Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-04-15
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

nOfll L. Al lDtlltllN VI ,N''f'fs
received this week marksman'
badges from the state.
Mrs Il. $. Holton has sold her
house on Organ street to T.. ~ crown
and has moved to l.. H. whitney
tenement on Chestnut street
There was a good attendance al
the dance in Grange hall Friday even
| ing under the auspices OF the Ladies
Catholic benevolent association
William Hudson. mail carrier on
rural route No. 8. has resigned his po-
sition but viii continue TO carry the
mail until his successor has dualined
and been appointed for the position
The w. c. 7. U. held a business
maetinr Yesterday afternoon in the Y.
NJ. c, A. parlor at o'clock. Rev
Henry Goodhue will give talk be-
| fore the union Thursday afternoon AT
| z o'clock to which the public IL cor
daily invited.
There has been a good advance
sale of tickets to More Than queen
this evening and a representative au-
dIence will be present In the audito-
rium TO witness the performance
which promises to be one OF the dra-
matte treats of the year.
Negotiations have been in pro-
gress this week looking towards the
sale OF the property known as the
Reed castle" on Green street, nut the
trade has not yet been completed IL
II goes through II is likely that a
handsome apartment house VIII be
erected on the site,
DR. Clarence ]. Bell, who has been
second assistant physician at the Re
treat for the past year, left TUESDAY
for Foxboro. Mass, where he mas
position as first assistant In the Mas
sachusetts hospital for dipsomaniacs
and inebriates His successor at the
Retreat has not yet been elected
The funeral of Mrs. Jared Hol-
brook. who died last Friday morning
was held Sunday afternoon from the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Z. f.
Reed. Rev. L. NJ Keneston of West
Brattleboro and Rev. r. X. Marvin
officiating. The bearers were: Tim
othy Eason, G. D. Odell, Jerome W.
Amldon and C. l. Spear.
The Brattleboro Wonian's club
win hold its next meeting in the
Brooks house parlors Wednesday at
ternoon at $3.50. Miss Marguerite
Tucker will give the paper of the af-
ternoon on the subject, 1.-THE progress
of Journalism from the sailing packet
period to wireless telegraphy." There
will be quartet who will sing old
time songs.
The annual communication of
Columbian lodge. f. & A. M, was held
in Masonic hail Tuesday evening
when the following officers were elect
ed: Worshipful master. w. Il. Hub
bard; senior warden, F. c. Cressy;
Junior warden, J. w. Hoadley; treas
urer, C. F. r. JENNIE; secretary, c. f.
r. Jenne. These and the appointive
officers will be installed on or before
the next regular communication
Fred c. Leitsinger has received
this week a generous offer from Rut-
land musicians to come to that city
as conductor of the Rutland city
band and organist in the Congrega-
tlonal church, toking the place OF the
late j. Harry Engels. Mr.. Leitsinger
has not yet decided whether he will
accept, but every music-lover In
Brattleboro sincerely hopes that he
may be persuaded to remain here,
AT the same hour of the funeral
service of the late Allan D. Brown in
Brattleboro, a memorial service was
held in Dewey hall at Norwich uni
versity. Rev. w. S. Hazen presided
and Rev. f. w. Sharp offered prayer
The scripture reading was by the
rector Of st. Mary's church. Rev Mr..
Kimberley. Rev. Walter Dole spoke
for the alumni Of Norwich university
and Hon. Frank Plumley and Rev. W.
S. Hazen for the trustees.
Although considerable maple sugar
kay do
son the price remains unusually high,
due principally to the fact that there
was none of last years product to
hold over. This seasons sap has been
of excellent quality and consequent
ly the sugar and syrup is of better
flavor than usual. The best sugar is
still selling for % cents a pound while
syrup of the first quality is bringing
from s115 to s1.25 a gallon.
The case against Rose Williams
for the alleged theft of s42 was mol
pressed Monday by States Attorney
Schwenk. Alfred Butler. from whose
trousers 1t was claimed Mrs. Williams
took the money, told Mr.. Schwenk
Monday that he had come to the con-
clusion his wife had taken the money
and left town. Mrs. Airing, mother
of Butlerwho claimed she had seen
Mrs. williams take the money, also
became shaky as to her testimony so
Mr.. Schwenk thought best to drop
the matter.
The Springfield Sunday Republic
can contained portrait and sketch
of the Holyoke high school basket
ball team. which have won the New
England interscholastic champion
ship for the second season. Out Of 10
games played the team won 16 and
lost three, scoring 49S points to their
opponents 3O2 The local basketball
team was defeated by the Holyoke
high school team 1915 but won from
the Holyoke interscholastics. which
was made up of the same players
with one exception.
Local fishermen are anxiously
awaiting the open season on trout in
Vermont which begins two weeks from
Sunday. If the present weather con-
ditions continue the streams here
abouts ought to be in excellent con-
dition, and because the open season
begins on the first day of the week
there will probably be an unusually
large exodus of anglers. AS soon as
the ice leaves Spofford lake fisher
men will visit that body of water for
the purpose of trying their luck at
smelt netting. The New Hampshire
law forbids one man catching more
than 10 pounds of smelt at one time
but this quantity is enough to satisfy
anyone except a fish hog.
The republican town committee,
C. H. Thompson. c. S. Hopkins and
L. w. Hawley have this week issued
a call for a caucus Of republican vot-
ers TO be held in Festival hall tomor-
row evening at 100 for the purpose
of e,ecting nine delegates 10 attend
the republican convention for the