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

! The pay due Company j from IN
! government, $352,S2, has been receive
this week. and Treasurer q. II. Moshe
Is paying the men as fast as possible
The Ladies' Enterprise societ
will meet with Mrs. +. r. Hopkinso
, Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
is hoped there will be IA full attend
ance.
--Elinor Shepard of Springfield
Mass. will he at the Brooks hous
to- morrow. day and evening. with
beautiful line OF Christmas novelties
This will be the last exhibition befor
Christmas.-adv,
Thomas Foley has sold his hous
on Clark street to Mr.. Cassidy OF FL
hot street. who will occupy 1t at once
Mr.. Foley viii ship his goods Z
Springfield. Mass, where he and hi
family are to live.
Mrs. Arthur II. Brasor has organ
lied class IN vocal music at Towns
bend and will go there once week L
give lessons. Mrs. Brasor has studied
voice culture for several years and Il
well qualified to teach.
The next meeting OF Protective
grange will be held Monday instead OF
Wednesday, The third and fourth de-
grees will be conferred, followed by
the harvest supper for which all mem
bers are requested to bring food.
Hunts agency has received mott.
fication of the following issues OF
pensions: Originals. Addie M. Roberts
Putney; John w. Estabrook, West
minister: increases, Hiram Il. Win
chester, Brattleboro. to $24; Norman
Nichols, Saxtons River to $24.
w. +. Spring closed his barber
shop in Emerson's block Tuesday and
left the following day for Hartford
Conn. where he has employment. His
family will remain here for the pres
emit Mr. Spring was unable to secure
enough patronage to make the ven
ture paying one.
The body of George w. Clark of
West Brookfield Mass, was brought
here Tuesday night for burial in Pros
pect Hill cemetery. Mr.. Clark form
erly conducted carriage business on
Spring street and was at one time a
member of the First Regiment band.
He left Brattleboro Is years ago.
The Katharine Ridgeway Concert
company which appears at the audi
forum Wednesday evening as the first
entertainment of the Star course. Is
one of the best high priced attrac-
lions of the course and will assuredly
be well attended by all Brattleboro's
lovers of music
George w. Stark was badly burned
Wednesday while lighting the fire at
Holden & Martins mill. The wood
did not kindle as rapidly as he thought
il ought. and az he was leaning over
to give it more draft the flames puffed
out In his face, filling his eyes with
ashes and burning his face badly.
First Lieutenant Wiley p Man
gum of the 18th u. S. cavalry. who
made numerous friends in Brattleboro
last summer when on his way to
Westfield. Mass. with detachment
from the post at Fort Ethan Allen,
has recently been ordered to report to
the Iegmental commander of the
9Th cavalry He will leave at once
for his new station.
Several prominent New England
Telephone and Telegraph company Of
ficials were in town Wednesday look
ing over the ground with view to
making another free canvass here.
They were Carl Keller of Boston, SUI
perintendent of the contract depart
ment, F. G. Daboll of Springfield,
Mass. superintendent of the western
DIVISION, ana IL. -. DldCk oI CpiHfR-
field, Mass contract agent
Eighty Brattleboro Masons went
to Athol, Mass, Wednesday evening
and were royalty entertained by Star
lodge. r. & A. NJ. Of that town. The
delegation made the trip by special
train, leaving here at 5.45 and arriv-
ing home about 100 a. m. After the
third degree had been exemplified by
knv vr.o.
served. and this was followed by the
working of the knights of Birming-
ham, by Brattleboro degree team.
George c. Jones and w. +. Null
lins. general manager and superin-
tendant of transportations of the Cen
trail Vermont railway. were in Brat
tleboro Tuesday on their way to New
London. The officials made tour
of inspection of the West River rail-
road. The steam shovel which is now
at work near Salmon Hole will be kept
there all winter making a fill in order
that the sharp curve at that place may
be reduced.
Miss Susan Holton will give
series of Shakespearean readings in
the Brooks House at $50 O'Clock be-
next Monday and continuing
through Nov 20 and Nov. q. Miss
Holton will probably give Twelfth
Night for her first reading and the
others will be announced later. She is
well known in the state and Is said to
be "a fascinating speaker. giving ex-
plantations of difficult passages and
quoting from the play. Those wishing
to attend these readings may leave
their names with Mrs. C. H. ThOmp-
son, Miss Fits or Mrs. H. L. Water
nan.
The first meeting of the Brattle-
Doro Choral union was held In the
Baptist chapel Wednesday evening,
about so people being In attendance.
The following officers were elected:
President. E. H. Miller; vice president.
e. Burr Smith; secretary. Mrs. A. L.
treasurer. A. L. Maynard;
executive committee, c. B. Crowell.
w. A. Gilbert and F. H. Brasor;
nance committee. Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
ship committee, L. w. Hawley. Mrs.
F. H. Howard. Mrs. A. D. Wyatt Miss
Edith NJ Stowe and Mrs. G. b. White;
librarian. Avery Miller. The next re-
nearsal will take place in Festival
lall Thursday evening when Mrs |
katherine o'Connor Weekes will sing
solo.
Residents of Brattleboro, who are |
ond of football will have a good OPP |
,ortunity to indulge themselves In |
Springfield. Mass. Nov. %. The
Brown Dartmouth game which Is to
,e played there at o'clock in the af- |
ernoon on that day. will be one of the |
,est games Of the year. Brown has a
trong team and Dartmouth has but |
recently beaten Princeton. William
:. Cassidy of Springfield was in town
yesterday putting out advertising |
natter for this game, and II is ex-
,ected that the Boston & Maine rail
Dad will very soon publish its spe-
ial excursion rates to Springfield.
Sext to the Yale Harvard game this
s the best football game to watch In
SeM England and a large number |