Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-03
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Defs OF the order ana their friend
in odd Fellows hall Wednesday even
ing.
"A special meeting of the stock
holders of the National Novelty corpo
ration will be held in New York cit,
: March IA for the purpose of consider
ing the question of Incorporating un
der the laws of the state of New York
The corporation now holds charte
granted by the state of New Jersey.
Prank +. Barber, administrator
of the Merrill G.. Adams estate, will
sell the personal property belonging
to the estate by auction at 8 Myrtle
street Wednesday at 2 o'clock p. m
The property consists of one pair OF
heavy team horses, harness, carts
wagons, sleds and many other arti-
cles.
Rev. c. =. Coe who Is in charge
of an orphanage at Kadiak, Alaska
spoke Interestingly at the Baptist
church Sunday morning and at the
| Christian Endeavor meeting in the
afternoon. In the evening he ad
dressed the West Brattleboro Baptist
congregation. The orphanage of
which Mr.. Coe is in charge is situated
on Wood island some distance north
west of Sitka.
Frank Kennedy, the violinist who
died in Somerville, Mass Friday of
consumption, was well known in
Brattleboro, having appeared here in
concert with Mrs. Harriet Brasor
Pratt two years ago. He was a young
man of rare musical ability and had
a wide reputation as an artist. c. NJ.
Dugan of this town spent several
weeks under his instruction in 1903
and played in his orchestra at Sharon
Springs, n. Y, last summer
E. e. Bagley, who is known here
through his connection with Leitsing-
er's orchestra, has recently returned
from a trip through the middle west
with the Boston comedy orchestra
company under the management of
the Redpath Lyceum Bureau. The
organization met with success on its
tour and will go out again next season
under the name of the Boston orches
trail company. Another of it's menu
bers is Karl Beedle, the cellist, who
has played here frequently.
Milton w. Pierce of this town was
a member of the 1908 rifle team which
won second place in the match be-
tween the three lower classes of the
of Vermont at Burlington
Pierce made a score of 62
another Brattleboro student, was one
Of the winners in the annual 'kake |
walk" which took place in the gym
nasium on Washington's birthday. At |
4 banquet of the medical alumni of |
he university last Friday evening Dir.
Henry D. Holton of this town was one /
If the guests of honor.
Miss Olga Hildergarde Larson 26,
laughter of Enoeh sand Annie john
son Larson, died at her home on
Williams street Saturday even
ng from hemhorrhage of
he brain. She was APP \
)arently in good health up to within
/ few hours of her death becoming h
ying. She was born in Sweden May.
Z, 1878, and came to this country
With her parents when a young girl.
1t the time of her death she was en-
'loyed in the Hooker, Corser & Mitch
II overall factory. She is survived
" her parents, three sisters and two
rothers. The funeral was held We'd :
esday afternoon at 3 O'Clock in the {
swedish Congregational church Bur- :
II was in Prospect Hill cemetery. :
A telephone inspector from I
pringfield Mass, has been in town +
art of the week making inquiries as 4
} the service which the patrons of.
lie local exchange are receiving. 4,
While many complaints We're regis
red with the inspector the service as
whole seems to be giving general
abstraction One point emphasized v
Y the inspector in talking with the !,
fferent subscribers is that in an ex- =
lange of the size of the one in Brat =
eboro the best results can be OBJ =
lined by calling wholly by number =
stead of by name, and that If the :,
disorders will bear this in mind =
Id take the time to look up the u
lmber before calling they will get - :,
e benefit in more rapid service. =
The April term of Windham coun- il
court will convene at Newfane the C,
tn of next month with Judge George N
Powers presiding judge. The dock
which is now being printed, shows !,
s common law cases, 32 divorce =,
SEES, 10 cases in chancery and seven y,
iminal cases. While the docket %
a whole is well up to the usual size a. a.
e number of criminal cases Is un- h,
ually small The only criminal =,
Sc of any Importance is that of state e. e,
,ainst Harold Holbrook, charged a.
TIL helping to rob the Windham 80
,unty savings bank at Newfane. !,
lis will be Judge Powerss first term ~ :.
presiding judge in this county, he -, ~
wing been appointed to the supreme e,
urt to take the place of Judge Wen %
II P. Stafford. of
A play that will hold the atten- is
m of local theatregoers from the Al
e of the curtain to the end of tn Al
It act is The Mummy and the Hum at
ng Bird that will be seen in the of
ditorium Saturday March IS. The be
mummy" is scientist so deeply en- ba
ossed in his investigations that en-
unwittingly neglects his wife. The di
umming bird" endeavors to use this fo
sming neglect for his own base ends. he
almost persuades the lovelorn wife o'c
fly with him, but she is aroused cif
I'M her little dream just in time to
llize the true character of the -,
umming bird" and the fatal step IT, IT,
not taken A most unique charac- co.
in the person of an ignorant Italian an
ran grinder participates in the un 81,
ng of the cumming bird" against o.
ON he has sworn vendetta. TIE nj
Immy and the Humming Bird is wl
verful play, and out of its teach az,
IS comes a moral that would make -;
world all the purer and all tie IN
ter were it carefully observed r.
Carl Henkel. manager of the local w
aphone exchange, asks the Cooper tn'
on of its subscribers in carrying nu
the rule of calling by number in en-
adj of bv name as some of them bu
re been doing in the past. This is pa
,e because the exchange has grown Ke
such large proportions that the sec
rators find it impossible to mem Ma
re all the numbers. In case OF Q sol
nge of operators, If the calling Is lvr
e by name. the service would be Er;
v much impaired, whereas If all WI
ing is done by number the change
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