c,
c.. Fits of Brattleboro. chairman OF
the judiciary committee, celebrated
his thirty fourth birthday on Monday
with a hard cold. It's late now for
outward manifestations, but his
friends all wish Mr.. Fits many happy
returns of the day, without the cold.
Within the past week the car
cases of at least two deer, that were
without doubt shot Intentionally,
have been found within short dis
lance of Brattleboro. One was found
Monday in Marlboro evidently killed
by a charge of buckshot, and the other
was found on Vernon mountain by
men in search of Lester ]. Stafford.
Ralph, -year-old son Of David
and Ida Sargent Miller died Saturday
night at the home of his parents IN
district No 10 after a brief illness
with diphtheria. Mrs. Miller is now Ill
with the disease. Both cases were re-
ported to Health officer H. L. Water
man and a strice quarantine has been
observed to prevent the spread of the
disease.
Rev. Jerome M. Gelot has been
transferred by Bishop Michaud from
the Church of st. Louis at Fair Ha-
ven to the Church of the Annuncia-
ton at Ludlow to take the place OF
Rev. Michael ]. Carmody, the pastor
of St. Michaers Roman Catholic
church of this town. Rev. Father
Carmody will officiate at the services
in the local Catholic church Sunday.
Archie Mellen of Guilford was in
Il; tn
ton to attend the funeral of Patrolman
Joseph McMurray, who was shot ana
killed in Brookline Monday evening
nv Henry F. Bolles McMurray was
i'm the act of breaking down the door
of a bedroom where Bolles had fled
after killing his wife when a bullet
from the murderer's revolver passed
through the officers lung. Mr. Melleh
had been a friend of McMurray FOR
MANY years and had frequently VS.
tied him in Boston.
Congressman Haskins received
this week several fac slmiles OF the
Thomas Jefferson Bible for distrlpu-
ton in this district. The original,
which bears the title, The Life ana
Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, was
recently purchased by the government
and is now in the national museum
at Washington. 1t consists OF texts
extracted from the gospels IN Greeh'
Latin, French and English and was
compiled by Jefferson about 1913
principally for his own use but Win
the idea of having it distributed
among the Indians. The fac Smiles
were published by the government
printing office according to an act OF
congress. Col Haskins VIII place NJ
copies in libraries throughout the as
trict.
The Brattleboro Womans clun
met Wednesday afternoon at fihe
Heights in attendance upon the an
nual reception. Many guests were
nresent in addition to a large NUMBER
of members. After the business the
president Miss Susan E. Clark, gave
an account of the seventh biennia
held in st. Louis, and the delegates
to the ninth state federation conven-
t;or o,so made reports. At the close
came a social hour with tea over
which the members and friends nae
the privilege of expressing personans
70 the hostess, Mrs. Fuller theil
Measure of meeting at the hospitabi'
home. The refreshment room was
under the auspices of the social COM
r,ittee Mrs. E. w. Gibson and MRS
n n Crane presiding at the tane
Nusic was furnished by Leitsinger'
orchestra.
The members of Brattlebor'
cbanter. Daughters of the American
peyo,ution. were delightfully."- enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. ]. G. VI
lery Friday afternoon from until
o'clock. The regular business meet