Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-20
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

. son VIII De nelu luesuds eNV'iiiH
May "a.
; -Rollin Brown sustained an injur!
to his knee last week that laid him
up for a day or two
The Modern Woodmen camps o
the state expect to go to Saratoga
some time in September for a tielC
day.
"A. V. May has practically solo
the deer park" in Halifax to out OF
town parties. The papers have not
been passed yet,
Alfred de Barritt, who is at the
head of an orphanage in Cienfuegos
Cuba, will address the Congregational
Sunday school Sunday morning
The claim Of the Brattleborc
Creamery association against Isaac
Robb of Guilford has been settled by
the payment of $1,000 by the latter.
The International Sunshine So
ciety of Brattleboro Branch l. will
hold its annual meeting at the home
of Mrs, ]. G, Ullery Friday after
noon, May 27, at o'clock.
Hook and Ladder Hose company
elected these officers Wednesday night;
1 foreman, Arthur knight: assistant
foreman, Arthur McQuade: clerk, G.
j. Stockwen; steward c. f, Gould.
The new flags for the different
schools have been received and
placed in position. The children are
being drilled in the flag salute and
the various patriotic songs IN anti
cipation of Memorial day.
Rev. C. II. Merrill of St. Johns
bury spoke at the Center Congrega-
tional church Sunday morning on the
work of the Vermont Missionary So
ciety In the afternoon he addressed
the Y NJ c. A. on the subject of the
beatitudes.
A, f. Schwenk administrator of the
estates of Robert G. Hardie and Amy
S Hardie advertises to sell the real es-
tate and personal property of the two
estates at auction on the premises on
Canal street next Wednesday after
noon, May %, at one o'clock.
In compliance with orders from
national headquarters, the local Wo-
mans Relief corps with the assist
ance of the G. A. r., S. of ", and
school children, viii hold on the Con-
necticut river bridge a brief service
Memorial day in memory of the sailor
soldiers dead.
Hydro Fountain company No. I
elected these officers Wednesday
night: foreman, Frank Streeter; as
sistant foreman, r. Benson; engineer
c. Sargent stoker Walter Stearns;
clerk, Charles Cobb; steward, Ned |
Longeil pipemen, Jim Evans, Il. j.
Geo, Holden, W. o. John |
son, ir.
The Windham county teachers
will be held here Friday, I
June TO- The institute will be under 1
the immediate direction of the coun /
ty examiner, William A. Hawthorne 1
Of Townshend. State Superintendent /
Of Education Walter E. Ranger will
also be present. II is not known at
his time just what phase of instruc-
ion will be taken up. All the
schools in the county will be closed.
The new summer home book of
he Central Vermont railroad con-
aims about forty new names of peo-
de who advertise family homes for
summer boarders. The work of the
abroad proves productive of good re-
ults in increasing the summer bust
less of Vermont. Copies of the
,amphlet will be mailed to people
outside the state on receipt of six
ents to cover postage.
Maj e. F. Glenn of the 5th L.
!. infantry at Plattsburgh n. Y, the {
officer who accompanied {
'ol. Estey and other national guard &
Ulcers in their annual inspection last l
Month, sailed Saturday for Porto Rico {
Te has been selected by the war de- q
artment as a member of the board |
} go to Porto Rico for the purpose i
f examining the officers of the Por-
, Rico Provisional regiment. The i,
etail on this examining board is con-
dered a desirable one.
Residents of Green street were ),
startled by very +
ngular occurrence during the storm p
Sunday night. The bough of !;
'ee heavy with rain, in front of w. =
. Geddiss dropped in such way as -
pparently to cross two of the cleo II
'ic wires beneath it and the result h
as brilliant display of fireworks. %
he tree took fire and word was sent q
the electric light station The h
ames continued to play at intervals N
ntl Tuesday morning, when men t,
ON the station arrived, cut off the h
Irned limb and frightened the wires. T,
The Christian Scientists rooms W
Market block have just been newly N
tied and made much more conven- L
mt and attractive. The partition a
tween the audience room and the Il
lte room at the entrance has been al
considerably charging the bI
ating capacity. and new settees
I'VE been substituted for the old :.
Iairs The walls have been taste =,
lily repainted and papered as have :,
so those of the reading room which p
beautified with new furniture por- y,
.res. pictures, etc. The best church -
erature is constantly at hand and :,
e members have one of the pleas =,
test of homes which they can not -
il TO appreciate. A
United States Circuit Judge La an
mbe has issued an order to review eli
e action of United States District of
dge Wheeler i'm the suit of Samuel pc
Wilson against Percival W. Glenn ci,
t. The case was tried in Rutland he
It October and a verdict was re- to
rned for the defendant, Clement. 70,
dge Wheeler set aside the verdict S.
the ground that two of the jurors sn
ght have been prejudiced. one be- foi
, a Clement political supporter and Nj