Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-07

I THE Elite shoe advertisement |
Z r.. j, Fenton 4 Co.'S show window
> attracting considerable attentlog.
Miss Grace H. Hayden. who ha
T been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. White
: Is To begin Monday two or three week.
work as parish visitor for the Baptis
church.
The Wills OF Salome $. Niles o
! Halifax and Lewis Grout OF Yves
/ Brattlcboro were probated and allowed
at n special session OF the probate cour
Saturday
? James Gardner of Springfield
Mass. was arraigned before Justice
! Newton this morning for intoxication
He pleaded guilty was fined IS an,
costs, couldn't pay and was sent L
Newfane jail for 10 days.
-Brattleboro lodge. N. T.. o. p, has
changed the nights of Its meetings Il
the second and fourth Wednesdays OF
each month. The next meeting Will be
held Wednesday evening In Red Mems
hall. II Is hoped that every member
will be present. A sociabe will fol-
low,
The board Of civil authority met In
the selcctmens rooms Saturday af-
ternoon for the purpose of abating tax
es and adjourned until Tuesday when
i II was voted 10 TO not TO exempt the
Main street block owned by the odd
/ Fellows. The factory of the Snowflake
corn canning company was made eN-
lempt
An members of the w. c. T. u. are
urgently requested to be present AT the
iannual meeting 10 be held Thursday
April 10. on account of the County
Convention TO be held May and 3
in the Methodist church, the annual
meeting comes earlier this year. SUI
'perintendents of the different depart
ments are requested 10 bring their re-
ports.
Charles Blake, %. who was sem
fenced TO states prison In 1900 for
assault with intent to murder Joseph
Houghton of Guilford, has been par
doned by Governor c. j. Bell. Blake
Is hopelessly demented and will be
taken care of by his father, Lewis
Blake, of Greenfield, Mass. took him
Blake. of Greenfield Mass, who took
him there Tuesday
George 3. Kenerson of Palmer
Mass, who died In New York city
Wednesday after a long Illness, was
for many years one OF the best known
engineers on the New London Northern
railroad and had many friends in this
tpNn. Began NbIh bil Nllt iDdh rs u I
fireman in 1885 and was appointed 4
engineer four years later. He contin- /
ued i'm that capacity until 1896 when III /
health obliged him TO retire. He leaves I
4 widow, three daughters and two I
brothers
Thomas j. knight. so, one of Brat
old residents. died at his
nome in the West Village Tuesday
after a long Illness He had been /
vice married and is survived by
widow and five sons: Arthur and
Ebert A. of this town, Henry of IF
Hartford, and Frank and Ira, who live +
n the west The funeral was held
afternoon, Rev l.. NJ. Ken
.ston, pastor of the West Brattleboro I,
church, of which Mr..
Knight was a regular attendant. offi-
Eating Burial was in Meeting House
I'LL cemetery.
Professor b. George wilkins,
he magnetic healer who was adver-
ised TO be at the Brooks house last
thursday Friday and Saturday. was ,
allied upon Hast Friday afternoon by
,r. G. c. Hin of Bellows Falls and +,
tate's Attorney Ryder and informed :
nat he could not practice his profess
ion in Vermont, not having taken ex-
limitations before the state medical I
odfu. MT. w llhlilS consequently II
loved to house on the New Hamp- I
hire side of the river and transported d
is patients to his new quarters free a
charge during the remainder of his c
ay IN this neghborhood. \
The receipts of the Brattleboro u
ostoffice during the year ended March
, 1905, were S29,299,02, greater by 49, g
$50 than for the corresponding Pc II
cd one year previous. The sales of
amps. envelopes and cards amount m
TO s27276,O2, and s1,541.4T was coll hi
cted from publishers on second class ell
after mailed outside the county Cat II
te one cent per pound) of which NJ
1850 was during the past three al
onths. The revenue to the govern la
ent for the year, above all office ex- lie
nses, was s13,616.76, of which s4,- j.
lis was for the last quarter-$2, GO
3 AZ for the one month of March. 50
Misses Helen and Edna Crosby
We a delightful party to about one =
inbred and twenty-five of their -.
ENDS in the Brooks house Wednes T.; IN
Y evening. The parlors We're decorat ~
with palms and cut flowers, and Re
e dining room with smilax and red .,
,bon suspended from the chandeliers, ~
Inns In the windows and alternating 10
/ and white incandeseent lights. Mr. 70
= - VI I,l.
lighters received in the parlor from 81 81
until 8 o'clock during which time Z,
itsinger's orchestra of eight pieces an or
We a concert. Dancing was enjoyed sI
the dining room from 8 until one. - -
freshments of salads and ices were ~
wed at IL o'clock. -
Edward F. Putnam, "A, died at pc
: home of his sister, Mrs e. M. pa
nth, on Western avenue yesterday ms
ernoon after long illness. He CHI
me to Brattleboro from Claremont de
H., only a short time ago Mr. ais
tnam was born in Sharon. n. ", pc
d was a son of John l.. Putnam, by
merly a keeper of the old toll eff
dye here, and Phoebe Town Put tn,
m. He served four years in the Gu
il war and was a member of the loo
A. r. post at Fftchburg, Mass. Be- VII
es Mrs. Smith he leaves two other the
ters. Mrs. A. n. Swain of Bellows inl
lis and Mrs. William Clark of
fremont.
AT the meeting of the Woman's Tu
b in the Brooks house Wednesday raj
ernoon the papers were prepared bel
Mrs. Katherine Burchard and Mrs roa
X. Whitaker their subjects being am
g Philosophy of the Servant Cues er
4 and The Tramp and What Shall cor
Do with Him. On account of the Co.
ence of Mrs. Whitaker her paper inc
5 read by Miss Alice Butterfield. cor
IRE were songs by Mrs. A. II. Bra for
and Mrs. F. w. Putnam Mrs. John pla
rows and Miss Helen Crosby play soil
the Accomplishments. During the VIII
emission a table containing sam mo
of articles worked by the chill ma
n of the sewing class was the CEN Bos
of attraction, and towels, holders, Ger
, were offered for sale. due
ry;,oha,b ,,;uor o. ,,.;5ou &c Ger
:. -'iiNi - u line