Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-30


District meeting No, II OF the
Woman's Relief corps will take place
here October lS'
Tickets for the Katherine Roher
stock company go on sale Saturday
morning al the box office
Mrs. +. II. Farr VIII give up her
house ON North lain street soon and
remove To the upper floor Of the Boy
den block ON Elliot street,
"A. V. Mays agency has sold for
l.. Parkess his house on the corner Of
Prospect and Central streets To j. II.
Brink who will take possession AZ
once. Mr.. Parkess viii not leave town
as he intended.
A hearing was held Monday be-
fore Referee %. NJ. Barber Of Benning-
ton on the charges made by X. II,
/ SAWYER as receiver OF the White River
/ Valley railroad between Rochester and
Bethel. The findings OF the referee
win be reported To the judge of the
/ United states court for Vermont.
beginning Monday the local
plumbers and tinsmiths will work on Il
/ nne-hour schedule, The matter has
been agltated for some time past and
/ IN view OF the fact that so many To-
i cal mechanics We're on the nlne-hour
basis IL was decided TO make the
I change. The local carpenters and
4 painters have been having a nine-hour
day for the past two years,
Clarence Grant Stoddard, SO. died
at his home In West Brattleboro Sat-
urday after an Illness of several years
with chronic appendicitis Mr.. Stod-
dard came here from Bernardston,
Mass. several years ago and at one
ttime lived on High street where he
ran "A barber shop. He was born In
Warwick. Mass. Jan. rs, 1871. son of
Levi A. and Jane Moore Stoddard, and
is survived by mother, a widow who
was Miss May NiCeua, and one daugh-
ter. The funeral was held Monday
afternoon at o'clock from the West
Brattleboro Baptist church, Rev. y. \.
Wood officiating. The body was taxi
en- to Bernardston.
Rally Sunday was observed at the
Baptist sunday school Sunday with
appropriate exercises. While the at
tendance was not as large as In for
mer years. IL was excellent consider
ing the threatening weather The SER
vices consisted OF music by the school
and church choir, responsive readings
conducted by the pastor Rev, George
b. Lawson a recitation by Miss Ellen
sherman, the reading of "A poem by
Professor l.. A. Butterfield. and the
singing of the rally day hymn writ
ten By Miss Minnie Dietrich. In clos
ing. +. : Morrison, state secretary OF
the Y. NJ. c. A.. made a few brief re-
marks. A special offering was taken
for the purchase of new song books,
A court of Foresters of America
was installed in Brattleboro Tuesday
evening. the exercises taking place In
G. A. r. hall. The installation was in
charge of Court William French of
Bellows Falls. which had a delega-
ton of nearly 80 present, and the de-
gree was conferred by the following
team from Court Ludlow: +. j. Col
lins. c. r.. F. w. Briscoe, $. c. r.; Il.
l. sears. p. c. R.: NJ. ]. Connolly, $,
w; John Hartnett, j. W: Thomas
Reed. 5. b; James Burke, J. b..
Charles Rock, lecturer; Thomas To-
bin, c. of c.; guards, John Harding,
Robert kehoe, +. II. Crosby, w. II.
Heating: assistants, II. j. Upham,
Fred Fields, George Singer Herman
Burton.
On Friday evening of next week,
the Katherine Rober stock company,
who are to fill an engagement for one
week at the auditorium, will present
that popular play, Monte Cristo.
There is no play that has charmed
an American audience more than the
play made famous by James ONeil
In the hands of the members or the
Rober Stock company the play Is
said to be receiving remarkable re-
vival. Each member Of the cast has
been carefully selected with this one
play in view for ii is the intention OF
the management to make this play the
feature bill of the week. 1t is rather
a pretentious undertaking for rep
ertoire company but to the credit
of the Rober stock company II is said
that a production equal to any ever
offered al any price is the result of
Miss ROBBERS careful selection of the
members of her stock company
The Katherine Rober stock COM
pany will open an engagement Tor
one week at the auditorium starting
next Monday. The company Will pre-
sent, during its stay in this city sew
eral interesting plays all OF which are
to be produced with special scenery
and elaborate electrical effects. The
rlav selected for Monday night is
indiana Folks. which is said to be one
of the strongest plays in the COM
panys repertoire. Harry King, the
leading man of the company, is said TO
have a strong part especially adapt
ed to him. The supporting company is
said to be a little above the average
appearing with similar organizations
and a delightful week Is in store for
the patrons during the coming week.
Elite vaudeville features are intro
duced between the acts which lncluue
The Angels in their novelty, Pretoria
Melodies Monday night is ladies'
~ rffn In "a
price of seats may be secured by the
ladies on that evening. Matinees are
to be given on "Wednesday ana sat
urday.
Co. X, 9th VT. Volunteers, held
/ its reunion at the home of Aurelius II.
pettee on Canal street Tuesday, the
following members being present: j.
4 G. Tones of Stratton, NJ. L. Corbett Of
Bernardston, Chauncey Robbins NJ, L.
/ Howard L. NJ. Wilder of Jamaica
/ Michael Seers of Greenfield, Frank
/ Rogers and w. H. Mason of SPRING
/ field, L. w. Bush of Brookline, A. ),
/ Cutting of Nottingham, ID. q. Baker
( of Guilford, John Willard w. D. Aiken
and William Butterfield of Dummer-
ston. Charles Jackson of Vernon, T. b.
/ BisseH, j. B. Randoll and A. II. Pet
4 tee of Brattleboro and Col THOMAS
Harmon of Bennington. Letters We're
received from Capt r. w. Lewis OF
Roston Nelson L. Wandell of San
Francisco and Chauncy NJ. Allen of
ESomeryilIe. Me. Two deaths were re-
ported during the year i. e., Lieuten-
ant S. c. Burlingame of Meriden and
Col. Joel C. Baker of Rutland. The
following officers were elected Presi-
/ dent. Cant. D. w. Lewis of Boston;
vice presidents. Charles Jackson.
Thomas Harmon, NJ. L. Corbett.
NJ. L. Howard Michael Seers, D. q.
Baker and ]. B. Randoll: secretary
and treasurer, L. W. Bush OF Rrook-
line.
Mrs. Harriet Emelia Guellow, 60,