Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-22
The Progress Of a Joke.

The PROGRESS Of Joke.
Manager Shermans WILLIAMSBURG
Joke about playing strong teams at
basaball seems to have reached
Rondyille in time for the last deliver
ance of the Phoenix reporter. ne
ala not state whether the laea
reached them by freight, the Was
other Bondville- baseball-c ommooiliess
come. or whether it was case "
spontaneous combustion III Wy
ina gination factory of the iocai
scribe. He seems to be SO luil VI .t ~
new idea. wherever it originated, ina.
he loses sight of the facts connected
with the Bondville- Townshend epl-
sode of August IL, which resulted III
the game being declared for TOWNS
bend by the official score OF w. IN
stead of Townshend refusing TO play
Rondyille. as the Phoenix Bohafile
item saws Bondville refused persist
emily to begin the game Flnaliy we
umnire called the game and When tne
Rondyille "sportsmen" still refused 70
NAV gave the game to the team tnat
was willing to play. Sometime alons
toward evening when the bohuviilt
braves were all assembled. put Nus
Of the crowd had gone nome lnei,
urbane spokesman wanted 20 pias
the game If they could nav W.
aniece. AS we have said before. we
nnn sidered that we We're doing the
square thing by them in o1erlhg 70
NAV for half the gate receipts pu.
Rondville still refused. And now their
version of it is that they wanted ~
NAV all the time, but IoWnsheiau
worldn't. Well, well! These Bona
vile fellows surely have "neels ~
their heads! Their ideas are new es-
erv morning and fresh every evenlIis'
We wonder what it will be next tlfne
Notwithstanding all this fog anu
smoke, the record of games sun
mains: Bondville. one; IoWh3 1,a
two Glad you mentiohed ~ DOM
vile.
Jacksonville and Townshend leans 1,',
are scheduled to play pail az ~ ?
field next Saturday AFTERNOON, oep
tan,her %. This is the third game ~ :.
.e, sar;as and both teams want IT,
Come and see how it goes. II you en-
;ov the snort. The Rawsonvlile poys
,nade MANY friends here at tne uine
nf the first game by their quiet gen
tlomanlv conduct and we are siau
thew are coming again.
Raymond Beebe was IN bra''iepoAo
Tuesday. ~, q,
A. w. Butler of Jamaica was -
town last week on business.
Mabelle Allbee was home from iiei
school in Windham for SUNDAY.
4 O. Grout of Chicopee Falls Mass
has been in town recently Win
view of renting house
Mrs HAYNES Sanders goes Satur-
dav to Brattleboro to stay WIN hei
daughters for a few days.
senator E. S. Morrill, of White Riv-
or function collector for the Phoenla,
has been in town several days this
week.
CYRUS Farmer spent several Gays
Iast week with his daughter, mrs.
Mabel Farnsworth Allen at East ia
maica.
e ]. Eddy of Brattleboro and 9. l.
whitney of Bellows Falls, insurance
men. assembled themselves at uiis
place Wednesday.
Postmaster Cutler has fine as
sortment of souvenir post CARDS uls-
nlayed in the office. some OF them
| taken in Townshend by Windnan
artist.
| winthrop Hamlin returned Wednes-
day to his school work at CoTHWali
on Hudson. which begins Sept. 20
DIR. and Mrs. Hamlin accompanied MN
as far as Brattleboro. returning In the
| evening.
| Landlord Burke's happy family OF
coach dog-p puppies was broken sat
urday, when Dan Fisher of Boston
came to take one home with him. Mr..
Fisher who drove up from Newfane.
was accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Howe of Brattleboro.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Perkins of White
River Junction came over last week
in their new automobile for short
visit with Mrs. Perkins's parents. Mr..
and Mrs Edwin Eddy. Tuesday MT.
and Mrs. Eddy went with them TO
Greenfield, Mass, for short visit with
relatives.
Miss Esther Dale started Tuesday
for a visit of two weeks in Brantford.
ontario. where she has been studying
for the past two years. after which sne
expects to go to Chicago for WORK anu
further study. Mrs. Dale and MISS
Nellie accompanied her to Brattleboro,
returning in the evening.
The material for testing the eyes
and ears of the school children of the
town has been received from the state
board of health and superintendent
of education and distributed to the
teachers of the several schools. Ac-
cording to the requirements of the
law. the tests should be made during
the month of September and the re-
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