Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-16

Thursday IN the \, NJ Z, a, rooms.
The Woman's auxiliary OF the Y
NJ. &. A. viii hold cake sale tomor'
row afternoon from until In the as
ISOLATION rooms
Charles i. W. Cunningham. gen
eral secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A.. ac'
companied II boys OF the junior de-
partment on n tramp up the bank OF
the Connecticut river Saturday
Mrs. +. +. II. Stevens. 81. fell or
the floor at the home of her daughter
Mrs. q. r. Barber Sunday and frac-
tured her left hip. She Is as comfortable
as can be expected but on account OF
her advanced age the injury Is Sc
rious one.
Frank b. Thomas, who Is employ
ed at the West river pumping sta
ton. and Miss Jessie Wrisley of West
Brattleboro were married wednesday
evening at the Congregational parson-
age by Rev. II. r. Miles. They will
make their home on the Brown placs
near the pumping station.
james +. Hooker has received q
letter written to Senator Proctor by
Lieutenant General Chaffee in which
the chief of staff states that he has
authorized the commanding general,
department of the east, to send Troop
G., 18th Cavalry, to Brattleboro at the
time of the next annual Valley fair
Sept. 81 and IS. This troop Is sta
toned at Fort Ethan Allen and is one
of the crack troops of the country.
Flag day was observed by Brattle-
boro chapter ID. A. r.. at the home or
Mrs, III. p. Wellman on Western ave-
nue. Wednesday afternoon. The rooms
were artistically decorated with flags
and flowers. Mrs. Joel Flagg gave a
well written paper on The Hero or
Bunker Hill. and at its conclusion Miss
Alice Butterfield acceptably sang The
Sword of Bunker HILL A social hour
followed. refreshments being served by
the hostess assisted by Misses Florence
Wellman. Marguerite Tucker. Maude
Stoddard. Mary Croker and Mrs. O. F.
Benson.
Three hundred and forty two peo-
pie by actual count attended the OPEN
air meeting on the Common Sunday
afternoon. and although it showered
most of the time only about half-doz-
en- left until the service was over. the
remainder finding shelter under trees
and umbrellas. l.. w Hawley presid-
ed and Rev. E. T. Mathison made .
brief address. Music was furnished
by an orchestra and members of the
Baptist choir, Miss Alice Butterfield
giving a solo. The open-air meeting
scheduled for next Sunday Will be
postponed on account of the bacca-
laureate sermon, but the Esteyville
meeting will take place as usual with
Mr. Mathison as the speaker.
Carl F. Cain captured large
swarm of bees in the rear of his tailor
shop Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. Cain.
who has been interested in bee culture
for some time noticed the bees
swarming in the rear of the block
Tuesday and at once made prepara-
tons for their capture. He consulted
several experienced bee-keepers as to
what method he should use but was
told that he would not be successful in
getting them to enter a hive. On
Wednesday, however. he secured
hive from the Brattleboro Retreat farm
and toward night the swarm entered
it as fearlessly as If they had always
lived there. Mr. Cain has been intend
ing to start an apiary for some time
and now has a nucleus with which TO
start in the business.
William Mellen. foreman for G. f.
Gilman. was driving a young horse
along Brge street Tuesday afternoon
when the animal took fright at pile
of stones near the Estey organ facto-
ries and made a dash over the embank-
ment. Mr. Mellen Is an experiences
reinsman but he was unable 10 check
the horse and had lust time to jump
from the carriage before ii and the
animal went down the bank and landed
on Frost place, a fall of about 100 feet.
The horse landed on its side with the
carriage on top but was not seriously
hurt Mr., Mellen wrenched his side
badly in jumping but was not other.
wise hurt. The railing which usually
guards the embankment at that point
was down on account of a ditch which
is being dug in front of the organ fac
tories.
of The Tenderfoot which was
recently produced at the Tivoli opera
house in San Francisco, The Evening
Post of that city says; William
Schuster was the truly western poker
player to perfection, and his dry way
of getting off the characteristic re-
marks and comments occurring in his
lines gave him, as usual, the full ap-
probation of the audience. Mr..
Schuster is one of the Tivoli favorltes
that it would be hard to do without.
His versatility, as we'll as his con-
scientious and finished work, would
He has a fine voice as well, but In
The Tenderfoot there is little oppor-
tunity for serious vocal work. except
with the soprano and tenor" Mr..
Schuster is a Brattleboro boy, son OF
Mrs. f. Schuster of this town. and
has been very successful in comic OPP
era in San Francisco for the past sew
eral years
The annual observance in Brattle-
boro of the devotion of the Forty
Hours Alteration was held at st. Mi
chaePs Roman Catholic church this
week. The services opened with a
high mass on Wednesday morning and
closed with a similar service at
o'clock this morning. There were also
masses at o'clock and O'Clock on
Thursday morning and at o'clock this
morning As next Sunday will be
Trinity Sunday and this Is therefore
the last week of the Easter duty time
in order to accommodate the many who
desired to avail themselves of the OPP
portunity of fulfilling their obligation
to their religion by receiving the sac
raments eight non president priests
came from various parts of the state to
assist Father Carmody in their admin
istration The visiting clergvmen
were: Rev T. j. Gaffney. Rutland,
Rev. d. ]. O'SulIivan. st. Adams. Rev.
w. T. Lonergan. White River juno
ton. Rev. D. 1. Ling. Hinsdale. Rev. FIR.
Drouhin. Woodstock. Rev. John I.
Dwyer, Ludlow. Rev. P. ]. Long. Proc
tor. Rev. ]. B. McGarry. Enosburgh
Falls. and Rev. Eugene Cray. Barre.
The Robinson show which comes
to Brattleboro for two performances
on Wednesday June II is making its
first tour of this section in 30 wears
and that it has not been here in SO
long a time recalls the fact that the
show is the oldest organization of the
kind in this country having been
founded in the year 1922 by the frst