Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-04-01

ana Satufuhy.
The Murray club will meet In tn
vestry of the Universalist churc
Tuesday evening. The entertainment
will be kept unannounced as II Is 4
the nature OF surprise.
E. C. Crosby administrators of tn
C. w. Wyman estate, has sold the wy
man house on Oak street to Calvin /
Whitaker OF Turner's Falls Mass
father Of C. d. Whitaker Of this town
Fort Drummer colony pilgrim
Fathers, will hold a card party In G
A. r. hall Tuesday evening. Mem
bers are requested to bring thel
friends. Refreshments will be served
The Daughters of Pocahontas will
give calico masquerade dance II
Red Mems hall Monday evening
Music will be furnished by Leitsinger''
orchestra and refreshments Of ic'
cream, cake and coffee will be served
There was good attendance al
the supper and sale given In Wells hal
| Tuesday evening by the women OF thf
| Unitarian society. During the even
Ing an enjoyable musical program
was rendered.
Several candidates for commits
sions I'm the Vermont national guard
were examined in the Brooks House
Wednesday before Col. ]. Gray Estey.
Maj. II. +. Dyer of Rutland and Capt.
C. +. Burnham of Burlington.
Theodore Roberg was arrested for
intoxication by Chief OF Police Hall
Monday evening and arraigned before
Justice Newton Tuesday He was fined
IS and costs but In default of payment
was taken to Newfane Jail for is days
Mrs Nellie Stone, widow of New
ton Porter, died Monday evening Mt
her home In Greenfield after an Illness
of two weeks She is survived by one
brother, Abbott Stone of this town
and two sisters. Mrs. Hughes and Mrs.
Wilson both of Greenfield.
The Congregational and Baptist
churches have held series of Lenten
services this week Rev. II. r. Miles
and Rev. G. y. Lawson alternating In
the leadership. The last OF these
will be held this evening in
the Congregational chapel.
The license commissioners have
received this week applications from
C. f.. GRAHAM and C. +. Thomas for
second class licenses. p. L. Shea has
also applied for second class license
public hearing on these applications
will be held in the selectmen's rooms
evening. April 10.
The next meeting of the Brattle-
ooro woman's club viii be held in the /
Brooks House parlors Wednesday af /
ernoon at $50. There will be short !
musical program by Miss Emma /
iregg, Miss Pauline Jenne and Ed I
win II. Miller. and the paper of the |
fternoon will be Some Experiences |
# Berlin Life" by Mrs. Robert l.. S.
'aton.
Samuel Warren Packard 70. of
lincoln street died Friday. after a
hort illness. He had been a resident
( Greenfield less than a year coming
ere from Brattleboro. Mrs. Packard
wo daughters and one son survive
i'm. The funeral was held at p.
l., Sunday, from the house where a
ervice was conducted by Rev. S. P.
The body was taken to Brat
eboro for burial.-Greenfield Record
There was hearing Tuesday be-
IRE Judge II. H. Wheeler in the ,
nited States circuit court on petition ,
the Canadian Pacific railway COM /,
/,
lie case of Abbie J. Elliot against the
,mpany. Mrs. Elliot's husband was !
lied In the defendants railroad yard 7
Newport and at the February term :
court she was awarded a verdict OF :
800. Max Powell and w. l.. Burnap
Burlington appeared for the plain I
n and F. f. Alfred of Newport and d
: b. c. Stickney of Bethel for the q
,fendant Judge Wheeler reserved n
s decision. h
With the approach of the April I
rm OF the county court political talk ),
III be revived That is a time when q
all of the lawyers in the :,
unity come together and have a good y
to make up the slate for :,
e county convention. Arthur V. D.
per of jamaica has announced In
vance of the session his candidacy G.
: the office of states attorney for el
INDIAN county. Mr.. Piper formerly Il
ed in Brattleboro, but for several u
1nths has been practising law in u
maica. That town is in the north Il
strict, from which district the II
ties attorney will be selected If p,
acedent is followed. 81
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--Crayon portraits of prominent n,
mbers of the First Regiment band Il
nstrel show have been placed In
! store windows this week and are
racting considerable attention. The til
st amusing one is that of II. C. III
itsinger standing on a bass drum In a
John Philip Sousa attitude, baton sh
his hand and. his breast covered CT
h medals. There are also pictures br
j. Harry Estey, d. Frank Shea, w. pa
Henley and II. c. March. The he
traits are the work of w. r. M
TART. Tickets to the minstrel show WI
'e sold rapidly this week and di'
'ked house is predicted. The re- co
rsals have been progressing finely sh
everything will be in good shape &c
Thursday evening The second tn
t of the show viii be composed of Nj
eral new and exceedingly clever br
cialties. me
The Boston Sunday Globe con- ~,
led a sketch and portrait of Er
lrles d. Gale, aged 95, of Spencer. ins
SIS, who is considered the oldest of MI
old-time stage drivers in the sol
e of Massachusetts. Mr.. Gale was VA
alive of Jamaica and began driv-
a stage when he was Is years old
tinuing in that occupation for 80 WI
rs and never meeting with an acct pie
D of any kind, with the exception of spi
sral upsets in which no one was ION
t. His first run was from Brattle- tina
, to Athol, Mass, and he used to VII
q here at 2 in the morning and car
We at Athol about o'clock there frs
ng up the ribbons to another driver fall
piloted the stage for another ide
tch until 1t reached Boston about Tor
clock in the evening. He afterward son
re between Keene. N. H. and fro
ton, and when railroads came into ma
was conductor for three wears. Mr.. mis-
. was married In 1ss6 10 MISC and