Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-10

$3.50,
The women OF st. Michael,
episcopal church Will hold supper
1 ana sale In Grange han Dec. 9.
/ Reserved seats for The Middle
! man viii go on sale at Thomas,
pharmacy next Friday evening at
O'Clock
There will be a young people.
sociable In the Baptist chapel Tues
day evening, All young people ar,
invited to be present.
The tickets for Dora Thorne hay,
, been on sale since yesterday morning
and look at the chart at the box Of
nee would indicate successful en-
. gagement.
The Y. NJ c. A. Star course this
year promises to be very attractive
ana the first entertainment Is one oil
the best. Auditorium, Wednesday
evening.
The grange dramatic club will &c
to West Chesterfield tonight to give
It's minstrel show I'm connection with
the supper and dance given by the wo-
men of the church of that village.
Up to Saturday reports from va
rious towns throughout the state
showed the total number of deer
killed during the open season at 255
This Is not half as many as were shot
n year ago.
The Unitarian women will hold
their first supper and sociaDle in
Wells hall Tuesday evening. Supper
will be served at $3.50 and will be fol-
lowed by an entertainment entitled,
Then and Now.
All members of the Wantastiquet
golf club who wish to get into the
club house can secure the key Of G..
+. Bingham secretary. The house and
grounds have been put i'm excellent
shape for the winter.
The role of Cyrus Blenkarn in the
Middleman, which will appear in the
auditorium Nov. 81, was made famous
by that great English actor T.. S.
Willard. Louis J. Russell. who will
play the part here, Is said to be finely
fitted for the part
Dora Thorne. Rowland and Cliff
ford's famous play. will be at the
auditorium Tomorrow afternoon and
evening. Those in the cast are Miss
Isabel Sherman. Miss Edith Domby,
William Sheffield, Den Wilkes. Joseph
Schafer and others of dramatic ability.
There has been very good ad-
A. course of entertainments. but plen-
ty of excellent seats are left for all
who wish them. The course opens
next Wednesday evening in the audi
forum with a concert by the Kath-
arine Ridgeway company.
&C. r. Crosby made record run
from Putney to BrattlebOro last Fri
day night covering the distance in his
automobile in tritie less than four
hours. He and party of friends
left Putney shortly before midnight
and reached the local garage between
$3.50 ard a. IN. Their actual run
ming time not including stops. is Civ
en- as 40 minutes.
There are still some course tick
cts and some good seats to be had for
the Star course of entertainments
which begins Wednesday, Nov Is,
with a concert by the Katharine
Ridgeway Concert company. The
course tickets can be obtained at the
Y. NJ. C. A. rooms, and there is a con-
siderable saving in purchasing them
over what 1t costs to purchase separ-
ate tickets for each attraction.
Mrs. Jennie B. Powers. agent 70,
the Humane society in Keene, N. H.,
has the custody of four-year-old
boy for whom she Is looking for
good home The child appears to be
an exceptionally bright yOungster and
certainly has all the qualifications de-
sired in the way of good looks. He
was adopted some time ago by Wild
ow who afterward married again. and
her second husband abused the child
so that the probate court placed him
In Mrs. Powers's custody.
Pending the determination Of an
appeal taken to the United States cir
cult court of appeals in the case OF the
United States VS.. Pierce. which was
heard recently before Judge Wheeler
in the circuit court. the secretary OF
the treasury has ordered the customs
collectors at Newport, VT. Bangor,
Me-, and seven cities in New York to
admit rossed pulp wood free of duty.
This case was recently argued In
Brattleboro and Judge Wheeler's de-
cision was in favor of admitting the
rossed pulp wood free of duty.
The story of Dora Thorne is too
familiar to permit of much comment
but as a play it is provoking wide
spread interest, and much surprise is
manifest that SO successful a novel In
the day and time of book plays has
not found its way before the footlights
long before this. Brim full of excit-
ing and interesting situations and af-
fording such numerous opportunities
for excellent acting, Dora ThOrne is
indeed replete with all the essentials
to make most delightful play. Dora
Thorne will be seen at the auditorium |
to -morrow afternoon and evening.
THE petition of Miss Sylvina Whit
he'd of Vernon for dissolution of the |
Injunction recently issued against her.
was denied Monday by Judge James
M. Tyler. The injunction, issued at
the request of ]. o Frost. Julia S.
Frost and Edward Frost, restrained
Miss Withheld from erecting monu-
ment in the walk adjacent to the K.
Wood lot in the Withheld cemetery in
Vernon on the grounds that it would
interfere with the entrance TO the /
Frost lot, Judge Tyler held that If
the Frost family had used the walk
as they alleged in their
petition for an injunction. they have
a right of way over the whole of It,
and that the injunction should remain
in effect until that question is set
tied.
OF the Middleman. which will APP
near in the auditorium Nov. II under /
he auspices of the Congregational
,lub. the Hartford Telegram says:
Louis ]. Russel's Interpretation OF the
inventor Of Cyrus Blenkharn. the aged
inventor, who gave the discoveries OF
, lifetime to his employer with no re-
left nothing to be desired.
No one who witnessed Mr.. Russelrs
handling of this character can doubt
hat he is one of the most accom-
,Ijshed actors of the day. Mr.. Rus
;ell was ably supported by other mem,
,ers of the company. Harry w. Reid
IS Joseph Chandler. Ralph Brown as
Ratty Todd and William A. Wolbert
IS Jesse Pegg were particularly ei.
'ective. The rest of the company did
inc work and the elaborate scenery
provided for the production furnished
no