Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-01-29


= school win 20 on sleigh ride to Put
ney this evening.
The Knights and Ladies' OF Hon
{ or viii hold n regular meeting In Rec
Mems hall Monday evening.
Congressman Haskins has secured
through congress a pension OF $50 fol
! Mrs. Josephine C.. Chase OF Brattle-
; boro.
There win be service In the
school house al centerville Tuesday
evening nj 1880. conducted by Rev
George y. Lawson
The regular monthly meeting OF
the Vermont Wheel club will be held
Tuesday evening In the club rooms. II
will be followed by the annual sale OF
literature.
The annual school for the instruc-
ton OF Durham Brothers travelling
statesmen will be held two weeks from
to-day. The school will be followed by
a social evening in the Brooks House.
And here comes again the Brat
tleboro fair management with the re-
port that the exhibition OF 1908 cleared
n little over three thousand dollars.
The prosperity of the really good fairs
seems to prove conclusively that In
the long run the good ones pay. While
mediocre or really poor fairs are occa-
sionally profitable. in the long run they
are ADMINISTRATIONS Register.
The Hon. Kittredge Haskins Of
Vermont, member OF the house COM
mittee on war claims. has been au-
thoriZed by that committee to make a
favorable report on Senator Proctor's
bill providing for the final settlement
of the claim OF the state OF Vermont
against the United States in respect
to ordnance and quartermaster's stores
furnished in the years 1864 and 1865. |
This practically insures the passage |
of the act by the house and thereby the |
treasury OF Vermont will be enriched |
to the extent of s155,453,56.
The case of Moy Quong Shing and |
Ii other Cinnamon against the United
States was argued before the United
States court OF appeals in New York
District Attorney ]. L. Mar
tin appearing for the government.
The plaintiffs were ordered deported
of entry at Newport, and through
heir counsel brought a writ of habeas
corpus to have the evidence in their
cases heard. Judge Wheeler dis
missed the writ and an appeal was
AIKEN. but the court OF appeals dis
missed the appeal.
Since Wednesday morning prob
IDLY the busiest place In the state has
,een the store of r. ]. Fenton & Co,
when the great Parting Company sale
tarted at $3.50 o'clock. Extra help has
leen very busy waiting on the crowds
hat have constantly filled the store
he reputation of this concern Of car
wing reliable goods which are being
losed out AT ridiculously low prices on
ccount of the dissolution of this we'll
nown firm is in a measure responsible
Or the large business The sale will
ontinue till the bulk of the stock is
armed into cash which will take some
me owing to large sized stock
The rural carriers are experiencing
luch difficulty in serving their routes
ecause Of blocked roads in
ANY sections. portions of their routes =
iNHlE 10 be oHlitteu tOr tHe TedsoH -
lat It is impossible to get through,
i'd the residents on the lines will do
othlng to open them. In establishing
lie routes the departments instruc-
ons included this section: "The pat
ms are expected to meet the depart
ent half way, by affording the car
ers every facility for the performance
their duties, by keeping the roads
zen after heavy snowfalls, and by u.s.
e their influence with the proper au
critics to maintain them in good re-
ir at all seasons of the year and I'M
r all sorts OF weather conditions"
William J. Bryan passed through
'attleboro on the 2.27 train Monday
ternoon on his way TO Hanover, n.
to speak TO the Dartmouth col
70 students. Several Windham
unity lawyers rode as far as White
yer Junction in the same car with
: presidential candidate, and as
. train was delayed for three hours
Charlestown, N. H., they had an
portunity TO talk about things in
neral and politics in particular. Mr..
yam was very free to talk about ma II
nal issues, and the fact that a ban
Il in his honor was spelling at Han
ar while the train waited for
sh engine did not seem to bother
4 in the least He returned through
lttlehoro Tuesday afternoon on his
V to New York.