Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-09

Wednesday
mr. and Mrs. Parker have returned
20 their home In Fitchburg after
short visit In town.
Mrs. Mccoy has taloen rooms az
Harrison Eddy's. Her goods we'e
moved in Wednesday.
Mrs. Beebe, Mr.. and Mrs Crepo' Mrs.
II + Dutton, and Nellie Dale were
Rrattleboro passengers Monday.
The week night meetings at both
churcbes were omitted commence
ment week on account OF the concert
Harold Sprague of the class OF lso4;
now a student at the University Vi
Vermont. was In town Tor cofh'nehoe'
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frtd Lowe improved
Monday, the first rainy day for sonhe
time. by taking a drive to Brattie-
boro.
Edward Sawyer came SATURDAY
evening from his home In HYDE Park'
Mass. He is stopping with the Ma
sons.
Childrens day will be observed al
tho congregational church SUNDAY
June Is. Appropriate exercises are
being prepared.
Cut worms are getting In their work
on the gardens this summer. tnousn
as vet they have not proved SO nuch
of a nuisance as last season.
A game of base ball Is advertised
for Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock on
Reeds field, between the Newfane Ma
tionals and the Townshend Americans
Miss May Willard went Monday 10
visit her brother in Burlington. MRS
Margaret Watson is caring for MRS
Willard during her daughters alb
sence.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Taylor OF
Ludlow were in town for commence
ment. Mr.. Taylor returned Monday.
Mrs. TAYLOR is with her mother. Mrs.
Seymour Howard.
Professor and Mrs. Perkins left on
the morning train Saturday. Mrs. Per-
kins going to Burlington for snort
visit and from there to Ottowa. ana
Mr.. Perkins to New Haven. Conn.
Miss Ethel Ewings Page. who for
the last five weeks has worked so
faithfully In training the classes In
elocution returned Saturday morning
to her home in Somerville. Mass.
Rev. E. A. Royal closed his pastorate
at the lOCdl Ddptist
baptisjng seven children in the river
near the upper bridge in the after
noon. and four adults at the church In
the evening.
Clarence j. Ferguson Of Burlington,
attorney and superintendent OF Ine
Vermont Anti Saloon league. VIII
speak Sunday evening at the Baptist
church at union mass meeting. Ev-
erybody welcome.
The L. G. S. Messenger made its APP
pearance on the night Of the COM
mencement concert 1t will be of es-
peciaI interest because II has the parts
of the graduating class printed In fuh,
also a good group picture OF the
class.
Mrs. Dale left Monday for Brant-
ford. Ontario. to visit her sister. Mrs.
Bert Kenyon, Mrs. Dale expects to
stay until the latter part Of the month
and return with her daughter. Miss
Esther, who is studying music In
Brantford.
The Jennison house begins to loom
I'D conspicuously on the horizon. 1t Is
two stories, and has a tower on the
southwest corner. The building is
pretty well covered and enclosed now.
and the stage of apparent rapid prog
ress is passed
The friends of winthrop Hamlin.
will regret to learn that he is at the
Presbyterian hospital In New York
city for an operation. DR.. Hamlin
writes of 1t as not being of very
serious nature but as requiring some
time for recovery.
Mrs. Wilson has rented the little
building south Of her house. at one time
a millinery store but more recently an
annex to the halls of learning. to T.
C. Phelps of Fitchburg. who proposes
to open a meat market. Mr.. and Mrs.
Phelps will have rooms in w. S. Ho4-
lands fiat.
Local readers will be interested in
this item. from the Burlington Free
Press, concerning the son of one of
our townsmen: IF. c. Rand of Saxtons
River has sold his matched span Of
bays to a Maine party for $1,000. In
the fall of 1908 this span took first
prizes at the Brattleboro and SPRING
field fairs
The gang of Italians that is putting
in ties on the railroad Is working its
way through town at good rate OF
speed. Monday morning they We're at
Salmon hole bridge. and at night were
nearly UP TO the Morse place. They
are now near to West Townshend.
They sleep in box cars, which are NOV
ed along as the work progresses, and
board themselves.
Mrs. Charles II. Willard was elected
delegate from the Congregational
church to the state convention at
Brattleboro. June 10 to Is. inclusive.
This is the 10th annual meeting of
the Congregational convention of the
state. The annual meetings of Ver-
mont Domestic Missionary society and
of the Women's Home Missionary un-
ion are also held during this conven-
ton.
1t is announced from Brown uni
versity. Providence, r. l.. that Guy
Bandin Colburn has been appointed
as the holder of the Grand Army Fell
lowship for the year 1906. Mr.. Col
burns uncle was a Grand Army vet
eran. but he himself has been appoint
ed simply on the ground of his scholar
ship. He was born at Townshend. and
graduated from the Nashua high
school. He took the degree of Bachel-
or of Arts at Brown university in 1904.
During the last year he has been
for the degree of Master of
Arts in the university. He will de-
vote himself chiefly to the study Of
the classics. in which he has already
taken high rank.
Townshend is beginning to get busy
about the Fourth of July celebration
and proposes to do the proper thing
this year. About fifty people met at
the seminary hail Monday evening
to organize and as result the ma
is already getting under mo-
ton. The Horribles from Horrorville
have been invited and are expected to
arrive in full force early in the day.
1t will be observed that the motto
of this famous organization is an ex-