Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-01-29
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

,. en- by Protective grange viii be Wed
nesday evening.
| AT the next regular meeting o
Protective grange. Feb. 10th the frs
and second degrees will be worked.
/ The Ladies' Enterprise will NEE
with Mrs Charles Evans, Maple street
Thursday. The men are invited I,
supper as usual
Arthur Holton was arrested Frida,
evening by officer Thayer for intoxi
] cation. He was arraigned before Jus.
tice Newton Saturday morning ant
fined SIS and costs.
Fourteen children graduated from
, the primary to the junior department
of the Congregational Sunday school
Sunday. Fitting exercises were held
and each child was given a diploma
"A diamond ring belonging to f.
A. Starkey. bankrupt, was sold at auc-
tion Saturday morning by II. G. Bar
ber trustee of the estate The Jewel
was bought by Charles Miner for IS.
Charles r. Grout of Bellows Falls
is making arrangements to move the
local branch of his brokerage office
from Hooker block into the Brooks
House store formerly occupied by ]. r.
Tones.
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Parsons
was held last Friday afternoon from
the home of his parents. 90 Central
street. Rev. F. w. Lewis officiating.
Miss Laura Leitsinger sang two selec-
tons
F. ID. Il. Stowe won three first
prizes in his Silver Duckwing game
bantams at the Dalton. Mass. poultry
show last week. one of the birds scor-
ing 95h points Mr. Stowe has sent
six entries to the Manchester, n. H.,
show this week
A regular meeting Of Protective
grange was held Wednesday evening,
after which w. H. Wheden of the New
York school of oratory entertained the
grange for an hour with readings.
Miss Eva Sanders sang twice and Miss
Gertrude Barker gave three plano
solos.
Many from here intend to go TO /
Vernon Tuesday evening to attend the /
in A. G. Barnes hall, near Vernon sta
ton. by the ladies of Vernon. A
chicken pie supper will be served and
Leitsinger's orchestra will furnish mu-
sic for dancing.
Frank II. Laughton of Dummers-
ton was admitted to the Vermont bar
on motion Tuesday at the session of
Supreme court in Montpelier. Mr.
L.aughton passed his examinations last
fall but had not been registered long
enough to receive a diploma He has
opened law office in the rooms over ,
jewelry store. i
Al w. Martins $4,000 production
Of Uncle, Toms Cabin is booked for !
he auditorium for n matinee and eve 9
hing performance Feb. 6. This is the I
,nly Uncle Toms Cabin company that I
lppars in all the important cities and
Judging from the comments Of the t
,ress of those cities Mr.. Martin this Y
eason has surpassed all his efforts of
PREVIOUS years. z
The electric cars did not run Tues b
ay evening for some reason or other. C
operations were suspended early In the l
vening and did not begin again until V
Wednesday morning. The severe snow b
torn of Tuesday evening made travel p
1g afoot exceedingly arduous, and "
lany people were very wroth at the q
treet railway management for shut c!
ng up shop at such time. Il
The covered sleigh which plies be- d
veen the Brooks house and the depot
as capsized Monday morning in front -
the Brattleboro house. It. j. Heaphy "
nd Guy Stockwel who were on the =
rivers seat jumped off as the vehicle m
pped over. w. II. Henley and his u'
IN were inside the sleigh but neither
as hurt. The only damage was C,
oxen pane of glass in one of the al
,ors. ey
The funeral of Richard Bumberg M
ok place last Friday afternoon. he
rayer was offered at the house at pl
clock by Rev. Mr., Cook of the Swed- wi
h Congregational church. and the is
dy was then taken to the Congrega- ed
NAL chapel where services were con- a
cted by Rev. II. r. Miles. Frank pa
Brasor sang two selections. The We
dy was placed in the vault at Pros tel
ct Hill cemetery. an
be
AT the meeting of the Woman's -.
Id in the Brooks House parlors next =.
ednesday afternoon at $50 Mrs C.
Fits will give talk upon Observa- 80
ms among the Blind and Feeble
nded, and Mrs. G.. f. Warner will
,e a paper upon The Education of Pit
. Deaf. Mrs. Warner will have with ret
r a pupil from the Mystic Oral left
lool at Mystic, Conn, to show the VIII
thod of instruction. tim
"A stalwart young man who claimed -
be a soldier just returned from the ~
ilippines called on City Almoner In an.
A. -. 80 ~ - =. and
lttleboro, VT, to which place he said
was going to look for work He
led a paper from his pocket, which SUI,
alleged was his discharge and nv
ich he appeared to think would do -"o
business with no questions asked. !,
was given leave to withdraw anu
til Adams correspondent in Spring 'ne
Republican. GIN
Mrs. w. E. Banks entertained at
home class No. 3 of the Baptist -
,,,as so.,,ad e. ,rh;oh . shnr, min.
gram was presented by Mr.. Roel 80
Mrs. Kimball, the committee in 70.
rye. Mrs. Mary Smith, the senior ~ !,
nber gave a history of the class " y
ering a period of 81 years. A let
80 - 49,. afte
s. and remarks were made by sew anu
of the members present. A good ~ },
was enioyeds by all heiu