Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-02

The oyster season begins today
Get yours at Shea's market.
THE postofiice will be open only
until noon Monday. The carriers viii
make the morning delivery,
Members of Protective grange
viii meet In grange hall at 12 O'Clock
Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs
j. +. Liscom.
The Ladies Enterprise society
win meet with Mrs. George Fuller on
Estey street next Wednesday after
noon at 4 O'Clock,
John II. Henry is building a two
story addition TO the old Frost house
which he recently bought and moved
from High to Bullock street.
Dispositions were taken before
+. d. Il. stowe Tuesday In the case
of the Mary Blakeslee estate against
DR.. II. D. Holton, trustee.
. David G. OMEN and Emanuel
johnson, both well-known painters
and decorators have gone into part
nership and intend to lease a shop
soon. At present orders can be sent
to Box III,
Professor ]. l.. Hills of the YER
mont experiment station at Burling-
ton has promised to make an inter-
esting exhibit at the Valley fair. II
win occupy 90 feet of space in the
dairy department and consist of
Photographic views of the expert
mental work which goes on at the
station.
| Chief of Police Hall and H. NJ,
| Wood went to Newfane yesterday to
mug" the two men who are in New
| fame Jail awaiting the grand jury on
the charge of robbing the Windham
county savings bank. The man who
was caught near the corner of the
bank made no objection to being
photographed. but J. F. McCarty, who
was arrested in Brattleboro at the
time. refused to allow his likeness TO
be taken. Both men are being kept
in the strictest confinement and stand
little show of escaping before next
week.
The encampments In district No.
Is. l. O. O. f.. will hold a field day and
district meeting on the ground of the
GIN odd Fellows home In Ludlow
Monday. 1t is hoped that a large
delegation from Oasis encampment
will attend and the members of the
subordinate lodges are also invited.
The Proctorsville band will furnish
music and there will be sports of va
rious kinds The Brattleboro delega-
ton will leave on the 5:45 a. m. tram
and return on a special. There viii
be mileage books at the depot 10 ac-
commodate all who wish to go.
A curious accident took place in
the local depot yard about II o'clock
this morning. A southbound freight
was pulling in on the outside track
from this station when the fourth car
Inn
at the corner of the Crosby store
house. The rear truck of the car left
the rails and the langes of the
wheels caught on the main track,
twisting the car cross wise with one
truck on the outside and the other on
the inside track. The accident de-
layed the II o'clock train north for
about an hour.
Henrietta H. Cram 20, wife Of
John p. Liscom, died at her nome
about q mile and half south OF
West Rrattleboro this morning after
an Illness of several years. She was
a native of Antrim, \. H.. daughter
of Joseph and Sarah White cram
and removed when child TO Peter
boro. y. H.. where she lived until her
marriage to Mr.. Liscom. Snce that
time she had made her home i'll West
charter member of Protective grange
and a long time member of the West
Brattleboro Baptist church. She was
a sister of the late Mrs. b. \. Cham
berlain and Miss Elizabeth Cram.
The funeral will be held Sunday af-
ternoon at o'clock from the house
The republican precinct captains
held a run-together last evening IN
the selectmens rooms for the purpose
of reporting their canvass to the re-
publican club officials. The local or
ganization is making the most SIREN
nous sort of an effort to get out
Rrattleboro's full republican strength
in order that the Vermont majority OF
Tuesday shall be up to the mark SET
in past years. The democrats OF
Brattleboro are by no means passive,
i'm fact they have been hustling in
great shape during the past Week
in the interests of NJ j.
Norans candidacy for representative
which is said to be gaining remark
able strength. The battle at the polls
will begin next Tuesday morning AT
9 o'clock in Festival hall.
The First Regiment band of so /
pieces will give a concert at the I
camp on the fair grounds at O'Clock (
This evening. The next regular con- |
cert by the band will take place on /
the common Wednesday evening.
The Bratteboro retreat author
tiles have this week posted Wantas- /
tiouet mountain with copies of the I
New Hampshire laws relating TO for
est fires. They are as follows; II any /
person shall kindle fire by the use /
of firearms. or by any other means. /
on land not his own, he shall be fined
not exceeding SO and if such fire |
spreads and does any damage TO the /
of others. he shah be fined /
not exceeding $1,000. If any person, I
for a lawful purpose, shall kindle !
fire upon his own land, or upon lana I
which he occupies, or upon which ne /
is laboring at an unsuitable time or
in a careless or imprudent manner |
and shall thereby injure or destroy /
the property of others, he shall be /
fined not exceeding $1,000. Whoever |
shall inform the prosecuting officers
of the state of evidence which secures |
the conviction of any person VINO VIII
fullv. malciously. or through GRIM |
inal carelessness has caused any dam
age by fire in any forest, wood-lot. |
pasture or field, shall receive from the
state n reward of 800" Violations of .
these laws will be prosecuted to the
full extent.
Wheel Club Field Day.
The annual field day of the Yer
mont Wheel club will take place
Monday, labor day, at Valley View