Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-18
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

April o.
Miss Maisie Calvin had on exhl-
btion Saturday young opossum
which was sent her by her father,
John CALVIN, from North Carolina.
Father Cunningham Is planning
for weeks mission some time In
May. 1t will be In charge of the Re-
demptlonist Fathers Of Syracuse, N.
Y.
The meeting of the Alliance study
class will be held nj the Unitarian
parsonage Monday evening at 1881
o'clock subject, "The revival OF the
spirit"
-Brattlehoro branch No. |, lnterna-
tlonal Sunshine society viii hold It's
next regular meeting with Mrs. Flor
ence G. Estey tomorrow afternoon az
8 o'clock.
-Four candidates for promotion
from private to corporal ana three
for promotion from corporal to SER
geant were examined by the officers
of Company | Saturday evening.
"A special convocation of Connec-
ticut River council, r. 4 5. NJ. was
held last evening, Illustrious GrahG
Master Charles L. Robinson and
Grand Lecturer d. A. Elliot were pres
ent to review the degree work
Joseph Lamothe Of West DUN
merston was thrown from his slelgn ~
front of the American house Meu-
nesday noon His horse ran up MAN
street and when last seen was on It's
way home at lively gait. Mr' La
mothe was unhurt.
watson s. French and Miss Annie
Bailey. a niece of the late +. }. Balley'
went wednesday TO Fftchburg, Mass
where they were married at noon yes
terday by a Baptist minister Alter
brief visit in Boston ana otner CUES
Mr. and Mrs. French will return ana
,,,ala their home In West Brattleboro
Miss Kate Page played TWO Vio,Ih
solos during the intermission at ne
Choral union rehearsal in the baptisl
chapel wednesday evening me chorus
is progressing excellently In the work
~bich r. Is rehearslng in preparation
for it's next concert and the event
nromises to be one Of rare interest TO
all music lovers.
The Brattleboro overall company
will make a change In the conduct OF
its office work next week. Hhrse
norton of the bookkeeping In connec-
done In Boston under the direction OF
! George w. Darcy, giving W. H. Hey
wood more time to travel In the IN
terests of the firm
Road Commissioner Eames has
drawn several hundred loads OF sraVei
! 10 linden street to spread on the ROAD
ne soon as the ground begins TO set
lilo In this way the gravel Is easily
worked into the roadhed and the re-
\ sult Is an excellent highway guam
Ititv of gravel has also been placed on
western avenue for the same pur-
4 pose.
There was a good attendance az
tho musicale in the Congregational
chanel Tuesday evening, held in place
of the regular church supper Inc
{ program consisted of cornet SOLO by
I carl Leitslnger violin solo by MISS
Kate Page. readings by Miss Florence
clark vocal solos by Mrs. +. w. Put
i nam. and Fred G. Adams, piano SOLOS
nv Miss Helen Crosby and selection
by the Brattleboro male quartet
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund L. Wood Of
/ Springfield Mass. held a quiet on
seryance Of their golden wedding an
Iniversary Tuesday afternoon Mr..
Wood Is a native OF Monson and mas
Operated foundries in Palmer Wind
sor Locks and Chicopee, He was on a
I farm In West Springfield, Mass, for
/ 10 years and has lived in Springfeld
since 1897. Mrs. Woods maiden name
was Emily S. Wells and she is a native
! of I,evden, Mass She has one brotner'
Il. A. Wells of Brattleboro.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dorothy Laugh
ton, 70, died Sunday morning at the
home of her daughter. Mrs Harry
1 HodgkinS, in the Pratt building on
Main street after a brief illness with
pneumonia. She was born in Hllis-
boro Bridge, N H., daughter of DAN
iel ana Julia Willoughby Campbell,
hrt had spent the greater part of her
life in Putney where her husband,
oscar Laughton, died several years
ago. The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. r. x.
Marvin officiating. The body Will be
taken to Putney in the spring for
burial
The state insurance commissioner
report which was issued last week
). shows Windham county's total fire loss
to amount to $61,902 from 80 fires.
In Brattleboro there We're Is losses
amounting to $16,362, the largest OF
which were those at the Redway
farm, the II. F. Weatherhead place in
West Brattleboro and the Vinton pa
ner mill. In Putney there were three
losses amounting to $9,407; in New
! fame two amounting to sS,464; in Hall
fax four amounting to s5,704; and IN
Rockingham "a amounting to S5'399.
No fire losses were reported from the
towns of Athens, Brookline, Dover,
Jamaica. Somerset Stratton' ana
Windham.
Strife" four act comedy drama
was successfully presented in grange
| hall wednesday and last evenings by
the grange dramatic club with the fol-
lowing cast: Judge Henry Buttons,
Henry Weeden; Harold Thomas, a
gentleman of leisure, II. w. Sargent:
Harry Hansell a mechanic, FRED
Weld. Hans Won Sandt, his cook. A.
/ c. Trendall; Julius and Neb. his ser
wants, f. M. Goodenough and A. f.
Miller; policeman, Harry whitney,
Laura Bell. the judges ward, MISS
| Zetta Weld: Mrs. Hansell, Henry
mother Mrs H. w. Sargent; Doiiy,
maid. Miss Pauline Miller. The plot
dealt with the usual number of melo-
dramatic events. and there were many
amusing situations in which the come
dams figured. On the whole the play
vas well presented and gave satlslac-
! ton to all who witnessed 1t.
The members of Brattleboro
chapter. Daughters of the American
4 Revolution. were pleasantly enter
tanned Monday evening at the Oak
street home of Mrs. c. F. r. Jenne,
the occasion being the 129th ami
versary of the Westminster massacre.
The house was handsomely decorated