Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-10
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


Demaster Wheeler of Putney, was
held Saturday before Referee +. d. Il
stowe.
The Rebekahs will hold mas
querade party Wednesday evening
March /, in odd Fellows hall. All
members of the order are invited.
Next Wednesday Tax Collector r
| Il, Gordon will report all delinquents
to the town clerk and their names
will be dropped from the check list
The meeting of the Alliance study
class will be held at the Unitarian
parsonage Monday evening at 730
o'clock. Subject: The Conversion OF
Paul.
The entertainment committee OF
the Red Men met with Ernest Pratt
Monday evening to formulate plans
FOR their banquet the last of this
month.
knights of Columbus, were installed
Sunday by District Deputy Donnelly
and District Warden Haley of Monte
pelier.
There was a fair attendance at
the assembly in the Brooks house
Tuesday evening Music was fur
nished by Leitsinger's orchestra and
dancing enjoyed from $3.50 until II
O'Clock.
The Boston papers missed con-
nection at Greenfield last Sunday and
the Brattleboro News company had to
send a team to that town for them.
They reached here about 1870 and
were delivered in the afternoon.
Rev. Father Kirby of Springfield,
Mass, is in charge of the parish of
st. Michael's Roman Catholic church
during the absence of Rev. Father
Carmody, who is taking a two weeks
vacation on account of his health
The next meeting of the Woman's
club will be held at the Brooks house
parlors Wednesday afternoon at $3.50.
The program will be Shakespeare mu-
sic Mrs. H. V. Durham of Bellows
Falls will be the guest of the club
and will sing a group of songs.
Mondays snow storm tied up the
electric road for the greater portion
of the day, the snowplow being out
of commission until noon. The morn
ing passenger train over the narrow
gauge road did not arrive until 1870,
four and a half hours behind schedule
time.
Edward A. Hobart has sold his
house on Highland street to Mrs, Ellen
N. Plumb of Westminster West, who
will come to Brattleboro to make her
home The sale was made through
A. V. Mays agency. Mr.. Hobart Will
move soon to Springfield. Mass, whele
he has employment.
Charles A. Boyden who has been
i'll with varioloid, was out Saturday
for the first time since being taken
ba
from his home on that day, Mr.. and
Mrs. Boyden will spend several weeks
in Florida before Mr.. Boyden returns
to his work as teller in the Vermont
National bank
A valentine party, under the
auspices of the Epworth league, will
be held with the Misses Lewis at the
parsonage, SO High street, next
Tuesday evening at $50. All mem
bers of the league and their friends
are invited. A supply Of home- made
candy will be on sale for the benefit
of the league treasury
The body of Miss Alkaline d.
Wheeler 70, was brought to Brattle-
boro SATURDAY. and placed in the
Prospect Hill cemetery vault to await
burial in the spring. Miss Wheeler
died in Lancaster, Mass. where she
had lived for a number of years. She
was daughter of Asa Wheeler, VINO
formerly lived in Centervlle and con-
Quoted an axe mandatory in what
is now the Centerville factory build
ing. Mr., Wheeler died about 80 years
ago.
William Lane and James Ottman
were arrested Saturday evening by
Chief Hall for intoxication, the former
being taken at the depot and the lat
ter near Flat street. Ottman, VINO
gave his residence as West Dover. was
inclined to fight when taken into
custody and objected strenuousiy 10
being handcuffed. Both were ar
raigned before Justice w. s. Newton
Monday morning and fined the usual
amount Ottman paid but Lane could
not and was taken to Newfane Jail by
Constable Walker
At a recent meeting of the vestry
men of All Saints Memorial church it
was decided to postpone all action on
the appointment of new rector unul
the Easter. vacation, says the Meriden,
Conn. Morning Record. Many of the
members of the congregation VINO
heard Rev. f. T. Mathison of Brattle-
boro, VT, preach at the two SUNDAY
services January 10, are enthusiastic
in their praise of Mr.. Mathison as
preacher and are unanimous In the
hope that he will be called to accept
the rectorship of the church. Mr.
Mathison is the rector of parish III
Rrattleboro and it is not known
,,betber he is a candidate for the
pastorate of the local church or not
William Everett Boynton died
Sunday at the Mercy hospital Ia
Springfield, Mass, of acute congestlon
of the lungs. He went to the nos
pital Saturday night and was IN
homeless condition at that time. NO
one appeared at first to clam In, sne
body but it was found Monday that
Mr., Boynton had formerly lived IN
west Rrattleboro and the body was
brought to this town Tuesday morn
ing II was placed in The vault al
prospect Hill cemetery, Rev. l.. NJ
Keneston conducting the committa
service. Mr.. Boynton formerly lived
i'm the Stoddard house behind the
west Brattleboro store and was EN-
Moved on different farms. HIS slsler,
Miss Mary Boynton, died about Two
wears ago and he went TO Spr1ng-
field. Mass. He was a native OF Pei
ham, Mass. but as far as Is hno""
leaves no relatives.
The Atlantic Mills company
r. l., through their at
torney H. G. Barber, placed an at
tachment for $4,000 on the Brattle6oro
Manufacturing company's plant sat
urdav morning. Sheriff F. w. Mcclure
being placed in charge. c. III. Thomp-
son, general manager of the Factory,
was out of town at the time, put as
soon as he returned the attachment
vas vacated upon receipt of his at
torpavs r. w. Gibson and James r.
In the Sulf