Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-06

, Local news win be found Q
pages 8 and S.
All should bear In mind that II
dates of the coming music festivi
are Tuesday and "Wednesday May
and rs,
There should be large attend
ancc at the afternoon meeting In I'll
Y. NJ. c. A. rooms Sunday. State Sec
rotary Morrison is an interestin
speaker.
--Brattleboro camp, Modern Wood
men, will hold box supper an
dance In Red Mems hall Monda
evening. Music win be furnished b
Dugan and Hines,
Carl w. Cooley, who has bee
spending several days In Brattlebor
after a cruise on the United State
training ship Yankee leaves to-da!
for Charleston, Mass, where he vii
report for duty and be assigned 4
some vessel In the navy.
Il Gordon Hollis, three ear-old sol
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hollis of Cen
trail street, died yesterday after {
short illness with meningitis TIL,
funeral viii take place tomorrow
morning at $3.50 O'Clock and the body
win be taken to Randolph for burial.
The local manager of the New
England Telephone company am
nounces that the company is offering
a three months free service TO all
subscribers who put in instruments
and sign contracts for one year.
Brattleboro already has a very large
exchange. and the opportunity to OBJ
tain fifteen months service for the
amount of one years rental should
certainly increase the list of sub
scribers.
Big Bill Devere" known in every
town and hamlet from Maine to Cali
fornia, is dead. He was long asso-
ciated with Hoyt and his farcical pro-
auctions and is remembered in Brat
tleboro for the prominent part he had
In A Black Sheep. In the early days
OF the west he was a Colorado sheriff
and his career was very varied and
one. Among his many
he was a poet Of
no mean pretensions.
Glass No. of the Baptist Sunday
school held an exciting debate last
evening on the question, Resolved:
That the United States was justified
in its action on the Panama ques-
ton. j. +. Haynes. Howard Well
man and +. j. Blatherwick were on
the affirmative side. and A. l.. May
nard f. j. Eddy and Mr. Raymond
on the negative. The latter won.
After the debate a committee con-
sisting of Messrs. Maynard, Blather-
wick and Lovejoy was appointed to
lake charge of series Of debates
next fall.
Exercises commemorative OF the
list anniversary of the founding Of
he local " NJ C. A. will take place
Sunday Gen. O, @, Howard viii
peak IN the Center church at the
morning service and State Secretary
:. S. Morrison viii occupy the pull
,it of the West Brattleboro Congre-
rational church in the morning. At
he regular mems meeting In the af- (
ernoon Secretary Morrison win speak
rhe anniversary exercises proper viii /
axe place in the Baptist church in
he evening when Gen. Howard will /
eliver the principal address. There (
viii probably be several other speak
RS.
The rehearsal of the choral union 4
evening was largely at
ended II was announced that some F..
500 Will be necessary TO meet the /
Expenses al the end of the season. I
his the executive committee expects
) realize from the sale of seats for
he two concerts, and exchange tick 1
Is were given out TO the members
Or sale. These tickets bought now
acure the first choice of seats, one
ay ahead of the ordinary single adj
llssion tickets. The work of the club
t rehearsal gives every promise of
aiding up TO two most excellent con-
arts. During the intermission the
[igh school glee club sang two
tmiliar songs and were greeted with
reat enthusiasm by their audience,
here will be two rehearsals next
eek, Tuesday evening at the Con-
tilNHEI anu W NNaASsNt'J
yening in the Baptist vestry
Smith & Murray the well known
~ goods merchants of Springfield,
lass, have taken a five year lease
/ n. + Hawley's store and the bust
ess will be conducted hereafter I'M
or the name of Jardine & Company.
ohm D. Jardine who has been con-
ected with Smith & Murray for the
asst Is years, will have personal
1arge of the store, having already
ssumed the management. A special
he will begin tomorrow. The firm
Smith & Murray is well known
cally and Brattleboro people will be
ad to know that they intend to con-
hue the business along the same
les as it has been conducted here
fore. There is general regret.
,wever that Mr.. Hawley is obliged J
retire from active business. He
IS been merchant in Brattleboro
nee 1877 and his store has gained /
enviable reputation throughout
is part of the Connecticut valley