Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-05-19
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

fhifeu ~ irenual mas moved
from the Watercure building to No. 3
Organ street.
L. A. Howard has moved from the
stock farm to the Randoll place on
Guilford street.
-Michaa J. Moran has been ap"
pointed administrator Of the estate If
Cornelius Sullivan.
"A handsome signboard. painted by
w. A. Morse, has recently been plac-
ed under the Main street windows OF
the Reformer office.
The junior class In the high school
gave dance Friday evening In Odd
Fellows hall Miss Osgood and Miss
Barnes were chaperones.
While picking arbutus in the ~
treat grounds Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.
Bert Leitsinger found a partridge with
its nest and IL eggs therein.
The June number of the Ladies'
World, New York. contains an illus
trated story In Search of Material,
by Mrs. Adelaide Davis Reynolds.
The women of the auxiliary Of
the Y. M. 6. "A. are planning to hold
their usual cake sale at the associa-
tion rooms during the summer months
"A new iron sewer pipe is being
age to replace the old one which was
found nearly filled with roots from
trees.
The body of Grace l.. Buston, 2S,
who died at the Brattleboro retreat
Friday, was taken to her home in Dan
by Monday, where funeral and burial
services took place Tuesday.
The chimney in the house of DR..
H. l.. Waterman on Elliot street burnt
out Tuesday noon. Men from the en-
CINE house ran to the scene with fire
extinguishers but the flames were put
out with little difficulty.
Sisters from the orphan asylum Of
the Roman Catholic church at Bur-
lington will make their annual visit
to st. Michaers Roman Catholic
church here Sunday. when a collec-
ton will be taken for the asylum.
ID. Frank Shea has sold the restau-
rant on Elliot street which he recent
ly opened to Mrs. c. J. Paro Of this
town, who took possession last Mon
day.
John Herbert. whose death was
reported in the Reformer last week,
was between AZ and As years old alrl
was native of Dumbarton County
Waterford. ireland.
Oscar T. Ware has sold his farm
in district No 6, including the stock
and personal property. to Joseph Green
of Boston, who will make his summer
home there. Mr.. Ware took In cx-
change some property in Boston.
The Boston Sunday Globe con-
tanned a portrait and short article
about Thomas H. McVeigh. who has
been missing since March 80, when he
disappeared from the Brattleboro Gas
Light company's West Dummerston
power station where he was employed
p. l.. Shea has returned from
trip to Philadelphia where he pur-
chased a complete outfit for an up-to.
date steam laundry, which he VIII
start up about June l In the Williams
building out on Elliot street. He Will
have a downtown office at the Brat
tleboro News companys store.
in the case Of State VS.. VIII Smith
which was tried last week before JUS
tice F. D. e. Stowe, the DEFENDANT
did not plead guilty after the disagree
ment of the jury but entered plea
of riolo contendere. which means that
he preferred to pay the sum named py
the court, $3.50, rather than go TO 'ne
expense of new trial. The case as
decided carries with it no evidence OF
of the cases which grew out Of the az
fair on Elliot street.
A young woman whose nome -
near Putney caused some little excite-
ment at the depot Saturday evening.
she insisted that she wished to go to
Putney but refused to board the tram
or allow anyone to aid her in doing 50:
She finally managed to put her hand
through a car window. Officer Wor-
en- took the young woman 10 lhs
Brooks house where the lacerated mana
was treated and where she was giVe,
room for the night. About hve o Clock
Sunday morning she procured team
and started for Putney.
The closing meeting of the Brat
tleboro Woman's club was neid N ~.
Brooks house parlOrs on wednesday,
afternoon. and a most enjoyable pro-
gram had been arranged py Tue ~
cial committee. A number OF reau
ings by Miss Carrie Howe OF TINS, ,,s
dale were most delightfully."- given anu
these were interspersed with selec-
lions nv Leitsingers orchestra. An IN
formal reception to the new oHicers'
followed by social hour In wnlcn re-
fresbments were served compieteo
very pleasant afternoon.
Mrs. Jennie B. Powers read re-
,,ort If her work for the last thre.
mnnths at the annual meeting May =;
nf tha Keene Humane society oa
which she is agent. She made loI
inn,estiyations throughout the county
i,i,,ad 70 horses and one mule ana au :
used the killing of 10 horses W ,.lh,
was done by their owners. ,s, -
children were taken from thelr horos
TO the county farm and seven mo- T Sss
L,
s me Is in sound financial condition.
Nth 5000 in the treasury, ana
o,anted its old board of ofhcers' IN
Guiding Mrs. Powers as genera ,,;no
The membership Is ooV'
/ doubled in two years.
The summer book of the Rutiano
.,uaaS "Across the Islands ana %.
,o,,a" inst published, is a most az
n.;,o niece of work and Will prose
u .roat benefit in advertising the an-
VI to1as of Vermont and Nortne'"
Nn,1, York as a route for summer tour.
ists There is nothing OLD apou. ~
hook except its title. ana IT Is ovn ,,;,ir
" a beautiful specimen OF typos ,e,.;nt.
art. handsomely illustrated anu f,,,pna age
There are a number OF Iun paS ''
gu; r niates and a complete set OF nem
t SoiHi tnnas from photographs ta mi,
nan tha line of the road. Inc III.
aione of tho cover shows plctu,e ~
P pave and Arrow point on the a islaIo.
Of 'I Lake champlain, and Di,r tine r res
tive matter has been ent hss also pub.
ten this year. The roau ia and summe,
i;sbed a list of the hotels anu ;ts ma.
boarding houses avaiiapie ~
irons. -,
r. rafarence to the report OF u ~
hearing on the petition 81 rbittender
George wilkins in r Function in tn,
county court for a ra,a 70 his wife