Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-03

sc TOT thelr minstrel SHOW Monda.
evening.
p Protective grange will work tn
lie first and second degrees at a meet
ing Wednesday evening.
y There will be Initiation at tn,
) next meeting Of Bingham chapter
: which takes place Tuesday evening.
Rev II. II. Miles will entertain
n the ministers Of the Windham Coun-
o ~ Congregational association at his
It home Monday. A special program
IS will be given.
The Greenfield commandery OF
t Knights Templar have engaged the
t First Regiment band of rs pieces to
i go to Boston May "a when the an
e nual state conclave takes place.
$ --Amidon & Miller have bought Of
Durham Brothers the elevator
/ which the latter concern has been
using in the main Hooker block and
will install 1t In their grocery store.
!. "A petition asking for the reprieve
OF Mrs. Mary Rogers was circulated
in Brattleboro the first of the week
, by Rolln S. Chlds and sent to Gov
ernor Bell Tuesday 1t contained the
names of about 10 Windham county
women.
John II. Merrifeld received yes
terday from Montpelier the photo
graphs of the Windham county dele
cation in the last Legislature Nearly
every member of the delegation has
bought one of the photographs as a
souvenir Of his service as a states
man.
Horace S. Goodenough has
bought the grocery business of J. Z.
Gleason in Boyden block. taking pos
session February /. Mr. Goodenough
has been connected with that store
ever since il was established and Is
thoroughly familiar with ala the de-
tails Of the grocery business. Mr.. |
| Gleason was formerly a member Of |
the firm of A. +. Roberts & company |
buying out c. w, Puffer in July, 1901 |
He has not yet made definite plans
for future occupation.
The morning mixed train over
the narrow gauge road started out
with too heavy a load yesterday
morning. Between here and West
Dummerston the engine was unable
to proceed without dividing the train.
and the south bound passenger was
obliged to wait on the West Dunn
merston siding until the first section
OF the mixed arrived and the passen-
ger went after the second section.
The delay prevented the passenger {
until nearly IL o'clock.
The grange dramatic club held !
meeting Friday evening which was
well attended by members and ,,
friends The program was as fol-
}ows: Piano duet, Misses Franklin
and Eames: reading, Miss Zetta !
Weld; violin solo, Miss Maud Miller;
song, Leon Gould; piano solo, Miss '
Minnie Coburn; farce, A Midsummer
Madness. in which the parts were
taken by Miss Blanchard. Miss d
David Perry. There was also piano "
solo by Frank Lawton, and dance I
brought the evening TO a close. r
-Brattleboro, always one of the S
oveliest villages of the Connecticut d
valley, increases in activity and fl
slgor as II increases in age. II has il
lust secured a new industry employ Il
ng 40 hands A dam across the Is
and the resulting water W
power is sure to come. An electric W
Dad to Hinsdale and Mortified is r
mother possibility. The poor old p'
narrow gauge may be converted into n,
standard gauge road and given a 81
lew lease of life, Unless all signs til
all Brattleboro intends to maintain pt
Ter position as the shire town of the te
ounty. It is being demonstrated al
hat she has hustlers in business as of
veil as In politics.-Bellows Falls G.
lines
One of the pleasantest events hr
hat the Vermont Wheel club has de
iven recently was the concert and of
OPP which took place Wednesday in
vening In grange hall, the occasion M
eing one of the regular ladies tn
lights" Nearly 100 couples were in de
tendance. The concert consisted Of CT
lree selections, Poet and Peasant to
venture, Shotgun and the Grand ar
merican Fantasia by Leitsinger's &c
rchestra of six pieces, a violin duet. lai
he Angels Serenade, by c. M, ana pc
J. Dugan, and a solo, Mavourneen, ln'
Y Mrs, Katherine O'Connor Weeks, wa
no was obliged to respond to an of
lcore. Dancing was enjoyed from We
until / o'clock by large number he
he committee in charge of the event tn;
as j. L. Stewart w. ]. Cobb and rel
r. L. S. Edwards an
DIR. w. ]. Dawson of London t ,',r
'oused such interest at the recent ,or
ltional council of the Congrega- ne,
onal churches in Des Moines that ~ ~
was induced to give up his Lon -
m pastorate and devote his time to
esenting to the American churches in
e need and opportunity for the new Ma
DR.. Dawson has been of
stor of a large church in the resi- Cla
initial portion of London, and has in
Gently led it into a great work for age
e classes of the city who have been ma
asst touched by Christian influences Gu
Is similar work in Brooklyn with iur
;. Hills last November interested tiol
e whole city. He gives next Tues sen
v and Wednesday to Vermont, hot
1en representatives of the Congre- cha
tional churches all over the state cha
eet in Montpelier. cha
The management of the Brattle- ". W a
no Memorial hospital state that ,re
.erest in the institution is bring tn tn,
: more callers than can be admit no,
/ without disturbing the quiet 10
cessary for the patients. There he he
re Sc callers Wednesday. Here pts
err visitors will be admitted to the NE
Irds on visiting days only when w.
sre is no patient there whose con- sto,
ion requires all possible quiet. ~
Arrest relatives may see patients lne
other than visiting days, at the 80,
erection of the superintendent. Tn .
ey are asked to make their calls 60,
ween 2:30 and p. m. when pos so e.
lie. No discourtesy is intended to i'i
lers who are not admitted but -
quiet of the sick room must be repl
intained at the hospital for the Eng
I'd of its patients. tleb
-,, ,, :. a;os viii
.Soii,l hleila 20 NJ III p,,dor on thu
18th Main street about 10 o'clock De-,
,dnesday evening after an Illness -
about two years with paralysis. sha
was born in Guiford Jan. 30, 49,,
o. son of William and Mary Rich -