Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-04


The Rebekahs Will serve ice-crean
land cake al the band concert on tn
Common next Thursday evening.
The Congregational society of 81
Albans voted last evening 10 extend
call to Rev. W. p. Jackson OF Dunn
merston.
There was large attendance a
the concert and dance given by tn
First Regiment band In Festival hal
last evening.
Miss Mary Howe. assisted by hel
brother. Lucien Howe. will give a con
cert In the auditorium Thursda,
evening. August "a.
The First Regiment band went e
Spofford lake Saturday to play at the
annual water carnival given by the
guests AT Pine Grove Springs.
General Secretary C. r. w. Cum
lingham OF the Y. NJ. c. A. and party
lof go BOYS walked 10 Sunset lake YES
terday afternoon. They will return
today.
--Brattleboro chapter. d. A. r.. will
have a basket picnic at Deerheld. Mass.
August l6 followed by a business
meeting at the home OF Mrs. Severance
i'm Greenfield
Members Of the Unitarian Sunday
school and friends went to Central
Park. Vernon. on a picnic yesterday
The occasion was one of much enjoy
ment to all who attended.
--Fenton's store was closed Tues
! day 10 allow the clerks 10 make prep
aration for the 10 big days" sale.
which began Wednesday morning and
will continue through next week.
The First Regiment band will give
concert at Hotel Melrose in West
Brattleboro Tuesday evening Special
cars will run. The band concert on
the Common will take place Thursday
evening.
The night train from New London
was delayed about four hours last
evening on account of a derailed fiat
car near Montague. Mass. A wreck
ing crew was sent from Brattleboro TO
clear the track
Hunts pension agency has re-
ceiyed notice of the following original
pensions. George Brockington. Brat
tleboro: Roy A. Snow. Townshend
Increases. Andrew Kenney. Brattle-
boro. sl4 to s29: Charles +. Morse.
Newfane. s12 to ST.: George p. Field,
Northneld. SO 10 SlV.
Company | will leave Brattleboro
on the regular train al $40 next Fri
day morning for Fort Ethan Allen
where the annual encampment of state
militia will take place. Every MEM
Der of the company Is expected to be
in the ranks at 5 a. m. when assembly
will sound. The First Regiment band
will leave for Fort Ethan Allen at the
n & NauiY,1lpfa1 hand
during muster.
Two young fawns spent the morn
ing in a crate at the local station.
They are on their way TO the stale
hatchery at Roxbury from F. b.
Ratchelder of Townshend county fish
and game warden. The fawns were
found i'm Brookline and Athens away
from their mothers and We're sent to
Mr.. Batcheider the first of this week
They are apparently about three
weeks old and about as large as
lambs
The Boston & Maine railroad will
run an excursion to Bass Point. Ma
hant. or TO Nantasket Beach and Pa
ragon Point, or TO Crescent Beach. or
to Boston where the coupons for the
harbOr trip will be good for one admis-
sion to the American league baseball
game between Boston and Detroit, Fri
day. August IL The tickets are good
only on special train which leaves
Bellows Falls at $40 a. m. Cold River
at 5;33 waipole at 5:2s. Westmore-
land at SAP and East Westmoreland
It $50 Returning the train VIII leave
Boston at 1:l0.
The protracted drouth in this sec
lion was broken Saturday afternoon
by a severe shower which settled into
a rain during the night and continued
steadily until Monday morning. Ac-
eording 10 measurements taken by DR.. !
George F. Gale nearly three inches OF |
.ain fell during that time. but the earth |
vas so dry that the water was absorb !
I'd quickly and none of the streams /
1ereabouts was raised TO an unusual |
height The rain brought great re-
ief particularly TO the farmers. many |
If whom had given UP all hopes OF |
saving their crops.
George w Leonard. for the past !
wo and half years manufacturing 4
of the Hooker. Corser /
Z Mitchell overall company. has I
bought of Lucius W. Adams the truck 4
ne and teaming business established I
generation ago by ]. A. Taylor. TAX
ng possession yesterday morning. On 4
Monday evening Mr.. Leonard was sur
lrised by the girl employees of the
,verall factory who presented him with
handsome gold watch and fob as IN 4
OF their appreciation OF the
ust and kindly treatment they had
lways received at his hands.
A meeting of the representatives
f the companies owning the timber
ands in Windham. Bennington and
rutland counties will be held at Rut-
and today to hear a proposition from
he Rutland railroad in regard to
uilding a branch line of railroad in
0 the heart of the timber country. Last
reek the timber owners received an
xcellent proposition from the Central
-erInont railroad in regard TO an ex-
ension of the West River road into
he timber country. and ii will remain .
Or them to determine which Of the :
syo offers is the more advantageous !
naturally the people in this part OF
he country are extremely anxious that s
he timber lands be tapped from this i
ide.
The Washington Post has the fol-
wing to say of Assistant Attorney
General Charles H. Robb: In avoir-
upois Mr.. Robb is hardly heavier
nan a good. healthy boy Of IS. but in
sgal talent he is young giant. At &
,rney General Knox ascertained Mr.. |
.obb's caliber before the latter had
cen in Washington very long. II was 9
n the motion of Mr. Knox that Mr.. I
.obb went to the postoffice depart 7
tent when the late Postmaster Gen I
raj Payne stood in dire need of
rst class man TO clean out the legal /
ranch of his department and get rid I
I get-rich-quick concerns. Mr.. Robb 5
orks with great energy and he gets I
ssults He Is especially strong on (
gal Investigations and has been IN f
-usted with several momentous cases. [
1rne of them coming directly from the 7
resident. His assignments at the :
epartment cover Chinese exclusion 5
NJ enumeration law internal reve- 7