Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-10-20

There was a good attendance NJ
the oyster supper served In the l. NJ
G. A. rooms last evening.
"A. y. Clapp has built garage Tor
the accommodation of several autoiho-
biles ut his farm on the west river
road.
THE high school football team VIII
go to winchester, \, H., tomorrow ar
ternoon for It's second game OF 'he
season,
The Russell Dramatic company
will present The Middleman Tuesday
evening. Nov. "a, under the auspices
of the Congregational club.
Season tickets are now on sale at
the Y. NJ. c. A. for the Star course OF
attractions. They will be exchanged
M the association rooms Nov. T.
George II. Thompson will be one
of the class TO take examination Tor
admission to the Vermont bar al
Montpelier next Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
Richard Goldthwaite. teamster
employed by the Brattleboro Retreat,
found an arbutus bud and a quantity
of ripe red raspberries on Wantasu-
auet mountain yesterday.
Mrs. w. +. Mixer entertained the
V. ID. $. :. c. alumni at her home on
Western avenue Wednesday evening.
sumner was served at o'clock ana
the evening spent I'm sociability
-Prescelle, the hypnotist, closed his
weeks engagement at the auditorium
last Saturday evening, His last two
performances drew large audiences
and much interest was manifested IN
his work,
The Brattleboro branch of the
Woman's Alliance will meet this ev-
ening with Mrs. Charles Wardef. A
report of the Atlantic City confer
ence will be read and arrangements
made for the work of the coming WIN
ter.
The meeting of Brattleboro chap
ter. ID. A. r., postponed from OCT. ~
will be held at the home of Miss
Susan Clark in west bra.'iep Nj
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. MIS-
l., X. Fuller will read paper on
Salem Witchcraft
-Myron p. Davis has been appoint
ed a constable of the town of Brat
tleboro with authority to serve pro-
cess throughout the state and also
snecjal agent of the local branch OF
the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals.
Leo council. Knights of Columbus,
worked the first degree on two canui
dates in Red Mems hall "Wednesday
evening. Refreshments were served
at the close of the work 1t was voted
TO hold a Halloween party IN Red
Mems hall Tuesday evening, Oct. 81.
The anniversary of the Vermont
Bible society will be held in the Meth
odist church. Brattleboro. SUNDAY
evening, oct. 2s. Key: EDWARD ~.
Fuller of Burlington will deliver the
address, All the churches in the place
are cordially invited to unite IN the
service.
The annual meeting of the Con-
neeticut Valley street railway com
pany was held in South Deerfield
Mass. Saturday when f.. c. Crosby OF
this town was chosen chairman of the
board of directors. The treasurer
report showed "A surplus of SlS,4ls as
Ia result of the past six months bust
ness
The results of the eye and ear test
in the Brattleboro high school are
as follows: Pupils examined. loi; DE
feets found in eye. Al; defects fouhu
in ear. 2; defects found in throat. Z;
In addition IS pupils were examiner
who already wear glasses and whose
vision is all right with the glasses.
John f. Mccarthy who is in
windsor state prison for robbing the
Windham County Savings bank at
Newfane. yesterday identified the
photograph of the dead Sheldon bur
glar as Connecticut Bill pal of
4 Mccarthy nine years ago. His nome
was in Hartford. Conn. and it is said
that he came from good family.
Mr.. ana Mrs Pliny Chase. who
are soon to remove from the Carroll
place in Centerville to the Bradley
upper farm in Dummerston. We're be-
sieged by about 100 neighbors ana
friends Monday evening. The VISITORS
brought a generous quantity of re-
freshments with them as well as TWO
easy chairs, which We're presented 10
Mr. and Mrs Chase by Warren Fes-
sender.
Mrs. E,meline Mixer Williams,
widow of Edward Williams who died
in East Oakland. Cal. Oct. 3, at the
age of 73, was born in Brattieboro
and lived here during her early life.
She was the youngest daughter OF
John and Margaret Richardson Mixer
!. and went west when comparatively
young woman. In addition to SON
a daughter and large number OF
nephews and nieees Mrs, Mixer leaves
one sister. MTS. Juiis' hiAei ~
Hinsdale, n. H.
III looks now as if Brattleboro
would be represented by two basket
ball teams this season. James H. Al
len is making plans for team COM
| posed of three out-of-toWn ana TWO
local players and intends to open the
season in Festival hall Thanksgiving
/ night. Frank D. Waite has also come
into the field as manager and is or
ganizing a team which he SAYS VIII
, probably begin its schedule the night
before Thanksgiving. Manager Waite
has engaged the services of STAFFORD.
March. Stolte, Riley and HARDWOOD ana
, has several other promising local men
i'm mind for his squad of candidates
as well as one or two outsiders.
-Brattleboro theatre goers have
had frequent opportunity to witness
| Faust. but Lewis Morrison, who is
considered inimitable in that tragedy
was seen here for the first time Wed
nesday evening His performance was
l ali that is claimed for it and more
( impressce presentation of the cyni-
cism and philosophy of Goethe's fam
Gus character would be, hard to I'M
! apine. Mr.. Morrson's support, while
not of the very best. was sufflcientiy
capable to make the performance &C
ceptable. Miss Dunant as Martha ana
: r, S. Trimble as Valentine being no.
ticeably good AS a spectacular at
: traction the production was all that
2 could be desired the electrical etfects
: being even more elaborate than mere
tOfore.
A mortgage of $500, held against
! F. D. Morris & Co. by the Vermont
!. and Peoples National banks, was fore
. closed Monday on behalf of the surety
signers j. L. Knowlton of Lowell'