Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-06
00lindham county 4etormer
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Jason II, Bushnell has bought al
Orient blackboard of j. u. Manley.
Eugene Johnson has sold his tw
houses ON Western avenue to II, /
! and II. NJ. Roberts.
Steps are being taken toward tn
formation of a lodge of the Knight
of Columbus In town.
"A regular monthly meeting Of tn
Vermont wheel club was held in tn
club rooms Tuesday evening NJ
business of Importance was transact
ed.
Mrs. Elizabeth b. Davenport gav'
an extremely interesting paper oil
on The Birds of the Pacific coast a
the home of Mrs. George l.. Crowel
Monday evening.
The Congregational Christian
Endeavor society win hold a musicale
and social in the church parlor'
Thursday evening at 7.3O o'clock
Members and friends are cordially in
vited TO be present.
-Brattleboro chapter, Daughters
OF the American Revolution, will bt
entertained Tuesday afternoon from
until O'Clock by Mrs. II. f. Bono
and Mrs. W. i. Root at the formers
Linden street home. Reports of the
Continental congress wiz be given.
The funeral of Mrs. Frank Ad-
ans was held at 9 O'Clock Saturday
morning from the Roman Catholic
church. Rev Father Cunningham otii-
/ ciating. The bearers We're Charles
/ Affair." d. f. Shea, John Long and l..
b. Yauvey Burial took place in the
Catholic cemetery.
A meeting of the corporators OF
| the Brattleboro hospital was held
Friday evening when the following
corporators were chosen; Richards
Bradley and Laurance Mmot of Bos-
ton; George l.. Durham and C. A.
Miles of Brattleboro. Another meet
ing will be held this evening.
"A number of deer have been seen
in the vicinity of Brattleboro re-
Gently. A full grown doe was seen
on the hill in the rear of DIR. Pettee's
West Brattleboro farm Sunday, and
in the garden were discovered tracks
which must have been made by a
herd of five or six animals. George
Wellman also saw one Sunday after
noon.
John Tasker has been appointed
captain Of the Wantastiquet golf club
team and hopes to develop a formid-
able aggregation of players. match
will be played in Greenfield with a
team from the Country club there
Saturday. June IL, with a return
game sometime in July Several
other matches are in progress of ar
rangement,
"A petition to the second assistant
postmaster general has been in circu-
lation this week, asking for the adj
dition of mail car on the trains
which pass through here, going north
at 227 and going south at 4.36.
story of the intended In
crease in mail service was given in
last weeks Reformer, and the petit
ton has been signed by all of the local
business men. Similar petitions are
being circulated throughout the state.
Several small automobile acct
dents took place Sunday in the neigh
of Brattleboro. II. L. EN-
erson's machine broke down at the
foot of West river hill and had to be |
towed into town. H. w. Eddy was /
stranded near the monument on the |
Hinsdale road from 8 a. m. until p. |
M, something about his Rambler
runabout giving out. A number of /
other autos were seen temporarily |
disabled at different times during the |
day.
The Brattleboro branch of the
International Sunshine society has
placed in the academy supply room
1t West Brattleboro a library for cir
All residents of the rural
districts about West Brattleboro are |
welcome to the use of the books The |
library win be open each afternoon,
excepting Saturday and Sunday from |
{ to 430 o'clock. 1t will be under the
supervision of the president of the
West Brattleboro branch Of the Sun
shine society
Bradley Gilman, in a letter to
he Springfield Republican from
Cairo, Egypt, says: This is long
distance from Massachusetts, as
.hink. sometimes, when the chamber
maid, a man. an Arab, comes in to
make the beds and makes cigarette
Turing the process; but, on the other
land. the distance home did not
tenn so far. when | sat down to
,abinet organ, in the hall of our hotel
md discovered that it was made by
he Estey company in Brattleboro,
It."
Chief of Police Hall was in Pei
lam. Mass, Friday to get Harry
,ynde. the 16-year- old boy who ran
way with a horse belonging to
alexander Allen last week. Lynde,
Who was formerly in an industrial
chool in Massachusetts. was ar
aligned before Justice Newton Fri
lay afternoon and ordered taken to
he state industrial school to await
he fall term of county court. Chief
Iall went with him to Vergennes
The boy and the team
we're found by Sheriff Tilson of Am
erst, Mass. .
ne tOultllS VI the SlCelb anu oAi' {
f the most successful attractions on |
he road. The Sign of the Cross, with {
n the original company, scenery, Y
ostumes and properties will be well a
ONE news for all those who have /
cen this great religious drama or !
hose that only have heard of its I
reat reputation. The company /
,hich will be seen here is composed /
lmost entirely of English artists and f
re the same that have been with f
his attraction both here and in Eng
md The production will he given