Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-27

Petitions are in circulation asking
the selcctmen Ia flll In the highway
J at point a short distance above The
, Souto factory where the road Ii IN a
very bad condition
The Republican Poster Print OF
Chatham, n. V, has made enlarge
7 lments from several Of the photographs
ON AtwoOd's Valley fair calendar and
Is using them TO illustnte fair posters
Of one kind and another
col. William Austlne Is among
those 10 receive commission as lieuten-
amt colonel under the new time service
law of the war department. Col. Aus
tine was retired Sept 2S, 1866 with
rank Of brevet lieutenant ana breyet
colonel.
John Allen was arrested Monday
evening by chief Of Police Hall for in
ItoXication ana nrragned before Justice
Newton Tuesday morning lie was
fined 50 and costs, and was sent To
/ Newfane Jail IN default Of payment
George r. johnson, clerk OF the
( United states court, has been appoint
I ed TO take testimony IN the suit Of the
+ Bmttleboro y Whitehall railway COM
pany against the New London North
4 eu railway company The evidence
win be taken some time during the
summer
Postmaster Taylor has received
notice from the fourth assistant post
master general that Frank a. Johnson
has been appointed rural letter carrier
ON route No. 3 from the Brattlebaro
Office succeeding VIM r. Hudson re-
signed April q, his appointment 10 date
from June l. The department requires
the rural carrier to furnish suitable
substitute. To act IN case of emergency
and Rev T., G. Fisher Of Guilford, has
qualified for that position on the Gull /
ford route.
Foster Crowns new Rambler auto /
mobile met with a peculiar accident .
Wilson were riding Ia the machine on .
the road from Hinsdale to Chester
field. While ascending a slight grade
the balance wheel broke and tore the
engine all TO pieces, The machine came
to an immediate stop and investigation
soon revealed that temporary repairs
were out Of the question. Crown sent
TO Brattleboro and secured a team to
tow the machine home reaching here
about ] o'clock Monday morning. An
examination of the balance wheel
showed several flaws which were ac-
countable for the break.
Charles +. Guild will move bis
printing business from RettiuR block ,
to Union block next week
The body Of Mrs Mary Ann Voor. .
bees, 73. who died at the home Of her I
sister, Mrs Elizabeth W. Stoddard. in !
Mass. Sunday evening, /
was brought here for burial in Pros :
pect Hill cemetery Tuesday afternoon, y
Rev. Geo. B. Lawson officiating at the :
service. The body was ac' I
by Mrs, Stoddard, Edgar |
a., DIR. Mortimer j., Ralph W, and Il
Miss Maud NJ. Stoldard Mrs. Voor 9
lees has lived with her daughter 10
Springfield for the past five or six 7
'esrs, previously living in Brattleboro. o
Before the death Of her husband, Mir. r
nah Voorhees,. she had lived in the b
vest, Mr. VOORHEES, also living in this c
own for short time many years ago. d
BESIDES her daughter and four grand c
bildren she is survived by one sister. II
lrs O. X. Post Of Willimantic, CT. Mrs. Fl
was sister of the late Mrs. II
. F. Pomeroy Of Springfield, Mass Y
Mrs. Lsurette p. Sherwin, wife Of y
luke Sherwin, late of Putney, died at
be Retreat Sunday. She was born in y
'ownshend March t. 1887, the daugh u
pr Of Lewis p. and Persis tOsgood u
arher She was married in 1856 to OF
luke Sherwin Of Putney where they OF
ad always lived with the exceE tion 81
( one year in Townshepd, until 1900, "
hen Mr.. Sherwin died. Mrs. Sher- e.
il then came to live with her daugh- Ia
II Mrs. l.. NJ Howe Of Bra1tleboro. \
he was stricken with an apoplectic m
lock April 20 which paralyzed her d.
1T side and was removed 10 the Re u
eat week later on account Of Mrs. CIV
owes feeble health and at her own M
quest. There she patiently awaited VI
lie time when death should release az
sr, feeling sure that il would not be IN
ng and not desiring to be burden eX
herself and others. She is survived ~
! three daughters, Mrs l.. NJ. Howe lie,
Brattleboro, Mrs. Charles +. Bailey Ga
Springfield, Vt, and Mrs. J, II. ia
'Brien of Groton. Conn. also two
sters, Mrs. Mary C. Flint of New wi
1rk and Mrs Phelia Mccoy Of Hat VI
y, p O., The funeral was from her no
tie home at her daughters, Wednes- wi
y at 10 o'clock, Rev r. X Marvin pr
iciating, and burial was in Maple to
rove cemetery, Putney. rel