Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-07-28

The First Regiment band will
give a concert on Prospect hill next
Wednesday evening.
There will be a cake sale at the
Y. M. c. A. rooms tomorrow afternoon
from 3 until o'clock.
Mrs. A. e. Starkey will entertain
branch of the Sunshine society at
her home on Oak street this afternoon.
The weather bureau report indi-
Gates increasing cloudiness with
scattered showers tonight. Satur-
day. generally cloudy with showers.
The prudential committee of
school district No. 2 organized yes
terday by choosing Rev. f. Q. S. Os-
good chairman. and Miss Marguerite
Tucker, secretary.
Hunts agency has received the
following notices of pensions. In
creases, Harry Hallock. Peru; Milton
L. Howard. Jamaica; Luke ]. Morse.
Newfane. John Hunt. Brattleboro.
The women of the Baptist socie-
ty will have a lawn party at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.. Smith on Pros
pect street Wednesday evening, Aug. 2.
during the band concert. Ice cream
and cake will be sold. If stormy the
event will be postponed to Aug, D.
Fred D. Weld. who was so seri-
ously injured last Wednesday even
ing by the bursting of the fly-wheel
on the Estey steamer. is improving
steadily at the Brattleboro Memorial
hospital and Is considered entirely out
of danger by his physicians. He re-
gained full consciousness Monday
AT meeting of the creditors of
the Norris +. Skies bankruptcy es-
tate yesterday f. S. Hall was chosen
trustee and A. w. wilkins. J. Arms
Miller and Harlan P. Farr appraisers.
A meeting of the creditors was held
Wednesday but they could not agree
as to the choice of a trustee and ad-
journment was taken until yesterday
morning.
Protective grange held regular
meeting Wednesday evening. Upon
conclusion of the business the assist
ant steward and lady assistant stew
ard gave program which included
a piano solo by Miss Eloine Franklin.
readings by Miss May Edwards, Miss
Bessie Hopkins and Miss Ellen Lock
wood and several photograph selections
by Jason f. Bushnell.
The women of the Episcopal par
ish held a very successful sample sale
Wednesday and yesterday afternoons
in a tent on the church lawn. NJ
merous large manufacturing concerns
gave the right to sell samples of their
products. and in most cases these
samples were furnished free of cost.
The idea is a new one in Brattleboro
and the Episcopal women made a neat
sum of money by introducing it,
Rev. f. T. Mathison will be the
speaker at the afternoon meeting on
the Common Sunday and Fred ,.
Knight will preside. The Congrega-
tional choir and six members or Lett
singers orchestra will furnish music.
If il rains the meeting will be in the
auditorium. The Esteyville meeting at
4 o'clock will be addressed by l.. W.
Hawley. There will be a short song
service.
A tennis tournament is in progress
this week among the guests at Spof-
ford lake, the matches taking place
on the courts of the Pine Grove
Springs hotel. j. irwin Hoy of wash
ington. who is well known in Brattle-
boro. is the probable winner IN s s,.
giles Hoy and Harry Bingham OF this
town won two matches in doubles but
were obliged to default on account OF
the latter's absence.
The Wantastiquet golf team ana
not go to Springfield. Mass, SATURDAY
Captain Tasker receiving word Friday
afternoon that so many of the Spring
field men were out of the city that II
would be impossible to play the
match The tennis team of the keene,
n n country club will come to Brat
tleboro tomorrow for match WIZ
the local racketwielders and II Is cN-
nected that the golf team will also be
here.
"A delegation from Leo council,
Knights of Columbus. went to Bellows
Falls last evening to see the local de-
gree team work the first degree AT
meeting of St. Charles council IN
the afternoon the Brattleboro ana
BELLOWS Falls knights met in baseball
and the visitors were defeated Is 10
II in an interesting game The liieup
of the Brattleboro team was as fol-
lows: Grady, pitcher; Lawior eaten
or. Ferriter, first; Riley, secona'
Eitzgerald short; Dunleavy, third;
Rrosnaban left field: Amer. center
field: Hughes. right field
George w. Hart, "A, died at the
town farm Sunday after brlef Illness.
He formerly lived on the upper Yves,
river road but a few years ago ,,t soi1
bis Mace there and moved to Guilforu.
ne had been at the town farm for the
mast several months. Mr.. Hart was a
Veteran of the Civil war, serving with
New Hampshire regiment. He is
survived by a widow and one son VINO
lives in Springfield, Mass. fuherai
sarvices were held Tuesday. Rev. l..
M Keneston officiating. The bear
ars were ]. NJ. Joy. A. 3. Ashley, Geo
prouty and Job Long. Burial was IN
Meeting House Hill cemetery.
THE newspaper men OF Brat
horo are entitled to marked credit 1or
tbe handsome manner In winch tuey
antertained their brethren OF the
ouill at the midsummer meeting OF
the Vermont Press association Ihe
only difficulty is that they nave Sc.
mace which the fraternity or otner
towns will experience a dimcuity III
leaving nm on similar occasions. AS
ras,,lt of the thorough manner IN
,,.h;ch the beauties of Brattleboro were
nointed out visitors could easily un-
aorstand why so many artists nstVe
r,,ade the metropolis of southeastern
Uarmont their place of resldehce.-
burlington Free Press.
Two dogs belonging to H. B. Haus
,,,,,ad four sheep belonging to the
pratt,eboro Retreat Tuesday night ana
"wednesday morning. The sheep De-
lon eed to a flock of 80 which grazes on
the Wantastiquet golf club GROUNDS II,
the day time and is kept IN AatI
naar the piggery at night When n.
z Harris went to let out the sheeP
two dogs had entered the pen anu anu
had killed two of the aninhais anu
we're ,,.er attacking a third. The smaller
w the dogs escaped beneath the wire
sanca hut the larger was unable to do
nc and was caught by two of the he-
80 $50 EARN hands whom Mr.. Harris
summoned to his assistance. ad MI
Hans's name was found on the ooe :
Collar and upon driving to MI. Haus
. On Forest street G. w. Pierce