Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-11-04

The annual meeting of the Con-
gregational club will be held In the
Brooks house Wednesday evening. a
sumner will be served after which there
with be program and election OF oih-
GERS. The seasons work Will be as
cussed at this time.
The annual fair Of Protective
grange will be held Wednesday eve
ming. A chicken pie supper Will be
served from until o'clock, and at
o a buresque entertainment, The
Milkmaids' Convention, will be given
on the stage by IS women OF the
grange.
The body Of Mrs. Caroline Wood,
9S, who died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Julia Tyler in Fitch
burg, Mass, Tuesday, was brought
here on the II o'clock train for buriai
in Prospect Hill cemetery Mrs.
Wood was the widow of David Wood
and formerly lived In this town.
Everyone is invited to the cleo
ton supper which the Daughters OF
the American Revolution will hold at
grange banquet hall Tuesday night
at o'clock. Included in the bill OF
fare will be an old-fashioned election
cake. The returns from the election
will be reported in the hall as fast as
received.
A sewing school Is to be conduct
ed during the winter under the d.
rection Of the philanthropic commit
tee of the Woman's club. All children
over 10 years old who would be In .
terested to join the class are invited
to meet the committee at the Kinder
garten rooms on Elliot street to-
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
A. G. Allen of Vernon street is
preparing to sell his land north OF
the Brattleboro Cabinet company $
factory. He is laying out two streets
from Vernon street to the edge OF the
land owned by the Morningside GEM
etery association, making 20 lots each
| 100 feet deep with SO foot frontage
There is considerable call for tene-
ments near the Cabinet companys
factory and Mr.. Allen expects that
number of dwellings will be built on
his lots within a short time.
Mrs. Lucinda Pratt, So, widow OF
Noah Pratt, died Wednesday morn
| ing at her home in Keene, n. H., AFTER
an illness Of about year. Mrs Pratt
had lived in East Putney until about
six years ago and was well known
will be held at noon to-day from the
Putney Congregational church with
which she had been actively connect
ed for many years. Mrs. Pratt is sur
yived by one son, Dr. Charles s Pratt
of this town, and two daughters, Mrs.
S. NJ Allbee and Miss Helen Pratt,
both of Keene.
John Spafford, who lives on the
Brook road, was run over yesterday
afternoon by the delivery team OF the
Valley Grain company and severely
bruised. He was attempting to mount
| the wagon near the Main street brluge
when the driver started his horses
suddenly and Spafford was thrown to
the ground, the rear wheels OF the
truck passing over his right leg
was at first thought that he had sus-
tanned a fracture of the right leg anu
| he was taken Immediately 10 ms
home, but an examination by physl-
clan showed that no bones were
broken.
Chief Hall thought Saturday
evening that he found traces of Les
ter j. Stafford, and visions OF sloo
were floating before his eyes for
few minutes. He received a tee,
phone message from Winchester n.
Fl. to the effect that a half-witted
man had been found there and MS
description correspondent to that OF
Stafford, even to the wen on his head.
except that his beard was red instead
of gray. After some conversation
Chief Hall came to the conclusion
that the winchester man was not
stafford, and afterward learned that
he had come from Warwick, Mass
Yesterday was Harvest day at
the Home for the Aged and Disabled
and about lis people visited the IN
stitution, taking with them all sorts
of gifts including quantities of canned
fruits and iellies. towels, napkins and
many other useful articles. Among
the larger donations We're new SET
of dining room chairs, a barrel OF
flour, a barrel of sugar and about s4o
in money. Refreshments were served
to the visitors by Mrs, q. II. hyueI
and Mrs. A. C. Davenport Although
not quite as large as last year, when
the Home was formally opened, the
attendance yesterday was exceeding
Ily gratifying, and the committee wish
to thank all who gave.
For the past several weeks the
Grange store has been having trouble
with its hydraulic elevator, and an
examination Wednesday revealed
neculiar cause In the valve between
the water main and the elevator well
was found the head of fish that had
become lodged in such manner tlat
the valve would not close tightly. "A
norton of the skin was attached TO
the head as if the fish had been
sucked into the valve tail frst anu
been caught. When II Is related tnat
the fish was probably SIX lncnes ions
T,,r ,ich
thought tn those who have angled IN
larger streams than the village water
mains and caught nothing of that
size.
The following bill has been intro
duced in the senate by senator " w,
pierce. 1t is hereby enacted by the
general assembly of the state OF Yer
mont; Sec. l. Any town may at It's
annual meeting vote to raise tax OF
five per cent of it's grand list, to be
extended for permanent highways
under the regulations govern
ing the expenditure of the present
state highway tax, and any town SO
voting may receive from the state
, treasury an amount of money equa'
to such five per cent tax to be ex-
pended for the same purpose ana us
, der the same regulations as provlu-
ed. Sec. 2, Any town claiming sucn
. five Der cent tax from the state treas
ury shall file with the state treasurer
on or before Sept. Is of any year, 9
statement of it's claim, signed ano
sworn to by the selectmen and road
commissioner of such town, and ap-
proved by the state highway com
, missioner. The state treasurer snail
upon the receipt of such approved
claim. remit the amount of such claim
to the treasurer of such town.
The home of Miss Zetta Weld, ~
, Canal street, was the scene OF gen
nine Halloween party last Frida!