Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-03
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

$ drills under the new manual thi
! evening
George W. Howes, a student 4
!. the Tufts divinity school, will preac
In the Universalist church Sunday.
: -Brattleboro lodge, f. & A. M
worked the e. A. degree at a com
munication in Masonic hall Tuesda.
evening.
-Beauseant commandery, K T,
, conferred the Knight Templar ant
Malta degrees on three candidate!
in Masonic hall Friday evening.
F. C. Bogart of Houston, Texas
Is in search Of a man by the name OF
J. X. Horde or any heirs who lived In
Texas in 1889. Something importan,
is said to await their discovery.
The February Mothers meeting
will be held in the Center Congrega-
uonal chapel next Wednesday at $50
Mrs. f.. H. Crane will talk upon Libra
ry Work and Reading for Children.
Tea will be served
The Womans auxiliary of the Y.
M. c. A. will hold its monthly meeting
at the association rooms Tuesday
afternoon. The meeting will be ad :
dressed by Rev. Willis R. Hotchkiss
of Africa.
The town teams are drawing
gravel from the pit on the Putney
road for use on Canal street in the
spring. The gravel is being placed
In piles along the side of the street
and will be spread upon the highway
as soon as the snow goes.
Rev. George b. Lawson will speak
at the Y. M. c. A. next Sunday after
noon noon at o'clock His subject will be
The Supreme Motive Women as we'll
as men are invited The first Sunday
in each month will be observed as
Ladies Sunday hereafter until the
open air season.
The members of the Valley Fair
Kennel club are talking of holding
dog show in Festival hall in May,
just previous to the show which will
be given in Burlington by the Cham
plain Kennel club. No definite ar
rangements have yet been made but
the probable success of the project
is being investigated
%. M. Lawton's handsome and
valuable collie was struck by an
electric car on Western avenue Mon
day afternoon and severely injured !
His tail was fractured in three T
places, necesstating its amputation
few inches from the body, and there T
were severe cuts about the hind legs
The dog was running with Mr. Law
tons team and did not notice the car
until 1t was too late to get out of the
track.
The visiting committee of the
Home for Aged and Disabled held it's
annual meeting Saturday afternoon
Reports of the secretary and treasurer
we're heard and the old board of Off
~ ,,elxr nIA fyI
ows: President, Mrs. c. III. Ryder; i
ice president, Miss Susan e. Clark; h
ecretary and treasurer, Mrs. C. II.
Davenport The meeting was well
ttended and the business session
vas followed by a light lunch and
ocial time.
Willis r. Hotchkiss Of Africa will !
ddress union meeting in the Con- ,
church Tuesday evening :
t 1880. Mr.. Hotchkiss has had an !
nusual experience among uncivil-
zed tribes of Africa and has a rare :
bility in picturing the life of these :
egroes. He is in America OIL fur =
,ugh, and making addresses under y
ne auspices of the Student Volun- d
ser movement. Few men were heard i
18th so much interest at Mortified "
lst summer. :
--Sndi-ldN, tnt lTlsn setter uoP O
wned by DR.. C. A. Gale of Rutland, II
ub medal at the Valley fair dog \
low last fall took blue ribbons in /,
lie limit. open and winners classes at +,
lie Providence show last week ami
i'll be shown at New York, Boston,
ittsburg and the rest of the circuit. o.
ham Law is son of Champion Ben n
aw and is a half-brother to the set d
r, Signal Ben, which is owned by N
Frank Turner of this town. .fc
The record of probate for the W
st session in January is as follows ~
he will Of Royal Q. Wilcox of Whit y !.
CHAM was allowed and Willard A. u
ilcox was appointed executor. The "
count of Luke o. Morse, admins o.
ator of the Polly c. Houghton es- ~
tie of Newfane was allowed. The pi
count of Fl. G. Barber, administra M
r of the Harriet C. Taft estate of Ip,S
'attleboro, was allowed. e. w. ~
elendy's account as administrator W
the Rebecca F. Johnson estate of th
'attleboro was allowed, as was also ~
5 account as administrator of the o.,
muel johnson estate. The will of !
Gorge H. Burns was allowed and 10
ary A. Burns was appointed execu-
No. / of the International au
nshine society of Brattleboro was of
yanized Az years ago and the good ev
at has been accomplished through ba
IS organization is not generally tt
own. Although its working force is ed
all Gas the membership is limited an
800 yet its deeds of kindness and tn
have been numerous. w
ice last May sunshine has been car up
d in the way of money clothing IN
and Christmas dinners, je'
it, flowers and in many other ways do
over rs people The society pro- cir
ses in the near future to give gr,
,per to replenish its treasury and pic
is hoped the public will generously ga
ronize the event. Ne
Carl Schorling and Myron w. at
lnson have sold their meat BUSH ih
IS in the Grange block to Adney n: me-
nnison of Claremont, n. H., ana IS
brother. Simeon NJ. Dennison who life
antly hougbt half interest in the ito
rket of G. o. Abbott & Son. The one
lorIing G. johnson market will
eafter be conducted under the the
n name of Dennison & Dennison. Uo
Schorling and Mr.. Johnson have DIR
n in partnership for the past five int
RS. the former previously having a lar
mess of his own on the Hinsdale tho
d where he now lives. He VIII mar
tinue to work for the new firm. one
,nison Brothers have a large ex- tire
fence in the meat business, and yer
s their Intention 10 carry only 'he and
t line of meats. by
The corporators of the Northern the
tual Fire Insurance company, asc
rter for which was granted at the
session of the legislature. had an off
rmal meeting in the Brooks house the
lday evening. In addition to the ond
4 r1nen Interested the following wol