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

nesday evening
The states prison investigation
VIII be resumed at Bellows Falls Mon
day oct 30, when II Is expected some
sensational disclosures will be made
Branch ! of the Brattleboro Sun
shine society will meet Friday after
noon. oct q. at 1913 with Mrs
w. c. Mitchell on High street
The bailiffs have decided to sub
stitute incandescent lamps for the arc
lights on Flat street near the Carpen-
ter Organ factory and on Elliot street
near william Martins house.
Madeline. the eight months-o old
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Eugene q
Spaulding. died this morning at the
home of her parents on Elliot street
The body will be taken to Springfield
VI. tomorrow for burial.
The executive committee OF the
Valley Fair association will hold a
meeting this evening for the purpose
of ascertaining as nearly as possible
the net proceeds of the recent fair. II
is understood that the association will
clear nearly $4,000.
The chestnut crop this year is not
nearly as large as last. The quantity
of nuts brought in to the local deal
ers has beer small thus far and the
quality Is not any too good. In many
places there has not been sufficient
ly heavy frost to open the burrs.
In the list of station agents
awarded prizes by the Boston & Maine
railroad. Putney appears in the sew
enth class. prize IS. 1t is understood
that next year the Central Vermont
viii offer Il prize for the best display
of mud around the station. in which
contest the Brattleboro station will
compete.
The Oakdale book club held its
annual meeting at the home of Miss
Edith Gilkey last Thursday evening
and elected the following officers:
President. Miss Edith Gilkey; secre-
tary and treasurer. Mrs, II. F, Jordan;
chairman of book committee, Mrs. II.
b. Barrows.
Mildred f. Kent. aged five. daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs Elmer Kent. died
Monday at the home of her parents
on the Roadway farm after a brief ill
ness with pneumonia. Funeral SER
vices were held at o'clock Wednes-
day morning, Rev H. r. Miles ofiici-
ating. and the body was taken to
Grafton for burial
The Boston Orchestral company.
which made a successful tour through
the middle west last season, will soon
start out again The organization
this year will be composed of +. +.
Jenness. Karl Beedle Claude Barker,
II. C. Batchelder and +. f. Bagley, the
last named member being well known
in Brattleboro through his connection
with the First Regiment band.
The football and baseball teams
and the churches. as we'll as the VII
lage authorities. having set the exam
pie ii Is not strange that the trees
should be used as bill boards to adj
vertise an auction sale. If Fox x Co.
bill posters. would adopt the tree idea
1t would be considerable saving IN
expense to them and no doubt the
bailiffs would be quite willing.
The anniversary committee of the
Vermont Wheel club have sent oul
return postal cards to all members OF
the organization with request thai
they notify the committee as Il
whether they will buy tickets to an
anniversary celebration Nov 10, Thus
far nearly 100 members have signified
their willingness to support the af-
fair and plans for the anniversary
celebration will go forward at once
An alarm of fire from box 80 was
rung i'm about 5:35 Wednesday after
noon on account of a burning tar bar
rel near thel stone crushing plant on
Flat street The flames were seen by
a passing workman, who at once nou-
fled the employees of Smiths SHOP
one of whom pulled in the alarm. Inc
department responded promptly ana
the contents of the chemical engine
We're sufficient to eXtingulsh the
blaze before any damage was done.
There was hearing before Ref
cree F. d. f.. Stowe "Wednesday mornr
ing in the suit of Fred r. Thomas
against L. H Lynde of Dummerston
to recover the sum of $3.50 alleged 70
be due for the pasturage OF certain
cattle. The case was decided IN ia
vor of the defendant but Mr. Lynde
objected on the ground that Mr
Stowe. had no right to try the case III
the capacity of justice as he holds the
federal office of referee in bankruptcy
since beginning work last
Friday morning the New EIsiallo
Telephone and Telegraph company
has laid the conduit fon its wires
from the corner of Main and High
streets to Main street bridge. putting
i'm six man holes between these points
Conduits will be laid out Elliot street
as far as Church street and up cana
street to the Yinton building. AS soon
as all the conduits are down the ca
bles containing the wires themselves
will be nut through and the overhead
wires taken down entirely, 1t is eX-
pected that the work will be completed
Inv the last of next week or the frst ol
the week after.
-BrattIeboro, in COMMON with oth
er parts of the east. has. suffered loi
some years from an ever-increasihs
scarcity of well-trained domestic ser
wants To the discouraged nouse
wife. who has hopelessly scanned tht
want ads" and YEARLY examined the
unpromising applicants VINO are ever
seeking new places, it will be gooo
news indeed that a carload of Well
trained. intelligent serving men ano
maids will be looking for positions IL
Rrattleboro next week These SCI
wants are from Normandy in the Ole
country where the peasants are DOT
to service and trained for their Wofh
/ from childhood No better class o.
| servants can be found than these anc
! q f. Macomber. who has them II
charge. gives assurance that the!
sneak English as well as the majority
! of Americans mo better) ana thal tIieN
understand their work pertectl!' n'
hove refers to some of the people
who are to appear in the coming pro-
| duction of the ever popular CONN.,
orera. Chimes of Normandy. which i
/ to be given under the auspices OF tht
Murray club at the auditorium FRIDAY
and saturday evenings. Oct. q ant
2s. All who are anxious to have mrs
chance should purchase advance TICK
cts. which can be exchanged at tn'
box office sale. which opens on WeI
nesday morning. oct. IS. at , O'Clock
| With his last years sumptuou'
production of Booth Tarkingtons ro
mantle comedy. Beaucaire, greati.
beautified. Creston Clarke Will max