Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Sunapee Sunday, Aug. 81, via the Bos-
| ton & Maine railroad
DIR. II. d. Holton has been invited
to deliver a paper at the Congress of
/ Arts and Sciences which will be held
I at the ST. Louis exposition in Sep
| TENDER.
George Rooney, who in a fit of in
/ sanity took a shot at Motorman KIM
ney near Castleton Monday, was
brought to the Retreat Tuesday by
Castleton officers.
Rev. Albert G.. lawson ID. d., OF
Newark n. j., father of Rev. George
b. Lawson, will occupy the pulpit of
the Baptist church for the next three
Sundays during his sons vacation,
The First Regiment band will
give it's next open air concert We'd
nesday evening at Fuller park In Es-
| teyville The Ladies' Enterprise So
ciety will hold lawn party and serve
ice cream and cake.
The thermometer slumped sud-
denly during the night Monday
reaching the unusually low mark of As
degrees early Tuesday morning. The
weather felt like foretaste of Sep
4 TENDER or October to early risers.
"A large crowd attended the troll
/ ley excursion to West Brattleboro
Tuesday evening although the moon
light advertised was missing. The
First Regiment band gave an excel
4 lent concert, and refreshments We're
served to a large number by l.. j.
| strong proprietor of the Melrose
hotel.
BY far the largest crowd of the
summer gathered on the common sun
day evening to hear the sacred concert
by the First Regiment band and lis
ten to an address by Rev. Frank -
Penney of Burlington. The musical
program which the band rendered was
excellent as was also Mr.. Penneys
address.
"A nur Der of attorneys and pro-
moters interested in the big Whining
ton lumber deal, including John r.
Kellas of Malone, n. Y, j. II. Wright
of Boston, and Messrs. Drew and
/ Shurtleff of Lancaster, n. H., were IN
town Tuesday attending to the de-
tails incident upon the completion OF
the trade.
Richard Howe, formerly of this
town. saved two Polanders from
drowning at Hinsdale, n. H., last Sat
urday. The men We're crossing the
dam back of the Brightwood paper
mill when both slipped on the. wet
blanks and fell into the river Mr..
Howe heard their cries for help and
fshed them out with pole.
ID. G. oNeil was arrested by Off
Ger c. l. Knapp Wednesday on a writ
issued by A. F. Schwenk at the IN
stance of A. V. Cox and charging
O'Neil with being an abscondlng
debtor. A hearing was held before
Justice f. D. E. Stowe, A. G. Spencer
appearing for the defendant who was
discharged. not having in his pocket
sufficient amount of money to consti-
tute him a debtor in the eyes of the
law.
Il. E. Perry has begun the work or
widening the track on the Valley faif
grounds and will push it steadily until
completion. The judges stand has
been moved up the stretch about lOo
feet. Carpenters are now at work
making a special entrance to the re-
served seats which will occupy the
centre of the grandstand This en-
trance will be from the rear of the
stand and entirely separate from the
side entrances.
Protective grange held a regular
meeting Wednesday evening. Two
candidates were instructed in the first
and second degrees. Miss Bailey gave
q recitation. Misses Franklin and
Eames, a piano duet, and Miss zetta
weld a reading. The committees were
appointed for the annual fair, when
comes as usual in october. AT the
close of the meeting there was an
hour of dancing. The grange sewing
society will meet in Grange hall We'd
nesdav at 8 o'clock, All members of
the grange requested to be present
-Brattleboro chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, viii be en-
tertained by Mrs. Joel Flagg, Mrs.
George p. Miller and Miss Mary z,
smith at the home Of Mrs. Flagg III
Guilford, Bennington day Tuesday,
Aug. 16. A program consisting OF
readings. vocal and instrumental mu-
sic has been arranged by the board OF
management Teams Will start from
in front of the Brooks house at Two
o'clock and return at six. All VINO
have attended meetings at Gullford III
nreyious years testify to what pleas
ant afternoons were given them and
the hostesses hope for a large at
tendance so that an equally good time
may be enjoyed this year,
William Ferris of New London
ct. a fireman on the Central vermont
railroad, was relieved of a COMPARE
lively new suit and about 50 in money
last Saturday morning. He had been
visiting UP the narrow gauge ana
came down on the morning train sat
urday. He went at once to the bag
gage car of the train which leaves
here for New London at 1910 and got
into his working clothes. leaving ms
good suit in the locker of the baggage
car. The cars of the 10:4O train were
on the spur track near the old tank az
that time. When about 1915 Ferris
went to get his other clothes he found
tho lock on the locker broken and his
suit missing together with about 81
in small bills and change. The thlei
has not yet been apprehended.
C G. Coolidge. a deaf mute, mar
rowlv escaped being fatally injured
sunday morning. He was riding down
Denot street on his bicycle and had
almost reached the railroad crosslng
when a freight train, pulling OUT OF
the yard. came into view. Mr.. Cool
idge was unable to stop his machine