Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-13

next summer.
C. A. Miller, a student at tn
Tufts divinity school, occupied tn
pulpit Of the Universalist churc
Sunday.
The next regular meeting Of Fol-
Drummer colony, Pilgrim Father
Will be held at the home of George A
Stone, 10 Myrtle street. Tuesda
evening.
The annual meeting Of the Val
Tomorrow evening In the Office O
r. c. Bacon. officers will be electe
for the coming year and plans 70
the next show discussed.
The Bratteboro Woman's clul
will meet at the Brooks house Wed
nesday afternoon at $3.50. Clarke c
Fits will speak on the subject
Woman's Rights under the Law
Mrs. Herbert J. Clark will hav,
charge Of current events
The Escaped from the Haren
company, which. was booked to ap.
pear In the auditorium next Friday
evening, found it impossible to reach
Brattleboro on that date and was
unable to avail itself of the only 9TH
err open dates offered by Manager
Fox. Consequently 1t will not appear
here until later In the season.
Jimmy" the colored boy en-
ployed by b. S. Balestier, shot him
self through the left hand Monday
afternoon. He was playing with %
calibre revolver when the weapon
was accidentally discharged. the bull
let passing through the fleshy part
of the hand and making a bad wound.
The injured member was promptly
cared for by a physician and no Ill
effects are feared.
The local board of health has
not yet held a meeting to take ac-
ton on the southern water supply of
the Chestnut Hill aqueduct associa-
ton, but will probably do so the first
of next week. II Is doubtful wheth
err the entire town could be supplied
If the water from the southern source
were to be cut off, and this question
will be taken into consideration by
the board when the meeting is held.
The following officers were elect
ed at the annual meeting of the Con-
gregational Sunday school Sunday:
President, Il. c. Crosby; superintend-
ant w. A. Gilbert; assistant superin-
tendent. Louis A. Whitney: secretary
md treasurer, George NJ. Clay; junior
Mrs. +. w. Kuech;
primary superintendent Mrs. f. Il.
Perry; librarian, Fred C. Adams; as
sistant librarian, Miss Flora Cattan-
lch; auditor A. II. Hunt.
The Centre Congregational
,hurch society has elected the follow
ng officers Clerk, S. w. Kimball
treasurer of benevolences, &. +.
church treasurer. Henry
4. Thompson; church committee, E.
: Crosby. G.. c, Averill. C. c. Fits,
!. l.. Durham and II. F. Jordan;
Sunday school committee. Mrs. o. T.
Ware, Miss Edith Stolte, II. +, Bond,
Hrs. c. c. Fits and II. f, Jordan:
committee. Mr.. and Mrs. /
:. c. Fits and Mr., and Mrs. G. NJ I
lay.
F. d. f. Stowe won first prem
UNI on the pen of Silver Duckwng /
-ame bantams which he exhibited at \
he Madison Square garden poultry I
how in New York city last week. I
ir. Stowe began showing this fall 7
I the Springfield, VT. fair and has 1
ince been an exhibitor at the Valley I
air, at Springfield and Greenfield, I
lass, and the Herald Square show
4 New York as well as Madison
quare garden. He has won 55
rizes. Mr. Stowe has made a con-
iderable entry at the coming Boston
how and will close his season at
.eene, n. Fl.
An Ohio postmaster has a ruling
ON the government which is of in
rest to every community where the
Iral free delivery system is in force.
local carrier found in a mail box
\ his route two letters that were in
'nded for the owner of the box and
ad been put there by someone in
lssing The letters We're confiscated ,
i'd sent to the government at Wash
gton, with a request for a ruling. /.
he government approved the action ,
the carrier and said that all mail !
und in any box without stamps or
e proper amount of money for !,
stage must be collected and taken ;,
the postoffice from which the route
operated, and there held for post !.
e. This ruling means that the !
Fner of the mail box has absolute :
no control over ii.
chapter, d. A. R.. 7
Id its first meeting of the year 0
ednesday afternoon at the Colonial o
tn Mrs. f. G. Pettee and Mrs. f. Il
Putnam as hostesses. The regu- n
; business was transacted and del Il
ates and alternates elected for the n
influential Congress as follows: h
gent, Mrs f. L. Smith; regents al e
mates, Mrs. A. G. Cobb. Miss Zelia II
hnson, Mrs L. T. Wiggin; dele Il
te, Mrs, f. A. Starkey; delegates OF
ernates, Miss S. f. Clark. Mrs. j. $,
AIr1 AZ ]
W members were taken into the 7:
tpter. Mrs. A. S. Thompson read nj
very interesting paper on Romance m
the Revolution. This was fol-
red by choice refreshments served =.
the hostesses and Mrs. A. L. 20
tee, Mrs. C. f. Bingham and Miss p
en-. 80
The annual meeting of the cor ev
ators of the Vermont Savings de
TX was held in the banking rooms Ri
afternoon. followed by hi
annual dinner in the Brooks in
Use, The officers were chosen as mi
ows: Trustees, Frederick Hol- co
ok. D. d. Dickinson. Francis NJ
,dhue, d. S. Pratt George f. CHI
,ene, w. S. Newton, C. Fl. gr
1T, J. G.. Estey. w. H. ba
Ickett F. L. Hunt and c. o. Ri
Dbins: president, Frederick Hol- TIL
ok; vice president, William s. TIL
yton; treasurer, Charles ii. Pratt: les
istant treasurer. Harry p. Web gr
:. The following new corporators sol
e elected Clarke C. Fits Ernest SUI
Gibson and Linn D. Taylor. of
, 5Sth annual statement of the thi
k shows deposits to the amount viz
s3.356.973.27 with reserve fund wi
s176.500 and other surplus amount RAJ
to $15S.570.26. Compared to the an
ual report of so years ago the a
I in deposits amounts to ST. evi
1872. ito
-Rrattleboro needs strong and
4 hoard Of rada anonrJipa 70 tho no